In connection with the speech made by Sir William Peel at the foundation stone living ceremony of the new Central British School, the Director of Education writes to correct a slight error made in sit William's speech.
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The tennis league is now in full swing and every day a number of matches are decided. "The pro gramme for the next two weeks. Insofar as the men's divisions are 'concerned, is given on Page 10.
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At the offices of the Fublic Works Department yesterday af- ternoon, a plot of Crown Land at Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, registered as Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3583, was put up for public auction, the upset price being based at $4.50 Page 7: per square foot.
Three Walchow men. Ma Fat Leung, Shing and Lai Mul, were sentenced to five years hard labour by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice A. D. A. MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday when they were found guilty of robbery at Lim Fat Tal on March 9.
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R. F. Luz a one time local bowls champion was defeated by A. E Silkstone in the open bowls cham- pionship yesterday. Other bowls results will be found on Page 10.
Only one Mixed Doubles League match was played yesterday. Due to a misunderstanding the U.S.R.C. and C.R.C.'s match was unplayed.
a.m.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
The public are hereby reminded that Empire Day, Friday, May 24, 1835, is a public holiday and that sil
Ee felt that the Volunteers should have its headquarters in the same place in the Colony as the Cricket
A dinner dance will be held at Club and in this instance the Volunteers had Repulse Bay Hotel to-morrow. The let themselves down. They should last bus leaves Repulse Bay at 1 have taken the site at present oc- cupled by the Cricket Club which was more central and more attrac- tive than the present headquar- ters. With the projected move ment of Headquarters to Queen's Road that deficiency of the past might be made up. Headquarters, he understood, had been designed on the lines of a club house with ample facilities for sport, etc. There would be a large mess room where, all men were equal, with probably a retir ing room for officers. The segre- the present gation of ranks at Headquarters was one of its worst points to-day.
The new
Distinction In Tasks
20 the question of
Referring
clothing. the speaker said they
educational establishments, public offices and Government de- partments will not be open for ordinary business on that day.
A meeting of the local branch" of the R.E.O.C.A. will be held on, May 30, 1935, at 6.30 p.m. in the Dining Room, Wellington Bar- racks, to discuss the re-organisa tion of the Branch and its estab- lishment on an active basis. All persons residing in Hong Kong who have served in any branch of the Corps are invited to attend and it is hoped that as many 28 possible will do so.
should be made more " showy " and commented on the fact that
One ease of diphtheria, tWO QI In the old days the kit was design-enteric fever and one of cerebro- ed to give a greater display to spinal fever were reported for the Volunteering as was evidenced in
24 hours ended on May 18, the picture which was put before the "populace of Great Britain at the time of the defence against
picture
Account to $1st December, 1994, and mard is greater than the supply matter. The Chinese community comprises the Troop, the Armour- convinced that there is this num-Napoleon. That
inclusive.
three The
ed Car Company, the Motor-cycle Machine-gun section, and Machine Gun Companies. machine guns are required for.
оп
the
beach defence
both Island and the Mainland
mounted in the guns Armoured Cars and on motor-
the
of declaring Dividend, etc.
Mr. Ou also announced that the is a little better off than the rest The TRANSFER BOOKS of the old notes of $1, $100, and $50 de- as they have a few extremely good Company will be CLOSED from 8 brominations issued by the defunct beaches along the water front in MAY to 24th, MAY, Both Days Central Bank of China had been North Point. Even then there are redeemed by the Kwangtung Pro-
* number of Chinese who are not vincial Bank. Efforts are By Order of the Board,
being members of any of these Clubs and made to redeem the old notes of A. W. HUGHES,
as a consequence they are just as ten-dollar denominations. The General Manager,
greatly inconvenienced
their Finance Commissioner stated that foreign friends. Hong Kong, 30th April, 1935,
the first issue of $2,000,000 tres- The dearth of bathing beaches cycle combinations affording a [8487 sury bonds had been repaid with is a very serious matter and we certain degree of mobility quite in interest, while the second issue of have had enough slackness about keeping with machine-gun de- $6,000,000 was subscribed after a remedying this defect. Let us now
fence as a whole. The Troop has few day.
ваше characteristic of have some concrete action for the Building Inspection
there are still many sites available mobility: It is an expensive sub- Inspectors of the Municipal
that are easily accessible. A tour unit to maintain in peace-time Bureau of Public Works are going long North Point will bear out possibly
the comparable to Bround to inspect public buildings this statement and as this is a
Household Cavalry at home-but to see if there are any structural matter which affects not just one has a certain recruitment ap defects. Six persons were killed section of the community but the peal" in the Colony, and up and on April 10.by the collapse of whole of the Colony, the powers- down the China coast, and is well the ceiling of Mo Fan or Capital that-be will be doing a kind set by established by precedent. Theatre, and exactly one month settling down to work at once. later two students of the
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE,
COMPANY, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG) NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
the
Colony with the right British Volunteers."
