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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930..

NAVAL GUNNERY.

A FAMOUS SCHOOL AND ITS STORY.

PASSENGERS.

Arrivals,

IMPERIAL LEAGUE

OF OPERA.

NO ANNOUNCEMENT OF

SEASON'S PLANS,

MISSING "MILO.”

There is a mystery behind the scenes of the Imperial League of are vainly trying to solve, Opera which its 14,000 subscribers

The following first class passen- gers arrived here by the R.ES. Empress of Canada from Manila One of the most interesting naval | Major R. E. Goddard, Mr. and events of the year will be the Mrs. F. De Grint and maid, Mrs. celebration by the Excellent gun-S. P. Lau, Mr. and Mrs. W. Light- M. L. Grey, Mrs. V. L. King, Mr. nery school at Portsmouth of its burn. Miss and Master Lightburn, centenary. This school, which for Mr. E. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. J. a long period has taught scientific. S. C. Tan, Mrs. K. K. Chus, Strickland, Master J. Strickland. gunnery to oficers of many other Master S. J.A. A. Hisp, Mr. J. Davies than the British, completes Williamson, Mn F. Verstockt, Mr.in London in November 1027-had The league which was founded "the hundredth year of its existence S. D. Townsend, Miss K. L. Town promised to give the first official on June 18. Its beginnings were Campbell, Mrs. R. F. Dillen. Mrs February issue of the magazine send, Mrs. B. Bean. Major D. statement as to its condition in the small and typical of the manner in G. J. Everett and infant, Mr. P. io, which it published monthly

Y. Hu, Mr. P. Hu, Mr. and Mrs. and sent to all members. which naval gunnery has been. W. Mears, Mr. E. C. Murray, brought to the present state of high Mr. H. A. McComb, Mr. and Mrs. efficiency.

In 1880 a naval officer who felt Miss Pirie, Mrs. J. Randall, Mrs. W. C. Quarles and Miss Quarles at the lack of systematic H. K. Vessey, Mr. T. R. Williams, Kumnery teaching in our Fleet, made Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Zander, Mrs. representations on the subject to the. Hirsch, Mrs. E. Kammer, 31r. Admiralty of the day. As a result, he was appointed to the old war-

and Mrs. G. B. Sage. "Mr. and Mrs. ship Excellent," for gunnery train-

H. C. Anos, Master Ames, Mrs. P. C. de Artieda. Me, H. M. ing duties as it would now be Bradley, Miss K. Calkins, Mr. and officially described. A small staff Mrs. Childs, Coffin Miss Childs, was placed under him, and thus the Navy's first school of gunnery came

Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Diehl, Mr. into being. With its foundation a

and Mrs. J. J. Elizalde and Misa new era dawned during which great

Elizalde, Mr. and Mrs R. W. things have been done for gunnery, though progress has often had ti be made in the face of diffenities.

concern

"Expending" Ammunition. Amongst an older generation of sailors, all this talk about the improvement of target practice was regarded as an objectionable fad. There must be many retired "naval still living who can remember a time when spit and polish" notions prevailed and ammunition was dropped overboard instead of being expended in the proper way, because to fire it from them would have made the gars dirty. The hard struggle which the late Admiral Sir Percy Scott and other pioneers of the gunnery rat movement had to get their views adopted will be recalled equally easily.

Foster, Mrs. H. Heyward. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Marpols. Mrs. A Morrison and Miss L, Morrison, Mr. F. T. Norris, Mrs. A. H. Rockwell and infant, Mrs, H, and Miss D. Spencer, Mr. J. W. Staf- ford, Mrs. C. and Master Whitney, Mr. and Mrs, J. Woolf and Miss Wolf.

Vail of Silence."

failed to appear on time, and a veil This number of the magazine has of silence has been drawn across ita fate, which was only lifted when in- quiries were sande at the offices of the printers of the Christmas issue,

"As far as we are concerned. Milo is finished," said an official.

The Christmas issue contained the following statement:-*

"The month of Jaguary will be devoted to a very thorough stucktaking of the results of the league's two years' campaign. The fourth number of No will appear in a much-improved "format-on February 1,.and will contain a full report of the league's achievements as regards membership, ns

well as the first instalment of Sir Thomas Beecham's long-awaited autobio graphy All future numbèrs will Le published on, the first of the month."

"Nothing to Sag.",

The following passengers arrived by the sa. Trier (Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen) from. Hamburg and ports:-Mr. Harry Eley, Mrs. Wer ner Nissen Genoa, Dr. Werner Nissen Genoa, Mr. Lindsay Kwa. Mr. Chan Chée, Mr. Chueng Yun,

An attempt to secure an explana- Mr. Lam Kow Kwong, Mr. Li Yun, tion at the headquarters of the Mr. Pang Kam, Mr. and Mrs. Al-league at 90, Regent street, W.1, was bert Weidler, Mr. Ernest Sidney unsuccessful, the secretary being Strange, Mr. George Lee, Mr. absent. Several officials have sever

ed their connection with the organ" Werner Bock and family.

iantion within the past few days.

