ROTARY CLUB SANDAKAN
Continued from Pare 1.)
BANKING
A Commander in the Navy, he said, was not, the Captain of the ship but was the executive acer.
of-
The mustered men were divided into parties (to look after differ- ent parts of the ship) and into messes. The Captain did his duty
by not interfering with what the others were doing. (Laughter). The bugle calls were blown over to the
men. All were aboard by 9 ama. on April 2 when Capt. Murray gave them a short talk.
LIGHT AND
POWER COY.
Annual Meeting
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1936..
CORRESPONDENCE
·STREET SALE OF FLOWERS
[The Editor, "Hong Kong Daily Fress."]
Dear Sir, I beg to be allowed space in your valuable 'columnā to inform the public that my Chamber will be bolding a Street "A successful year was reported] Sale of Flowers in order to obtain by the Chairman, Mr. A. L. Shields, the necessary funds to run our at the fourteenth ordinary yearly free schools on the 30th instant. meeting of the Sandakan Light Permission for this drive has al- and Power Company Ltd., held ready been granted by the Au- yesterday at the head office of the thorities. Company. Bank of East Asia Build-
.
Others present were the Han Mr. J. P: Braga and Mr. B. M. Churn (Directors) and Messrs. N. V. A. Croucher, A. M. Braga, F. J. Tavares, J. Toppin and J. V. Braga and Mr. A A. shareholders). Botelho (Secretary).
Addressing the meeting. Chairman said:---
the
Dealing with the question of of-ing. ficers, Capt, Murray mentioned that there was the executive of ficer, engineer officers, paymaster, doctor and dentist, captain of the Marines Instructor officers (edu- cation played a big part in the Navy's
nowadays), programme writers artificers, etc, There were 853 officers and, men aboard the Dorsetshire. Officers in the Navy reached the top ranks through the seniority list but in the ex- ecutive branch many of them re- tired with the rank of Comman- der It was not their fault and they must not be considered as
· fallures. It was just that there experience have been of great a
sistance to your Board, who, to- were others better than them.
The detachment of Royal Ma-gether with Shareholders, deeply rines aboard cruisers were the des- regret his passing. cendants of the 'days when they used to embark soldiers.
THE CREW Among the crew aboard there were men of all trades and they could do almost anything, he said. The majority of the men had signed on for 12 years; a few for
Mr. Shields salt:-Prior to pro- ceeding with the business before the meeting, I have to record with regres, the death on profound, August 13 of Mr. C. A. da Roza, who had been on our Board since His advice and December, 1928.
As the report and accounts have been in your bands for the re- quired period, I propose with your approval to take them as read.
The balance at credit of working account, after charging deprecia- tion and General Managers' Com- mission, is H.K$29,398.20. Invest-" ment income at $12,044.63 is $1,-
I may add that support given 129 by the public last year has. greatly assisted us in our work of providing for the ten free schools under our negis when lack of funds. had at one time threatened their closure.
As all pupils are admitted to our schools entirely free of any charge, you will appreciate that we must depend on charitable support some measure and to ensure the success of our drive, I hope we may rely upon your valuable assis- tance by acording us a little publi- city in this connection.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours faithfully.
LAU KING TSING
December 29, 1938.
CHINESE
ALLIGATORS
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Meeting This
Afternoon
DEATH OF MR. W. M. PITTENDRIGH
Popular Business Man Passes
The following is the order of FUNERAL YESTERDAY business at the meeting of the Legislative Council to be held at 230 this aftersoon.
MOTIONS
The Colonial Secretary wih
move
The death occurred at the War Memorial Nursing. Home in the early hours of yesterday of Mr. McKenzie Pittendrigh, William principal of the firm of Pittend- That the Report of the Finance righ and Wilson, importers and was in his 85th exporters. He Committee (No. 11), dated Decem-year and was a victim to pacu- ber 18, 1936, ba adopted.
The Attorney move...
General will
monia.
