1932-06-20 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1932.

Behind these rolling clouds of smoke, raging fiamas were sweeping • G$2,500,000 pler of the Cunard Line in New York when this picture was taken. More than 700 firemen, fifty pieces of fand fire apparatus and a half-dozen firebosts fought to prevent the blaze from spreading to ad- Joining plars, and surgeons treated scores of persons affected by the smoke,

For 48 hours a blaza had raged under a Cunard Steamship Company piar in the Hudson River. The huge structure finally collapsed, as you see in this picture. Damage amounted to at least $2,- 000,000 gold. Scores of firemen were overcome by smoke. The only fatality was that of an. architect, Ralph, A. Kluge, who had designed the pier. He was killed by a swinging hose nozzle

while watching the blaze.

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number of reliability trials of Army vehicles were carried out on the northern slopes of Alli-y-Baby, a well-known tost hill near Llangolen which is 1,800 yards in length with an average gradient of 1 is 6.75 und = maximum gradiant of 1 in 3. Our picture shows a machine-gun carrier of the standard services type at the top of the hill. All vehicles in trials contained their full services londs.

(Times copyright).

A Thoryncroft six wheeled three-ton lorry undergoing a'severe leat

in the Army reliability trials.—(Times copyright).

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The 3.40 p.m. L.N.E.R. goods train from King's Cross to Glasgow, which completes the 33474 miles to Berwick at an

average speed of 43 m.p.h, photographed just after passing New Barnet.—(Times caparight).

MAN HUNTERS

BY MABEL McELLIOTT

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

1933

experienced to notice it. As a matter of course she refused to have her ginger ale "spiked." War- ing's urbanity seemed to increase and if Schuyler Webb laughed anis. ily now and then she put it down to | Lad ceased complaining and seemed collegiate high spirits and gave it Husan Carey, 19, pretty and as orphan, Bree to be blenting as merrily as a saxo-no further thought. with her Aunt Jenate of the West Side of phone can. Chicago. On nahing business course she

Susan gave herself up They ate and danced and danced is employed by Ernest Heath, architeel. She to the moment. 11 WOM months again. Susan had no idea of the meeln Jack Waring, man about town, and since she had Canced and the with time. But as group after group

Ray reidened Waring some flirtatious but some awkward bog. Wacing's per- drifted in and the smoke began to Susan discourages him. Mr. Heath openly formance had an ease and smooth-hang in clouds over the big room who attended business petoel with her, in ness of which she had never dream. | she was conscious of a sense of un- vites Susan tu lunch, atarie to any something | od.

like poetry. It was easiness. important and la interrupted by Denlea Acki rund, « auciety girl Dunbar sails for Europe like ying. His arm tightened and Busan resilces the cares deeply for him. around her, imperceptibly,

"Isn't it terribly late?" she mur Ben Lampman, another admirer, takes her

murder to Waring. They were danc "Good girl." he said in her ear. tadio pwly but she likes his friends. flex deparis to wall her sister and "I knew you'd dance like this.g a waltz and the sensuous strains sa stay with her, Susan, lonely, pecepix War Susan leaned back a little to rad of the music made Susan's pulses better, anyhow."

Flay Flannery, alencgrapher in the fea korean the way.

anubs Buan. Bob Husbar, young millionaire

itune Alton, alightly older than Suran, comes ing's Invitation for an evening's fi

CHAPTER XIV

The "place out on the Milwaukee Road" proved to be a big old house,

It was

the expression in his eyes,

"You knew?" she questioned. "How?"

"Something about

the way you walk-

throb.

•

She forced a smile to her stiff

The eighth horse show of the Southern Command, with which was combined the horse show and sasuult-at-arms of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, was held at Tidworth. Our picture shows competitor in the jumping competition for Other Ranks.-(Times copyright).

Uncomfortable bot determined, | bothered her except the mence of Sunan persisted. At Bast Waring, unpopularity. It was enough to annoyed, stopped at their table have "a date" for the evening. and consulted his watch. The girl Where she might go or who her gasped at what she saw.

escort might be did not seem great- "It's 11-39," she exclaimed. “Andly to matter. Ray said she "knew it will take home! Whatever shall I do?“

a good hour to get how to take care of herself" and Susan, glancing at her, decided that her lips uncoun-I probably she did. she said calmly. "It's going good." decided. cernedly. "Don't crab the party." "But I don't belong here," Sunn "This isn't what I want. Miserable, Susan stared at her. Somewhere there must be the "Sky" Webb laughed foolishly. things I've dreamed of glamor- "Let's move along, anyhow." hteous, romantic, pinces with music said. "Lot o' riff-raf here. We and guiety that aren't cheap, can go

to Tony's. Like Tony's This isn't it?"

