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Recruits parade at Corps Head- Assuredly, a most commend- of those quarters for Arms and Squad drill.{able` suggestion; one
Thursday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. transparently simple things The Company will parade at full which should have been thought The Hon. strength. Dress: Mufti, belt side of generations ago! arms and rifle at Corps Headquar-Secretary of the Library Associa- tion was intrigued at once by this Strength.
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the strength and posted as some such day might be institut- ed-perhaps the first day of Lent, No. 1308 Pte. J. D. Azedo, No. 9 the season of self-denial-not so Platoon, as from April 13, 1928. much for the benefit of school No, 1909 Pte. N. A. E. Mackay, librarles as the private lender of
No. 2 Platoon, as from April | books who does not 17, 1928. Promotions and Appointments. The following promotions and effect from
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Once more the question whether Hong Kong Volunteer Defence be held on MONDAY, the 23rd day notified that their watchmen must or not Germany will be better off Corps' Orders issued to-day by Lt. the 10,000-ton armoured Col. L. G. Bird, D.S.O., Command- of April, 1928, at 3 p.m., at the register at Police Headquarters not for
cruisers which sho proposes to ant, read as follow:- Offices of the Public Works Depart-later than the 1st May, 1928.
build waa
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Presentation of Coloure. ment, by Order of His Excellency Note.-Chinese private watch-
The Corps will parade as strong the Governor of one Lot of Crown men and watchmen employed by Prussian Diet, writes the Berlin Land at New Kowloon in the Colony the Admiralty and War Depart- correspondent of the "Dally Tele-as possible in four Companies at Volunteer Headquarters at 9 a.m. of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 ment are exempted from registra- graph."
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In his speech Herr Braun said separately to all ranks of the appointments. take that in holding the view expressed Corps on April 10, 1928. by him in committee, that Germany
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THE CHEER 'O Y.M.C.A. DANCE, (at Helena May Institute) is unavoidably POSTPONED.
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Musketry.
Sunday, April 22, 1928.
her fleet up to the limits set by fire Part I. Table "T" at Stonecut was under no obligation to build
The Portuguese Company will
ters on Sunday, April 22, 1928.
Range Officer: Lt. R. R. Davies,
the Versailles Treaty, he was in very good company, namely, in that of the Government of the M.C., M.M. Reich, which had decided not to make use of its right to have twelve 200-ton torpedo-boats, as it con sidered that such vessels were not expedient.
On the question whether it was expedient to build whether it was
Launch will leave Murray Pier at a.m. and call at Kowloon Pier at 9.10 a.m.
Dreas: Uniform or mufti op- tional, but rifle, bayonet, pouches, braces and belt must be worn.
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Arms will be drawn from Corps of 10,000 tons, he said, the Prus- Headquarters to-day, between Bian Government, with Its' negative attitude, was in agreement with the experts of the Naval Depart- ment. Only two years ago the Chief of the Admiralty Staff de- clared in the Reichstag Budget Committee that, in the opinion of the Naval Department, the building of armoured cruisers of 10,000 tons Was absolutely inexpedient, as against the considerably larger armoured ships of other naval Powers.
to the dependants of the Late Tele- "The question now arises." said graphist Jackson. Band of H.M.S.; Herr Braun," under what influence "Hermes," (by kind permission) the view of the Naval Department will play selections during the has changed. I can answer this afternoon.
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No. 2 Platoon.
No. 1094 Lee.-Corpl. A. Urquhart,
to be Corporal. No. 757 Lee.-Corpl. W. H. Groves,
to be Corporal.
No. 1103 Pte. D. M. Richards, to
be Lance-Corporal.
Transfers,
regularly keep a list of borrowers and, even if he does, is reluctant to remind friends of their oversight.
"I should have thought," mused the Hon. Secretary, "that school libraries could have protected themselves by insisting that the boys shall return all books on a given day for stocktaking par- poses. In the public libraries we close down for a fortnight once a year, when all books must be re- turned. Our actual losses, I sup-
No. 948 Spr. G. Davidson is pose, are less than 1 per cent.
"But if this national day is in- transferred from Field Section, tended for the private individual Engineer Co., to the Mounted In-excellent! It would be an- fantry Co., as from April 3, 1928.
nounced in the Press. I suppose, No. 945 Signalier H. W. Pomeroy and the consciences of borrowers is transferred from Signals to the would be pricked. They would
Lawrence, Kan-Miss Loules Ridgway in a lying-down shot, but
not lying down on her job of expert markamanship. She Is the crack shat of the University of Kanase girls' rifle team, and was recently elected captain. She is from Denver, Col.
The Battery.
say: "Ah, yes, I must return that book to so-and-so, but not to-day — er to-morrow,' and. promptly forget about it as be- fore!
