THE SERVICES
By The Alr Mali, London Sept. 23)
ROYAL NAVY
1.
THE ARMY
REJOINING THE COLOURS
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937.
LONDON
GAZETTE
TUESDAY, SEPT: 21
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 19.
R.N.V.F
Proby. Paymr, Sub-Lleuti S. W, H, Jarvis to be Paymır. Sub-Lieut., with seny, of Aug. 1. 1938; Proby. Surg. Lieut. W. L. D. Scott. M.B., Ch.B.. to be Surg. Lieut.. with seny. of
RESERVE CRUISERS Commander H. P. Currey has
More than 1,900 reservists are assumed command of the cruiser already back in the Army under Diomede in reserve at the Nore, in the offer, recently announced by succession. Commander R. Mr. Hore-Belisha, to allow Section
F. Morice, who transfers to the "A" and "B" reservists to rejoin Cardiff, parent ship of this reserve the Colours with a view to qualify- [Nov, 14, 1935. vice Commander A. C. Allen, who❘ing for pension. The number of ⚫is retiring.
reservists who have notified the The Diomede was reduced to Army record offices that they wish reserve in September last after 11 to accept the offer has now reach- years' service under the New Zea-ed over 3,300. land Government, and has since! been employed on trooping duties | to China. Commander Currey..sumed
who
NEW COMMANDANTS Major W. A. Broadfoot has as- command of Skinner's
was promoted. in the mid- Horse in place of Lieut-Colonel summer list was recently relieved a. C. G. Gray. 34 executive officer of H.M.S. Erebus, turret drillship at Ports- mouth.
FLEET TARGET PRACTICE The target-ship Centurion, Cap- ' toin W. NIT Beckett, M.V.O D.S.C., accompapled by the de- stroyer Shikari, Commander F. R. Parham, has proceeded to In- vergordon for the autumn target practices of the Home. Fleet: She will be there for about a month and will afterwards return to De vonport.
Brevet Lleutenant-Colonel W, J. Crocker is appointed to command
the 1st Battalion, 8th Punjab
Regiment.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Key. M.C.. has assumed command of the 2nd Royal Battalion; 11th Sikh Regiment, in place of Colonel
. B. Renderson.
Major B. R. Mullaly is appoint-
cd Commandant, 2nd Battalion. 10th Gurkha Rides, vice Lieuten- ant-Colonel E. A. Bald. M.C.
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·SEPTEMBER 21 R.N.
Eng. Comdr. F. B. Minhinnick, O.RE.. placed on Retd. List (Sept. 21: Rev. C. P. de Candole to be Chapin. (Sept. 21),,
WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 21 REGULAR ARMY Col: L. E. Barnes, O.BE, retires en un Indian pension (Sept. 22).
COMMANDS AND STAFF The follg. relinquish their appts.: Gol. L. E. Barnes, O.B.E.. as A.A.G.. The Brit. Troops in Egypt (Sept. 22); Capt. C. M. Byrne, D.C.M.," E. York R., as 0.8.0. 3rd Grade, for Fhys. Trag: Sco. Comd. (Sept. 191:
Capt. W. A. R. Ames. Oxf, and Bucks L.I.. as G.5.0, for Phys. Trng. (Côl, CC), N. Comd. (Sept. 22), Capt. J. E. C. McCandlish," R.E.. to The folls. appts. are made:-
be Staff Capt.. War Office (temp.) (Sept. 11); Capt. L. F. R. Kenyon, COLONEL OF THE D.L.I.
R.E. to be G.9.0. 3rd Grade, War Brigadier-General Hubert H. S
Office (Sept. 13): Capt. J. W. A. Morant, D.3.0, the new Colonel of
Parkin. D.C.LI: to be 3.8.0. 3rd The Durham Light Infantry, join-Urade, for Phys Trng., Sco. Comd. ed his regiment in 1889 and serv-
(Sept. 10): Capt. H. P. Mackley,
DONATIONS
The International Medical Reite! Committee, acknowledges receipt of the following donations with thanks:-
Previously acknowledged Mrs. V. Lambert
$3,935.30
10.00
Mrs. Lee
10,00
Sir V. Grayburni
250.00
Dr. H. A. Fisk (Q.$10) Anonymous
32.03
1,000,00
100.00
Sir A. Macgregor
$5.337.33
If there is anyone who would prefer to pay monthly suma by Banker's Order into the Fund, the Treasurer would be very glad to accept gifts in this form and make the necessary arrangements with the Banks.
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CAR OVER BANK
Whilst driving a private car down an incline in Tal Po Road at 1 am. yesterday Lam Jae-yin ran down a 100-foot bank following a skid. Half way down the bank his car was caught by a tree. Lam was injured and was sent to the Kowloon Hospital.
K.O.S.B. Capt. F. M. V. Tregear is restd. to the estabt. (Sept. 20).
