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THE WORLD RENOWNED COCKTAIL
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BACARDI
AND ITS MANY USES.
BACARDI RICKEY
Wine-glass of Bacardi
Juice of half a Lime
One lump of ice
Serro in high-ball glaas
Add Sparkling Water,
BACARDI GROG
Que quart of Bacardi
One pound of sugar |
One quart of Foraosa Oolong Tea
Use the grog, adding equal
Part of very hot water.
Serve with slices of lemon
Dissolve sugar in hot water,
AGENTS:
!
BACARDI HIGHBALL Place a piece of ico in glass One glass of Bacardi
Fill glass with sparkling Water.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, APRIL 27th, 1928.
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
[ORDERS BY LT.-COLL. BIRD, D.3.0, COMMANDANT.]
No. 327.
1.-Presentation Of Colours Tho Corps will parade as strong as possible in Your Companies at Volunteer Headquarters at 9 am, on Sunday, May 6th, 199
No. 1 Company-Under command of Captain T. Addis Martin, will be composed of the Battery, Mounted
BACARDI MILK PUN CH|Infantry, Armoured Car Companies
Une glass bot Milk
One tablespoonful of sugar
A punch of nutmeg
The yolk of an egg
A glass of Bacardi
Best ap thoroughly the yolk of the
Egg with the sugar
Add milk Bacardi and nutmeg
Mir it thoroughly
A delicions punch and a splendid
boverage for Colds.
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WOMAN SEES A BURGLARY.
THREE MEN CARRY OFF SAFE
£7,000 JEWELS.
TAXICAB WAITING.
LONDON, April 2ad. Unsuspecting neighbours watch-
sad men of Reserve Company haved a gang of burglars drag a large ing leather equipment
Dress;
safe containing £7,000 worth of Khaki jacket, medals, jewellery from the house of Mr. shorts, helmet, boots, putties, hose; Alexander Becker,
merchant in tops, bandolier, belt, rifle and artificial silk, in Gainsborough. bayonet.
gardens, Golders Green, N.W., on
No. 2 Company-Under command Saturday evening, lift it with dif of Captain S. J. Jordain, M.C., com-culty on to a taxicab, and drive posed of the Engineer Company, away. Corps Signals, Infantry Company, and men of Reserve Company, having webb equipment.
Dress: As for No. 1 Company, but with belt, rife and bayonet only (no `bandoliers).
No. 3 Company-Under command of Captain K. S. Morrison; com- posed of Scottish Company and Scottish Reserve.
Dress: will be worn.
No. 4 Company:-Under command of Lieut. R. R. Davies, M.C., M.M., Portuguese Company.
Review order, helmets
Dress: As for No. 2 Company. Companies will be sized as for "ceremonial
Scottish Company will provide 4 drummers with side drums.
anfo, with its back ripped open, Two hours and a half later the
drove through Pindock mewa, War was pushed off a taxicab which wick-avenue, Paddington, W..
several miles away.
People at the Warwick-avenue end of the mews were startled by a crash and, looking out of their windows, SAW taxicab driving rapidly out of the mows into War- wick-avenue, where it turned to the left.
A
A member of Mr. Becker's family last night said to A reporter: "Mr. and Mrs. Becker left home at 7,50 p.m. on Saturday to go to a local theatre. Shortly after 9, o'clock a servant discovered that a
Attention of all is drawn to In-kitchen cupboard had been opened, Inntry Training Vol. I, Chap. 14, and then went to Mrs. Becker's Sec. 204.
bedroom at the front of the rat door.
Practice Parade at Volunteer Headquarters at 30 p.m., Thurs- day, May 3rd. Uniform.
Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters on Friday, April 27th, Monday, April 30th, and Tuesday, May 1st, between-9-mm and 12 noon, or and 4 pm and 5 and 6
3.m.
2.-Muskatry..
Sunday, April 29th, 1923. The Infantry Company will fire Part I. TableT" at Stonecutters er. Sunday, April 29th, 1028.
Range Officer: 2/Licut. H. Owen Hughes.
Taunch will leave Marray Pier at 9, and call at Kowloon Pier at 3.10 am.
Dress: Uniform or mufti optional, but rife, bayonet, pouches, braces and belt must be worn.
Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters to-day, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, or 2 and 3 p... or 5 and 6 pm; and on Saturday, April 8th, between a.m. and 1 D. 32.
3.-Scottish Company.
Sale Vanished. "The safe which contained Mrs Becker's jewellery, and stood by the wall, had gone. The police were then told.
1
"The safe must hard weighed from 5 to sew. It would require at least three men to move it. At: the bottom of the stairs there was deep mark in the wall, which the safe had evidently struck. other
"The safe contained, among
things.
single stone three diamond bracelets, and one diamond ring worth about £1,100, diamond bracelet about wide holding a watch on the back of which was Mrs. Becker's name and date. diamond and platinum cuff-links, There were also a gold watch and chain, and £25 in sovereigns.
