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OBITUARY
Mr. C. B. Johnson
MEMBER OF THE LEGAL FRATERNITY
It is with deepest regret that we have to record the death of Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Loseby, Mr.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936.
MR. M. K. LO
QUERIES
EXPENSES
Air Superintendent's Study Leave
FINANCE COMMITTEE
and Mrs. D. L. Newbiggin. Mr. and} Expenses incurred by the Charles Bulmer Johnson, an em Mrs. H. R. Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kai Tak airport Superintend Dreyer, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. S. Bussent during study leave in Eng. Mr. and Mrs. A. Hedgehay, Mr. and land were questioned by Mr. Mrs. Harold Seth, Mr. A. W. Black. M. K. Lo at the Finance Mr. T. H. G. Brayfield, Mr. C. Y Kwan, Mr and Mrs. J. Scott Committee meeting yesterday.
nent member of the local legal ย fraternity, of Messrs. Hastings and Company. Marina House, who died at the War Memorial Narsing Home on Tuesday night, after a bilet attack of acute dysentery. He had been in hospital since Fri- day.
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Harston, Mr; and Mrs. Li Ping, Mr. Hong Sling. Mr. and Mrs. Eara, Abraham. Mr. Donald Black, Mr: The late Mr. Johnson, who was Kwok Yip Suen. Mr. J. Ramsay, 5 years of age arrived in the Mr, and Mrs. S. T. Williamson, Mr. Colony in 1906, and in the follow- M." M. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. H Ing year, he was admitted to Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. practice as L solicitor. In the F. E. Nash, Mr. P. M. Hodgson. Mr. Supreme Court. In the year 1917. | A el Arculli, Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Mi. Johnson went on war service
Prior, Mr. M. T. Johnson, Mr. and and was stationed in Kirkes near Mrs. G. S. Hugh Jones. Mr. and Poons, India.
Mrs, D. H. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Prentis.
When he first arrived in Hong Kong, the late. Mr. Johnson joined the firm of Messrs. Dennys and Arm Bowlcy. The
then amalga- nated and became Messrs. Haa- tings.
Dennys and Bowley and when Mr. Dennys left the Arm. 10 became Messrs, Hastings and Company, with Mr. Edgar David- son and Mr. E. S. C. Brooks os partners of Mr. Johnson,
Being a man of marked ability, the late Mr. Johnson was highly respected in beth social and sport- ing circles in the Colony. He was George's a Past-President of St. Society, an ex-Committee member
of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club and a Committee member of the Hong Kong Cui.
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The item under discussion ..was a supplementary vote of $3.884 to meet a charge of 2248 135. 3d. for which na provision had been made in the estimates.
PIRACY PLOT IS
NIPPED IN BUD
Vigilant Searchers Find Arms On Steamer
AFFAIR AT DOSING
What is thought to be a piracy plot on the British steamer Tin Sang was nipped in the bud by the vigilance of
THE ARMY
RESTORATION OF OLD FACINGS
(Special Air Mail Service)
London June 147 Colonel Harold H. Blake, O.BE, who has recently been promoted, was born in 1883 and has been in 'the Royal Army, Medical Corps since 1908 Els hospital duty has deen in Edinburgh, Lucknow. Alahabad, Peshawar, and Cherat, where he was when ordered to France. He was mentioned, pro- moted, and decorated, acted as Beutenant-colonel,
and obtained
He took part
Customs searchers at Dosing the rank in 1932.
in the operations on the North-
on Monday.
West Frontier in 1930-31. After
The Tin Sang arrived in Hong-duty at Netley and as8. ADM.S. at kong at 11 m. yesterday when Captain W. J. Collom, maser of the vessel revealed detalls of the The debate on the item was as ship's narrow escape from piracy. follows:—
Mr. Lo. I do not know under what authority the expenses were incurred, it was probably before my time. but it seems to me a very large sum for study leave. Can you tell me at what rate, or on what basis or how it was paid?
Leaving Wuchow on Monday, said Captain Collom, the Tin Sang reached Dosing the same day and the customary search for oplum was carried out by Chinese officials.
Messrs. Hastings & Co., Star of Messrs. Hastings & Co., Messrs. D'Almada and Mason, Messrs. Len- nox and Eldon, Messrs. Johnson. on leave Mr. Moss was encouraged Immediately news of the seizure Stokes and Master. Messrs. Dea- to visit aerodromes in. England."spread through the ship, three cons. Messrs. F: Zimmern. & Co..There has been a great advance passengers, including woman hur- made lately and it was thought it riedly left the ship in a sampan Messrs. Russ & Co., and Messrs. P.
would be a good idea if he could ving alongside and escaped.. H $!n & Ca
see what was being done and
Two men. aged to be cwners make himself familiar with im-of the table. We arrested how provements.