What followed was to be a night- At half past two they departed. "Nonsense!" he laughed at her. mare in Susan's memory forever. In the car Waring tried to put his "The night's young. We've only The rocketing ride in the car to arm around her but Susan shrank, started to play. I knew you'd be another noisy scene of hilarity, the "Don't like me, eh?" His laugh

whose wonderful playmate." he whispered. band

unrelenting music sounded foolish. so stand-ofish 1 seemed never to come in an end, set back from the highway and She was pleased, though she could "Only you were flanked by rows of nacient maples, not have said why. When the mu never had a chance to find out." the wild bursts of laughter from lips. She must not offend this man. It was

He was holding her closely, too the crowd at the next table. White- house as DHE

sic ended Susan was sorry to re- of

"Of course, I do. But I'm nerv- Chicago's ment-barons might have turn to the table. It was rather closely, Susan thought, her in-faced, her eyes ringed in shadows built in the nineties-al cur

like coming back to earth after a stimet sharpened and revolted for us the night unwound itself, Susatious about your driving. And it's lieues and hybrid ornamentation, trip to Mars. For the first time she an instant by the scent of liquor surveyed the scene. If this were so dark out here." Outside it had

Ray called. "Don't worry about pleasure, she'd be glad to take her a sort of remote, bad a really good look at Ray's on his breath.

thut. "Jack's used to one-arm driv- Victorian dignity, but inside It was escort. He had been introduced as A moment ago he had been a share of misery. hung with the cheap colours of a Mr. Webb. After a moment or two met friend-flushed and volun "I want to go home I want ing, aren't you?" temple of jazz.

Susau realized who be was, the lit is true, but still a friend. Now to go home," she wailed in her in- "Atta girl. Atta baby! That junior member of the real estate, Waring was becoming a menace; a most heart, although outwardly was Sky. Sky was almost usleep The coloured girl in the coat room arm in whose office Ray worked. strange man with a reddended face, she appeared contained and culm. on Ray's shoulder. Waring's arm accepted Susan's wrap with superb) disdain. Susun was terribly nery. He seemed a yapid, amiable young a man who had been drinking. Su- low blessed, from this vantage, remained where it was though, Su- outs. There was something about man. He had red hair and, she san could see the little lines around was the thought of the white haven san shrank from it. They were on the atmosphere of the place that discovered, had been recently grad-his eyes. All of a sudden she of her narrow room, how mur- the outskirts of the city now. The disturbed .her. Ray. however,

unted from Harvard. Susan was thought of Bob Dunbar, his fem, velously safe the tiny house on the (Continued on Page 11.) scomed perfectly at case. She do not very favourably impressed. In-clan youthfulness. It was as (E a

shabby street! manded hairplus, spilled powder deed, Mr. Webb (known to his in-clean, sweet breeze had blown

And what would Rose think? about, and bullled the check girl, tinates us "Sky") did not seem-toneross a stagnant waste. She knew She would be frantic! unmercifully. Delighted with the have much to offer beyond a ready with aching certainty why she had

Susan's head began to ache. effect she had produced, Ray or Jagh and a trick of twirling his been trapped into this indiscretion steady, deep throb of pain it was. dered Susan to follow her and the moutache. The moustache; small if she could not have the real thing she danced her feet were no longer She smiled with difculty and when two-tall brunette and petite

ns it wun, revolted Susan, She she had been willing to take.second

light. blonde joined their escorts.

found Jack Waring's clean shaven | best.

What a Bille fool she had been! At the end of the long room an face a Hikeable contrast.

"Really, I must go," she pleaded. Why had she come? orchestra thumped out a monoto-

"Rose-my friend-will be waiting It was one o'clock. It was two. nous jungle dirge. It was strange, Waring was at his best in the for me. She hasn't a key."

Through it all Ray remained pert, | KING'S LDG sullen muste, After a brief con- role of host. Considerate, agree- Waring amlled at her a little fresh and composed. She drank sultations of menus Waring aakingable and amusing. If the flash he foolishly. "Be nice" he muttered little. Ray "didn't believe" in it.

(Opp. For Frigy) Susan to dance. The tempo of the carried in his pocket was emptied in an unsure voice. "Don't spoll But the shifting seeno did not shock muste hind quickened. There was with alarming alacrity as the oven-everything while the evening's still or startle her. Ray was a true RADO EXPERTS - WORK GUARANTEED more life in it now. The saxophone ing wore on Sugan was too In-on the make."

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