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It's penny wise and pounds fooluh to use inferior Coal—insist on Kaitangata.— Advt.

mi Wi?li •'■ v •£-■-•- w;.„. :-"' se ?- v 'A: ?> li=~*sS V';:' 355 s •-■rri-'i:i ST" HU '-SS,. m Ss= ■fceaSr * rfiWfl. H£ Af/4NY PORTS on the tmall and gsntlo osen. which (drawing the 0* • r*-. E>„.,»„ ~ n ~ t tU..ta m quaintest hooded waggons) se*m to hove nen* Line Route constitute an M po{ . 9n) , JJ ft# exhilarating sequence of diverse,and # > _ Then the rickshaw runners, (almost at vivid scenes. tireless at the oxen, but fatter, quieter) _ , . ~ ,■ I i„.j.„iu- ... next, the modern motor-cort, whose proColombo provide! o matchless intraduction . long fanfare of foreign toujing to foreign travel. There you are awakened by _ _ omJ ,* „,„ inQ % ,„„ 0 „2 a running fire of shouts from bumboott. civ* tinow f who|f soM# beeomet a tered below your great steel woHs. Urgent. fascin T otio „, high-pitched voices offer biastet, beads, >hmy black elephantt, silks, and clothing tailored- The eolourt be|ov«d of the native odd to , to-measure-in-an-hour-or-two ... And from the natural contrasts,, In the Forti the bojcfcthe working barges, alto wedged about the ground of all thit hurtle, buttle and colour, «t thip, come endless commends and the inevit. of imposing western buildings; b«* f i« *"• able protests. The strange thing it that in Petlah it it supplied by a welter of. native this hubbub anyone is heard or any work gett wares. Not less intriguing than the goods done at all themselves are th«i passing glimpses of In somewhat let. disorder lies a harbour- »"°< ,O "V » h °P int «' ie «- full of ship*. They seem to run the gamut Almost, there is too much to toe? What from modern leviathan to the galleon that endless scope for busy eyesl And yet you speaks of barbarous days. Through these ought to visit Mount Lavinia, and. perhaps your speedy louneh raeo_s ashore. By now moko an excursion to Kandy or Negombo. you sense exciting medley ... a mixture of But thit is the charm of Ceylon^-that whereold and new; a real meeting of East and ever you go. whatever you tee, you hove West; ... of lutcious tropic greens ond been to the light placet and teen the right earthy reddish-browns. Firstly, you note the things I ADEN. SUEZ (CAIRO). PORT SAID. NAPLES. VILLSFRANCHE (MONTE CARLO an* NICE). TOULON, PALMA. GIBRALTAR. SOUTHAMPTON and se to LONDON I m m i m i KMr m m m mm I 1 I Sw m i m m i m m m H w £*> L' m a T E UNION STEAM BHIP CO. OF NX, LTD.. Agent* throughout New Zealand

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22823, 6 March 1936, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 22823, 6 March 1936, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 22823, 6 March 1936, Page 2