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RICE IN SIBERIA.
PLAN FOR INCREASING JAPAN'S FOOD SUPPLY.
SOVIET APPROVAL.
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
CORDERS BY CT.-COL. L. G. BIRD, D.R.D., ADMINISTRATÍVS: COMMANDAST.]
No. 294 I.-Recruits.
Parade as Volunteer Headquar-
2Artillery Company.
According to the Fomiuri, the ters on Friday, September 16th, scheme which has been maturing 1927, at 3.00 p.m. All those who among a group of Japanese capi-have not passed all their Masketry talists for some time for putting Tests Nos. 1 to 8 will attend,
Dress: Mufti Musketry Order. large tracts of land in the littoral districts of Siberia under cultiva tion for rice planting purposes-
The Company will parade at has been hyuught within sight of Volunteer Headquarters on Thurs- materialisation. An understand.
day, September 15th, at 3.30 p.m.. ing has quite recently been estaba Gun Drill. Dress: Multi... lished with the Russian authorities and the Japanese interests have de rided to send Mr. Kurachi Tetsuki- chi, formerly the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affair, to negotiate with the Russian authorities in the littoral districts on their behalf Mr. Karachi is to leave Tokyo for the Usuri district this evening (21th instant), travelling 'ria Korea and Harbin. It is expected that he will open negotiations with the Far Eastern Concessions Commit tee of the Far Eastern Government At Habarovsk to fix the details of the plan.
Signallers ds per programme, - All members are reminded that Part II. Musketry will be fired at Stanecutters Range on Sunday. September 18th, when it is hoped members will make a point of at tending.
Range Offer: 2/Licut. C. P. Anderson, M.C.
Scores for Part II. will count for Willson Cup, and the O.C's Cup
3. Engineer Company. Spoon Shoot under handicap on the Miniature Range on Wednesday, September 14th, at 3.30 p.m.
Musketry Part II. will be fired at Stonecutters Range on Saaday, September 19th. It is hoped that all members will make a point of attending on that dato.
Range Officer: Lieut. C. F. Anderson, M.C
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Korban and Russian Labour, The Fumiari further reports that na it is believed that the approval of the Russian Ambassador is Tokyo and the approval of the Far Eastern Government, through him, bave already been secured for the scheme, no great difficulty will be experienced in arranging the de tails. The Government, is said to be auch interested in the plan, as it is on a sufficiently large scale to relieve a shortage of rice sup- plies at home to no small extent, and it is evidently willing to give fair measure of support to make it a success The Japanese promo- ters propose to employ Korean and
Signal Sections should keep free Turner. Russian labour on the cultivation
10.-Signalling Text, work, restricting. Japan's part to on Mondays and Thursdays.
Lights Sections. The re-organisa- .No. 1049 L/Sergt. R... K. Valen the supply of capital and technical work. The rice produced, is to betion of this Section is under contine, No. 40 Cpl. R. D. Read and imported into Japan.
sideration. In the meantime they will carry on with the Drill and Musketry Tests.
Suitable Districts. ----
Field Sections should keep free en Monday and Wednesdays.
4-Mounted Infantry Company. Parade at Stables at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13th. Dress:
Mufti.
It is and that the adaptability of the soil of the Ussuri district for rice plantation was born in upon many Japanese at the time of the Siberian expedition and both the Government and business interests have often sent agricul tural experts to that district for inspection purposes. As the result of these expert investigations, it was ascertained that a very extenge, Sub-Section Sergeants will sive territory covering the Ussuri cach detail a marker to report to valley and the Nikolisk district is
5-Armoured Car Company, Monday, September 19th. The Company will parade at Volunteer Headquarters, at 5.30 p.m. with
Reel Club. Members desiring to join the Club which commences On Wednesday, weekly, practice September 21st, 1927, at Helena May Institute are required to com municate kith L/CpL B. O. Sather. and land, e/o. Messrs. Palmer
No. Soc Spr. J. H. Bottomley.
The above mentioned passed the qualifying signalling test, Territorial Standard curing August, 1927. "*
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adapted for the raising of time and the Company Sergt.-Major at 5.23 received by O.C., Scottish Com- latest claims is that they amount wall Tranports
Thursday September 15th.
that the prospects are rendered .. brighter by the low wages avail able. A man named Imanishi is N.C.O.'s Class will be held at already engaged in rice planting Volunteer Headquarters at 3.30 in the Nikolisk district and is p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction.
