U.S. PRESIDENT'S FUNERAL OF MR.
SALARY
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Improvements to 16, Downing- street are carried out by the Office of Warks. They cost only a few hundred pounds a year.
LAUNDRY £20 A WEEK
one of the other Here are things the American President on- joys at the Government's expense: He 13 allowed £5,000 annually for travelling expenses. Special trains are always at his disposed.
Even his laundry is paid for by the nation. This costs over £1,000,
J. H. DA SILVA
Portuguese Mourn Death
The funeral of the late Mi, J. H. da Silva, who passed away at his residence, 181. Tam Kung Road, Kowloon City, on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness, took place at the Roman Catholic Ceme- tery, Happy Valley, yesterday evening, the Rev. Fr. L M. Rossi conducting the last rites
The deceased, who was 81 years
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1936.
DINNER AND CONCERT
Y.M.CA. Entertains Service-men
A Christmas dinner and concert to Service-men was given by the West Lounge last night. European Y.M.C.A), and held at the
About eighty sat down to dinner and the following units were re-
Royal presented;
Navy, Royal Gister Rifles,
East Lancashire, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Royal
CROSS-JORGE WEDDING
Popular Couple Of Colony
A wedding of unusual interest to the younger, set in the Colony was Elemnized yesterday, at St, An- drew's Church when Mins Louise Mary Jorge was united in marriage
to Me Albert Cross
PRINTS PLACE IN MODERN LIFE
Duke Of Kent On Era Of Speed
£100,000,000 TRADE
"It would be difficult to exagger- ate the importance of printing in our daily lives," said 'the. Duke of The bride is one of the most Kent recently when he opensa charming young women in the Stationery and Allied Trades Ex- the Ninth International Printing, Colony while the groom is an enhibition at Olympia, gineer on the ss. "Tak Sang" of
The upkeep of the White House of age, besides being a popular Army Ordinance Coris and the the Indo-China Steam Navigationcommercial printing of every kind
garage is almost as much as his member of the Portuguese com- salary. There are a dozen chauf-nunity was also well-known in feurs. Their salaries total £3,500. local sea-faring circles as he had Their uniformis cost £500. The been an engineer on the staff of cars cost about £7,000 a year. Messra. Holt's Wharf for some 40 The President enjoys free medi- years, and at the time of his cal and dental service. There is a demise had been a pensioner for resident mèdical officer. Me: Roo- | ruang 'years. sevelt can demand free nursing. The late Mr., "da Bilva was the free medicines. free hospital sup-father of the well-known Recreio plies. He cxd even have therapeu- | lawn bowls player, C. G. da Silva, tical appliances free.
and leaves four other sons, Mr. G. This is easily worth another £5,-|H da Silva of the Hong Kong .000 a year.
If the President goes away and stay at an hotel he never sees the bill.
Even tips are accounted for by
the nation.
He has a private barber's shop which he visits every morning. The Government pay the man who shaves him, buy the soap and the talcum powder.
Electric Co.. Mr. A. L. da Ellva of the Chartered Bank, 'Mr. G. F. da Silva of the Macao Electric, Mr. A F. da Bilva of the General Elec- tric Co., and Д daughter, Miss Marie da Silva to mourn his death.
The chief mourners were.the de- ceased's five sons and his seven
randsons. Lionel Silva, Hugo Bli- | va. Henrique Bilva Luiz Silva, Mar- cus Sliva, Edmundo Sliva and An- tenio Silva.
Royal Army Medical Service Corps There was community singing led by Mr. R. Henderson which was very much enjoyed.
It has been the custom of the Association, since its inception, to give a Christmas dinner and con- cert to Service-men, so last night's function was by no means the first one of its kind.
Inventions And Awards
Royal Commission To End
Task After 18 Years
The final report of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inven- tors will be issued shortly-nearly eighteen years after the Commis- sion first met.
It was appointed in March, 1919, to determine what awards” and royalties should be paid to inven- tors for the use of their inventions by Government departments dur- ing the War.
