WEST POINT ROBBERY
Big Haul Of Money
A daring armed robbery, ac- companied by wounding was re- ported to the police early yester- day morning. The report dis- closes that five men, two of whom were armed, one with a chopper and the other with a dagger, de- camped with 8890 from the Cheng Ah Disinfecting Company, No. 4 Kwan Yick Street, ground floor, West Polat district. One of the occupants of the premises wounded.
was
Was
Ng Mau Yee, accountant of the Arm, was asleep in his room, and awakened by the electric lights being switched on. ▲ man grasped his hands and struck him several blows on the head with a chopper. Ng then had a bunch of keys taken from his girdle.
Ng's hands were tied behind his back and he was also gagged with wire, which was tied round his head. Ng was further threatened that if he should move or shout he would be beaten.
Other occupants of the floor were held up by the gang and all the intruders left after they had taken $890 in bank notes from the safe. An alarm was raised and an Ind'an policeman came on the scene and helped to set Ng, free.
TRAINING THE
SERVICE MAN
Army Vocational Centre
The Army. Centre in
Vocational Training" Aldershot is helping nearly 1,000 men to become skilled artisans, writes a Home correspon- dent. A similar number are train- ed at centres at Chiseldon. Wilt- shire, and Hounslow.
It
computed that from 25,000 to 30,000 men leave the Army every year at the early age of 23 or thereabouts. What of the 27,000 men who cannot be indus- trially trained and are sent into the unemployed wilderness with little hope for the future?
It is hoped that the Government will shortly be able to make satisfactory announcement on that and other questions which so greatly affect the recruiting problem.
Civilian Instructors "Cedant arma togae" replace the motto of the centre. Training and production are profitably com- bined by those 1 charge. The instructors are civilians recruited from Industry and selected for their ability as practical crafts- men.
HELENA MAY CONCERT
Mme. Lovtsoff To
Entertain
It is rare indeed that Hong Kong is favoured with the opportunity of hearing the vocal renditions of hearing the vocal renditions of
musical mastera by an accomplish- ed artiste. The visit of Madame Lovison who has delighted au- diences in the Morth, will therefore be welcomed by local music lovers.
Madame Lovtsoff possesses well-trained lirico-soprano voice, the melodious timbre of which en- ables her to give exquisite inter- pretations to difficult but charming numbers. ĥ
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A programme of operatic arias, classical selections and Russian
folk songs has been arranged to be rendered at the Helena May In- stitute on Wednesday, February 17.
Madame Lovtsoff will be accom- panied on the piano by Mrs. Nura Kanis
Madame Lovtsoff
THE PROGRAMME
The programme is as follows:- 1. Kuma's Arla-From the Opera "Charodelka"-Music by Tchai-
kovsky.
2, Martha's Aria-From the Opera "The Tzar's Bride"-Music by Rimsky-Korsakov.
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3. Arla "Saper Vorreste"-Verdi.- From the Opera "Un Ballo in Maschera"-Mme. A. M. Lovtsoff
at the Plano Mrs. N. Kanis...
1. Antonina's Aria-From the opera "Bife for the Tzar"-Music by Gliaka
2. Galka's Arla No. 7-From the opera "Galka"-Music by 8. Monushko.
3. T Moe Outro-Classical Bong- Music by Baron V. Wrangel- Mme. A. M. Lovtsoff at the plano Mrs. N. Kanis.
The training' differs from that normally given in 1 technical 3. 1 school.
The guiding principle at the centre is to follow civilian job procedure.
Only in the earliest stages is the student engaged in exercises and purely training work. As soon as he can efficiently use his tools he 1 placed on productive work in the shops, or outside which are still more civilian in environment and practice. Of the 1,184 who left the centre last year 1,018 have obtained employment.
the
To turn the civilian into soldier was once the only concern of the Army." To-day, the Army is also interested in turning the soldier into a civilian-giving him a better chance than when he joined up. This process is neces- sary if the ranks of the Army are to be adequately filled.
Handicap On Discharge
A man on joining the Army li guaranteed permanent employ- ment so long as he is with the Colours. It is when his discharge papers are handed to him that he realises his handicap.
Russian National Songs.
1. Doushechka Dievitza-Music by
Dargomishsky.
