DEATH OF YOUNG, PORTUGUESE
Member Of Prominent Sporting Family
MR. CARLOS N. GOSANO
The death occurred yesterday morning at the Kowloon Hospital. from. typhoid fever. of Mr. Carlos) Noberta Gossno, at the early age
of 24
The late Mr. Gosano was the brother of Messrs. A. V, and B. T. Gosano, the interport footballers, while another brother. Mr. E L.! Gosano. has figured prominently as a cricketer, being one of the leading players at Hong Kong University.
Educated at St. Joseph's Col- Jege, the deceased was employed in the Hong Kong and Shanghai having Banking Corporation,
firm upon leaving joined the Fchool eight years ago.
Himself a keen sportsman; the late Mr. Gosano was closely iden÷ tified with the cricket team of the Club de Recreio and played regu-İ larly for the side in the local League.
The funeral took place at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in the afternoon, being attended by a very large gathering of relatives, colleagues and friends. The chief mourners were four bro- thers, Messrs. A.V., B., E.L., and L Gesano.
The deceased is also survived by a mother, Mrs. A. Gosano, twoi sisters. the Misses M. and L Gosano, and two younger bro- thers, G. and Z. Gosano,
Father Olando officiated at thei burial service, and was assisted by Fathers G. Byrne. SJ., R. W. Gallagher. 3.J., and B. C. Kelly. $.4.
Maurice Allard (without hat), organiser of the Nudist group that set out for the Virgin Isles in a small boat but was halted when the craft developed engine trouble, is seen discussing a second attempt which the group plans to make.
ARMY 6,000,000 STRONG
RUSSIA FACES JAPAN
Preparations Over- Many Years
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936
· OLD H.K. RESIDENT LAID TO REST
Mrs. Annie Smith
Earl Beatty Passes
(Continued from Pape 1)
Empire and in a chronicle of the outstanding deeds of one of the David Beatty entered the Navy great stalwarts of the Navy it is in 1884, and won his first honours best to confine one's self to re during the Soudan campaign of cording those achievements which 1896, as a lieutenant in the Nile have made history, rather than to of the late Mr Expedition. He took part in the indulge in anecdote.
· MANY FLORAL TRIBUTES OF ESTEEM
Grand Type
Earl Beatty fulfilled in all re-
The funeral
jadvance on Atbars and Khartoum Annie. Smith, wife of Mr. John
and was warmly commanded by Sanderson Smith, of Messa Lord Kitchener for the skal with Lubring and Smith, who died at which he got his beats over the spects the essentials of that the French Hospital on Mondays cataracts. When the gunboats and type which the British Navy
who was
took place at the Protestant
were bombarding the stronghold of had evolved. He was bold, self- Cemetery, Happy Valley, yeater the Dervishes at Hafir and Cour confident and intensely magnetic. day afternoon. The Rev. J. E
mander Colville,
Every line of his face, including a Higgs officiated at the graveside. charge of the operations, was lower jaw which suggested
The chief mourners were the
wounded. Beatty took over the ironclad going into action, bereaved husband, and Mr. A. C. Seidel, brother-in-law, while others ttle ships with great skill and aggression, which were set
command of the flotilla, fought his vered strength of character
present included Messrs. D. N. Parsons, V. C. Labrum, L. Jack, Dallantry, and
D.S.O. and C. Wilson, A. W. Brown, E. C. Fincher, W. `S. Hillier, A. Cimander, Wilkinson. Ezra
con-
and
off
was awarded the by the jaunty tilt of his peaked promoted to
Com-cap. He was good-tempered, fond
Service In China
of hunting and, whenever he was abroad, he never landed on shore without availing himself of the opportunity of a long walk, and Two years later Beatty was in the walk was taken at a pace which Bott command of the Barfleur, when the implied that any companion must
Capell A. G.
Broadbridge.
Gibson,
Abraham, R. S. Philippens, F. C. E
K 1.
Watson.
