HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRÍL 2, 1932.
MR. PEPYS IN HONG THE ROYAL NAVY. HONG KONG STOCK
KONG.
25th, Good Friday.—A sad day, packing up any goods and then to the great shipps Rajputant with my wife to bestow her baggage; and I wo minded to son their no gommodation which I find very apt if it prove not too hot.
28th.This day my family goes home, thereafter, to the Buces but, though, I win money, I take no pleasure in them, nor in anything.
27th, Lord's Day. This day: Easter Sunday, but I find little in my circumstances that I should re- jolee in worldly matters. Very busy gathering my goods, but Lord the useless things a man. doth gather about him oven in the short spurs of two years. This day my fimesipa Błopsom and I must show them to Mr. L. Davies who did doubt their, outcoming this year, After much packing to the Club whofe I play a hand at cards, and early to bed.
28th-Up very betimes and paak. ing early, and then, after breaking my fast, to the Queen's House where I do see an American picture named "The Secret Six. And this, as I learn from Mr. B. Proulx, was specially made as propaganda against gangsters and it may be so, and indeed the end is most logitimate. At the Club thereafter
NEW CRUISER NAMES
MARKET.
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
QUOTATIONS. "
Sales.
Hong Kong Banka 81,475. Union Insurancos $470. Douglases $27.
LONG JUMP RECORD. BROKEN.
H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
ST. PAUL'S SPORTS.
ĮORDERS, BY LIGHT-COL. D.
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G. DIRA,
Parades.
Battery :---
GIRLS' TEAM RACE.
The Annual Athletic Sports of St. forep.ra. at Headquarters on Thursday, at Caroline Hill, before a large There will be & parado at 3.30 Paul's College were hold yesterday
As was the case in regard to the 1930- programs, tho Admiralty have made use of a name previous ly reserved for battleships to ben- |
The market opened quietly steady low upon one of the cruisersnu with a firmish undertone. Sterling
The contract. Stocks are now again to the thorized in 1831. built ship of the programme will owing to lower exchange. be called the "Ajax, and the two ships allotted to Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyards will be known as the Amphion and the Arethusa. The name Ajax had always been horne by a ship of the line from the first 14-gun ship, of 1707,, until 1920, when the battleship Ajax, which served if the Grand Fivet throughout the late War, was scrap- ped. Thern was an Ajax at Trafal gar and at, many of the other | great navil 'actions of history, from Rodney's victory off Cape St. Vin cout in 1780 to the capture of Bomarsund during the wan with: Russiz in 1854. At the Battle of Jutland the Ajax was commanded by the late Rear-Admiral G. H Baird, and was the second ship in the Battle Floet, in
H
the
Amphion has always been it frigate and cruiser name.
The
first to hear it was 4 32-gun frigate built in 1780, and the last W3 a Bght cruiser which served as leader of the Third Destroyer Flotilla at the outbreak of the War.
Tho
Ewn Cottons Tla. 14.80. China Lights (Naw) #20). Hong Kong Electrics $73, Cemonts (Combined) $19 ex div. Dairy Farma #283; Lane, Crawfords (Old) #5j. Watsons (Rights) $34. Constructions (Now) $1.86. Hong Kong Government Loans
per cent. premium.
Buyers.
Hong Kong. Banks $1,475. Douglases $27, Benguets $12.
Providents (Old) 84}. Providents (New) $9.10.) Hotels (Rights)- #2.00. Hong Kong Lands 8784. Chinoso. Estates 305. Ewo Cottons Tls. 14. Hong Kong Trams #21:10 Hong Kong Electrics 872). Mauac Electries 2244. Watsons $151. Watsons (Rights) 34.
Amusements 190180. Constructions (New) $1.85, Hong Kong Government Loans
3 per cont. premium..
Sellers,
April 7 for Bewis Gua Instruction and Bighal Section. Corps Signals:-
Parade na Corpe. Headquarters At 4.30 pm, on Thursday, April 5. for Signal Instruction.
Armoured Car Company:—
Car Section: There will be a lecture on Car Mechanism at the P.W.D. Garage on Friday, April 9, at 30 p.m. Scottish Company:-
1 Parades, Thursday, April 7, at 3.30 p.m.
No. 6. Platoon at Kowloon Dock under 2nd Lieut. T. P. Saunderson.