The late Mr. Pittendrish had resided in the Colony for a period That the Companies (Winding of 30 years. He was well-mon up) Rules, 1938, and the Com- and popular amongst bis friende. panies (Fees) Order. 1936. bota Hearst came to Hong Kong to dated December 9, 1938, made by join the legal arm of Deacon, the Chief Justice under section 282 Looker and Deacon, and later of the Companies Ordinance, 1932, joined the German Import and ex- Ordinance No. 39 of 1932, be apport firm of Arndt and Co. Subse- proved, to come into operation on quently, he served in France in the first day of January, 1937. the Great War with the Northum- The Attorney General will move berland "Fusiliers, being badly the First reading of:-
wounded.
"A Bill to amend the Telecom- inunication Ordinance, 1936.”·
"A Bill to make provision for a temporary percentage levy on the salaries of public' omcers in the Hong Kong Government Service and to provide for the exchïnge rate at which sterling salaries when paid in the Colony, are to be converted."
11
The Attorney General will move
AT THE ZOO the Second reading of
a short period of 7 years. Many 542.11 less than last year, some of Two Rare Specimens
of those who signed for 12 years service would sign on again for a further 10 years to qualify for pension.
the Company's investments having
in the meantime been sold,
You will also note that the ac- count under consideration has a credit of $2,104, being proft on sale of investments, and has also benefited to the extent of $26,264.1. by the transfer of part of the in- vestment Auctuation reserve which Is no longer required.
ADDITIONS TO THE
REPTILE HOUSE
The most valuable reptiles which the London Zoo has received for a long time are two Chinese, alliga tors which reached the Reptile
Among the Instructions given to the crew the most important were fire stations and collision stations Regarding food, Capt. Murray said that nowadays catering was on a large scale. The Paymaster and his menials ordered meals for 600 men. It was, more economical and with very good results.
They were allowed £1,200 per quarter for stores and they must account, leaves the Profit and Loss tually extinct,
nob spend it all on paint! (Laugh- ter). Oil fuel amounted to 3,000
tons and there were 100 to 200
rounds of ammunition per gun. The latter was embarked under strictest regulations. To paint the ship's sides 700 lbs. of paint FRs needed.
During their last week in Lon-
don they had anchor trials, and on April 13, the C.-in-C. inspect- ed the ship. The men had their wives and families aboard before
they finally set to нед. At gez "man overboard" drill was prac-
The balance of Profit and Loss
law relating to Pensions."
When the war was over, Mr. Pittendrigh returned to Hong Kong and started the firm of Pit- tendrigh and Wilson, with which he had ever since been associated as head.
Deceased leaves a wife and five children, who are at Home, and with whom much sympathy will be felt.
The funeral took place at the Frotestant Cemetery yesterday
"A Bill further to amend the evening, the Rev. Cyril Brown, Chaplain of the Missions to Sea- men, omciating at the graveside. Among those present were Messrs. Andrew Tse, G. W. Reeve, W. Jeffries. F. J. de Rome, L. B. Holmes, W. Logan, U. Rumfahn,
"A Bill to amend the 'Quaran - tine and Prevention of Disease Or- dinance, 1936.”
1. "A Bill to provide for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony by Regulation of the Governor in Conncil on occasions of emergency or publie danger, or by way of experiment or practice for such occasions.".
W. J. Hansen and many others.
Wreaths were sent by the follow- Ing: A. Ritchie. Karsten Larssen, Mr and Mrs. Wallace J. Hansen, Miss W, San and family, Andrew Tse, Lt.Cdr. R. C, Hovenden, RN., "A Bill to make provision for the Mrs. Bathurst and Barbara, E. P.
Account for the year is $83.247.09. House recently, Chinese alligators protection of certain wild animals." H Lang. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Har-
which deducted from the balance
brought forward from last year's
Account with a debit of $238.20.
During the year we have to re- port a small increase in the num-
ber of both lighting and power units consumed, but the improve ment in the working account over last year
is largely due to the lower exchange used to convert the Sandakan figures to Hong Kong
currency.
