HONG KONG VOLUNTEER
DEFENCE CORPS
(ORDERS BY LT.-COL R, C. B. ANDERSON, M.C. COMMANDANT RONG KONG, VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
PROMOTION
Rice and Bayonets: These must His Excellency the Governor has be returned to HQ Stores im- been pleased to approve the follow-mediately. ing promotion in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from December 6, 1935.
Second Lieut. H. A. de B. Botelho to be Lieutenant.
HEADQUARTERS STORES The Quartermasters Stores At Volunteer HQ will be closed on Monday, January 11, for Annual Stock Taking. Y
PRAK RANGE
The Peak Range will be closed for repairs until further notice.
STONECOTTEES RANGE The following changes in the allocation of Stonecutters Range
have been made.
January 31-Allotted to 1st Bty.. Corps Engineers and M.G. En. Signala.
February Infantry.
Allotted to Corps
Corps Diaries should be amended accordingly.
BILFLES AND BAYONETS, All rifles and bayonets must be returned to Store at once.
{| BOX RESPIRATORS Corps Gas Officer will carry out an inspection, of Box Respirators on the morning of Friday, January 13.
PARADE
1st Battery
"A" Section: Thursday, January
Box Respirators: There are still number of these not yet returned to Stores, will members" dr. Corpe Infantry please note that the Readrators must be returned to Stores immediately. ... ́
Blanecutters Range—January 17: Details will be issued Inter.
Medical Section
A course of gas lectures has been arranged and will commence on Monday, January 18, 1937.
Detalls will be published later. B.O.D.C-Construction Section The section will parade at EQ at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, January” 14, 1937 for instruction in Anti-Gas
Measures.
Members should note that thers will also be a parade on January 28, 1937 for further distraction in Anti-Gas Measures.
All members of the section should endeavour to be present on both dates
: LEAVE
No. 2335, Tpr. R. Edwards, M.G. Troop, is granted 8 months' leave from 9.1.37 to 10.9.37.
No. 1240, Cpi. A. D. Wyllie, No. 2 (Scottish) Company, No. 7 Platoon, returned from leave on 1.1:37.
No. 2310, Pte. R. B. Wood, M.M.G.
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SEQUEL TO MOTOR ACCIDENT
Taxi Driver In Court
Pau Shiu-ting, a licensed taxt Defendant replied that he did driver, appeared bezore Mr. J. A go to see the plaintiff but he did Fraser at the Central Magistracy not ask him not to inform his em- yesterday afternoon to answer the ployers as they would certainly charge of driving taxi No. 680 | know of the incident. He denied without due care and caution. that he naked Mr. Roberts how to
It was alleged that on Decem-¡ inform the pólicê. ber 15, the taxi struck Mr. J. V, Roberts, of the Office Appliance Company in Kennedy Road and injured him to such an extent that he had to be confined to bed for two weeks.
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Mr. Fraser: Did you see. Mr. Roberts get up? Yes.
Did he do so with or without
istands? Without assistance. His Worship then informed de- fendant that he had contradicted himself on Bis earlier evidence, to
At the previous day's hearing. Mr. Roberts and his wife gave cor- | which defendant replied that be 50.- borative evidence to the effect wTM Mt. Roberts up on his feet
that they were walking, along Ken- | Walking when he first saw him 175.nedy Road on the day in question after the accident.
when Mr. Roberts was hit by the taxL.
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The driver returned the same evening and asked Mr. Roberts nov to report the incident to the police or to his employers.
resumed Before hearizig was yesterday, Mr. Fraser informed the Court that he was in receipt of a letter from counsel for the de- fence, Mr. M. A. da, Bliva, asking for an adjournment.
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Mr. Fraser: What was the lady doing then?-Bhe was alsō walk- Ing towards me.
HELPED UP STAIRS
Do you recognise bath Mr. and MIE Roberts how th Court?—Yes.
How did Mr. Roberts get up- staffs at the hotel?-He was help- ed up.
.!!
By whom?—I cannot say as I do not know.
Did Mr. and Mrs. Roberts go uphi stairs together?—Yes.
His Worship added that he was not prepared to allow it but that defendant could call a holleitor during any part of the proceed-taxi-fare?He came down and we inga.
drove to the Star Ferry.