No. 7 Platoon 'at Headquarters. under 2nd Lieut. A. W. Brown.
Machine Gun Instruction,
2. Eliciency: The current train- ing season torminates on April 18. Members are reminded that there remain only two more parades in which to qualify for efficiency in
attendance.
Portuguese Company :-"
All ranks are reminded of L.G. Classification to be held at Stone- cutters Range on Sundays, April 3 and 10 Details be issued later.. Range Officers-April 3: 2nd Lt. J. V. V. Remedios; April 10: 2nd
Lieut. H. J. Silva.
Launch will leave Queen's Pier at 8 am, and Kowloon Police Fier at 3.10a.m.
gathering of students friends and supporters of the school. The prizes were given away at the conclusion of the sports by Mrs. Tuo, wife of Hon, Dr. S.W. Tso.
The school's long jump record wis broken during the afternoon. Au interesting team race for girls was one of the features of the afternoon, the event being the first of its kind, The race was won by the Mui Fong Girls' School;
Contrat British School fuishing second.
Resulta.
The following were the results Senior: 100 Metros:-1, Yung Keo Fong; 2. Yuen Chou Kuen; 3, Chlu Ping Cheung, Time: 113 secs.
200 Mêtres:-1, Yung Kee Tong; 2, Chiu Ping Cheung: 3, Loo Ping Iu. Time: 95.2 secs.
400 Metros: -1, Chiu Ping Cheung; 2, Loc Ping fu; 3, Sum Tu Kam. Time: 93.4 seed.
800 Motres:-1,, Mak In Ning;, 2,
It should be noted than these TestsChiu Sze Kon; 3, Li. Ping Yiu. are to form part of the require Time: 2 min. 38 secs.
ments for efficiency in future and 1,000 Metres:-1, Mak. In Ningi. it is essential that every man should2, Chia Sze Kan; 3, Wong Yuk pass them.
Full particulars can be obtained Tong. Time: 5 mins.. 29.5 secs. from Platoon Commanders. A... Company :-
1. The A.P.C. Buction will parade, at 5.30 p.m. at North Point on Thurday, 7th instant.
2. The Portuguese Section will parade at 3.30 p.m. at Headquarters Con Friday, 8th instant.
The Officers Commanding the un fermentioned Unite will fame their Orders separatively to their Com- mande:-
1. Corps Band,
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High Jump:-1, Yung. Kée Eong:
So Kan Chin; 3, Ng Hok Hoi... Long Jump:-1, Yung Kee Fong (record); 2, Yuen Chau Kuon; 3; Chiu Ping, Cheung. Distance: 2016. 3in. (new school record).
500 Matres Hurdles :-1, Yung. Kan Fong; 2, Chi Ping Cheung; 3, Yizon Chau Kuon. Time: 30.1 Beck,
I was speaking with Mr. Creed and "Division led by Vico-Admir- tell him he should see it if he de al Sir T. H. M. Jorram in the sires excitement. There I meet too. An old friend Mr. R. Argyll who King George V. ? tells me he has won a sweep on tho Saturday gone. And later, at the Races I do see his nunther be written up for yet another first prize, which do seem to me mighty unfair. And indeed with some others I do, begin to doubt me of these sweepstakes; not indeed of the Club's honour for that is above qucation, but to whether the Amphion was the Arst ship of receptaclea be correct or the num bered balls of an equal size and the Navy to be lost in the War, properly mixed. Mr. F. Seeds Sells being blown up on August &, 1914, me it certainly is so, yet at times. one number or the number in a by one of the mines laid by the certain hundred, do come up with Konigin Luise, which ship she had amazing frequency. Yet, as I toll just destroyed. Arethusa, top, has him I in no way impuge the good. Faith of the sweeps, elas should always been a frigato and cruiser take no mera tickets. And I dquist name, and the fame of the saucy. not Ikhall win one e'er long. At Arethusa in traditioanl wagering things go very ill and I even forgot to back Daylight. Eve name came into the Royal Navy by for lacs. hearing, that Mr. L the capture in 1759 of the French Reidy do fancy his chance upon 38-gun frigate Arethuse. In the Champagne Bay. And. such is my War the Arethusa was Sir Reginald fortune. I do hack this though Tyrwhitt's flagship at Harwich un his other, two tips on Bax and til she was sunk by a mine in the Buggage And Holter Skelter I back North Son on February 11. 1910.. nnt and they both win! But Lord! to seo Season Ticket defeat both Polar Star and. Woodland Stag be the most marvellous sight and I perceive him to be great pony, wager upon the King in the tenth mouth on Monday, has been Decasional activity witnessed during No. 7 Platoon, as from March 20, Time: 033 seca. rac and more heavily over Don in Duty Director of Training and Stathe period, such as it was, was very the last and an less than thirty is a guanery specialist, and was patchy. Ratos, however, though" florins down, and when I make up "gunnery officer of the battleships sagging, and indeed lower, in a few my necounts I perceive that I am Britannia and Ramillies hiring a better man by some twelve florins "that I was befors, the mecting be- the War. Promoted to captain in June 1990, he commanded the Cale gan, which I cannot call to mind
don, a similar but not a sister sin bannening to me these many years. to the Concord, in the Mediter-hue to the fact that the peace nego.