Dress: Mufti. reaping excellent results.
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295 bay. though it is hinted that an inter-
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..8590 val. necessary in view of the impossibi 11.-Small Arms School.
lity of the French negotiators, M.
Tie, 143. nom. No. 21 L/Sergt. B. C. Goodman, de Beaumarchais nad M. De Saint
93) nom. Scottish Company, attended the Quentin, to admit the claims of long qualifying Course at the Small General Primo de Rivera as connaz Insurance...hf. $40 buy.
Fire Insurance :8210 buy. Arms School, Hyths from April tained in the Spanish memoran Hong Kong)
Fire Ins$800 10m. 11th and June 17th, 1947, and ob- dum.
Douglas tained the qualification QII. in the While Spain no longer demands Steamboat $21 wel
the annexation pure and aimple of. Rise and Light Automatic.
12-The following letter has been Tangier, the interpretation of her Indo-Chinas (Prei.)......$30 now. Da. (Dof)'.$19 kay.
K.....92/- nom. pang, from 0.0, Shanghai Stot to the same thing. It seems that
Star Ferries koome $34.80 buy. tish:-
the French representatives were
Waterbostat... .....$17 nom. Chins "The Shanghai Scottish with firm in their refusal not to permit
$15 at Sugaca...
$31 sal. deep regret received the news of Tangier and its immediate neige Malabon Sugars
Bom.. $1.70 the death of your Company Com- bourhood to be occupied by Spanish Benguets mander, Captain Donald C. troups alone in the future. Their Kailan Mining Ad...,19/4 bay.
argument seems to be that the do- Langkats (combined)......Tla Logan, M.C.
(singio). Please coavey to the Hongings of smugglers, who are operat- Kong Scottish from all ranks of ing "freely in the International has. Explorations this Company-our-very sincere Zone, must be taken into considera- Shanghai Loans Statute of Baube ******* syrapathy with them in their loss tion, and that the
Mines Ural friend (Sd.) A. Knowles. Cap- guarantees, must be made
PK. & K. Whatis ......$113, boy. H.K, tain, Commanding Shanghai Scot-practical and in conformity with
R.K. & W. Docks......... nom. the interests of the Powers con-
143 baj. tish, S.V.C."
cerned. 13.-Promotion,"
New
Engineering..........T19. buy. Such is the present stage of the Shanghai Docks ....Th. 92-
92-bay. No. 732 Bdr. W. E. Price, Artillery negotiations. There are hopes here H.K. & S. Hetals 16 or mufti op-
Company, is promoted to that an agreement will be reached Sergeant, as from September 6th, since there are vital reasons why Hong Kong Realty....56 pel.
France and Spain 'should come to | H.K. Territorials .............:$1} 1927,
an understanding One of the rea- Humphreys Estates 5124 buy. i caznection with the plan, Headquarters on Friday, September
Prince's Building 305 Haral quoted by the same Tokyo papereti, between 0a.m. and 12 noon, No. 575 Pt. E. I. Pinguet, sons invoked is the necessity of pre- as saying that his original inten-or 2 and 4 p... or 6 and C p.m.; Mounted Infantry Company, is serving Morocco from new troubles," tion was to visit that city in April and on Saturday, September 10th, transferred to the Reserve Com-and it is held that a solution will Ewe Lotions or May this year, but the political between a.m. and I p.m.
both countries exercise the spirit of Shanghai change which suddenly occurred in
conciliation. this country and the convocation
Korean farmers in district
ሲ near the Tumen are also said to beraising fine rice crops-every- year. Some time ago, the Mitsu Lishi interests planned to raise rice on extensive areas in that district, hut the revolution that subsequent ly broke out in Russia and other circumstances prevented them from carrying it out.
1. Negotiations. -Mr-Kurachi, who is going to Habarovsk to conduct negotiations with the Russian authorities there
6.-M. and A.C.. Companies, Musketry Part_IL will be fired at Stonecutters Range on Sunday, September 11th, 1927.
Range Oficer: /Lieut. J. E. Hancock,
Launch, will leave Murray Pier at am. and call at Kowloon Pier at 0.10 a.in.