2. Shiroka V Pollah Daroga--Music -
by Nicolaevsky,
Travoushka Mouravushka-Music
by Fomin..
Piano accompaniment by Mrs. N.
Kanis
Friend Turns Thief
Lo Chan-kwong, 28, unemployed, of No. 208, Johnstone Road, first floor, was charged before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy for the theft of $28 from his friend, Fung Sin, 24, who also lived at the same address.
on
February 7, Fung missed the sum
Inspector Logan said that
of money and suspected defendant, The room was searched when de- fendant was out and the money was found hidden between the soles of his slippers.
Defendant was bound over in the sum of $50 in a personal bond.
Illegal Distillery
Lo Tim, appeared before Mr. K. The Vocational Training Cen-Keen at the Central Magistracy
tres, started since the Great War,
yesterday on charges of running have done, and are doing, Excellent alon of an illicit still, the unlawful a distillery at Shaukiwan, posses- work in training men for a career in Industry so that they can com- mand a reasonable wage. But, as yet the centres touch only the fringe of the "after-career problem.
Sent To Sessions
Shum San, 34, unemployed, was charged yesterday at the Central Magistracy before Mr. W: Schödeld for attempted robbery with an- other not in custody.
Inspéctor A. E. Carey prosecuted and said that defendant with an other man attacked Ban Hi and Fun Wing-sun, of David Sassoon & Company, and tried to rob them but was unsuccessful
Defendant was committed to stand his trall at the next Crimin- at Dessions.
possession of fermenting material and the possession of dutiable goods. ..
Senior Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt sald the defendant's pre- mises were raided on Saturday and Lo managed to elude the party but was subsequently arrested after a long chase,
or
one year and five months impri-
Defendant was fined $1,350 sonment with hard labour.
New German Consul
Dr. Jur. H. C. Voskamp, German Consul, has taken up his duties at the German Consulate General. where he will conduct affairs until the return of Consul General H. Gipperich, who went on home leave in November.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1937.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY
Annual Banquet In England
T
SCOTTISH CLANS AND
THEIR CHIEFTAINS Traditions That Survive
To The Editor, "The Hong Kong
Daily Press"] Bir-The following is an extract That a case involving the sucĮ inseparably connected with Scot- from a letter which we have re- cession to the chieftainship of a ceived from the General Secretary Scottish clan should be argited of The Royal Society of St George, four days in the law-courts of 47, Victoria Street, London, 6.W.1. Edinburgh may come as a surprize - "Kindly accept this as an od: to those people who Imagine that vance notice and advise your the clan aystem perished wholly members that The Annua after the Forty-Five, or survived Bangues of the Parent Society as a plece of picturesque make- will be held on St. George's Day, belleve, writes a Scottish córre-Breadalbane branch of Campbells. 23rd Apri next, at the Con-pondent. naight Rooms, Great Queen It is true that, the law takes no street, London, W.C
The Lord Chief Justice of England" (The Right Hon. Lord Hewart of Bury, P.C.) will be the specially invited Guest to propose the toast of England. Other distinguished visitors will also be present
The pageantry associated with all the Society's Banquets will be of the usual striking character. and HM. Coldstream Guards, in early regimental uniforms, will take part.
OVERSEAS VISITORS The Coronation celebrations and ceremonies will attract a large number of visitors to London, and it is therefore,
most desirable that applications for tickets from members and their friends and others who wish to be present should be
tish and, indeed, British history. The wily and powerful Campbells own two heads, both present-day noblemen. The tenth Duke of Argyll, who has his seat at In- verary, is the chief of the great Argyll Campbell clan, and the Marquise of Breadalbane, of the
But the ramifications of the dan are wellnigh beyond human un- more cognisance of clan chieftain-derstanding. Suface, it to say that ship than of the degrees of a Masonic lodge, but Southern read- ers can hardly imagine the earth tremors set up in the Highlands when such matters are in dispute. Miss Catriona Maclean. the seventeen-year-old, daughter
here we have the most formidable of the Scottish clans, which has had the hard fate to be treated by the romancers as the Incarnation of self-aggrandisement and trea- chery. How differently fate "(and the late chief of the clan, who the Gordons, originally of Border of the storytellers) have dealt with Agured in the case, is in posses-origins, now located in Aberdeen- aion of the only piece of landshire. which the Ardgour Macleans can boast of their ancient patrimony. North" is the beloved Marquess The clan chief ("Cock o' the
Another branch of the Maclean of Huntly, who is the noble patron island of Mull, have recently re- clan, the Macleans of Duart in the of the Aboyne games, and the Earl of Aberdeen shares with him the vived the glories of their line in a distinction of leading the Gordons. picturesque manner.
