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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1927.
THE TWO LEADING BRANDS
ON THE MARKET
FIRST STILL
1627
300 Years
STILL FIRST
1927
it's stood the task, And still of whiskies" is the best; "Tie "Scotch" but that's a trifle vague-. To get the BEST SCOTCH call for ·
"HAIG”!
JON BLE & CO. UP WORKING METERER, JORILANK
SOLE AGENTS':
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,
St. George's Building, Ice House St.
Tel. C. 185.
£183
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT Co., LTD.
Best Portland Cement.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERS,
HONGKONG.
HORLICKS MALTED MILK
Malted barley, wheat and milk-all that's good in all of them-that's Horlicks Malted
Milk. Made in a moment
with hot or cold water. You
can get Horlicks in four sizes
of all Chemists and Stores.
Thats meat and
飲
Drink to me
Representative-Mr. H. M. EODGES, PO Box 3711, Shanghai.
Convalescents
of all ages
need easily assimilated nourishment, which will put on weight and quickly restore them to normal health. The well-advised buy
d.
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Battles of two sizes
All Chemists and Stores
To keep your skin in health
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Chemists and Stores sell them throughout the world.
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PRIDE IN THE REGIMENT.
SOME REMINISCENCES.
THAT DIRTY WHITE JACKET ON COAL FATIGUEI
A true story which recruiting ser- geants might tell with dramatic effect to young men debating whe ther or no to join the Colours:-
Thirty-seven years ago a young man named Wall enlisted at Derby and was sent to the recruiting
offices of the Grenadier Guards.
The other day this same young man retired from the Grenadier Guards, senior serving officer and man of that regiment, In 37 years he had become Captain and Quartermaster C. H. Wall, M.C.,
1.B.E.
FOIBLES OF THE GREAT.
MR. CHURCHILL AND HATS.
OTHER ECCENTRICITIES.
The doctors have just decided that we are peculiar) people" (saya the Sunday Express). Every one laughs at the famous story of Dr. Johnson, who touched every post or railing as he passed it in the street, bus how many could truthfully say that they bad never been guilty of a similar eccentricity i
Few people store orange peel, ue Dr. Johnson did, and still fewer dare practise his extraordinary habit of twitching off a woman's shoe at dinner; but how many men pull nervously at their ties as the Prince of Waler dbest
Most of our public men to-day have some marked peculiarities,
The Recruiting Sergeant might. then draw a picture of Captain Wall, a whole man, bale and hearty. Politiciany' Eccentricities. and not even grey, enjoying retire- Mr. Churchill's small hats are the ment in his house at Mill Hin-delight of his friends, and in the
HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE
[ORDERS BY THE HON. ME . 'Di
"WOLYS, CAFTALT SUPERINTEN- DENT OF POLICE]
CHINESE COMPANY,
Strength.
The following have enrolled in the Chinese Company and are post- ed respectively as under
Constables R.70 Lò Tak Hoi, H.so Chen Man Bun. R.31 Chan Lai Shou to No. 3 Section.
INDIAN COMPANY: Training.
The following is the result of the examination in Part II. (knowledge of Police Duties and Regulations) held on Monday, November 7th:-
Passed with Credit:-Constable' R.24 Taj Mohamad Khan.
Passed:-Constable R.218 Ghu- lam Mohamad.
FLYING SQUAD, Strength. Constable 1.338 Frank Lee is per- mitted to resign "on leaving the
Training
a man full of honours and with a House of Commons he has acquired Colony. store of memories.
the apparently incurable habit of
Here are some of the things be remembers of 1890.
A soldier's clothing included scarlet tunic, blue trousers, bear skin "cap," pillbox" forage cap, white shell jacket. . .'
One "crime sheet entry of that time was "Turning out for coal fatigue in dirty white jacket "'!
There were no canvas suits for fatigues as there are now, no khaki for training.
folding an order paper into a The following,, members of the triangle, then making a tube of it Flying Squad have been passed out which he finally throws on
theas efficient in Part I.:- floor.
Constables R-314 J. van der "Lely, R315 Ho So.
The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong section on Thurs- Central Police Station as usual at day, November 17th, will start from
5.15 p.m. sharp.
When speaking, Lord Halfour grips the lapels of a coat which is never buttoned up; and he makes notes on old envelopes, but never
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GENERAL.
can find these when he wants them, Sir Austen Chamberlain used to throw aside his monocle when
Part III Musketry. making an important point in his Captain Wall had sixteen weeks speech, but of late he has alter
The following Police Reservists recruit parades at the Caterham de-nated between the use
will attend at the Kennedy Road of the pot. The training included throw-monocle and a pair of spectacles.