Mr. B. C. Hobbs, of McCallum and 'Company, held in watching
Section, returned from leave on THE REALITIES OF brief for the plaintif
10.12.36.
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STRENGTH
No. 7731, Pte. T. Lindars, A.P.C.,
14 Parade at Belchers Fort at 6A.S.C. Co., 19.11.38.
p.m.
No. 2732. Pte. W. R. L. Bowley,
Dress: Overalls, blue caps, gun | Thomson & Co., No. 1 (M.G.) Co. platform shoes.
"L" Section: Friday, January 15-- Parade at Corps FLQ. at 5.30 p.m.
"M" Section: Wednesday, January 13-Parade in FLMS*imas” at 5.30 p.m
Corps Engineers Monday, January 11; Miniature Range.
Thursday, January 14: DEL Training at Beichers.
No. 1 PL, 41.37.
No. 2733, Pte. A E Murray. Manufacturers Life Ins. Co., No.*2 | (Scot) Coy, No. 7 PL, 7.1.37.
(Bed.) G. 8. FRIZELLE,
Captain,
Adjutant. H.K.V.D.C.
NOTICES
Rule Club Committee There will be a meeting of the
NOTE-AI ranks are reminded Riffe Club Committee in the
that week end training will be on February 5-7 and atten- dance at same is essential for eficiency.
Corps Signals
Parade at Corps HQ at 5.25 p.m.
Lecture Room on Monday, January 25 at 5.30 pm, each unit comman der to send one representative...
Athletic Sports Committes There will be a meeting of the Athletic Sports Committee on Mon- on Tuesday, January 12. A full at-day, February 1, in the Lecture tendance is requested.
Machine Gun Troop Tuesday, January 12: Parade at Corps Q. at 5.30 p.m. MG, In- struction.
Armoured Car Section Section will parade at H.Q. m Tuesday, January 12 at 5.30 pm for Arms, Squad and Revolver Drill
Web Belt and Frog must be worn, : A full attendance is especially requested.
Motor Machine Gun Section Monday, January 11: Parade at
Corps HQ. at 5.30 pm.
B Class Stoppages.
C Class-E.G.D.
No. 1 (M.G.) Company Friday, January 15: The Com- pany will proceed to Lo Wu Camp. For Dress and Time see Company Circular.
1:
No. 2 (Scottish) Company, Thursday, January 14: Parade at 5.30 p.m. for M.G. Instruction:
No. 6 Platoon at Kowloon Dock.
No. 7 Platoon at Corps HQ.
No. 3 (Scottish) Company
The following will fire MG.
1
Room at 5.30 p.m., each unit com- mander to send one representative.
AFFILIATED UNIT Nursing Detachment, HE.V.D.C.
A Course" of Gas Lectures has been arranged and will commence on Monday, January 18, 1937. De- talls will be published later.
(Sgd.) K. DURRAN, Commandant, Nursing Detachment.
ELK.V.D. Corps.
VIOLENT
EARTHQUAKE
Shocks Felt All Over World
AREA BELIEVED IN TIBET
This
THE CRISIS
"Young Marshal"
And Chiang
Alive, General Chiang Kai-shek is his copiers' one trump caro. If they killed him there would be
nothing to deter the Central Gov- ernment from wiping them out with its German-trained troops and powerful air force, writes O. M. Green"
This thought has sustained week. Now there are faint sign China through the past terrible of the clouds lifting. Nanking's "punitive expedition" must be set ting Into position, not necessarily to fight the mutineers, but accord-
og to the tactics which have often settled a quarrel in China- "I have twice your numbers you must give in." The rebel Marshal has sent his friends to the veteran, much-respected Governor Yen in the next province, plainly looking for a mediator. Negotiations really seem to have begun.
SWAYING ALONG ROAD · In the witness box, defendant said that, he received "a telephone message at the taxi stand, at the bottom of the Peak Tramways to go to the Courtland Hotel at Ken- nedy Road. That was at 6.30 p.m." At 6.45 pin, somewhere below Kennedy Terrace, he European couple walking in the same direction as the car was going. The couple, he continued.
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was awaying from one side of the road to the other.
He sounded his horn and slowed down to 10 miles an hour, but the couple did not seem to heed the warning and kept on walking in the same manner.