To mention these names in the honourable in clan chieftainship. North is to suggest all that is
recall how Sir Fitzroy Maclean re- Even the general public will
turned to the land of his fathers and realised his boyish ambition Duart, and how his successor has of rebuilding the historic castle of
The price of tickets for Mem-
vowed that the castle and -estate bers is £1. 1. 0. and for Non-will remain as his grandfather has
left them. All in the best tradi ton of romance!.
made to me at the above address
without delay.
Members £1. 5. 0, each."
We shall be obliged if you will give publicity to this letter your issue of to-morrow-Yours, etc.
LINSTEAD AND DAVIS, Secretaries and Treasurers, Society of St. George, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, February 8, 1937.
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"LANDLESS”
The MacDonalds, ог Clan powerful of all-Lords of the Isles, Ronald, were historically the most
Kings of Man, etc. and hereditary foes of the Campbell. They have in the course of time dwindled into innumerable septs, Dougalia, MacDougalis, Donalds, etc.; but, alas, like the tragic Mat- farlanes, the surviving branches are, with the exception of the MacDonalds of Bleat, "landless." Can a Sassenach anderstand the
CLAN SOCIETIES Such is the history of clan chief- talaships! The ancient families are scattered to the four corners of the world, but here and there a chief, who may be an Englishman or an American, or even a Dutch-pathos of that word? man (like Lord Reay, chief of the Clan Mackay), returns to rekindle the family hearth amid the clan societies, which are chiefly located in Glas- gow, and are now Uttle removed from social clubs or beneût so- cleties.
Woman Shoplifter plaudits of the
Fined £50
Asked For Bag To Carry
Off Goods
Mrs. Christine Beer, aged 27, of The Close. Sutton, Common-road, Button, Burey, was find' £50 at Kingston and ordered to pay ten guineas costs, for shoplifting.
It may be of Interest at the pre- sent moment to refer to a few of the clan chieftainships which ac tually survive to-day.
Several Scottish noblemen are undisputed chiefs of their clan. The Duke of Buccleuch is the head of one of the branches of the low- land clan of the Scotts, who were
Nevertheless (such is clan pride). various gentlemen now living can claim leadership of the scattered clan and its septa. MacDougall of of the King of the Jales, may claim that Ilk and Dunolly, deacendant precedence and be as proud of it. as the descendants of Hugh Capet.
Besides these there are numer- ous gentlemen whose claims to be chieftains are at once admitted or ranked among disputable things. The late chief of the Farquharson
friend of the late King George, clan was Colonel Farquharson,
and one of the three patrons of the Braemar gathering. Balmoral was once a possession of the Far-
She was charged on remand with stealing various articles to probably. Gaelic Scots. Sir Walter the value of £7 17s, from a King-Scott was proud to be of that fol-quharsons. Also of the great Clan ston store, and on her own con- lowing. The Earl of Airlie is the Chattan confederacy, the Mackin- fession with stealing articles valued at 158. from the same store done well in the matter of peer-kintosh of Mackintosh, whose hos- head of the Ogilvies, who have toshes own as their chief, the Mac- Mr. W. E. Blake Carn, prosecut-
ages and baronetcies,. ing, stated
The Earl pitality at Moy Hall King George that Mrs. Beer put of Crawford is chief of the clan often enjoyed. various articles into a carrier bag. Lindsay, which is mainly an Angus and when it was full, with colossal clan. Some people hardly reckon impudence, she asked an assistant the Lindsays a Highland clan, but for another bag and then put more there is a Lindsay Clan Assocla- stolen goods in th
first
Mr. J. P. Williams, defending, tion, and the first colonel of the sald Mrs. Beer had had a lot of
Highland regiment, the worry lately and hitherto had famous Black Watch, was an Earl borne an excellent character. Her
of Lindsay. husband had a very good position in the City and she could have had all the money she needed.