Dress Uniform tional, but rifles, bayonets, ponches, braces and belt must be taken.
Arms will be drawn from Corpa
7.Infantry Company.
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of an able commander and good Tangier, while it offers all possible Tranoials ................................5/- nom
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15.-Leave,
On Friday, September 9th, at 5.30 No. 21. L/Sgt. F. C. Goodman, of an extraordinary session of the Diet that soon followed caused the P.m. All N.C.O.'s and other ranks No.6 Platoon, rejoined from leave delay in his intended visit. He is a detailed by O.C. Company will on September 8th, 1927. to go to Harbin first to attend a parade at Volunteer Headquarters. The undermentioned are granted celebration to be held there in hon-for special N.C.O.'s Course of leave of absence from the Corps:- our of the tenth anniversary of the training in Vickers, Gua....
museum,
which 18 commercial under
the the management of Russo-Japanese Association. After staying there for a week, he will proceed to Vladivostok and then to
Habarovsk
While Japan is now evidently better understood in Moscow than 'some time ago, there still seems to
8. No. Platoon. The Platoon will parade at The Miniature Range, at Curps Head-7 quarters on Thursday, September 15th, at 5.30 p.m., for completion of Standard Tests. Dress: Multi,
9.-Scottish Company, Special Machine Gun Cinss, as
No. 187 Pte. L. Jack, No. 7 Platoon, from August 9th to Octo- ber 8th, 1997.
No. 1102 Pte. E. M. Bryden, No. Platoon, from September 3rd to September 9th, 1027,
No. 1248 Pte. J. W. E. Stirling, Ne. Platoon, from September 1st, 1927, until returning to Colony.
No. 1247 Pte. W. N. Matchin, No. 6 Platoon, from September 1st, 1927,
be some lingering misunderstand detailed in previous orders will as until returning to Colony, ing about Japan among the Rus-semble at Corps Headquarters at sian authorities in the Far East, 5.30 p.m. on, Tuesday, September and he wishes to utilise the op 13th.
Dress: Malti.
16.-Resignation."
portunities afforded by his present Thursday, September 13th. All 7 Platoon, is permitted to resign
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visit to Siberia to exchange views with them frankly with a view to Platoona, Arms Drill and Squad from the Corps, as from September making Japan's policy fully known Drill at Platoon Headquarters at to them and removing the misun. 3. p., Dress: Mufti." derstanding that may exist among them.
Members of the Company are again reminded that rife, belt, and bayonet, are to be worn on all parades irrespective of nature there- of. Platoon Commander will nee that. ensuing two parades 6 minutes is devoted to musketry muscle exer-
Rassin has her own" plan tor colonising Siberia and consequent ly has had an aversion to the idea of Japanese emigranta being settled there. Recently, however, the Rus sian authorities have modified their cise.
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attitude so far to promise, Route March A Company Route though informally, their support March from 'Polo Ground to Taikoo to Japan's schemes for lavestments will take place on Thursday, Sept. in Siberia, provided Japanese th; when a full turn out is expect emigrants are not to promote the cd schemes.
this Encouraged by
Misketry Part II, will be hired friendly attitude,
Baya
Mr. at Stonecutters Range on Sunday, Kurachi, various new schemes may September 25th;4027.
be started in Siberia by Japanese Range OfBeer Lidit. K. S. Mor apitaliste. As to the scheme for rison. planting rice over extensive tracts
Launch will leave Murray Pier at
9.10a.m.
of land, it was first conceived by 9 a.m. and call at Kowloon Pier at the last Cabinet but one, but it has made little headway owing to the ambiguous attitude of the Russian authorities towards it. Now, how ever, that their attitude has been made clear, be believes that he will bave the opportunity of discussing the scheme with the Russian au- thorities at Habarovsk during his present trip te
Dress: Uniform or multi up- tional, but rifles, bayonets, pouches, braces and belt must be taken.
Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters on Friday, Septem- ber 23rd," between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, or 2 and 4 p.m., or 5 and 6, p.m.; and on Saturday, September 24th, between 9 am and 1 p.m.
1st, 1927, having left the Colony. R. A. WOLTE-MAY, Majer,
Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C. Hong Kong, September 9th, 1027.
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