Revolver Range in mufti on Satur- ing up the ride from the order"
Mr. Baldwin's cross-cut trouser day, November 10th, at .30 p.m. to the "shoulder": if man pockets may be described as sharp for instruction in revólver couldn't do this without throwing eccentricity, for few men have them shooting under Inspector H. J.. the rifle out in front of him he nowadays. There is wisdom in this
Paterson:- was faced close against a wall--they are pickpocket proof! whereupon he skinned his knuckles. Mr. Lloyd George runs his bn- There was no swinging of the up and down the ribbon of his pincencz and never applauds with arms in parade marching at all; his hands in the conventional mau- the rear rank was so close to the aer, but hits the palm of his left front rank that the former almost hand with his right closed fist. stepped on the heels of the latter
and it was not uncommon for the front rank to be "stuck" by the bayonets of clumsy men in the rear Took
Manœuvres when Captain Wall
recruit were carried out in
caps,
An eminent Greek scholar; Richard Porson, had a great capa city for drinking anything that happened to be handy to his elbow
even a bottle of ink
He was dining.id the house of friend who as bed. As vant came in the room for a bottle tight scarlet tunics, blue trousers of embrocation for his master. "I and leggings, bearskin
drank it an hour ago," said Porson. with Slade-Wallace equipment Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, (patent leather valise on the back, had a pair of ear muffs which he surmounted by rolled coat, white placed in position whenever he buff straps, very uncomfortable, and white buff pouches) and a Lec-wished to be deaf to all outside interference with his profound Metford ride, the magazine of which loaded one cartridge at a
thoughts. time.
Pay was 18. 1d a day, out of which a man had to buy all but bis meat and bread.
Supper A Luxury. Breakfast then consisted of bread and black coffee; dinner, meat and potatoes (pudding once a week); tea, tea and bread (with jam and butter on very rare occasions). The men had no supper-nothing till next morning unless, having 70- ceived an extra shilling on Bank (of England) picket, they could buy bread and cheese, cold ham or eggs, in the toffee bar.
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He had one quaint whim for his comfort when travelling.
Hammock.
15 men to be detailed by O.C. Chinese Company. '.,
15 men to be detailed by O.C. Indian Company,
10 men to be detailed, by 0.C.
Fling, equad,
Police Training School,
of training course will be held at Classes for instruction in Part II. the Police Training School under Inspector H. J. Paterson on Thurs- day, November 17th, and Tuesday, evenings at 5.30 pm. sharp. - November 22nd, commencing both
THE 44th ANNUAL
AL FRESCO
OF THE
FETE
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
WILL BE HELD
IN THE COMPOUND OF THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
ON
SUNDAY, 4th DECEMBER, 1927, from 3.30 p.m. to 11.30 pm.
UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY CLEMENTI. » ADMISSION. —$1.00 (each ticket entitled to a Souvenir)
8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.-50 cts. (without Souvenir) Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform Admitted at Half Price.
In the AFTERNOON from 3 to 7 p.m. several STALLS will be open and amusements specially for children will be provided. Teu may be obtained at 50 cents per head.
ADMISSION FREE
The grounds will be brilliantly illuminated in the evening, and there will be music both in the Afternoon and in the Evening;
SOME FEATURES OF THE FETE. TOY BAZAAR: XMAS TREE STALL; ART GALLERY, SURPRISE CAKE. WITH DIAMOND RING WEDDING RING—SOVER- MGNS AND OTHER VALUABLE GIFTS; CANDY STALL; SURPRISE PACKETS: FANCY DOLLS: CHINESE STALL; AMERICAN STALL; FIVE DOLLARS STALL; ETC. ETC.
FARM YARD
Come and win your Turkeys, Geese, Sucking Pigs and
Hams for CHRISTMAS. -
SEVERAL RAFFLES WITH VALUABLE PRIZES Including an ERSKINE SIX, A FOUR SEATER SEDAN DE LUXE with all the latest equipment.
No Work of Charity is Foreign to the Society.
COME AND HELP HONG KONG'S POOR,
-HONG-KONG-STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Training: Fait I. (Squad Drill). All members of the Police Reserve who have not yet passed out as efficient in Part I. will parade in mufti at the Central Police Station for Squad Drill and Rific Exercises E.K. Bank under Sergeant R. J. Huat a‚a... follows:-
Chinese and Indian Companies on Thursday, November 17th, and Tuesday, November 22nd.
Flying Squad on Wednesday, November 16th..
sharp. Fall in on each evening at 5.30
Not content with reserving first-class saloon carriage for bir exclusive use, he had a hammock slung in it, so that the Victorian p.m. permanent way did not unduly jolt the brain that conceived Social Statics."
Robert Hawker, the Cornish poet, who wrote the famous ballad, And Shall Trelawny Diet" although he was a parson, would wear nothing black except his boots.