The Wily Campbells But now we come to the great fishes. the Campbells and Gordons
The Chairman said the Bench and MacDonalds, whose names are seriously considered sending her to prison, and the only thing which prevented them was that she had two young children.
Ex-Cadet's Pose As Earl Of Macduff
PROPERTY SALE
Village Road Houses Change Hands
Leasehold property at Nas. 7 and
Leale Francis Collier, aged 24, & former Sandhurst cadet, who was stated to have "an outlook above 9, Village Road were sold by public his real position"
lands in Lochaber. is the chief of known public man. Sir Ian Col- the Camerons; while another well-
quhoun, is the chief of the Col- quhouns of Lomondside. Macleod of Macleod still inhabits his an-. cient castle of Dunvegan in Skye. These gentlemen and others mark a new stage in the evolution of clan chieftainship, that of públic spirit in the modern world.
Cameron of Lochiel, with his
H.K.
POLICE RESERVE
(Orders by the Hon. Mr. T: H. King, Inspector General of Police)
CHINESE COMPANY Strength:-Constable R90 Chan
and to have auction at Messrs. Lammert Bro- pased us the Earl of Macdua inthers yesterday afternoon. The Hon Wing has been struck off the London, Edinburgh, and Doncaster, upset price was $10,000 and the strength of the Chinese Company. was sentenced to two years im- successful bidder was Leung Ying as from February 6, 1937. prisonment at Dorchester Quarter Kun who paid $40,500. His was the Sessions on three charges of false only bid. The houses are situated i pretences, £8 10s. being involved.
on Section A of Inland Lot No. Superintendent B. Lovell stated 2841 and occupies an area of about that, in 1930 Collier, an' assistant 11230.80 square feet. The annual master at a preparatory school, Crown rent is $30.74. eft it to join the RABC. He was admitted to Sandhurst in 1934, and teturned to the R.48.C. as a private until his discharge.
Lorry Driver Fined
manner.
INDIAN COMPANY Strength:-Constable R211 AWE- ter Singh, R254 8. O. Ismail, and 8287 Ghulam Mohamed have been permitted to resign from the In- dlan Company, as from February 1, 1937.
FLYING SQUAD Duty: --- The undermentioned members of the Flying Squad wilk parade at Central Police Station on Monday and Tuesday, February 8 and 9 at 20 hours:-
He was married at Norwich Re- gister Office in February, 1935, but. was arrested on leaving and ten
Pang Nom a lorry driver was days later received two sentences summoned by Mrs W. M. Christie of six months' imprisonment to before Mr. Q. A. A Macfadyen at Hing Kl, and R333 A. y. Mooney; Crown Sergeants R301 Choa run concurrently for false pre- the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Lance Sergeants R316 Ho so, and tences in connection with worth-for driving his lorry in a dangerous R317 Cheng Yew: Constables R302 less chegues.
G. A. Woodier, R303 D. Young. Mr. Charles Francis Collier, $. Mrs. Christie said that she was R2313 D. M. Xavier, R319 Ng Chi retired R.ABC captain, said his out with two friends walking along Ip, R323 Lo Koon Ho, R425 Cheung son left Sandburst, not because he Taipo Road on January 4, and King Chor, R327 Sung Shu Chee, felled in his examinations, but be- about 4 pm, when they reached #2332 Ng Hung Kwa, R354 Les cause he got into a set with which the reservoir, they met two lorries Chan Kee, and R350 Ho Wing he could not keep up. He had coming round a bend, and appear Kwan, been advised at the Institute of ing to be racing each other. She Medical Psychology that his son noticed the number of the over- might benefit from treatment. His taking lorry. She latter met a fall was due to swollen headedness trame ofcer, to whom she made -his only fault; he had no vice.
the report. The Bench recommended the Defendant said he did not re- prison doctor to consister Colller member the incident, and was for phychological treatment.
fined $9.
Patrol Duties:-All members are EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE
reminded of the Patrol Duties ar ranged to take place on Friday, February 18, 1937.
C. CHAMPKIN,
D. 8. P. (R) Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 8, 1937.
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