29th. Very busy ordering my
onean in 1927-90, goody and setting them aside. in
tiations in the North are still hang. ing fire.
But after this I do. better na
cases,
30th-This day I fall not fir! short of a grave misndyanture for
Command of the Concord. Captain Hubert Ardill, who is to take rohmand of the Concord, Signal School cruiser, at Ports
Duties for the past two years. He
Gibraltar Flotilla Cruise.
A. spring. oruise is to be made
Technical Course Ends.
as I walk to my office with Mr. J. by the Searcher, Commander M. O. Pytches at nine of the clock, we D. Eilwood, and Shamrock. Lieu-- hear a great explosion close by, tenant-Commander, J. H. Plumer, and upon turning to the Cathedral of the Gibraltar losal defence Yard we see a cloud of smoke, that fotilla, from. April 1 to May 16 stinketh very acrid And looking Among the ports to be visited is down below I do see à Chinese Tangier, whore the destroyers will coolie lying along in'n narrow water atay from April 26 to May 1. cottrae of concrete: and he all binckened save where the blood do start to Bow from his head. So we run in to the French Fathers' The New Year term at the Sonicg house and I call for an Ambulance Officers Technical Course. Ports but it seems one had so done mouth, has onded, The officer at already. Thereafter to their tending it have included Rear- balcony where I see the man lying Admiral A. E. F. Bedford, six out of the channel but whether he captains, eight commandera,__and crawl out himself or be lifted I two commandera in the Royal know not. Help comes speedily, Naval Reserve. Rear-Admiral Bed- and by his groans I know he is not. ford has been nominated at attend yet dead, but how a man shall live the Senior Officers' War Course at after falling high forty feet, apart Greenwich, and among the captains from the blast of the explosion, at this course will be Captain R. know not. Thence to my office, B. Darke, D.8.0., who has also and mighty thankful the bomb ex been at the Technical Course. plode not two minutes later clso had a many been grievously hurs if not killed outright. Home early and more packing of gear til! I do The hate the sight of it.
Relief of the Adamant
aubmarine
depot-ship
Ewo Cottone Tia. 18. Hong Kong Electries $73. Telephones (P.P.) $21. Mahbon Sugars $23. Hong Kong Ropes 8271 cum div. S. C. Enterprises 810. Constructions (New) $1.95. Hong Kong Government Loane 4 per cent, premium.
WEEKLY REPORT.
On the whole, the past week has been a very quiet one, and the oc
instances, have held fairly well.
At the close, the tone of the market is decidedly quiet, chiefly
Closing Rates.
Providents (Old) $4.00. Watsons 315.60.
Sales During the Week.
Hong Kong Banks 81,460 81,400,
nion Insurances $447 to $170, Douglases. $27.
I Engineer Company. III. Machine Gun Troop. IV. Armoured Car
Company,
Motor Cycle Section.. V. Machine Gun Company.
Struck of the Strength.
PERMITTED TO RESIGN.
Shot Put:-1, Ng Hak Hoi; 2, Andrew Wong: "3, Yuen Chau Kuen. Distance: ft. Din.
Junior-100 Metres: 1, Chak Ho Tow; 2 Lee Wai Chee; 3, Lee Ting Shun
Time: 12.9 Becs."