No further arms were dis-
MANY PASSENGERS
Messrs. Leo D'Almada & Co.. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels. Ltd.. The Lammert Bros.. Messrs. Lo and Lo.. The Staff of the Re- gistry of Supreme Court. Messrs.
Salisbury Headquarters, he em- barked for a Colonial tour, and is now at Hong Kong as A.D.M.S.
The approval given to The South Staffordshire Regiment in the Last Army Orders to change Its facings from white to yellow" reduces the number of regiments wearing white facings to 14.
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Of this number eight retain During the search two revolvers white as
HAND WOVEN facing formerly be- * were discovered in the false bot-longing to one or both battalions: MỀ, R. A. C. North (Actiny | tom of a table which was among and this leaves only six regiments to old Colonial Secretary): While he was the cargo.
which have not reverted colours worn before 1881, when with all non-Royal regiments.
and Ride exceptions, Highland
white. were ordered to These Bre The Lincolnshire, whose facings were scarlet and then yellow; The East Yorkshire, yellow: The Lancashire Fustlers. yellow; The East Surrey, bur
black; The grey, and
Essex.
The Manchester, yellow.
TRAVELLING EXPENSES
The sum incurred is mainly due
ever. covered.
Geo, K. Hall Brutton & Co., The In- to travelling expenses, and a sub- Colour was lent to the attemp-yellow, crimson and purple; and
corporated Law Society of Hong sidence allowance. When an off-ted piracy theory when it was Kong, Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth | cer on leave in England travels for discovered that contrast ta
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and Fleming Members of the St. study and has to stay in hotels the usual half dozen passengers George Society. Chairman, Com- mostly at dally rates it is our ex-usually embarked Wechow. mittee and Members of the Shek Opense and he gets a special grant | more than 40 had come abourd. When he was a young man, the late Mr. Johnson was a playing and Grist, Messrs. "Jardine, Mathe-
Country Club, Messrs, Wilkinson of pay.
member of the famous Tedding- ton. Middlesex Hockey Tears, which son & Co., Ltd., General Managers. boasted no less than six interna-Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. tionals at one time. In his earlier Ltd.. and many others.
days in the Colony, he played for the Hong Kong Hockey Club, where he was prominent to the intermediate line of defence.
Mr. with Bela part owner Quartermaster of Yoho, which won the Rooty Hill Derby at the last annual race meeting, the late M
Jhnson was 5. keen turf thusiast. He also owned a couple of subscription griffins and Aus- tralian ponies
en-
The late Mr. Johnson was un- arried, and is survived by a sis ter and brother in England and to thom the deepest sympathy is ex- tended in the'r sad bereavement
THE FUNERAL
The funeral took place at the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley, yesterday afternoon, and Rev. H. W. Baines conducted the burial services at the grave-side.
The principal mourners at the funeral were Mr. Edgar Davidson, Mr. P. Tester and Mr. J. D. Hum- phreys.
THOSE PRESENT
Among those present were:- Hon, Mr. C, J. Alabaster, Hon. Mr. S K, Dodweli Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson, Hon. Mr. T. H. King, Hon. Mr, M. K. Lo, Hon. Mr. J. J. Pater- sen, Hon, Dr. S. W. T'so, Com- modore C. G. Sedgwick, Comdr. Sweeney. Messrs. T. A. Mitchell, H. S Sleap. D., C. Edmondson, K. E.
MISS CARMEN MARIA DA CRUZ
On Visit Here
The death occurred on Tuesday after a brief illness at the. French Hospital of Miss Carmen Maria da Cruz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. da Cruz of Saigon. The deceas- ed was 25 years of age and was on a visit to the Colony with her mother..
Mr. and Mrs. da Cruz are old residents of Salgon and together with their daughter have paid many visits to the Colony. Great sympathy will be extended to the parents in their irreparable loss.
Yesterday at the Roman Catholic Cemetery a large number of friends gathered to pay their last respects. The Rev. Father M. L. Rossi off- clated at the graveside.
The chief mourners were Mr. A. A. Botelho, angle of the deceased, and Messrs. R. Danenberg, J. J. Gutterres and Dr. J. W. Barnes (brothers-in-law).
It is the same for everybody. In this case the claim, was made to
the Colonial Office and paid.
Mr. Lo: I would ke to have some particulars showing how the hill was made up, how much for hotel expenses. how much for other expenses and how much for actual pay..
Mr. North: There is £32 109. paid by the Colonial Ministry, 198 is for subsidence allowance and the rest for travelling ex- penses.
NOT WORTH MONEY
Mr. Lo: I do not know whether it is in order to ask, but I hope that in the future before leave pay of this magnitude is incurred the Finance Committee should be asked if it is worth the money I dr not think it is.