ง
an inch
"In a cupboard which was open- ed by the burglars Was £1,000 worth of furs, but these were left.
When the safe was recovered none of the papers in it had been touched."
Three Men Eater Ecuse... Alt ranks are reminded of prac tice parade on Thursday, May 3rd,
Mrs. Handley, who lives im
house, and parade for Presentation of mediately opposite the Colours on Sunday, May 6th.
describing to a Daily Mail reporter Full strength parades are essen-how she saw the burglars at work, tial on both occasions. Dress for said: "Shortly before 8.30 I saw both parades: Review Helmets:
order.
.. 4.-Portuguese Company, Peak Range has been allotted to the Portuguese. Company on Sua- day, April 9th. All who have not fired Part I. and recruits will at tend.
All ranks are reminded of practice parade on Thursday; May 3rd, and parade for Presentation of Colours on Sunday, May 6th Full strength parades are essential on both, oc casions. Dress: Uniform, see Order
No. 1.
5. Strength. The following recruit is taken on the strength on April 25th, 1928, and posted as under: No. 1310 Pte. L. G Morales, No. 10 Platoon,
6.-Leave.
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ROYAL TEA PARTY.
330 GUESTS AT PALACE,
a taxicab draw up outside Mr. THE QUEEN AND MRS. LAURA Becker's house. Two men got out and went to the front door, leaving a third near the cab.
KNIGHT.
LONDON, March 22nd.
The King and Queen gave their
The men opened the door al- most at once. They then spoke to the third man, who left the taxi- enb, and they all went into the first afternoon party of the season house. They closed the front door, and I saw one man put his hand at Buckingham Palace yesterday, up as though shooting a bolt. It was a characteristically home tea party, the sort of occasion at which their Majesties are able was put beside the driver. It look to mix with men and women of ed nearly as high as the driver all ranks of life in an atmosphere himself.
"About eight minutes later three men came out of the front door dragging something heavy, which
too, talked with
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
April 26TH, 1925. A.K. Bank
$1,300 nom. Do., London. 1129) no Chartered Bank. buy. Marrautils Bauk. A EB.....ESIĄ nom
U...214 buy 29 nomu
Do
& O. Bank Fast Axis
Cantos Intersace........$650 buy. Urion Insurance
.8343 num. North Ulina ina. ......... Tl. 140 nom, China Underwriters......3 Yangtare Insurance ...... bl. $47
buy. bay. Chins Fire Insurance....8ld nom. Hong Kong Fire In.....$700
bay, H.K. Steamboats....$23) buy., 281 mel, Douglass................$404 sek. H.K. Tugs........32 buy. Indo-China (Pre) ........
37 bay Do (Del.)
*** 78 bey....
допа
1. 3 дов
nom.
"The cab turned and drove of informality. away. At the time I felt a little! suspicious, but, of course, did not the Queen a very gracious hostess Waterbosta
There were about 350 guests, and Bhell Transporta...90)- num know who might be calling at the in a dress of a delicate poriwinkle Beagnets
$201 buy. house."
shade-moved smilingly among Kalan Mining Au....../. bay. Another neighbour said that the them, chatting with many of them Lang kata (combined)..............Th. 13; nom. The following are granted leave a driver wore a peaked hat and re like an old friend. Her jewels ghat. Explorationsangu.. 285 nom. Bo. (angle). 63 now. absence from the Corps:-
mained in his sent. Three men in were sapphires and ropes of pearls, Shanghai Loans... No. 98 Sgt. L C. P. Rees, Re-heavy from the house to the cab, animation and his robust laugh Trosch Hines hard felt hats dragged something The King,
Raube .............enues serve. Co.
from April 20th to and with much effort they lifted was often heard. Both the King HK & K. Wharts.....$158. November 30th, 1928.
No. 635 Pte. J. H. Gelling, Roit beside the driver. They then and Queen conversed for some time HK & W. Docks.........$43 bay. serve Co., from May 1st, 1929, to got inside the enb, which drove artist.
threw a cloth over it, and they all with Mrs. Laura Knight, the China Provideuts March 31st, 1929.
......$6.00 bay. 6 æl *****ri. Iod bay. Hongko!........... No. 872 Cpl. J. W. Alabaster,
As asual, their Majestics had New Enginzonage......Tim. No. 1 Platoon, from June 1st,
their tea served in a private room Shanghai Docks 18 103 801 1028, to March 31st, 1920.
adjoining the picture gallery-awo Cations .......
Tie. St buy
bar, 8.40 sal, room which on such occasions as Orientals Cottons.........The.
B'bai. Cations (Old) 11. 23 sal. yesterday's becomes a salon
17p. 50 sel. which guests intimately known to
10. (DOW them are invited.
H.K. & S. Hotels
*****...$9 BEL, K. Lands
367 gel. Shanghai Laude
a. 140 buy. K. Rosites Humphreys Ratata..... nom.