"Or if they did return it, how do we know that the lender would be really pleased? Do we not often lend our books in the hope that they will never be returned. Might there not equally be a national day for inflicting on one's friends all the books one no longer wants to keep? You see the confusion that may follow? And what of the poor conscienti- ous person who just has to scratch his head and say: "Yes, I really must return that book-but who on earth did I borrow it from?" Still, I agree it does seem an at- tractive idea.
"
A Patron Saint.
question to myself, and conjecture the influence which has now chused the Department suddenly to recogn ise the efficiency of such, 10.000-ton armoured ships. But the Prussian Government is still of the вате opinion which it shared with the
Good! The next step was to Naval Department two years ago.
decide the day. The first day of - NOTICE.
Morcover, with regard to the mill-
Lent seemed not so bad, but could it possibly escape the ANNUAL MEETING of the under all circumstances, be accept- FIFTIETH ORDINARY tary experts, I cannot take up the standpoint that their view must,
ignomity of the Pun? What about a Saint's day? Was there. R Shareholders of the above Co-ed by the responsible politicians a.m. and 12 noon, or 2 and 4.p.m., | Lights Section, Engineer Co., as patron saint of Literature? pany will be held at the Office of
with a certain amount of plety. or 5 and 6 p.m.; and on Saturday, from December 22, 1927.
"The trouble. is that there are the General Agents, Pedder Street, If during the war the civil admin- April 21, between 9 am and 1 p.m.
No. 477 Signaller J. J. King and so many," commented the phito- on TUESDAY, 24th April, 1928. at
"One No. 1110 Signaller A. L. Cole are sophic Hon. Secretary. Noon, for the purpose of receiving istration had shown a little more
courage towards the spirit of the Parade at Corps Headquarters on transferred from Signals to the might choose the natal day of the the Report and Statement of Ac military administration, whose in-Thursday, April 26, at 5.30 p.m. Signal Section, The Battery, as Venerable Bede, which takes one counts for the year ending 31st telligence still expresses itself in a Rehearsal (in mafti) for presents- from April, 18, 1928.
back to Anglo-Saxon times. We December, 1927.
remarkable manner in Herr Luder tion of Calours. Every member is No. 614 Spr. A. J. Wadmore is have a charming picture of him in The TRANSFER BOOKS of the dorff, we should certainly have been expected to attend.
transferred from Field Section, En-the Library here, reading to his Company will be CLOSED from spared much."
Royal Artillery Association.-All gineer Co., to the Reserve Co., as pupils. The anniversary of the 17th to 24th April, 1928, both days "A Defenceless Nation"
members arc reminded of the from April 18, 1928.
birth of the printing press? But inclusive.
Continuing, the Minister said Smoking Concert to be held at R.E. No. 1132 Pte. F. G. Ribeiro is who knows it? Who shall say that the 9,000,000 marks now asked Theatre on Friday, April 20, at transferred from No. 10 Platoon to whether it was really Caxton or the German? The birthday of for were not the end of the matter. 8.30 p.m. Tickets 30 cents each No. 9 Platoon, as from April 12, The ship would cost 80,000,000 are obtainable at the door. It is
Shakespeare? Yes, that might 1928.
do, but why not that of Bacon, marks (£4,000,000) before it was hoped there will be a large attend-
Reversion. finished, and in the Reichstag Com-ance.
who was probably the most-omni- No. 777 Lee.-Corp. F. E. G. vorous reader on record? Then, mittee the Minister for War had;
Musketry on Sunday, May 6, is stated that it was only the first of cancelled.
Munn, No. 2 Platoon, reverts to the in recent times, there was Edward ranks at his own request, as from Edwards, the founder of the pupil April 18, 1928.
library, and William Ewart, the Leave..
godson of Gladstone, who carried Lieut. A. H. Penn, Infantry Co., the. first Public Libraries' 'Act There will be no further Cams granted leave of absence from about 1851. Some people, I sup-
May 31, 1929. be held on TUESDAY, 24th APRIL, denied the expediency and necessity pany Farades this month but all the Corps from April 15, 1928, to pose, would even suggest the an- members of the Company are ex- 1928, at 4 p.m. in the CITY HALL of such construction at the present pected to make every effort to turn for the following purposes:— moment. They had also bean
out for the Presentation of Colours
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a series of four which together, Casuals in Part I, arrange to fire according to the provisional esti-with other units, last Sunday avail- mates, would cost 320,000,000 marks able May 27, 1928. (£16,000,000). In view of the THE ANNUAL GENERAL seriousness of the financial situa- MEETING of Members will tion, the Prussian Government had
Infantry Company.
(1) To receive the Report and Ac-actuated by the consideration that to the Corps on Sunday, May 6, de-
counts of the Committee for the Versailles Treaty allowed Ger
tails later, and to the practice the Year ended 31st December, many to build only vessels which 1927.
could not be regarded as effective parades as hereunder:-
Thursday, April 26, at 5.30 p.m. modern weapons of warfare:
at Corps Headquarters, Dress: Would it not be better for them.