Suspicious that the passengers might be
league with the that further arma pirates and were aboard, Captain Collom took no risks and after the two men arrested had been taken ashore all the passengers were locked below.
On arrival at the next port, Nam
Kam Hau, all passengers had their fares refunded, were sent ashore and the ship came on to Hong Kong without passengers,
Captain Collom stated that there was little of value on the ship except a large quantity of arms and ammunition supplied by the Chinese Government, about six weeks ago following the piracy of the Wo Ping Yat in the vicinity.
same
green
and
Most of the Royal regiments have worn blue for long periods, and were unaffected by" "the general change of 1881. The three regiments made Royal hast year, however, elected to retain their pre-Cardwell facings-buf for The Royal East Kent, gosling green for The Royal Northumber- land Fusiliers, "and yellow for The Royal Norfolk The Royal North- umberland Fusiliers wore green for two centuries; The Royal Norfolk had yellow
from 1751. although blue facings were worn on formation; and The Royal East Kent have worn buff from its One of the re- earliest days. giments retaining white as an ap propriate colour is The East Lan- cashire Regiment, whose 2nd Battalion
the old 59th Foot Lywhites"), adopted its facing some time after 1785, but the 1st Battalion, the 30th, Foot, wore yellow. The favourite facing with the old regiments of foot Was yellow, and this colour, in Д variety of shades, is the most common to-day among the non- Royal corps,
with The South
NO SUSPICIONS Two Chinese piracy guards, in- Mr. North: We did not realise stalled since the Wo Ping Yat in that the expense would be so high.cident, had failed to find arms on we thought that as the aero- the passengers at Wuchow, it is dromes were all in the vicinity of stated, and the compradore did London they could be reached Lot have his suspicions aroused Staffordshire Regiment 26 the easily but apparently it was found when the abnormal 'number of latest to zevert to the favourite necessary to be on the spot. These passengers came aboard. sums however have already been expended by the Colonial Office.
Mr. Lo: I think that before the incurring of expenses is authorised the Finance Committee might be consulted. As it is we are asked to pass something to which we have no other honourable alterna-sponsible for the Wo Ping Yst | PAINTING THAT KING tive than to pass,
The Tin Sang, although regis-
pre-Cardwell shade, Both bat- talions of this regiment were tered in Hong Kong, does not have given yellow on formation, and a British passenter licence and the 1st (the 38th Foot) wore the cannot bring passengers right to facing for 180 years without a Hong Kong.
a' break.
It is thought that the attempted piracy was organised by those re-
affair to gain the arms known to Mr. 8. H. Dodwell: Did he have be aboard. an extension of his leave?
Among those present were. the Hon. A. F. B. Silva Netto, V. F. Azevedo, C. Roza Pertera, M. F. Mr. North: I think he spent Pinna, P. P. Botelho, D. E Carval- most of his leave on the work. It Greig, A. H. Penn, C. C. Black, Aho, F. H. Barnes, FL Suva, L. Ewe had known that the expense
Brearley, S. R. Kerr. W. J. Lock- hart-Smith, C. Blaker, P. H, Suck- ling, J. B. Prentls, S. T. Willam- son, H. K. Woo, H. R. Sturt, J. Fleming, G. P. Lammert. A. Mur-
Gutterres, H. Sequeira. Miss L. would be so, high we would not Hyndman, Mrs. A. W. Grimmitt, have ganctioned it without con-
sulting the Finance Committee. Mrs. W. E. Hollands.
SELLING OLD RAILS
Floral tributes were sent by Cano and Renaldo Minnie and family. Olga and Edward, Lola Hyndman.
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DONATIONS
In Memoriam
GEORGE LIKED
London, June 5. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, yesterday unveiled in Guildhall Art Gallery the paint- ing by Mr. Frank O. Salisbury of his predecessor, Bir Stephen Kil- The Hon. Treasurer of the Society and the Dean and Chapter res for $6,000 of St. Vincent de Paul acknow- celving the late King and Queen Regarding an item necessary to complete rerailing ledges with gratitude and thanks Mary at St. Paul's Cathedral, May the receipt of the following dona- 6, 1935, on the occasion of the Sil- tions towards the Society's Funds: ver Jubilee thanksgiving service, In memory of the late Miss
lock, G. A. Harriman, H. G. Lee, E. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. dos Remedios. Beacon Hill Tunnel. Mr. A. F. E Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Botelho. and Sulva-Netto asked what was done family, Mr. and Mrs, N. E. Johnson, with old rails and whether they Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Maxwell and could be sold. family, Cecilia N. Barros and H. A, H. R. Barros. Mr. Sequelra and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Botelho,
J. Armstrong, R. A. Wadeson, E. 8. C. Brooks, Leo D'Almada, Snr., 8. H. Ross, P. 8. Cassidy, F. E. Nash, D. E. Clarke, D. L. Strellet. R. M. MacOlay, J. E. Jupp, H. R. Forsyth, D. L. Newbiggin, J, F. Wright, Ezra Abraham, H. G. Sheldon, E, Cock, E. W. Hamilton. E. W. Williams (Pulsne Judge), H. R. B. Hancock, Eldon Potter, K,C., D. H. Blake, A. M. Hayward. G. Wood; H. O. Mac- namara, J. W."Franks, Bin Shing Lo. and many others,
FLORAL TRIBUTES Apart from family wreaths, floral tributes were sent by the follow- ing:-
ar'd Mrs.
