THE SERVICES
By The Air-Mall, London NOT, 13.)
ROYAL NAVY
H.ALS. BIRMINGHAM FOR CHINA
The new has been
cruiser Birmingham commissioned with a
cont
reduced crew from the Portsmouth Depot. At Portsmouth she pleted to full crew on November and will leave about two 23, months later for the Chim Station, where she is to take the place of the Cornwall, which has been allocated to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Flect.
The Birmingham is commanded by Captain C. F. Harris. who joined her in August after being Director of the Naval Air Division. She is the last of the four cruisers of the 1934 programme to go into service, the others being the Glas- 2nd and Sheffield. in the gow Cruiser Squadron; and the Aurora, which has just, commissioned for service as destroyer flagship in the Mediterranean
ENTRY OF ARTIFICERS In spite of the competition of the other Services, and of indus- try generally, the recruiting of qualified tradesmen for the artin- has cer branches of the Navy shown a welcome.expansion. Ships can be built more quickly than fully qualified artificers can be trained, and though the increased needs will eventually be supplied by the apprentices now under training in the mechanical train- ing establishments, the rapid ex- pansion of the Navy now in pro- of gress demands direct entry fully trained men to bridge the
THE ARMY
ONE OF THE FIRST WELSH GUARDS
A presentation was made recent-
ly to Brevet Major and Quarter- W. Stevenson, M.EE, master D.C.M., M.M., late Welsh Guards, in recognition of his 22 years' service with the regiment-in fact, since its formation,
The presentation took the form of a plece of plate and a sum of money, and was made by Colonel
W.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1937.
ST. ANDREW'S
MESSAGE
TO THE WORLD
On the occasion of the Patronal Festival and Thanksgiving Day at 'St. Andrew's Church yesterday, the Vičar, Rev. J. R. Higrs, preached on St. Andrew's message to the world to-day. He said in part:
It is not too much to say that at this time of the year St. Andrew Is by far the most popular saint in Christendom. For that we have to thank our brethren from the north of the Tweed. They see to Murray-Threlpland, D.3.0..it that he is! Wherever Scotsmen Colonel of the Regiment. Colonel inhabit the earth their Patron
emphasized
Saint will never be numbered with Murray Threlpland how it was necessary for a man of great tact und organizing ability to fill the past of sergeant-major of a newly-formed battalion, and that Major Stevenson then Ser- geant Major Stevenson) possessed all those qualities.
Rose Brigadler-General
Price spoke of the years 1920-24, when he was in command of the 1st Bat- tallon. He said that those years represented the transformation to a peace-time basis, and in his task, he found the assistance of Ser- geant-Major Stevenson Invaluable. THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY The 2nd Battalion. The Durham Light Infantry, have taken up. duty at Inkerman Barracks, Wok- ing. as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade. The battalion takes the
the unremembered saints of the | Church.
Now the message of a Saint's Day is the production of concrete evidence that the spiritual pur-
can pose of God.
control and humanise the forces of life. The forces of life. The forces which threaten to clash need do no such thing. It is in proving this point that
the sanctity of the Saint shines forth. They have dared to look at the paradoxical truth that man simply has to have his head in the air, if he is to keep his feet or the ground.
Now in the life of Saint Andrew himself we fre allowed to see three practical effects of the fol- lowing of Christ.. He introduces to the presence of Christ, first of all his own brother Simon:
place of the regiment's 1st Batta-secondly, the lad with the loaves' Hon, which is now, at Shanghal and fishes; and thirdly. the ARMY APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA Greeks who were anxious to see
The Commander-in-Chief in In-"] Christ at the feast. ` dia has made the following ap-
THREE EFFECTS IF pointments;~~~
The first practical effect of
WAH YAN PAST PUPILS MEET
"One-Cent-A-Day" Scheme For War Relief A Success
In order to utilise the money been that would normally have spent on the dinner and festivides for relief of war wounded and re- tugees in China, the annual gen- eral meeting of the Wan Yan Past Students' Association, which was held in the College Hall on Satur- day evening, took the form. I an informaltes party."..
There was a record attendance, and entertainment was furnished by the present puplis of the College, who staged a scene from Shake- speare's "Macbeth," and acquitted themselves very well
In his speech, Mr. Ko Fock-son, na Association's president, referred to the various activities of the Association durlag the past year, and particularly mentioned the work which was being done by the Wah Yan War Relief Association. This body. he said, was jointly formed early last September by Past and present boys with the object of undertaking useful work for the relief of suffering amongst wounded soldiers and civilians in the disturbed areas. Rev. Father Gallagher and Rev. Father Ryan originated the One-Cent-a-Day movement, which had proved to be a success, and the collections had in about two months amounted to Dearly $2,500.