OPTIMISTIC FEELING
has
are so rare that there was a ques- tion as to whether they were at- and the single
the Zoo specimen which possessed for nearly 30 years was thought to be the last the Zoo- logical Society would be able to exhibit. They are to be found only on the Yangtze river, and most collectors who have been invited to hunt for them have declined to Visit their supposed haunts on ac-
count of the danger from. Chinese pirates and brigands.
The newcomes are not quite full It is difficult to make any fore-
grown, measuring about 5ft in cast about the future but I believe length. whereas "Chink the old there is a more optimistic feel-inhabitant of the Reptile House.
"A Bill to amend further the | riman, M. and Mme. R. Ohl, G.W. Currency Ordinance, 1835."
Sewell, Mr. and Mra, R. M. Silva "A Bill to amend further the and family, Mr. and Mr Paul Servanin and Yvonne, C. A Yolle, Building OrdinaYOUN 1935.”
HA Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Max Steger, Mases Dina and Esther Rosenberg, U: Rumjahn, F. J." de Rome, G. W. Reeve, 8. Berg: Mesars, Deacons, Ah Soong, W.K. Tung. Lam Yat Chow Ping. Dol- lar Man. Chow Ping, Ah Chan, Chan Tek Ain and Chan Kam Tong.
"A Bill to prohibit the sale, ex- posing for sale and the possession for sale, before July 1, 1937, of Coronation Souvenirs without a clear indication of their origin.”
How The Atom Is Split
As a mark of respect the flags at the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club and the Hong Kong ClubTM were
tised with a life belt and torpedoing in British North Borneo than which is adult, is a little more than Action Under Intensely High down at half mast yesterday.
practice was also held. Torpedos, he said, travelled for five milea under water.
there has been for the past few
years.
Our manager and resident en- gineer in Sandakan reports that the plant and buildings have been kept in good repair and the plant in good running order..
eft. long. This is comparatively small for alligators, but the Chi nese species never attains more than half the size of full-grown Mississippi alligators. They are greenish-black in colour, speckled above with yellow, and, unlike the American species, their fingers and toes are not webbed.
Judging from the records in old
ROUGH WEATHER AT MALTA Capt. Murray, in conclusion, said that after leaving Malta they en- countered rough weather and call- I now propose that the report ed for a tug. They, travelled from and accounts as presented be England to Singapore at the adopted and the debit balance of economical speed of 12 or 13 $238.20 carried forward to next Chinese literature, they must knots. While at Singapore the year's account, and when this has formerly have been much more Dorsetshire received a message to been seconded I shall endeavour to
common than they are now. It proceed with all despatch to Hong answer any question from share might appear remarkable that the Kong as there had been trouble holders.
homes of the only two species of between Chinese rebel cruisers and The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga second- the Ning Hai outside Waglan. The ed and the adeption was approved. alligators now living should be so Dorsetshire then traveiled at 27 Ron. Mr. Braga and Mr. Churfar separated as the Mississipp knots and completed the journey were
stead of sit.
re-elected Directors and
thews and Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming were re-elected auditors.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Temperatures
!
Modern atom-splitting is carried on under conditions equivalent to a temperature of 1,000 degrees Centigrade, according to ProfessoT E. N. de C. Andrade, of University College, London.
"In ordinary chemistry," Pro- fessor Andrade explains in his book, "The New Chemistry," just published, "we have often to apply heat to effect our reactions, the temperatures attained in our la- boratory furnaces running up to about 3,000 degrees Centigrade."
I and the Yangtze-klang. But in At such temperatures the par-
SOURCE OF TROUBLE
."
OBITUARY
The Late Mr. R. Packham
On December 10 last the death took place at his home, "Mead- way." in the pretty Sussex village of Southwick,. of Mr. Ralph Pack- ham, a former resident of Hong Kong for many years.