NO OFFICIAL STAMPS
Two Convictions Registered
Two men were summoned before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy for falling to affix the official 10 cent stamp on receipts.
Mr. Taylor (Colonial Treasurer. replied that the money obtained In from the sale of old rails was al- ways credited to revenue, "We ere not allowed to set it off against expenditure." he said.
Those present at the meeting were the Acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. North) as chairman, and 'the Oplonial Treasurer. (Mr. Taylor), Mr., A. G. W. Tickle. (Director of Public Works) and Mesars, W. H.
Maria Ramira Ferreira; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. de Pinna $1.00
Memory of the late Mias
Carmen Maria da Cruz: Mr and Mrs, F. H. Barnes... $2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ä. F, B: Silva-
Netto. Jnr.
Mr. Alfred Robertson, chairman of the Library Committee of the Corporation, who presided, said his Mr. late Majesty commissioned Salisbury to paint a picture of the service. That picture was in the Royal Academy, Mr. Salisbury 1.00 also painted the one which had Mr. and Mrs, M. F. de Pinna 1.00 been secured for the Art Gallery: Miss Annie de Sousa ....... 1.00 It was of auch great interest, not only London but to the na- $8.00 tion, that the committee decided that its proper place would be" in the City.
Mr. Sallbury, said it was when
Bell. J. J. Paterson, M. K. LOST. JOHN AMBULANCE he attended the rehearsal at St.
A. FB. Silva-Nettd, T. N. Chau.
8. W. Tso, 8. H. Dodwell and Mr. D. M. MacDougall (deputy clerk of Council).
QUIET WEDDING.
Mr. W. G. Williams Marries Mrs. May Wong
ASSOCIATION AND BRIGADE
Paul's that he realised what a fine subject the reception of the King at the great wekt door of the For information: it is notified cathedral would be
He made volum'nous notes from that Lady Caldecott has gracious-which he was afterwards enabled consented to become Joint to reconstruct the scene. He made Patron with His Excelency The
three studies and submitted them Governor of the St. John Ambut King George, who approved. of lance Association, and at the Mr. William George Williams, same time has been pleased to
At the service the hymn "Al popular travel representative at-accept the rank of Lady District people that on earth, to dwell" was Superintendent of the Nursing Divisions of the St. John Ambung, and Mr. Salisbury decided to take the title from the third lance Brigade.
verse-"Enter then H's gates with Praise
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"Dick," Miss Grace Ezra, Mar- garet and Victor, Capt. W. J. R. Cragg, A.D.C., (representing HE the Governor, Sir Andrew Calde- cott), Comar. C. G. Bedgwick, R.N., Major and Mrs, Hogg, Hon. Mr. J. J. Patterson, Hon. Dr. 8. W. To. Yung Cheuk Yu, of No. 66 Con- Hon. Mr. M.. K. Lo, Mr. and Mrs.naught Road West was aned sio Edgar Davidson, Mr. E. 8. C. Brooks, in respect of a bill for $201.58 dated Mr. W M. Brown. Mr. W. H. G. May 6, and a similar fine was' im- Hirst. Mr. M. A, da Silva, Mr. T. posed on Fung To Liu of No. 6 M. Hazlerigg. Mr E. P. H. Lang. Wilmer Street for a Hke offence. Mr. and Mrs. C, C, Black, Mr. and Accused pleaded that the receipt tached to the American Express Mrs. S. Mason and Miss Joar for $46.24; had been erroneously Company. was yesterday quietly Mason. Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. V. Mostamped with a five cent stamp by married to Mrs. May Wong of Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong.. sop, Mr H. J. Tebbutt, Mr. H. A Keller, Mr. M. M Watson, Mr. F. E. Nash and Mr. E. V. M. R de Bousa.
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The Magistrate ruled that ac 'cused must be held responsible for
his employee's misdoings.
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The ceremony was performed at
When the King noted the title the Regletry Office by the Deputy nesses were Messrs, W. Robertson he said: "I like that; It is very Registrar, Mr. M. J. Abbott. Wit- and A. Urquhart
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