Brazil and the River Plate, Argentina, South Africa, Australia (with a branch line to the Samoan and Tonga Islands), and the Far East (with a monthly service to China and a branch service to Japan). All these lines had more than one ship running on them. 37) Marriott states the murder occurred in Benthen , Germany , and this town was incorrectly named in some news reports. The murder actually occurred in Beuthen, in Prussian Silesia, near the Polish frontier. Beuthen is now the Polish town of Bytom .