Mufti, belt and side arme, to base their foreign policy, not on
Thursday, May 3, at 5.30 p.m. at such instruments of power, but, as
Corps Headquarters. Dress: a defenceless nation, on justice and
as for G.O.C.'s Inspection. conciliation7'.' (Storm of angry
Musketry. Part 1. Table T protests
from the Conservatives will be, fired at Stonecutters on and Stresemanites.)
(2) To elect a new Committee. (3) To transact any General Busi-!
By Order,
ness.
M. F. KEY,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 17th April, 1928.
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niversary of the birth or death of Thomas Hardy. Really, this little matter of the most appro- priate day is terribly perplexing."
A New Year's Card.
Resignations. Having left the Colony, as from April 16, 1928:- No. 446 Fte. R. W. Williamson, No. 7 Platoon.
On one thing we agreed, it On Medical grounds, as from could not possibly be round about April 8, 1928-No. 1195 Pte. E. G. Christmas or the New Year. Not Luz, No. 10 Platoon.
only was there the congested con- dition of the post to consider, but well, one of us at least remem- Royal Artillery (British) Athletic bered with bitterness of heart a recent New Year's Greeting from Meeting. 1928.
an Aberdonian which ran:--
NOTICE.
130
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year in 1928, 1929, and (You may get another
Half Mile open to the Royal Navy, European Garrison (includ- As for the argument that the Sunday, April 29, 1928.
1930. Range Officer: 2/Lt. H. Owen ing the Hong Kong Volunteer De- cruiser was required for the de-
fence Corps), R.A.F., and Hong Hughes.
card in 1981). P.S.: Could you fence of the coasts against block- Launch will leave. Murray Pier Kong Police, will take place
possibly return that book you ade, it was remarkable that in the at 9 am, and call at Kowloon Pier Soakumpoo on Friday, April 20, at borrowed some months ago? 'Reichsrat the representatives of
5.15 p.m.
artistic Oh, noi Apart from VAPOR PETROL SAVER, Hamburg and Luebeck, the two Dress: Uniform or mufti op-
Entries from Units, etc., to be cards of the sort deriving from German States which had most tional, but rifle, bayonet, pouches, sent in to the Sports Secretary, north of the Tweed, we could not IL, U.S.A.. kas patented a new Mola reason to be anxious about & braces and belt must be worn.
R.A. Headquarters, Victoria Bar- have our long-suffering lenders of ture Petrol Saver for all autos and blockade, had both voted against Arms will be drawn from Corps racks, Hong Kong, by Thursday books opening a Christmas parcel petrol engines that beats any ever got the vessel. Then it was said that Headquarters on Friday, April 27, morning, April 19, 1928. out. Ford reports 75 miles on the four armoured vessels could in gallon. All makes show amazing in-war-time keep open the route to creases. It saves petrol, and automa fically decarbonises the engine. HeEast Prussia. But did they really offers 1 free to introduce. He also believe that that could be effected wants Agencies and Distributors to make $375 to $1250 a month. Write against the most probable of their him to-day. W. Critchlow, 8005-H potential opponents, who had at his disposal numerous submarines? Wheaton, IL, U.S.A.
If they wanted to help East Prussin against the Slav tide which was breaking on its frontier, they must frst .of. all reduce the economic pressure from which that frontier province was suffering, t
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LESSONS IN CHINESE..
R. LI HON FUN begs to state that he has been a teacher of Chincho to European Officers and Merchants in Hong Kong for more
There was an interval for din than twenty years, that he has had er fróm, 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; when considerable experience la training the third part of Mr. Bernard students for examinations in Chinese, Shaw's play "Back to Methuselah"?
and holds first-class certificates.
Persons wishing to study the was given at the Royal Court Chinese Language are requested to Theatre, S.W., last month by thes communicate with him at No, 104, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Praya East, first floor.
players. The performance began at 6 pm
it
What might be a gang of Lilliputians and a Brobdingnagian ball, but in reality is the animal pushball battle staged by the Rods and Blois, the young, cadets of the Pennsylvania Military College. The
Slves won.
with a thrill of expecta- tion. and finding a book of.. their own, perhaps Jan unloved book better lost than read, returned "with apologies and thanks." The only appro- priate day for that sort of thing would be Quarter Day-or per- haps the Day of Judgment.- "Observer."
A model of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay, in which miniature tides ebb and flow, currents cross andre-cross, and showing the fluctuations in the sandbanks which, cover an area of about 20 square miles, has been made by Mr. Thomas M. Newell, engineer-in- chlof to the Mersey Dock Board. The tides are made to flow by mechanical means exactly as they Bow in nature with a true-scalo relation, the time between one high water and another being
126 seconds.