Oxf, and Bucks LI-Capt. W. A. R. Ames retires on ret. pay' (Sept.. 22);
kintosh resigns his commn. (Sept. 22).
land. He was in command of the ed with the old 106th Foot in 1re-Cameronians, to be G.S.O. for Phye A. and S.H-Sec. Lt. J. L, Mac- depot at Newcastle on mobiliza- tion, and of the 10th Battalion in France. He was four times wounded and three times men- tioned in dispatches. After com-
RETURN OF THE INDUS The escort vessel Indus. Com- mander A. P. Rattray, R.LN, has. arrived at Bombay on her return from England. where she repre- sented the Indian Navy at the Coronation Review and was open to public inspection a Portsmouth during Navy Week. The Indus is the newest of the nine vessels of the Indian Navy. and was commanding two brigades he succeed- pleted on the Tyne, 1935."
ed to the command of the 1st Bat- talion, the old 68th Foot, in 1919, and afterwards commanded the Northumberland Infantry Brigade.
from
COMMAND OF THE OLYMPUS The appointment dates Sept. 15 of Commander H. V. King to HMS. Medway for the com- mand of the submarine Olympus
He retired in 1927.
In China, in which vessel Com- ROYAL AIR FORCE
mander R. G. F. Hayter has served for two years. Commander King specialized in submarines 25 #
RETIREMENT OF SIR JOHN STEEL
sub-leutenant in 1921, and was Air Chief Marshal Sir John promoted in December last, after Steel, G.C.B., KBE, CMG., has commanding the Odin In the retired at his own request on re- Fotilla, China Station.
linquishing the post of Air om- cer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command, Uxbridge, in which he is relleved by Air Chlef Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, K.C.B., C.M.G. D.S.O, M.C.. from the command of the R.A.F. in India.
ARTIFICERS FOR THE NAVY
As result of the special measures. taken to obtain more skilled men for the artificer branches of the Navy (engine-room, electrical, and ordnance there has been a steady improvement in recruiting.
Trng. (CI, CC), N. Comd. (Sept. 22). The Staff notification in the "Gazettes" of Sept. 7 and Sept. 17 regarding Lt. (now Capt.) E. L. Martin, R. Tank Gorps, `are can- celled.
CAVALRY
The Greys.-Maj. A. W. E. Craw- ford retires on ret, pay (Sept. 191: Capt. J. P. Stanton to be Mai. (Sept. 191, Capt. R. L. Findlay is
restd, to the estabt. (Sept. 19),
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
ROYAL TANK CORPS The follg. Lis. to be Capts.:-G. FitzR. Talbot (June 19); R. A. A. Young (July 10).
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
1st Class Staff Sergt.-Maj. W. J. Turner, M.B.E., to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) (Sept. 11).
ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
The follg. to be Lts. (O.M.Es. 4th Cl) (on prob.) (Sept20):-W. E. Cunnington. J. B. Douglas, F. M. McCullagh, W. J. Miller, Lt. H. A. H. Sheppard from Supp Res. of ON., RE
Maj. M. S. Chilton is seed. for serv. on the Staff (Sept. 13); Capt. H. M. Paterson is secd, while hold- Ing the appt. of 2nd Asst. Supt.. Design Dept. (Sept. 6); Capt. E. M. Lindesay, M.B.E., is secd while holding the appt. of Adjt., Coast | 1). Arty. Sch. (Sept. 11).
The follg. Capts. are restd. to the estabt. Sept. 11):—W. A. C. H. Mor» gan, G. D. Holmes, M.B.E.
Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) W. D. P. A. O'Grady to be Capt. (Qr.-Mr.) (Sept. 20).
FOOT GUARDS
8. G'ase Lt. Col. A. H. C. Swin-
Sir John Steel, who is 60, served In the Navy from cadet to captain until 1919, and saw active service ton. M.C. on completion of his with the Naval Brigade in the period of serv. in comd., is placed South African War, where he was
on the h.p. list (Sept. 22); Maj, G. wounded; in the Gambia Expedi-L. Tyringham to be Lt.-Col (Sept. tion in 1901; and in the Grand 22); Capt. P. H. Catt to be Maj. Fleet during the Great War, in (Sept. 22).
which he was second-in-Command
INFANTRY
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THE ARMY DENTAL CORPS Short Service Commission.-R. C. Fraser to be Lt, (on prob.) (Sept.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE Bister Miss R. U. G. de Heiden- stam resigns. her appt. (Sept. 12); Staff Nurse Miss B. A. Annable re- signs her prov), appt. (Sept. 19).
ESTABLISHMENTS
Sch. of Arty-Maj. M. 8, Chilton. A to be 0.8.0., 2nd Grade (Sept. 13).