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No. 1471 Spr. H. H. Mundy, En-Lee Wai Chee; 2, Leo Ting Shun. gineer Company, as from March 14
1932.
RESIGNED UNDER 2 YEARS' SERVICE.
No. 1554 Pte. W. J. Riddiford,
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"Strength.
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The following has been taken on the Strength:-
No. 1797 Pto. J. E. Potter, Leigh and Orange, No. 3. Platoon, March 3, 1932
Leave,
Capt. J. C. Maggown, M.B., Ch. B., Medical Section, granted 12 months' leave from March 29, 1932 i to March 1033: ··
Time: 27.5 secs.
400 Metres:-1, Chak Ho Tow; 2, Lee Ting Shun; 3, Eco Wai Cher.
High Jump-1, Lee Wai Chev; 2, Lam Kau Tok; 3, Lee Ting Shun. Height: 4ft. lin.
Long Jump:-1, Lee Wai Chee ; 2, Lara Kau Tok; 3, Chak Ho Tow. Distance: 4.63 metres.
100 Metres Hurdles :--},
Lee Wai Chee; 2, Lam Kan Tok; 3, Lee Ting Shun. Time: 19 seca.
Small Boys:-100 Metres: 1, Kơ
Luk Si Shing Time: 14 secs..
No. 1065 Sgt. E. R. Groome,Man Kwong: 2, Chung Hok Man; Motor Cyole Section, granted 12 morth?' leave from March, 10, 1899 to March 9, 1933.
No. 1809 L/Cpl. A. E. Arnold, Machine Gun Troop, leave extend- toed to September 21, 1932.
Hong Kong Hotels. $13.75 oum rights.
Hong Kong Lands $761 to $77. Hong Kong Realties $10.50 Hong Kong Trams 321 to $914. Star Ferries $92 to $92) China Lights (Old) #21f. China Lights (New) $201. Hong Kong Electrics #72 to $73. Telephones (P.P.) $24. Cements (Combined) $18 ex div. Hong Kong Rorer $174 cum. div. Dairy Farme #201
Watsons (Rights) 0. Lane, Crawfords (Old) #5).. Constructions (Now) $1.05. Ewo Cottons Tia. 14.80,
....
Hong Kong Government Loans Adamant, which is to be relieved 3 per cent. premium. in the Second Submarine Flotilla
31st. This day I do leave my house, very sad at heart, and still by the Stuart, has had 20 years,
Sinco
more at leaving my garden where service, and is now found unsuit-suite, Trocadero Restaurant.. half my
flowers but begin to able owing to her small size and
Interpreters' Examination. blossom.
Yet I have taken with low endurance and speed.
The next preliminary and final me a few choice pots and set them the was launched in 1911 there has
in modern foreign upon the verandah of my office been a considerable development in examination where I doubt not they shall do the size and power of the submari-languages will begin on Tuesday, nes with which she is required. to Juno 21, and will be held in Lon- well enough, as I got a little sun. And I am minded to charge the work. During the War she served don and Malta.
The following lieutenants have Princely Hong a fee for that I do at the Dardanelles. The Stuart is
at present lender of the Second been selected to undergo the long Destroyer Flotilla, which is beingavigation course, beginning on withdrawn from the Mediterranean, April 4:-
C. H. Dawson, R. T. Gardiner, The place of the Stuart will, it is
xpected, be taken by the new R. A. V. Gregory. A. C. Akermina, flotilla loader Kompenfalt. which FL. B. C. Gill, B. I. G. Rylanda, should be finished at Cowes in June. N. N. Synnott, T. C. Russell
J. A. Elwin and T. H. B. Shaw,
The Admiralty announce in Fleet Orders that a new pattern silakin waterproof coat has been adapted land will hardly be brought to
use. The new coat is single-breast
so much improve their outlook. This day I pluck my first chrüntion, the biggest that ever I grew and beyond compare finer than the blooms I had last year bath for Bize, colour, and scent, s
Lat April.-This day to the Club and I trust the date be not signi-| figant. My chamber small and very- high but I trust that it may later be improved.
Miscellaneous.