100 FLOWERS A DAY There are always fresh-cut Many friends attended, among blooms on the breakfast table. whom were Messra, C, R. Wilson, J. About 700 are cut every day for D'Almeida. Chey, J. M. Alves, F, X. the White House. The Govern-d'Almada. Snr. F. P. Sequeira. M. ment pay the head gardener £500 F. Baptista, F. E Silva, D. Bilya a year, and there is a large staff | F M. X. Silva, Dr. A. P. Gutteres, of undergaracners;
1. A. Gutteres. 4. V. Barros. L A. Gutteres, J.-C. Ribeiro; R. J. C. Rocha, C. M. 9, Alves, C. A. Fran-
There has been no Royal Com- co, M. Raw, J. M. Noronha F. Xmission before or since quite like it. Silva, A. F. Osmund, C. H. Osmund. From that date until the end of Ribeiro. V. Remedios, V. M. Xavier,
When etiquette' demands that the President should send flowers. an engraved White House card goes with them. They are print ed free.
The Goverment buy his news-
J. Eca da Silva, H. A. Alves, J. V. V.
papers, magazines, and books. A. M. Xavier, A. Rocha, F., M. da There is a presidential yacht, Rocha, 1. A. Peres. C. Marques, the Potomac, manned by a crew of E. M. Marques, E. A. Rozario, A thirty. It costs between £10,000 Azedo, H. H. Xavier, F. H. Carval- and £20,000 a year. Roosevelt is ho. M. A. R. Souza, C. M. Santos, J. permitted to pay only for the food. dos Remedios, V. R. Sequeira, P. M. W. da Silva, J. S. Gomes, S. He can command a battleship A Marcal, F. A. Machado “and "from the Navy or a string of hor-many others. ses from the Army,
he eats on board.
HE LIVES SIMPLY
Family wreaths were interred with the casket and other floral
The White House has twenty tributes were sent by the follow one bedrooms, a gymnasium and ing: Mr. R. 3. Capell, Mr. and swimming pool, and there are Mrs. RJ. Manalac, Mrs. Axlett and wonderful greenhouses in the family, Mr. and Mrs. F. Guerreiro *grounds. It has been valued at and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
£5,000,000.
Carvalho and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Maxwell and family, Mrs. A. Harris and family, Miss E C. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Franco Among the alterations made at and family. Mr. E. V. M. R. de the White House recently have Souza, Mr and Mrs. Jorge Ribeiro been improvements to the Cabinet | and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. *Room, where the President meets
his State Ministers.
A private citizen living there would have to pay £77,581 in taxes yearly.
At the other end of the long
Company.
Mr. J. A. Kent, the groom's brother-in-law, gave the bride away, and the duties of best ma were performed by the bride's brother, Mr. Jorge.
In white velet chiffon, with a dowing white vell, and a bouquet of white holes, the bride was ac- et mpanied by the bridesmaid, Miss
Gertle. White, who was dressed in a charming study of sky blue tai- fets.
The two pretty Hower-girls were the groom's nieces," the Migges Doreen and Pauline Kent, who carried bouquets of sweet peas.
A reception was held at the St. Andrew's Church Hall where many came to wish the newly-wedded couple good health and happiness. The honeymoon is to be spent at Repulse Bay Hotel, but the popular couple will be embarking on a world's tour as soon as the groom's leave" is due, which will be some time during the next month
The bride's going-away costume was a delightful contrast of gray and black
She wore a gray costume with a white blouse and * black hat...
1933 it held 400 sittings, and heard St. John's Ambulance
at length the claims of 450 in- Ventors, granting a total of £1- 500,000 in awards."
were
Altogether 1,850 claims made but many were discounted because the essential condition was
that the claimant had to prove "a
link in the chain of causation lead- Ing to the use of the invention."
Claims covered a vast field-the use of tanks, new types of sero-
plane engines, improvements in guns, warships, submaribés, bombs,
shells.....
One curious aspect of the Com- mission was that, though there were generally seven members, the cost was only £2,000 a year "all in." The Commissioners them- selves were unpaid.
Almost every armament and transport device on land, sea and In the air was involved in some form or other in a claim before the Commission. Aeroplane manu- big awards, among them being £159,000 for Gnome and Le Rhone engines, £65,000 for D.H. planes, and £50,- 000 for Bristol Fighters.
Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. 08- borne, Mr. and Mrs. Jullo Ribeiro and family, Mrs. C. J. Remedios.facturers received table wits the Vice-President, Mr. Miss L. Gomes and Miss C. Gut John Gaźner. Until Roosevelt beteres, Mr. and Mrs. F. X. d'Almada came President the second-in- Remedios and family. Messrs. A. K. command' did not have a seat in and A. R. Minu, Mr. and Mrs. B. the Cabinet Room,
A. D'Almeida, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Mr. Roosevelt altered that. It Silva, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. dos Re- was typical of the many nice medios, Mr. and Mrs. Lo, Mr. Lau, things the President does for those Hon, Mr, F. A. Pinna the who are loyal to him.
Local Staff. Hong Kong Elec- Mr. Roosevelt lives simply, writes tric Co. Ltd., Inward and Out- the "Dally Express" correspondent, ward Bill Staff, Chartered Bank, He rises eight,
at
breakfasta and Au Chow Co. sparsely and reads the morning papers.
H. K. POLICE RESERVES
From 10.30 until 12 he attenda "conferences. There are between
fifteen and twenty every day. LIKES SCRAMBLED EGGS At 12 lunches
L on soup. salad, and coffee. Then more confer- ences and delving into masses of correspondence, legislative rers, documents, and reports de- manding personal, attention.
At dusk he breaks away for a swim in the pool specially built for him. Often after dinner he retires to prepare speeches.
mat
His relaxations are simple. He has a private' cinema show twice a week, and Mickey Mouse is his fa- vourite character.
His favourite dish is scrambled 88s. His wife cooks them for him every Sunday night, as she has done throughout their thirty years of happy married iffs. "
WEDDINGS
The forthcoming weddings are announced between Glyndwr Davies, Police officer, and Mar- garet Downey: Green Russell, of 11, Bayview Mansions, Causeway Bay and Albert Arthur. Elmg; clerk, Carroll Brothers, and Katherine Julyan, 37, Robinson Road.
REGISTRY WEDDING Mr. T. §. Whyte-Smith; Registrar of Marriages, officiated at the wedding which took place at the
(Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King. Inspector General of Police) The Inspector General of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police (Reserve) wish all ranks of the Hong Kong Police Reserve a Happy and Prospersous New Year,"
INDIAN COMPANY Training Course (Part II)-The undermentioned "members of the Indian Company will attend Indian Company Headquarters on Tues- day. December 29 at 17.30 hours for Part II of Training Course:-
Constables R2018, 1. Bux, R210 Abdullah Shah, 213 B. B. Harian, R216 Lal Khan, R336 M. 8. Dillon, R207 Fazal Naht Oppal, R206 Mo- hamed All Oppal, E225 Kasim Ali, R226 A. R. Razack and R293 Jaffer Mohamed.
.C.. CHAMPKIN,
DB.P. (R). Hong Kong, Dec. 28, 1938.
SECRET IMPROVEMENTS ́ One of the biggest awards was s total of £125,000 to Messrs. Peter Brotherhood, Ltd., of Peterborough, for "improvements in internal con- bustion engines." the nature of which were kept secret.
Many inventions which became commonplace so far as the public were concerned during the War led to awards by the Commission. Camouflage-"dazzle painting
for ships, for instance, brought Mr. Norman Wilkinson, the artist, a'rë- ward of £2,000. For kite balloons Dr. E. Prassone and Major Lufg! Avorio received £4,500.
There was more than one award for smoke-producing apparatus.
Lt. Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon received awards for the aircraft cameras.
LONDON'S "NET"" DEFENCE Seventy people claimed to have been the first to suggest the "net" defence of London against aerial attack (that
Brigade
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following dona tions and gifts for Cheung Chau
T. B. Children and bables?
* Newspapers, books, posters.
are put before the public in greater and greater quantities, and the demand for the printed word in all a forms increases at the rate which we may hope refects a "de- mand for a higher standard "öf civilisation.