...$34 bay. 84 nol HK. Tramways
$25.20 uom.
Away.
the boat was found at the front of
it is believed that it was on this No. 521 Pte. H. J. Best, Reserve that the safe was dragged to the Co., from April 25th, 1923, to pavement.. February 25th, 1929.
No. 787 Pte. 8. E. Clark and No. 1108 Pte. H. E. Orr, No. 1 Platoon, leave to be extended from April 14th to June 30th, 1028,
7-Struck Off The Strength.
HAVING LEFT THE COLONY.
No. 01 Pte. F. A. Britton, Reserve Co., us from March 20th, 1928.
No. 974 Bugler B, J. Yalland, No. 2 Platoon, as from May 1st, 1928.
No, 30 Gnr. W. W. Mackenzie, The Battery, a from April 25th, 1008.
"..
No. 803 Gnr. A. S. Horsec, The Battery, as from April 25th, 1088.
No. 168 Cpl, T. W. Doyle, M.L Co., as from April 25th, 1998.
No. 390 L/Cpl. D. B. Peat, M. I. Co., as from April 25th, 1928..
No. 874 Pte. E, A. B. Brodie, M.I Co., as from April 25th, 1929.
No. 479 Pte. W. J. Clerk, A.C. Co, as from April 25th, 1996.
No. 480 Pte, J. A. D. Morrison, A.C. Co., as from April 28th, 1928,
No. 498 Pte. V. R. Jones, A.C, Co., as from April 25th, 1928.
No. 959 Sgt. L. P. Ralph, No. 1 Platoon, as from April 25th, 1928.
No. 735 Pte. E. G. Joran, No. 2 Platoon, as from April 25th, 1028.
Platoon, as from April 25th, 1928.
platoon, as from April 25th, 1928. No. 1043 Pte. T. Addis, No. No. 1048 Pte: A, E. Bertram, No. 7 Platoon, as from April 25th, 1928.
No. 671 Pte. L. D. McNicoll, Reserve Co., as" from April 25th, R. A. WOLTE MURRAY, Major, Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C. Hong Kong, April 27th, 1927.
NOTICE.
1998.
1928:
The string band of the Welsh Guards played.
dary Carlile, head of the Church Among the guests were Preben Army: the Rev. P. B. Clayton, Peak chaplain of Toc H.; the Rev. R. Do. R. L. and Mrs. Sheppard, Mr. and Star Ferries Mrs. John Masefield, Lord and Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Mr. and
Lady Phillimore, Lord Justice Sankey, and Mr. Justice Hill.
KNEE BRACELETS.
PARISIENNES NEW FASHION.
bax
(all)
$13 buy.
China Light(comb.)...$13 .13.35 sel.
buy., Do, (old)..............$18.50 not. Do. (new) H.K. Kiatrics $704 bay,, 71 sa Macao Hotrios
26 nom. Telephonce
*** 71 bay.. Ühing
'1u.
Bases
Singapore Tractions.....11/9 nom,
China Bugars sent. 6.35 vom Malabon Bugars
Canton Ice *****
Cements (combined)......$10.40 sel
Dio. (old) nom Do. (now) ..............$2 «sl.
371⁄2 buy.
HK. Bopes foll)
Do.
Smoking Concert. The Annual Corpa Smoking Con. cort and distribution of Corps Trophies and Musketry prizes will take place at Corps Headquarters at 9.30 p.m. on Friday, May 11th,
PARIS Major-General C. C. Luard, C.B., Kaeo bracelets in finely woven C.M.G., has kindly consented to pre-gold or platinum, set with diamonde sent the above,
and other precious stones, are the
Dairy Farma.... It is hoped that there will be a latest Paris society novelty. good attcadance.
They were seen for the first time Der & Wings
Watsons Tickets 82 to be obtained from at a dance at the Lido-the Venice Lane Crawfords... Corps Bergt. Major H. Westlake, of Paris. The short skirts of the Mackintosha..... D.O.M., Sergeants Moss and The day allow the bracelets to be seen Sinceres
·4
Canteen. No. 747 Pte. E. G. Renton, No. 2 Other Ranks uniform, mess dress Dress All Officers Mess Dress
or khaki (jacket slacks and bolt) No.: 353 Pto. 8; H. Garrod, No. 7 optional. Platoon, as from April 25th, 1929,All prize winners must attend, in
(Continued in next Column). uniform.
United Asbestos
(now)
10 sel
$22 nom.
$14 bay.
20.50 Hom
#22 set.
all
bay.
nom.
at frequent intervals during the W, Powell are set flashing and disappearing 'que, Indus. (1.3 Bonds...62% buy.. dance, the gems with which they H.K. Amusementa
EAR Construations. alternately as the wearer moves.
Some of the bracelets seen were HK, Gori. Louse......101% prem, nom.
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sande of pounds.
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