The administrator may be in later on," a clerk stated, and

Later, the writer again inquired was met with the cryptic

Departures.

utterance

We have nothing" for you to.

see Sir. Thomas Beecham. Can you *Well, then," I said, "I must tell me where I can find him?"

"No," was. the reply.

"It is very important," I con- hint. Is be in London or Berlin!" tinued. "I will go anywhere to nee

clerk. We have nothing for you "We do not know," said the

to-day."

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In the meantime no farther in Seven days:

Happily, that is all ancient his- lory new, and gunnery holds the The following passengers left here place it should occupy in our scheme on Saturday by the P.&O. 8.5. of naval training. Wennons as well Kalyan for London and ports:- as methods have vastly improved in Mr. S. Ageki, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. the past century. A single big gun Browne, Miss A. M. Buck, Mrs. 3-day." of the latest type has greater offen- A. Bishop, Mr. EL. W. Brady, Miss sive power than resided in a whole A. M. Bignell, Mr. G. A. Carter, roadside of the guns in use when Mr. W. E. Cook, Mr. A. H. Crock, the Excellent school was founded. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. H. Carpenter, Amongst the interesting things to Mr. Robert Chan, Mrs. W. 11. be shown to the public in connec Durston, Mr. E. A. Deacon, Mr. D. tion with the centenary celebration Dewar, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. B. de will be tableaux which illustrate Courcy and children, Miss A. seal gunnery from the earliest times Denriss, Mr. F. A. Dinsdale, Mr to the present day. Sailors in and Mrs. F. A. Dinsdale, Mr. and |period costumie are to picture the Mrs. O. H. Eustace and child, Mrs. successive pages of this history to J. Fihelly, Corp! W. H. Fennell, the public nightly for a week at the Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fraser, and latter end of July as part of a infant, Mr. K. Fridoff, Miss C. G. lengthy programine of naval dis-Gowland, Mrs. J. Gray and Miss J. plays arranged. in commemoration | Gray, Mrs. 31. C. Grant, Miss L. of the anniversary.

Gregory, Mr. J. Gair, Mrs. W. L. Handyside, Miss V. Handyside, | Master I. Handyside, Miss D. Handyside, Mr. and Mrs. A., C. Hynes, Mr. J. F. G. Harris, Mrs. D. A. G. Harding, Miss M. Hard ing, Lady Colinia Hussey, Comdr. E. W. Kitson, R.N.. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Livesley, child and infant, Miss C. C. Munro, Mrs. P. Murphy, S/Sergt. and Mrs. W. A. Mackenzie and infant, Bishop and Mrs. H. Mowell, Mr. J. Mathias, Miss J. Mathias, Miss E. Nelson, Mrs. J. Nerollet, Mr. S. C. Oskarne, Mr.

TENNIS SENSATION.

"AUSTIN BEATS BOROTRA.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

PARIS, March 18. A sensational victory by H.W. ("Bunny") Austin over Jean Boro trn was the outstanding feature of the annual inter-city lawn tennis tournament between Paris and Lon don to-day.

Paris beat London by twelve mat- ches to mine.

H.W. Austin beat J. Rorotra by three sets to one, after losing the first, 2-6 6-9, 11-0, 6-2.

Oliver, Paym. Lieut.-Comdr. F. D. and Mrs. F. Oliver, Master D. Pearce, Mrs. F. D. Fearee, Master F. R.. D. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rattey, Mrs. R. M. Rutter, Mr. Robertson, Master A. Robertson, and Mrs. A. Robertson, Master R.

(Continued on next Column:)

formation has been given about the first season of the league, which was announced in November to clash

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with the Covent Garden reason in Seven days:

May.

When the league started two and a-half years ago it was stated that the first season will be given in London commencing some time in October 1998, and will be of not less than acven weeks' duration."

The league trustees are Lord Islington, Sir Eric Hambro, and Sir Vincent Caillard,

Mr. J. Y. W、 Seck, Comdr. C. E.

B. Simeon, R.N., Mr. D. C. Speirs,

Mr. C. Sara, Mr. W. G. Stocker, vington, Miss G. Skevington, Mr. Mr. W. J. Sprintall, Miss F. Ske- S. Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and child and infant, Mr. W. 0. R. Williamson, Mr. A. E. Walker, Warnock. Miss J. B. Wells, Mr, A.

Mr. W. B. Scannell.

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