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COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY
CHINESE NEW
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ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK
GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE
Orders by Lieut.-Colonel L. G. Bird,
OB.C. units will please send all orders they wish published to Head- quarters on Tuesday afternoon.
DECREASE IN ISLAND STILL CONTINUES
CONSUMPTION HIGHER
the island
The total storage in
amounted to 1,188.37 million, ga long, showing a decrease of 47.13 million gallons during the past week. The week's consumption amounted to 47.50 million gallons.
3rd day of February, 1930, at D.S.O., O.B.E., Commandant, state: reservoira on Monday, January 20, 3 p.m.
at the Offices of the
Corps Orders The attention of all ranks is drawn Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov-to the fact that orders will be issued on Wednesday, and not on Thursday ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land
next. at Shamshuipo. in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1808, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the TO LET Okce (2 Rooms) to be let Surveyor of His Majesty the King, 1st January, 1930, in Hong for one further term of 24 years Kong Club (Annex). Apply Secre less three days. tary, Hong Kong Club.
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TO LET,--1 Large Room or Small with Full Board and washing. For Particulars apply 1, King's Terrace, 1st floor, Nathan Road, Kowloon,
FOR SALE
FOR SALE Banjo. "Clifford Ex- Rex" G. Genuine Autographed Model. Unused. Original Nicholls painting en Vellum. Cost $125. Sell-$80, ar fer, with Case and Tutor. Apply Box No. 657, c/ China Mail."
HOME TUITION.
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MISS GERTRUDE TURNER
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YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed."China Mail"
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Locality,
Street atel Shek Kip Mei Street,
Registry No.
$, of Sa
Boundary $564TTEM,
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About
per le plinį 1,400
HUNTERS
Equipment
ARMS AND AMMUNITION. FIELD GLASSES.
CAMPING EQUIPMENT. NO-BATTERY FLASHLIGHTS. SHIRTS AND JACKETS.
THE HONG KONG
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Departure of the Governor The Armoured Car Company, both personal escort on Sections will act February 1. Separate instruction will
be issued to 0.C. Company direct.
Camp Pay List
Oa. units who have not yet
Kowloon Water Supply The total storage in the mainland reservoirs on Monday, January 20, 4 million gallons, amounted to showing a decrease of 11.64 million gallons during the past week.
The week's consumption amount- ed to 25.47 million gallons, not including 1.78 million gallons sup-
turned their Camp Pay Sheets to Head-plied to Water Boats at Lal Chi Kok.
quarters will do so by Monday.
Musketry Table T, Parts I. & II.
The yield from the Shing Mun
The Engineer Co. and Signals will River and streams during the week fire this course at Stoncentters en Sun-is 15.61 million gallons.
rlay. Range Officer Lieut. M. A. $$ Johnson, M.M. Dress-Musketry Order, |
Storage
The following shows the amount
(million gallons) on uniform or multi. Launch will leave in storage Queen's Pier at n.m. and Kowloon the dates named: Police Pier at 9.10a.m.
Sergeants' Mess
A Sergeants Mess meeting will be held at Volunteer Headquarters at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 6,
Corps Band
YEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS
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PENINSULA HOTEL
Wednesday, 28th January, 1930. Thursday, 30th January, 1930.
Chinese New Year's Eve Carnival (8 p.m. to 1 am.) Special Tea Dance-(5 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
HONG KONG HOTEL
Wednesday, 29th January, 1930. Chinese New Year's Carnival (8 p.m, to 1 a.m.) Thursday, 30th January, 1930. Special Tea Dance-(4.30 p.m. to 6.20 p.m.
REPULSE BAY HOTEL
Thursday, 30th January, 1930. Special Tea Dance-(4,30 p:m. to 6.30 p.m.)
EVENING CELEBRATIONS.
LAST FERRY FROM KOWLOON.
Chinese, Fancy or Evening Dress. After Chinese New Year's Eve Carnival 1.45 a.m.
Dinner-$5.00 per person.