The inconvenience of the pre-
it.
drew
Further water restrictions are to be imposed in all districts in Kowloon as from Wednesday. There will be only six hours' supe ply daily from 6 am to 9am.. and from 4.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
If the Colony needed a strong defence force as it did, it required Portuguese, Indian and Chinese in Up to the present the tasks
Bathing picnics, rún, under the sent Headquarters. We have now given to these communities were Guarantee Scheme; as in previous a scheme to remove it, and I am
not the same as those given to
years, will be commenced by St. see it go. But that glad to
the other units." They were al-
Andrew's Club on Saturday, at 3.30. scheme, I understand, is hanging ready frozen out by space, colour fire a bit owing to lack of money,
pm. from the Pubile Pier, Kow- and expense from mixing in many foon. The cost to Guarantors last, How long it will take to build the of the social doings at Headquar-year was less than 50 cents, new Headquarters I cannot tell ters, at mixed 'do's "they segre-
per picnic. Non-Guarantors are you... It will be built on War
gated themselves. There was room
charged $1.251: Office land and it will be on that on the Peninsula to build up a
piece of land overlooking the Portuguese battalion and room at Cricket Club, "next to the Cheero Happy Valley for an Indian bat- Club. Of course the Volunteers talion with the centre of the will have the use of the ground Colony for the British battalion. as well.
The speaker concluded by. Bay- Now let me hear some of youring that he would like to see re- suggestions, excuses or complaints.cruitment and keenness raised by TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
His Excellency then asked, those the spirit of the Corp which would that the SIXTY NINTH
The Vickers gum demands a ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING
certain amount of training present to elect their chairman give them privileges and enjoy-]:
and to air their views. Mr. Cyril ment beyond mere soldiering of the Company will be held at its cipal primary school at Kwong
though not nearly so much among HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Ngar Lane. Bai Kwan; were killed
men of intelligence as iz usually Champkin was elected to take the
chair. Hong Kong, FRIDAY, 24th by the collapse of a wall.
vade Hui Lee in South-western deemed necessary: not nearly so MAY, 1985, at 11.24 am:, for the To theatres were pronounced Szechuen but failed to capture much as in the Territorial Army purpose of receiving the Report of dangerous by the inspectors and the town, which was too well de- at home, for instance, the Directors and the Statements of were now undergoing repairs, dended by Szechuen, government This training can be done quite Account to 31st December, 1934, and Other theatres have to effect re- forces.
conveniently at Volunteer Head- of declaring Dividend, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the iCompany will be CLOSED from Eth MAT to 24th MAY, Both Days
nclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
Hong Kong, 30th April, 1936,
General Manager.
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muni-
A FAILURE
Her many friends will be sorry to learn that Mrs. "Smalley is in- disposed and that she has been confined to bed for the past fort- night.
ROYALTY LEAVE FOR STOCKHOLM
Marriage of Princess Ingrid
Mr. M. P. Key said that looking through the 'report of the last
Mr. F. P. R. James said that the Census he noted there were only volunteer system had proved a In all, 1,800 British born subjects failure in time of peace vide the pairs of structural defects. · All There are no large Red forces quarters under "expert" N.C.Os between the ages of 20 and 40 in constant appeal which had to be [Special to the "Hong Kong Dalis
the Colany: He was amazed schools are also examined as to in Yunnan as they are have loaned, from regular units.. Ball-
made to bring the Corps up to therefore that they had already strength. England wasted a lot of
Press" (Copyright).. their Atness to accommodate the crossed the Gold Sand River en practice is carried out on the local students. Much time is taken for route to Szechten. Another col-military or navad ranges,
Copenhagen, May 20, 600 men in the Volunteer Corps energy up to the beginning of 1918- and be thought they would have trying to persuade people to volun-
The King and Queen of Den- the inspection of each pubileumn of Communist forces hás ad- building. Many schools are asked vanced westward with the object
THE AIR ARM
great dificulty in getting an ad- teer.
́mark left Copenhagen on Sunday
to make an inspection themselves of taking Yen Teng in Westerni
Then
there is the Portuguese ditional 400 men to bring the No nation, he said, had fought in the royal yacht escorted by three and report any defects."
Yunnan. Yuan Wu, a town south Infantry Company This very strength up to 1,000. He guggested in a major war without conscrip-destroyers for Stockholm to attend of the Go'd Ban River, has been valuable and keenly-supported that the system of fines and other tion and even in the last one a the wedding of Prince Frederic and
Princess Ingrid of Bweden - The Communists under Chu recovered by the Nanking troops unit plays a very important part penalties for non-attendance at Ten made another effort to in- under General Hsien Tob.
In beach: defence. The unit is parades should be abolished Re-
Transocean Kuo Min,
Another Red Defeat
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