This demand, the Duke said. could only be satiated by an in- ereading speed of production, "arid he thought increasing speed was the keynote of the Exhibition-the first to be held in London for over seven years.
While admiring the technical brilliance of the machinery, they must not forget that its efficiency was due largely to the skill of the men and women who operated it. Fortunately. there was no lack of skill and intelligent personnel in
{!,*$i+ ༽ this country.".
The printing trade now repre- sented invested capital of appro- ximately £100,000,000 in plant and building alone, and kept upward of 300.000 skilled work-people in con- įstant employment.
CO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRY.
The Duke said he very much ad- mired the spirit of co-operation, of which the Joint Industrial Couheli was an outstanding example. He was sure it was due to that spirit that the standard of printing in all its forms maintained such a high level in this country.
During his inspection, the Duke inquired about the introduction or labour-saving devices, and display- ed some concern about the possi bility of people being thrown out of work.
Mr. J. Crowlesmith, President of the British Federation of Master Printers told the Duke that in some cases the Introduction of i labour-saving machinery caused a redaction in labour, but this, he Mr. H. A Beddow ............$50.00 chid wis temporary, because in the Bellios Girls Public School 30.00 end experience showed that a Mr. B. W. Bradbury
25.00 larger number of persons became Mr. B. K. Wong ....
25.00 employed
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ed-
monston ...
Anonymous
Inspector F. W. Shaftsin Fairlie and Bt. "Stephen's
Girls Schools Sympathisers, (Per 3. C. M.
Post)
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Pethich
Per 8. C. M. Post) Esq. (Per 8. C. M. Post) Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg Mr. A. White Anonymous Anonymius
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Rounds Mr. T. B. Wilson
Mr. O. Eager
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Dr. K. K. Wong
Wantasi Govt, School Toc. H. Service Men...... E. W. L. (Per 8. C. M. Post) Down (Per 8. C. M. Post)... Dr. A. Woo
Hon. Mr. Alabaster Mrs. Lydia Mr. A. 8. Adamson Mr. J. Ring
T. J. P's Children Master Frank Langley
25.00
20.00
At another stand the Duke learni- ed that a portrait of his 'brother, 20.00 King Edward, was made up from 2.500 separate types. "It seemed extraordinary that light and shade can be so accurately depicted in such a way," he commented.
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Mrs. Cordeaux:-Toys, Christmas Tree decorations, Fruits. and Sweets for Cheung Chan Children. Fairlie and St. Stephen's Girls: Woollen clothing and toys... "balloon barrage” Tung Wah Hospital:-Toys mentioned in Sir Thomas Inskip's Sweets for Christmas Tree. speech on defence recently).
Decisions of the Commission were not always accepted without question.
Miscellaneous Items:- Mr. T. V. Soong (Per Dr.
Li Shu Fan) püsi Per Mr. Ho Slew Um The late Mr. F. Martin Hale; for Mr. Chan Sau Ping example, the Kent man who in- Per Misa Chan Yuet Hing bombs extensively used in the War. -vented rifle grenades and serial Mr. Wong Kuen (Per, M.O, : --
1/c Cheung Chau) Complained after his award of Messrs Ting Bing Loong £22,000 that he had spent £137 (Per Mr. Chan Sau Ping) - 10.00 Menara Kung Hing 000 on litigation and was able to Mr. Chan Yue Tin (Per Mr. a "further" 28,000 in tcome-tax and super-tax:
He contended; "that in the or- dinary way of business the user of his patents would have had to pay £300,000,000,0
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M.O. 1/e Cheung Chau) Mr. Chan Chun (Por M.O,
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1/c Cheung Chau) Mr. Li Chi Yuen (Per M.O. Le Cheung Chung .. Mr. Ho Sup Sheung (Per
Mr. Chán Sau Ping)
Registry Office yesterday morning when Miks Susanne Oppelt be came the bride of Kári | Mosse; But for the most part settle- physician. Both brids and bridements were amicable and mem- groom'"are" front Shanghái. "Wit= | bers of the Commission became al- nesses of the ceremony were John most like a small and exclusive K. Ross and 'W..F. Webb.
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