Special Tea Dance $1.25 per person.
Tables for the above may be reserved at any of our Hotels.
1920 April 22 May G June 3
Hong Kong Malalard
326.38
136.81
311.72
121,05
237.00
87.94
June 17
192.75
80,611
July August
8
167.701 105.52
1,251.86
438.58
September 2 October 7
1,878,13
1,880.13
November $
1,699.58
467.9€ 614.08 514.64
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS,
LTD.
for Gan
December 2
1930 January
1,514.80
496.64
1,270.77
458.50
13
1,235.50
450.51
The Band will parade as strong as possible at 5.30. p., on Tuesday, in mufti for Band practice.
The Battery Parudent Readquarters Drill to-day at 6,30 p.m.
Engineer Company Sunday. Musketry, Part I, at Stone- cutters. Dress, Musketry order, uni- form or mufti.
There will be no parade on Thurs- day..
Camp. Lycemun.-January 10-12. The following passed out on examina. tion:-
20. 1.188.37
438.87 RESULTS OF WAR
Lowest for 1929 in Kowloon,
+ Lowest for 1920 in Island. Consumption
The following figures show the weekly consumption (million gal lons) on the dates mentioned:
1020
Hong Kong Mainland
80.70* 27.17
Purile at Corps Ileadquarters at August &
Dict. No. 3. Wyndham St. Tele SPORTING ARMS & AMMUNITION 5.10 p.m. on Monday, for signal train-September
The Damage to Life
and Property
Canton, Wednesday,
It will be recalled that not long Provincial Government ago, the
11.08+ determined to assign the sum of 20.71 $190,000 for relief work in the 23.28
North and West River areas, and despatched an investigating com- mittee to the war zone to ascertain the damage done to lives and pre- perties there. As a result of the investigation, the following report was submitted:-
Killed--36.
Lamp-L/Cpl. Lockhart, Purvis, Strange, and Davies.
Engine Sgt. Carr Hooper,
дай
Sapper
L/Cpl.
April 22 May G
37.56
23.03
June 3
27.48
24.86
27.14
July
27.21
Corps Signala
26.325
31.85
25.17
50.86
41.8
27.02
phone Central 22.
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Dress:-Mufti. Musketry, Part 1. Table T will be fired at Stonecutter's Range on Sun- clay. Dress:-Musketry prder, uni form or mufti. Launch will leave Queen's Pier at 9 a.m. and Kowloon Police Pier at 9.10 ..
23 October 7 November 1 December 2
59.411
28.67
54.00
26.70
54.22
26.81
46.90
26.54
1930
January 6
-40.91
28.39
13
46.60
24.17
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47.60
25.47
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Machine Gun Troop Thursday:-Chinose New Year holi- das. No parade.
Armoured Car Company Car Section and Motor Cycle Sec- tion both parade at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. to-day for Machine Gun Instruction.
Machine Gun Company ·
The Company will parade as strong
do to on this date.
Highest in Kowloon during period of publicatlen of weekly
reports.
Lowest in Kowloon recorded in
1029.
Lowest in Island in 1929. Highest in Island in 1919.
CANTON ITEMS
Canton, Wednesday. General Chu Shao-liang, the C.1.C.
on the
Wounded-18.
Requisitioned by the enemy as porters-14.
Unemployed--more than 300. Houses completely destroyed-34. Houses partly gutted-536. Losses, property-more than $90,- 000.