The late Mr. Packham, who was 69 years of age, retired from Hong
valued service with the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company. In Hong Kong, he was one of the original members of the Kowloon Residents' Association, his. home being at Himberley
to Hong Kong in three days in-Messrs Lowe, Bingham and Mat- former epochs alligators had a very ticles which make up any form of song in 1925. after many years of
wide distribution, their fossil re-matter are in very rapid move- No doubt the two remaining species mains being found even in Zurope.ment
what we do
in our electrical were once linked geographically by guns" (in atom-splitting), he pro- other now extirict forms.
ceeds, "is to give the reacting atoms a great energy of motion: in other words..we produce the same
to the work of St. Andrews' would. What temperature would
Re we need to produce for every atom Church from its inception. to have the energy we get when turning to his native Sussex. he working with a million volts? It continued his active church work comes out to about 7,000 million at 80. Julian's, Southwick, one of degrees."
the oldest churches in England. His public work included member- This, he points out. is many ship of the Urban District Coun- times hotter than the highest tem- peratures believed to exist inside ell school management under the
local education authority, etc. the hottest stars,
SPEAKER THANKED Rotarian Engr.-Capt Dibley, R. N, thanked the speaker on be- half of the Club and added that when the Dorsetshire returned to Hong Kong agam Capt. Murray
oldest inhabitants of the Reptile would not be in command. The The Management of the Hong House, he is a perpetual source of Dorsetshire would be leaving very Kong Hotel advises that there will trouble to the keepers, for he is too shortly for Home and she would be no Tea Dance in take with her their very best Garden of, that establishment on
the Roof pugnacious to share a pool with the immature crocodiles and aligators vishes. (Applause).
December 31st, but Special Tea and too small to hold his own with Dance will take place on Friday, the larger ones. He is obliged to January 1st, when entertainment spend a few months alternately will be provided. The charge on with either group. After a spell this occasion will be $2.00 per with the adults he is too cowed to person.
Oght the smaller ones and when at last he has to be transferred. he is hearty enough to bluff his way for some time among his larger
Although "Chink" is among the effect as a very high temperature Villas; also, he took a close interest
Before the meeting adjourned, the President wished members a very happy New Year,
R.M.A. Dorado
Two passengers. Mrs. J. N. Idle and Mr. R. Wyatt, both British, arrived here yesterday from Pe- nang on the R.M.A. Dorado.
The plane carried 257.424 kilos of mail and 9.000 kilos of freight.
COLONY'S HEALTH
Of the 14 cases of diphtheria, there were eight deaths, and two of the four victims of enteric
fever passed away of eaterie There were altogether 61 death due to tuberculosis, and a case of measles reported to the Health Authorities during the week ending on December 26.
Christmas Party
companions.
NEW CHEMISTRY Professor Andrade quotes one form of atomic change, that of the combination of the element lite After closing time in the Reptile hium and hydrogen, to form the House. "Chink" and the largest gas, hellum, which would release Mississippi alligator, which is so ten million times as much energy, Derce that it has to be penned if carried out on a large scale, as separately, may usually be heard would the burning of an equival- calling to each other from opposite ent weight of coal The youngsters who gathered at ends of the house with a deep the Church Hall of the Kowloon snorting roar, a sound which a Union Church yesterday, had a
pears to be made only by the most most enjoyable afternoon.
aged animals.
KOWLOON UNION CHURCH
It was the occasion of the annual Christmas party held by the Bun- day School,
Mrs. Packham and two daugh- ters, Miss Packham and Mrs. Her- ridge, mourn his loss.
"The funeral took place in the secluded churchyard of St. Juliana on December 14
not seem possible so far, to turn It to destructive ends
In the new chemistry. he Professor Andrade believes, how- comments, "we are so far without ever, that it may be possible to any precise knowledge of the con make some of the new artificial": ditions necessary for wholesale radio-active elements on a sumel-1 conversion. It may be that we shall ent scale to be medically miéfut. never be able to utilize atomic This is because of their enormous- energy, but even if this is so, we ly great activity. Radio-sodium,
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The Rev. J. D. MacLean, the All of the fifty children who pastor of Kowloon Union Church, attended, left the Hall with glow-was. present to help the children ing smiles, which clearly testined spend the afternoon profitably. none the less desirable, if it does would be needed.
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