Feak Tramar bridge and about Reaching the archway below the two feet abreast of the couple he felt a alght bump at the rear left
"fender, "
"
He stopped immediately jurt below the Union, Church, and the man had arisen and was walking towards him,
Then what happened to your
And then you reported: the in- cident to the police?—Yes.
Did 'Mrs. Roberts say anything to you?--She did not ·B0y any- thing, except to ask for my li- cense.
Was she the only one who ask- ed you for your license?-No. Mr. Roberts did also.
When?---When he walked so- wards me after the accident.
What do you mean when you say that Mr. Roberts was angry? He angrily reiterated his de- mands to see my license.
How many times did you go to see Mr. Roberts?-Once, I went the following day with flowers and an interpreter.
Bome
"FRIENDLY ENQUIRY" Why? To enquire after his health..
Was he in bed?-Yes.
What did you talk about?—I told him that I hoped that he would
have a speedy recovery from the leg injury. The reply was that the incident would be reported to the authorities..
I then pleaded for him not to Inquiring in pidgin. English, he
do so as I would be dismissed. I asked, "You sore?" You go hospi-informed him that I had an aged tai?" and "Go police station, too?" mother to support, a wife. he received no reply.
*I LIVE HERE” The man seemed very angry and would not say anything. He then asked him, "Where you live?" to which Mr. Roberts replied, "t live here!" and pointed to the Court
land Hotel
Whatever the outcome, it is im- portant to try to get a true pers- pective of causes and events, or an entirely unfair idea of actual conditions in China may remain.: The core of the trouble is those
Mr. Roberts. then walked to the 100,000 odd Manchurian troops, hotel, and he, defendant, watched remnant of the powerful army h ascend the stairs of that created by the great Chang Tso- lin, who have been a problem ever since, in 1931, his son, the rebel Chang. Hsueh-tang, igno- At the conclusion of the evi- miniously withdrew them from dence, Mr. Roberts asked defen- Manchuria at Japan's orders. dant why he came up to his apart
establishment. He then reported the incident to the Central Police Station.
In China provincial armies comment, and why he was asked not monly regard themselves as be- to inform the company nor the longing to the general who com police. mands them. If he is defeated, a way of escape is usually found for him, but public opinion demands that he shall leave à valedictory appeal entrusting his troops to his vanquisher's benevolence,
AFTER EXPULSION When the "Young Marshal" retired to Europe after his expulsion from Manchuria, his troops had no one
two children and two sisters also de- pendent on ine..
You were anxious to avoid pro teedings because you were afraid to lose you job? Yes, and Mr.. Roberts replied that he would give me a chance and not take out
summons against me. grateful.
I was
It is very unusual to say that a couple was swaying on the road in front of an oncoming car, isn't it? They were talking and did not notice the car coming.
At this juncture his Worship in- formed the Court that the decl} alon would be deferred until Janu- aty 14 at 2.30 pm, when defen dant could use the services of his counsel.
sures, lawn tennis, poker and rumerous harples still devour "the dancing in which he delights Bo stupid people." You, cannot break when Chiang Kai-shek rashly put up a comtry twenty times the size himself in his power the Young of Great Britain, as China Was
·Marshal”, tried a desperate coup broken up, and get it perfectly. to better his fortunes. Probably mended in, half a decade, he is now terrified at what he has done.
LOYALTY TO NANKING
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ECONOMIC PROGRESS But there is a quality in the re- cent revival, which justides the
Course Fart II at Stonecutters qu lasted for two hours and shook the Violent earthquake tremors that
Sunday, January 10:--::
L/Cpl. N. Broadbridge, Pies. the endre world was reported on Chanatong, A. Lau, N. Lee, Land- Thursday night. The earthquake occurred less than 1,300 miles from blom, o, Wäller, E Zimmern, F. A.
to look to. His appointment last There is no question that the hope of its reality. Economic de- Hong Kong. Broadbridge, Y.-M. Chong, M. 8,
year to hunt down Commu- "war on Japan" party in China is velopment has gone hand in hánd The Royal Observatory in Hong Lau, S. Lee, Long, Tso, and S. Wong Kang received the amplitude of
nists in Shensi was not soyary vocal, including some of the with the growth of a national Launch will leave Queen's Flary the first wave at 9.25, p.m.