F. P. Lenfester, E. Soltau, CBoxer trouble broke out in China.be fit and well! Mever. G. Escher, A. Stapleton. He took part in a severe engage-
He was unacquainted with fear Pestonji, A. G. Falla, F. Campbell, ment near Tientsin and was twice and in the worst moments, as when Miss Alarakia, wounded in an attempt to capture three of his cruisers, were sunk in Mrs. L Dand. Mrs. E. C. Fincher, Miss Daisy two Chinese
were guns which
Iswift succession in the Eattle of O'Keefe, Mr. and Mrs. W. Pater- harassing the naval detachment-Jutland, there was no hesitancy son. Mrs. and Miss Capell, Mrs. For his services in this engage in his decisions: He was regarded Engel. Miss T. Engel. Mrs. L. ment he was specially promoted to all the men he commanded with Murray, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kew, Captain at the age of 29. Mrs. Burleigh. K. C. Lam, P. H. His promotion to Commander
in
Leons. Lau Sang, Chong Ping, Au had carried him over the heads of Yeung-kan. Leung Wan-sang. Lee 395 officers on the Commandants Wingshiu. A. W. Ramsey and list, and this second step took him over the heads of 200 more. In many others.
A large number of wreaths 1906 he was appointed Naval Ad-
the grave,
the Army Council, were laid on
among viser to them being those from "Jack" 1908 he was an A.D.C. to King "Hansy." Grace: Betty and Paul: Edward, and in 1910 was special- May. Jenny and Eugenie; Douglasly promoted to Rear-Admiral, thusi and Betty: Mitrie and family; becoming at the age of 38. not Hilda and David: Alice Burleigh only the youngest flag officer in and Marian: Lily. Arthur and the Navy, but younger than 30 per MOST FORMIDABLE FORCE
Daisy: Hetty, Mamie.
still on the! Daisy, cent of the officers IN WORLD TO-DAY
Bella. Lena, Bertie, Fred, Joe, and Captains' list. There is no parallel Jim: Sister Maggie. Harry and to this rapid promotion since the Should the present menacing family; Sister Martha, Arthur and eighteenth century, when Rodney The coffin, which was draped!
Franz and became a fag officer at 31 and with the Union Jack with deceas- situation in the Far East deterior family: Sister Lizzie
Keppel at 37. ed's helmet and side-arms on it,jate still further, the military ef- family.
Abraham, No оде however, grudged Mr. and Mrs. Ezra was carried into the cemetery by ficiency of that mysterious force,
Miss P. Alarakia, Mr. and Mrs. S. Beatty his preferment, for his members of the Portuguese Com- the Red Army of Russia may be p. Beck, A. W. Brown. Capt. and courage and enterprise made him pany, H.K.V.D.C., who were pre sent under Lt. F. P. Sequeira, Li Put to its first practical test Mrs. M. R. Burke. F. M. Broad- the idol of his men in every com-
a formidable foreign bridge, Mr. and Mrs. L. Brewer mand he held. He had enemy. What exactly is the and Ettie, Mrs. Capell and family,sonal magnetism which bound off- Choy Yuen, Mrs. R. Carroll and peers and men to him in the spirit large gathering military value of this army? Mr. W. J. Carroll. Mr. and Mrs of adventure and unity.
d'Almada Messrs. C.
Opinions differ widely; no one R. G. Craig, Mrs. E. Curiey, Mr. Castro, H. J. M. Figueredo, J.
knows the truth.
and Mrs. J. S. Dianen, Mr. and Xavier, C. M. S. Alves, A. J.
For years Russia has been Miss Engel, A. Falla, Mr. and Mrs.