No. 1098 Pta. F. J. T. Locke, No. Platoon, granted & months' enve from March 14 to September 13, 1002
No. 1733 Pte. H. B. Jones, A.ALA. Company, granted 8 months leave from March 31 to November 20, 1932
No, 472 Pte: B. Wylie, Reserve Company granted 9 months leave from April to December 31, 1938.
No. 1983 Gnr 1. H. C. Highet, Battery, granted 12 months leave from March 31, 1932 to February 28,
1933.
No. 1085 Pte. A... G. Clark, Armoured Сат Company, Cor Béction, returned from leave on March 31, 1832.
No. 1289 L/Cpl. F. V. V. Ribeiro, No. 19 Platoon, returned from leave
on March 16, 1932.
Official Manuals. Copies of the undermentioned Official Manuals are now obtainable by O'S. € Units on indent, from the Adjutant:
L.T. 'Vol. 2, 1931. Small Arms T ining Vol. 1 (Ride, Bayonet, Revolver)..
Small Arms Training No. (Light Automatic, Grenade, Anti- Aircraft)"
Small Arms Training Vol 3 (Ma 'chine Gun).
Small Arms Training Vol 4 (An- ual Courses).
Small Arms Training Vol. 5 (Range Regulations).
Viskors Gun Handbook 1930... Cavalry Seotion Leading 1830. Armoured Car Training Vols. 1
H. G. GOATTE, Capt.. Adjutant, HEYD Corp.
Hótios.
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-60 Metres, Ko Man Kwong; Luk Si Shing; 3. Chung Hok Man. Time: 8.5 secs.
Long Jump, Ko Man Kong; Chung Hok Man; 3, Peter So. Distance: 4.17 metres.
400 Motzes—1, Ko Man Kong, 2, Peter Bo; 3, Luk Si Bing.. Time: 74.7 Bécs.
High Jump:-, Ko Man Kong; 2, Chung Hok Man: 3, Peter So
·Hoight: 4ft..
Miscellaneous": -1,200
Matres
(Handicap): 1, Wong Yuk Tong So Kin Sun; 2, Sum Yu Kam. 400 Metros (Scouts):-1, Li St Tin; 2, Fung Sun Tu; 3, Ip Tung
San.
Staff Race:-100 Metros: 1. Lin! Han Shu; &, Ho Hin Kan; 3, To Yuk Wo. Time: 13".
100 Metres: (Old Boys);-1, Ching Biu Nam; 9 Chan Kau Chor; 3, Leung Shit Nin. Time: 11.1/4 secя.
100 Metres (St. Paul's Girls):--1, Misa Cheang Kwai Fong; 2, Miss Lee Shun In; 3, Chong Shan Ching. Time: 10.2. secK.
Relay Races:-400 Motres (Inter- Close): 1, Class 1 Class 2 3, Claas 2, Time: 53.9 secs.
800 Metres-Invitation (Boys): 1, St. Joseph's; % Queen's College; 3, Contrat British.
400 Motren --Invitation (Girls): Mui Fong; 3 Contral British Girl'a; 3, Diocesion.
400 Metren-Past v. Present: 1, Past Present.
Individual Senior Championship ¡Cup (presented by Sincere Co.) won by Yung Keo Fong with 15 points.
Individual Junior Championship Cup (presented by British and American Co.) won by Lee Wai Chen with 1 points
Admiral of the Flect Sir Roger
dá Yet am I well. Raves will preside at the pleased to have all the turmoil Zenbrugge-Ostend St. Giorve's Day
Baturday, April 21,
done. Bo writing in my diary dinner at the May Fair Hotel on ed, has a narrower skirt (with lit (which I trust shall hereafter be of more intareat, pa my life shall be loss withdrawn and I may find more to record that shall later interest me) and to bed
at back) than the old pattern, and The annual Binnor of the Royal is fitted with storm cuffs and Navy Medionl Club was held on pockets, Supplies of the now pate Thursday, March 31, in the Empire tern will be made as soon as stocks (Continued at foot of next column.) of the old pattern are exhausted,
JERGEANTE MESS MEETING.
The Committeo of the 3ergoints Mess will meet at e p.m. on Wedues- day next, April 6,
Individual Small Boy's Cham- pionship Cup (presented by Mr. R. T. Nelson) won by Ko Man Kong with 4 points.
Inter-Class, Championship won by. Class I
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