Lossca, domestic animals-$6,000. Losses, farm products-$25,000, Losses, goods---$24,000. Sundry items-$37,000.
as possible at 5.30 pm on Tuesday for of the 6th Army Route is reported It is learned that the people in Machine Gun Training. All those who
20th at Fayuan,
Taltungpo, Shekochu, have not drawn their Camp Pay will to have arrived
Chung Shan District in Kwangsi, Nganjenna, Chienal, sustained the Musketry Table "T."-The Company where he will direct his forces greatest amount of losses. The will fire at Stonecutters on Sunday, against Kweilin via Kung Cheng. boat people in Shamshui also suf- February 2, launch leaving Queen's
fered heavily from the recent con- Pier at 9., and Kowloon Police Pier Mr. Chu Chin-huu, the Vive-flict-Canton News Agency.
at 0.20 a.m. Range Officer, 2/Lt. President of the Chung San Univer-i D. M. Richards. Dress mufti or uni- sity and concurrently member of the form optional with braces and pouches. Cheklang Provincial Committee, Rifles may be drawn at Headquartere after parade on Tuesday, Friday and will leave Shanghai on January 24 Saturday being Chinese New Year for Canton, to attend to the con- Holidays.
struction of a new dormitory in the University.
Portuguese Company
PEACE AND ORDER
Canton, Wednesday. With a view to maintaining order and peace at the approach of the The Company will purade for train.
Chinese New Year, Mr. Auyang Xu, Ing under Platoon arrangements to- General Chang Wai-chang, the the Public Safety Bureau Director, day at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. Head of the National Aviation has ordered extra detachments of There will be no parade on Friday. (Department, left on Monday for armed guards, and the militia to January 31.
Hong Kong en route to Nanking, patrol the streets, whilst detectives Parades. The next Parade will be A Jarge number of military and have been despatched to search the on Friday, February 7, at 5.30 pm. civil officials assembled at the wharf different hotels, clubs, theatres, at Headquarters under Platoon ду
to see him off. General Chang left and passengers' coming in from the rangements.
Rifles. All ranks are reminded that by the President Taft on the same country-Canton News Agency. all Rifles and Bayonets not yet re- evening. turned to Corps Stores should be re- turned immediately.
Leave
Commander Lin Chen-haung, the Defence Commissioner of Walchow, No. 187 Sergt. E. D. Labrousso, is expected to arrive at Canten to- Armoured Car Section, returned from day. some important official leave as from date.
affairs.-Canton News Agency,
.No. 1121 L/Sergt. G. E. L. Johnson, No. Platoon, returned from leave as from date.
on
POSERS FOR POLICE
DR. SUN'S UNIVERSITY
Canton, Wednesday. Since his arrival at Canton, Tai Chi-tao, the principal of Dr. Sun's University, has greatly interested"] himself in the construction of new school buildings, and in school ad-. ministration. During the past few At the examination of police days, Mr. Tal consulted with the No. 728 Cpl. A. W. Salter, Engineer students, the following questions Provincial Chairman, Gen. Chan Company returned from leave as from were given: An essay on either Ming-shu, on the question of raising date.
"The Improvement of
No. 882 Pte. H. E. Scriven, Reserva Company, returned from leave as from date.
Canton, Wednesday.
District two million dollars for his projects. No. 1362 Pte. G. A. V. Hall, No. 2 Folice', or Whother Military Opera--Canton News Agency. Platoon, extension of leave from 1.1.30 to 31.3.30.
tions should be based upon No. 495 Pte. A. C. I. Bowker, No. 1 Politics Other questions on pollc- Platoon, from 19.1.30 to 19.3.20.
ing, politics, military science and
No. ¡11 C.S.M. R. W. Lee-Jones, Ko-Kuomintang principles were also serve Company, from 21.1.80 to 10.2.30. put to the students-Canton News
(Sɣd.) B. A. WOLVE-MURRAY, Agency. Major Adjutant, H.K.V.D. Corps.
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SNOW FALL IN WUCHOW
usual→→
UNLICENSED DOCTORS
Canton, Wednesday.. Upon receipt of an order from Canton, Wednesday. the Health Ministry permitting According to a report, there was unlicensed doctors to practise prior a continous snowfall in Wuchow and to the approval of amendmenta of its naighbouring villages. As a the regulations for medical profes consequence, many farm animals alon, the Kwangtung Civil, Affairs died, resulting in a great loss in the Deperiment hga notified the public country," "people. Canton News pertaining this matter Canton Agency
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