Coast Arty. Sch.-Capt. G. D. Holmes, M.B.E, RA, relinquishes the appt. of Adjt. (Sept. 11).
Sen. Of. Sch.-Maj. and Bt. Lt Col E. L. G. Griffith-Williams
of the battleship Conqueror at The Buffs. Lt. J. G. Nicholson D.SO., M.C., R.A.. to be Instr. (C.
The total of 76 men enrolled in the quarter ended December 31. 1936, increased to 108 in the first quarter of 1937 and to 123 in the quarter ended June 30 last. At the same time. the rate of Im provement is not sufficient to fill future requirements. Because of the expansion of the Flee: stil Jutland. His association with Ser- greater numbers of artificers will vice dying began when he was be needed in the next two or three appointed in February, 1917 to years. There is no difficulty in command the RN. air atation at pbtaining sufficient boys from 15 Eastchurch, and a year later he to 18 years of age as artificer ap-qualled as a pilot. In August, prentices. but from
five 43 to
1919, he resigned from the Navy years' training is necessary before on being granted a permanent these boys can be drafted to the
commission in the R.AF. as alr Fleet.
commodore, and was at the Air
Meantime, the Admiralty must Ministry until 1926 as Director of rely largely on the direct entry of Operations and Deputy Chief of men who have done all or part the Air Staff. He then command- of their apprentice training in ed the Wessex Bembing Area, and civil fe. For this type of mun there is a great demand elsewhere RAF in India. He was made because of the expansion of the
from 1931 to 1935 commanded the
to be Capt. (Sept. 15),
Dock: Orpheus. Proteus. Pan-
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No. 8 Buoy: Lowestoft.
FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR
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·Chinese Customs Cruiser; Chuu
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Chinese Customs Cruisers (17) Gunboats (2). Transports (2).
MOVEMENT
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BB (Sept. 10).
THE TYPHOON
The following is the official ro- port, issued by the Royal Obser- ratory, on the typhoon of October 4-
The typhoon Arst developed to the E of N. Luzon on the morning of October 2. It passed the nor- thern point of Luzon on the night; of the 2nd-3rd, and at first moved almost due W. into the China Sea. No. 1 local signal was hoisted at
Air Force, the mechanization "er K.B.E. in 1026 and K.C.B. in 1935. town; now in Hankow, and not.10.02 am on the 3rd. The track
and was promoted to Air Chief
the Army, and the general revival Marshal in July of last year. in the shipbuliding and engineer- Ing industries. But with the at- traction of a sea Hè and the Im-e provements recently made in the conditions of service it is expected that the needs of the Fleet will be
met.
- NAVAL APPOINTMENTS- The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-
NEW BOMBER GROUP The newly formed No. 5 Bomber Group took over executive com- mand of the following stations and units from September 1:~
RA.F. Station, Hemswell, and Nos. 61 and 144 (B) Squadrons; RAF Station, Waddington, Nos. 50 and 110 (B) Squadrons, and Air Ministry W/T Section, Wadding- ton: R.A.F. Stations, Grantham. and Nos, 113 and 211 (B) Squad.
rons.
Engr. Capt.-B. J. H. Wilkinson, to President for duty in Engr.-in- Chief's Dept.. Admiralty Det. 18).
-Cdr. (E).-G. Hearson, to Presi- Air Commodore W. B. Calloway, dent, as Assistant Naval Attaché, A.F.C., was appolated to the com- Europe (Sept. 22).
band of this group from Aug. 17.
CHINA SQUADRON DISPOSITION
Lt.-Cdr.-W. G. Pulvertaft, to Maldstone (Sept. 29).
Surgn. Lt.Cdr.-W. R. 8. Panck- ridge, M.R.CS., LR.C.P., to Pro- sident for course (Sept. 17).
Lt. (E)-B. W. C. Leonard, to Medway Oct. 1.
Headmaster. Lt.-F. J. Giles, to St. Angela (Nov. 5).
Surgn. Lts.---D, A. Hovenden, M.R.C.B., L.RP. to Pembroke for R.N. Hosp., Chatham (Oct. 1); G. H. G. Southwell-Sander, MB. to Victory for RN. Hosp., Haslar; T.. McCarthy, LR.C.F. and S., to Pre- eldent for course (Oct. 18),.
Cd. Engr.-R. D. Glenn, to Thetis ¡Sept. 29).
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Schoolmaster [CW.O)—A. ``R. Jones, to St. Angelo (Oct. 22).
Wt. Engra.-H. C. W. Chitty, to Emingham (Bept. 17);, C.E. A Molt, to L 26..(Sept. 25); J. M. Lloyd, to Cyclops (Sept. 30);
A naval draft from H.M.S. Cape-
needed on board at present, is pro- ceeding to Hong Kong via the Canton-Hankow Railway to-day. They will be used in Hong Kong for fleet work and replacement of sick personnel.