He was sometimes dressed only in a yellow blanket, in which there The battalion was largely 'run' by the adjutant and the sergeant as a hole for his head to came inajor: for Hyde Park parade offi-through.
(Sgd.) G. B. HARTFORD,
D.S.P. (R), Adjutant. Hong Kong, Nov. 15th, 1927.
JAPAN'S SILK INDUSTRY AND TRADE.
NOVEMBER 15TE, 1927, *******......$1,137). DOXE London 2120 nom, Chartered Bank..........................20; buy. Mercantile Bank, A. &B...£3]} nom.
Do..
0.19 nom. P.&O. Bank
East Asia Bank
Canton Insurance Union Insurance North China Ins. Yangtze Insurance China Underwritera
,210 nom.
...$69 nom.
...3340 bay.
.. 292) boy.
..Tls, 143 now. M. $481 buy. $1.20 sel China Fire Insurance....$215 com. Hong Kong Fire 10z.......5590 buy. Dangl écoslovan
835)
buy. Steamboat on 20% B.K. Tuga
1.90 nom.
Indo-Chinas (Prof.) $30 nom,"
Do. (Def.) $48 AUT. Shell Transporte
...ts. nom. Waterboste
nom,
Benguete DOM. Kailan Mining Ad......... 63. baj. SILK EXPORTS REPRESENT 43 Lang kata (combined)..
The 17 boy. Do. (single) ..... cers drove up to the Park in bau-He was always accompanied 10
Tis. 9 buy. PER CENT. OF TOTAL
Sha
Th9.90 buy. Explorations an soms, and after Officers, fall church by nine cats, and wore all
EXPORTS. out!" the battalion was marched through the service a pair of crim
Shanghai Loca...Tha 51 buy.
$31 buy Baubes) back to barracks by the adjutant. son gloves. He went to his first
Tronoh Mines ....... 19/3 Dom. There was a
wife's funeral wearing a pink hat, "Theatre Guard "
Exports of raw silk during 1920 H.K. & K. Wharfs $120) bay. for Covent Garden opera-an offi- In Ohio, an educated man took
..335 sol eers guard when royalty attended. up his abode in a tree, a natural from Japan totalled 442,978 bales, K. & W. Docks Many more
on reversion to the habits of his ao-valued at 734,052,000 yea, as com China Providents.......zom. sentries were
pared with 438,449 bales, worth Hongkows
Tia 147 buy. Queen's Guard (St. James's cestors.
Tie, 4.90 boy, Palave); there was a double sentry According to Mr. E. F: Benson, 679,637,000 yen, in 1925. A heavy New Engineering...
fall in raw ilk prices occurred Shanghai Docks some
Me, as boy, on Marlborough House and two on the late Lady Beresford, wife E
Tis. 7.35 buy, the War Office (then in Pall Mall), the Admiral, wore false eyebrows during the year. The increase in Ewo Cottons
17 rel. An officer's guard, mounted in the Once when she was cruising in the the quantity exported was entirely Tilt Yard, found sentries for 10, Admiralty yacht in the Afediter- due to an increased demand from Orientals.......... Tha. 2 Downing street, and for the Forranean a small parcel arrived for the United States, which is the Shanghai Cottons (old)...Tl, 47) bay. (now).............Tla. 21 | bug. eign Office.
her which had burst open in the most important outlet for Japanese
raw, silk, being responsible in 102EE. Lands $56 buy.
H.K. & N. Hotels ii. 18į gel. Captain Wall remembers living post, and all the eyebrows fell out. in bell tents "on the sand at Pir-
Shanghai She made no attempt to hide the for 427,691 bales, as against 422,884
Lands
Tia, 118i buy, height (for musketry); the food fact that she wore false hair, and bales in the previous year. Japan Humphreys Estates...$12.50 bar, 12. was cooked in the old camp kettles; remarked during a game of cards, supplies about 84 per cent of the
Faw silk, Hong Kong Realtis.....61 buy. water service, and If you insist on playing that card American demand for though there were pumps, water I shall take off my hair and throw states the Journal of the London Prince's Building $120 buy.
B.K. Tramwa}) ........ it at you!"
TE (old) $14 vol. ; Do. (now).... 7 sol.
there was no
was often taken from the canal for cooking as well as for washing,
Only those who have lived to see the revolution there has been in the conditions of the Service can credit it,” said Captain Wali.
Fride Of Regiment.
My record is unique in one respect, Captain Wall added, namely, that I have been through nagy, here are Batukon -and in this I consider I have been fortunate. One always thinks one's own regiment and one's own” bat- talion the best. I remember when
Chamber of Commerce..
Do.