much a compliment to his mini-leading intellectuals, traditionally spirit, which burst into conscious Hong Kong, at 8.30 am. calling af was so severe that, it was beyond tary prowess, of which he has a potent force among the Chinese, fame when the Southern troops Police Pier, Kowloon, at 8.40 a.IL the scope of the seismograph, none, as an expression of hope The peculiar trony of this deplor- last summer refused to obey their Dress optional but webbing must be which recorded a maximum am- that his name would keep his able revolt. It that it comes just warlords in fighting other Chinese, worn when åring.
the most remarkable pitude of 100 millimetres. The troops in order, and a means of when Nanking had begin boldly perhaps Range Officer: 2/Lt RM. Wood. Intensity was approximately Force setting him out of the way to stiften Its neck against the phenomenon that modern China Parade at FLQ at 5.30 pm. un
11, as compared with the ma- 15 is most unlikely that either Japanese demands, and when can show. Monday, January îl as under:--
Even if negotiation Zalls in ximum intensity of Force 12 re- Chang or his troops really want Japan, plainly disconcerted by Squad No. 1-Instructora.
corded in the Tokyo earthquake. to fight Japan-the device by China's new pugnacity, was be- Shenzi, one makes bold to belleve Squads Nos. 2 to 10-T.OED,
Severe shocks were also record which they try to dignify matany.ginning to think that conciliation that the war will be localised and Squads Nos. 11 to 12-Traversinged by seismographs in London, The troops rose against General might be wiser than satcoat that China will not ar to pieces
M.G. Bn. Biguals a
again: The Government is far Australia, New Zealand, United Chiang Kai-shek's fat that for tling." Wednesday, January 13: Babeec-States and Japan. Denver City; their fallure to fight the Reda, But the "Young Marshal", mis better organised and, authoritative tions A, B and C. parade for in- in Colorado, reported that observa they must be transferred to the calculated badly. Twice he has than it was the Chinese do not struction under Çöl Bugg, R.ÇË. tionis showed the earthquake to be South for which ail: northern | circularised the provinces de want to wreck all the progress Friday, January 15: Subsection Done of the most destructive since Chinese have a deep contempt. nouncing the Government's mal they have made; the whole senti- parade for D/R. instruction and
the Tokyo disaster. "They place
"Chang". Hsueh-lang may have administration · änd fallure to ment of the country le against drill
the epicentre of the earthquake been partly the victim of bad night Japan. The only result has more civil war. Saturday, January 16; Four des- somewhere in Tibet. some 1,275 counsels, partly of his own dis- been an overwhelming demonstra The return of the ex-Premier, parch riders report for duty with miles north-west of Hong Kong content. For three years after tion of loyalty to Nanking from Mr. Wang Ching-wet, who has R.CS. See details. “
his father's death he was the un all but the two rebel provificely been convalescing in Europe since disputed ruler of a country as big even including Kwangst, the lead- he was nearly assassinated a year as France and Germany, wealthyer in last summer's abortive re-ago, a man of the highest prestige deferred to, even, in 1930, the volution in the south, whose pos- and influence, will also be a valu- arbiter of the war between Nansible attitude in the present crisis able link between civil and mill- king and the North
had caused Nanking most concern, tary between Nanking and the Now he is merely a secondary The fact is that China is not provinces, general, who has probably had to what she was even five years ago. But one brays that negotiation spend most of his fortune on his No Chinese would deny that will not fall China, can ill afford. troops in a remote, miserable pro-avarice, corruption, and misgovern- to lose her great driving force and vince, far from the Western plea- ment at:131 abound, and that leader, General Chiang Kai-shek
·Corps' Infantry
Parade on Tuesday, January 12 at 5.30 pan. at HQ. AN
Heavy Casualties? |⠀
A large number of people live in Lines, the capital of Tibet, near where the earthquake must have "A" Company; All Categories occurred, and it is feared that LM.G. and AALMG. Instructions. there may be heary loss of live
Recruits-Squáð DHI
there. Fortunately, Tibet is not OSMA
thickly populated, the total popu "B" Company: Continuation of lation being only 3,722,011, this KALMG. Instruction under a re-giving a density of eight to the gular N.C.O.
square mile.
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