In January. 1912, he became Figueredo, F. H. Barnes, Robert!
the pos. J. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. E. Naval Secretary to Mr. Churchill, Choa, Lewis Choa, W. H. Choy, quietly preparing for
Eileen Hobtz, Mr. and then First Lord of the Admiralty, P. P. Botelho, J. Remedios, E. Libility of trouble in the Far East, Fincher,
The establishment of the puppet Mrs. Hirst and family, Mr. and and in March 1913 he was ap Rocha. J. Vierra Ribeiro. I.
pointed to the command of the Castro, D. J. Gill, P. A. Silva. C. Empire of Manchukuo and the Mrs. J. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Vas, H. A. Rozario, S. A. Marapid conquest of Jehol all ob- M. Gittine. Mr. and Mrs. Frank First Cruiser Squadron. cal, L. V. Antonio, P. Yvanovich, ously camouflage for Japanese Goodwin, T. M. Gregory. Mr. and the War was imminent on August LA Silva, A. F. Remedios, expansion at the expense of China Mrs. Arthur J. Kew, V. C. Labrum, 13, 1914, he was given the acting) N. Beltrao, H. F. Gonsalves, J. gave her fair warning to look Mrs. P. D. Lammert, Mr. and Mrs rank of Vice Admiral, and on to her frontiers in Mongolia and V. T. Low. F. P. Lenfesty, Lo August 28, he taught the German Remedios. A. M. Remedios. L. J.
Navy a lesson by sweeping down Silva, T. Noronha, G. L. Victor, C, the Maritime Province.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lahring with his battle cruisers in the and family. Mr. and Mrs. A Battle of Heligoland Bight and
H. A. de B. Botelbo and Sergeant against Baptista were also present
Among the
were
Victor. F. Collaco. G. Remedios, A. Gutterez, E. Alves..
!
Well Ahead
Tim. Mrs. L. Murray.
HJ
War Commands
the per-
When
As long ago as the summer of Mackenzie and Allison, Miss Mary annihilating the enemy. He gain- M. Fernandez, R. Silva, V. M. 1933 these preparations were well Muruk, N. A. E, Mackay, Mr. and ed further laurels in the action of Xavier, H. A. Barros, A. C. Kader, ahead. Vladivostok was the scene Mrs. Old, Mr. and Mrs. R. Pestonji the Dogger Bank on January 24,
E. Guterrez, J. E. Xavier, J. A. of warship construction and in- and family. A. Philippens, Mr. and 1915, when he engaged the Ger- Silva. L. G. Pinna, J. Delgado, G.,creased fortification: the frontier Mrs. W. Paterson, Mr. AWman battle cruise squadron with M. Ozorio, C. A. Marques, F. of Korea was being heavily forti-Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Suiter, consummate skill, sank the Mahan, A. Prata, J. C. Ribeiro, fied; and permanent trenches and Mrs. A. Spittles, B. Soltau, Mr Blucher and put the rest of the Capt. and Mrs. Campbell, J. M. wire entanglements were being and Mrs. Charles E. Watson, A. C. German ships to fight. Eca, U. M. Omar. N. Santos, A. P. erected along the eastern border wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs G. A. Admiral Beatty again dis- P. Xavier. Rev. Bro, Cassian, J. of Manchukuo, where it marches White.
tinguished himself in the Battle of C. Remedios, R. M. Omar, A. with that of the Maritime Pro- Peter Lee, Donald Chan, C. W. Jutland, where his manipulation of Castro, J. M. Xavier, F. J. Barros, vizce.
Tsang, W. C Lau; Choi Yu; Pung the destroyers stands out as an C. Mackintosh, N. Delgado, A. L. By the summer of 1934 troop Shin-chang: Ching Ab Di: Ah historic incident of the engage Rocha, E. A. Souza, S. Delgado, L. concentrations of considerable im- Siu; Staff (Luhring and Smith); ment. His next exploit was the C. R. Souza, R. Marques, Y. Mar-portance were taking place in the President, Vice-President and famous Zeebrugge raid
A. Pereira, A. C. Carroll, whole of this area, and aerodromes Members of the Kowloon Cricket end of the War, and, finally came being constructed within Club; the Tennis Sub-Committee the great episode when he had the F. A. Prats, H. Hyndman, F. X. were Soares, Arthur Remedios, D. V. easy bombing range from Manchu of the Kowloon Cricket Club; duty of accepting the surrender of
ques,
Special Granf
near the
In October 1919, Parliament
Lopes, F. B. Silva, L. G. Cordeiro, kuo and Korea. All this was Kowloon Confectionary Company: the whole German Fleet. which, the Misses Choa and many others. avowedly caused by fear of hostile President, Committee and Mem- however, the Germans succeeded in
Wreaths were sent by "Mother,"Japanese designs.