Territorials
MON ES9***** (max)
EXCHANGE
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
November 15th, 1997,
Telegraphie Transfer
Ox Loxoox-
Bank Billa, on demand
心
../0 5/16-
Bank-Bills, at 80 days'right- Bank Bills, at 4 months
IMA
...201
Crolite. at 4 months" sight 2/1
Documentary Bill
· months"
OF PART
sight.
Bank Bille, on demand
1,250
Credits, 4 montha'sight ... 1,325
On New, Yokk
Bank Bills, on demand
491
Öredita, at 60 days' sight... 51° ON BOWRAY
Telegraphic Transfor
Bank Bila
Bills, on demand 135
ON CALOUTTA
Telegraphie Transfer:
Bank Bille, on demand. 135
ON SHANGHAI Bank
Bills,
st sight Private, 30 days
20
right...
On Yorous On demand... 107
ON MANTLE-On demand ON SINGAPORE,--On demand... ON BATAVIA-On demand
On HaarkonuƉn demand...
ON SAIGON-On demand OF BANGKOK-On demand
SOVZETION, Bank's Baying rate. 89,55 GOLD LAY, 100 fine, per taal.. BAR SILTAK, par dz.
EXCHANGE RATES.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Paris
Brussels.
· Amsterdam. Berlin
Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors
RUGBY, Nov. 14th.
124 34.94
12.07.
90.42
18.18
34.59)
183
Lisbon, Bucharest
2.97/64
785
Buenos Aires
47%
New York
4.877
Geneva
25.27
1254 buy. 541
· 36)., 16) 19.
Milan......
89%
Stockholm
18.10
Sti boy.
Oslo
18.45
$3,70 bay...
·164) ·
28.70
370
Rio
5.57/64
1/104
2/7 2/0
$13 com $30 mei.
Bilk. tissues to the value of Peak 133,071,000 yen were shipped from Japan during 1998, a record, repre. Star Ferrion.354 nom.
China Lights (comb.)..............$12 nor senting an increase of nearly 14
Dã 2 (01) 2. 39) nom. per cent. na compared with the 1975
Do. The silk tissues exported HK. Electrica total. were distributed as follows:-Aus- trulia, 30,436,485 yen (22.8 per cent, Macao Electrics of the total); the United States, Telephones .... 26,263,623 yen (19.7 per cent) Chips Busée Great Britain, 16,852,194 yen (124 Support Traction-12/3 2002 per cent.); Canada, 14,048,963 yen China Sugas. (10.6 per cent.); and British India, Malabon. Sugars
Canton Ices 11,965,620 yen (3 per cent.).. we were in front of Poperingetion of all silk from Japan last year.
The total value of the exporta Cements (ombined)...
Do • {ntā) and were training while resting,
.81 sel (new) Canadian officers the Canadians reached 885,000,000 yan, more than H.K. Ropes (old).....
- Do. (now) were on the right of the Menin 43 per cent of the total Japanese Road then sometimes came to see export trade. Silk raising is gener United Asbestos ua. One of them soked a sergeant farmers, and in 1926 there were Watsons
ally a supplementary industry for Dairy Farms the best way to do something.
There's only one way, sir, and 2,001,834 families engaged in seri- Der A Wings that's the right way the Grenadier culture, with a cocoon harvest of a Lane Crawford..........86 pel. Guards way!
value of 661,442,000 yon, the oor-| Maskintoshlarimmunite responding figures for 1925 being Bincere........ 1,948,700 families, with a harvest Wm. Powalls valued at 824,256,000 yen
*** We had no billiard room then When I joined we ate in the-only a bagatelle board in what quarters where we alept; now the was called a library, an Guards have a well-appointed mess- room with table-cloths. They have bacon, or something of the sort, with breakfast, onects with their lunch, and a tea of a substanial sort. They can also have supper-though in London the men like to get out. None of the cost of feeding comes out of their pay, though this has more than doubled.
The men's coffee-bar, run by the NAA.FI., is at least as attrac tive as a good restaurant, the variety all they could wish for, and the quality of the stuff very high, It used to be a battalion affair, run by a sergeant and two privates They had no experience and the aurroundings, in the old buildinga were far from pleasant
ARITY
• (Continued on next Column.)
And that's how every soldier should think of his own regiment
-Evening News,
Do.
•$5 Bom
37. mel.
$3.60
.bu nom,
$10 nom ..$5 nom. $12 val. $15.10 ơm,
$6 om.
$22 sel.. $8 Bom
col (Continued at foot of next column.)
Prague Madrid Athens
Bombay
Yokohama Shanghai
Hong Kong" Silver. (spot). Silver (forward);
+1/0.15/18
26.13/18 28.11/18
mol
bay,
H.K. Amusements H.E. Constructions. H'que. Indus, G. Bonds...
...$19) nam,
H.K. Gort, Loany...... baybayan
prem. buy.