The gunboat HMB." Beamew, commanded by Lieut.-Cmdr. P.T.A. Love, was selected to represent the Colony at the anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of
Portugal at Macau yesterday.
7 a.m.
The British transport Dunera is due to arrive here on October 8, at
U.S.S. Asheville is expected here to-day.
His Majesty's ships Medway. Westcott, Falmouth and Cumber- land have left Weihelwel and are expected here soon.
The Commander-in-Chief, Ad-
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REGISTRY WEDDING
,
At the Registry of Marriages, Supreme Court yesterday, a wed-: ding took place between Mr. Liang. Yao Chie, accountant of Luk Kok Hotel, residing at No. 183 Lock-
hart Road, third floor, and Miss Yung Suk Wan, accountant of the
Luk Hol Tung Hotel, residing at No. 220 Jaffe Road,, second floor.
The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. Yung Kam Tong and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. Liang! Chol-ting, restaurant manager. The ceremony was taken by Mr. | W. Aneurin Jones, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, in the presence of Mr. Lo Yu-hung and the father of the bridegroom,
ANNOUNCEMENT The forthcoming wedding is an- nounced between Mr. Nikolai Pavlovich Custareff, artist, of No. 117 Leighton Hill Road, ground floor, and Miss Chung Mi-ll, actress,
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· HEALTH RETURNS
The return, showing the number of cases of notifiable diseases subsequently curved to N.W. by N., which have been notified as hav- and at 6a.m.
on the 4th the ing occurred in the Colony during typhoon was in the vicinity of
the week ended at midnight on Pratas Shoal.
No. 5 signal was Saturday, discloses that there were hoisted at 5.24 a.m., as it was now
28 cases of cholera (25 deaths) of likely that the typhoon would pass diphtheria (two deaths), 13 of en- which one was imported four of close to Hong Kong.
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Wind reached gale force from teric fever (eight deaths), one of NN.W. at Waglan and Gap Rock cerebrospinal fever (one death), at 6 p.m. but the typhoon was not 16 of dysentery (six deaths), one of great severity, and the highest of small-pox and 78 deaths from gust recorded at the Observatory tuberculosis.
of cholera, one of was one of 57 m.p.h. at 7.15 p.m. Four caseg The mean wind, in the harbour diphtheria; two of enteric fever never reached gate force.
and two of dysentery were report-
The typhoon crossed the coasted to the local Health Authorities about 30 miles to the E. of Hong during the 24 hours ended at mid- Kong between 8 and 9 p.m. and night on Monday.
is now filling up to the north of
the Colony. The lowest barometer 1894, when the speed of the wind reading was 29:51 inches at 10 p.m. reached 85 miles per hour.
No. 5 signal was lowered at 1.12)
The following is the disposition miral Sir Charles Little, is making am.
of H.M. ships in North China:- Shanghai: Danae, Bandwich. Tsingtao: Duncan. Welhetwel: Eagle,
Defender. Folkestone.
» Tangku; Grimsby,
Chinwangtao: Decoy. Hankow: Capetown Amey: Suffolk Foochow: Dainty.
Swatow. Dlana.
Adventure,
a tour of the coastal porta, Foo- chow, Amoy, Swatow and Hong Kong, returning to Shanghai about October 18. He is expected here on October 10, aboard HMS. Cum- berland, Flagship of the China Fleet.
AMBASSADOR ARRIVING
-TO-DAY
OBSERVATORY
STATEMENT
There were three occasions on which typhoons struck the Colony after November, these being Nov. 9, 1900; November. 5, 1915 and November 20, 1927; thus eliminat- ing the common belief that typhoons do not occur in Hong
・・・ Enquiries from the acting Direc- | Kong after October.
tor of the Royal Observatory (Mr. Typhoons occur every year after G.S. P. Heywood) yesterday clicited | October in the southern part of the | the Information that the proximity | China Sea, but very seldom come
of the typhoon with regard to as far north as Hong Kong. Bir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen. striking the Colony was 30 miles There were cases on which. British Ambassador to China, ac- at about 10 pm. on Monday night, typhoons struck the Colony as companied by Lady Knatchbull-moving N.E.
early as June, but they were very Hugessen and his daughter, is ex- Ever since the establishment of feeble and may better be called pected to arrive here at 8 pm. the Royal Observatory in 1844 depressions,' ' to-day on board HM.B. Fal-there were nine occasions on which "Experience shows that the worst mouth, this being the first part the wind reached gale force in | month for typhoons in Hong Kong East Wall: Parthian, Delight, of a convalescing voyage to the October. The worst typhoon in is August and the next is Septein-:
Rover.
October took place on October 4,
WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR The following warships were in port Jesterday:
North Arm: Thraclan, Daring.
North Wall: Duchess,
Dutch East Indies.
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