bers of the Kowloon Chess Club: sinking in Scapa Flow. "Lino, Betty. Linda, Eddie, Ave, Early last year the Red Army Chi Sen and Co.; Kowloon Store; Luigi, Gerry and Zinho," "Pam," was powerfully increased. Its ac and Lane, Crawford. "Carlos. Amalia and kiddies, tive strength was raised from just "Loney, Ozo,, Germano and Jerry," over half a million to close on a
million men. Its air force "Marie, Natalia and Aleta.”
Mr. V. M. Grayburn, Mr. E. J. trebled and its tank formations and heavy artillery multiplied Davies, Mr. A. Moorse, Mr. D. C. Edmondston, Mr. and Mrs. F. de many times over. Naval increases, both in submarine and surface
was
BRITISH TREASURY RETURNS
voted Admiral Beatty a grant of
£100,000 for his services and bei was created Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, and. Baron Beaty of the North Sea and of
Barros and family, Mrs. C. Bar-craft, were also authorised. High Revenue Figures Brocksby, in the County of
retto and family, Captain and Mrs. Campbell, C. d'Almada"
Further Increase
Military
# This year the Soviet
For End Of Year
BUDGET ESTIMATE
Leicester.
- It was due to his initiative that the famous battleship Implacable Castro and family, Mr. and Mrs. Budget provides for a new fur- EXPENDITURE LOWER THAN was saved and converted into a Choa Po-sien and family, Dr. and ther increase The expenditure Mrs. J. S. Guzdar, Mr. and Mrs-on the armed forces is to be more
training ship for Sea Scouts and M. F. Houghton, Helen and Kaththan doubled. The army has al-
other boys organisations. His last leen Ho, D. J. Iles, Albert and ready been reorganised, so that,
London, To-day. recorded "active engagement” was Harold Leong, Mr. and Mrs. F. P-whereas a year ago the active re-
Receipts into the Exchequer on the occasion of a fire at his re- Laurel and, family, Mrsgular divisions comprised only a last week, apart from self-balanc-sidence, Beigate Priory, when he Leonard and family, Mr. and Mrs. quarter of the whole, they now ing revenue, amounted to the ex-took command of the local Fire
J. L. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lee, comprise three-quarters of it.
Mrs F-Nuttall--and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Muller and
family, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Peres,
(Continsed on Page:11)-
ceptionally high total of £32,532,-Brigade, which was instrumental 1882; and expenditure for the in saving the bulk of the building- week, excluding self-balancing The Officers and Batings of the British Navy hold pride of place items, was £24,549,443.
Mrs. Maria Otorie and family, Banking Corporation; the For The financial year ends in in the affections of the British
Tony L Rocha, Mr. and Mrs eign Staff, HK and Shanghai three weeks' time and special in- Joe 3. Rodrigues, Mr. P. Banking Corporation; the Port-terest attaches to the latest Trea for the full year at £734,470,000. Rozorio and family, Mr. and guesé Staf, HK and Shanghai sury, return, which shows on the The total ordinary expenditure Mrs. E MSilva and family, Banking Corporation; the Corps revenue side that the total ordin-to date is £764,126,959. At the Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Triggs, An- Infantry (Portuguese Co.)ary revenue for the financial year corresponding date last year the drew Tse, Mrs. Victor and sons, HKV.D.C.; N.C.O.'s and Men of up to March 7 amounted to £690,-figure was £674,715,999. The Mrs. Williams and family, W. A No. 1 Platoon (Corps Infantry) 121,420. This was £26,735,166 Budget estimated the total, ordin= Ziminern, E. M. da Rocha, ta H.K.V.D.C.; Recreio Cricketers; more than at the corresponding ary expenditure for the year. at
The Foreign Staz, Inward Bills the Indian Recreation Club; Mem-date of last year.. The Budget £754,571,600-Eritish Dept., Hong Kong and Shanghai|bers of Ricci Hall
estimated the ordinary revenue Service.
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