WORKING CENTRE With this sum, the Association was able to maintain a working centre where many ladies, most of gap. It was in this department. Lieutenant-Colonel V. C. Cassidy, saintliness is to sapetity the them friends of members, were of manning that signs of scarcityO.BE.. R.I.A.S.C.. as Deputy Direc-
make winter costa, were manifested earlier in tor of Transport at Army Head-Powers of natural affection. The helping to
the
desire to have Christ control all bandages, dabs, swabs and other quarters, in place of Colonel F. P. in, which we are naturally involved things needed year, but it is satisfactory to re-
for relief work. call that the leeway is now being Barnes, DA.O., O,B.E.
sa sane proot of the naturalness Mrs. Kwan Man-kwal, the wife of made up to some extent, though
of the supernatural; there are the Honorary Treasurer of the
not so completely that efforts of the recruiting staffs can yet be re- laxed.
Lieutenant-Colonel N. G. R. Coats.
13th F.FR.. as Assistant Adjutant other things later in his life, but
General Northern Command.
| "vice" Colonel A. B. McPherson,
M.V.O... M.C.
Major A. C. Willson, D.S.O., M.C.. Royal Tank Corps, as D.AA.G., Deccan District, in place of Major W. A. Trott, M.C.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
COMMAND OF THE IMPULSIVE
Lieutenant-Commander W. S.. Thomas has been selected to command the new destroyer Im- pulsive, Atting out at the works of 3. 8 White and Co., Limited. Cowes, He has been serving at the Tactical School since relinquish- ing command in the spring of the the destroyer Skate, attached to Vernon torpedo school. The Im- pulsive is the last of the eight
·vessels of the Intepid class, of the 1935 programme. and is to join A:2 to A1-Flight Lieutenant F. the 3rd Flotilla In the Mediter- |8. Wakebain. Pilat Officer A.-À. F. ranean in place of the Antelope, Hickman. Flight Sergeant P. C. Cox,
the
now in Portsmouth Local
Flotilla.
SIGNAL SCHOOL STAFF Commander B. R. Willett, DS.C., has been appointed to the staff of the Signal School, Portsmouth, and will succeed Commander F.. J.
Не
Andrew starts at the nearest hu- man relationship.
Association, was in charge, and she was being assisted by many volun- tary helpers, including members of He leads us to realise that it is the St. Joan of Arc Association and of God's providence that" we are girls of the Italian Convent. On born in some one nation, in some behalf of the Past Students' Asso- set of circumstances and with clation and the Wah Yan War Re-. some special set of friends. I belief Association, Mr. Ko tendered Heve that in this Andrew directs us to home life and patriotism love of home and love of country. We must spiritualise our natural affection and Christenise OUI
INSTRUCTORS RE-GRADED The following officers and air-patriotism. man pilots have.been recategorized as flying instructors by the Cen- tral Flying School:-
and Sergeants S. W. Bannister and
F. IL Gledhill.
B. to 4.2-Flight Lieutenants G. W. Montagu, J. F. Stephens, and N. D. Crockart; Pilot Officer S. Lugg; Flight Sergeants J. N. Ogle, W. J. Rye, and K. S. Smith: Sergeants B. E. Crawley. R. C. A.
Captain A.. D. Irvine, South African Air Force, who recently attended a refresher course at the school, was assessed at "B" "cate- gory standard as a flying instruc-
tor.
Wylle in the experimental depart-Maun, E. J. Irish, and H. Ledger. ment.. Commander Willett, who gained the DS.C. in command of a coastal motor boat in 'action in 1918, specialized in signals in 1920- 21 and was selected for the ad- vanced course at Greenwich was squadron signal officer in the 3rd Battle Squadron and Battle- Cruiser Squadron before his pro- motion in 1931, and has sice served in the Tactical Division at the Admiralty and as executive officer of the Dunedin on the New Zea- land Station.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-
K. D. Macphal, to Drake (Nov. 301; R. Alexander, to Wrestler, in command (Dec. 1); H., G. D. de Chair to Scuut (Dec. 2).
FUNERAL OF MRS. ANNIE BUNJE
Temp. R.C. Chaplains. The Rev. R. Catterall, to Barbam: the Rev. M. Egan, to Victory for R.N. Hospl, Haslar; the Rev. T. A. Giles, to Drake, for R.N.B. (Nov. 18); the the Rev. E Dewey, to Caledonia abroad. (undated).
Lts. D. S. Johnston, to War- spite; J. H. Hamilton, to Nelson; A. D. Robin, to Excellent (Nov. 22); L. D. G. Kenny. Scout; R. T. Shaw to Glorious (Dec. 6); E. K. U. Clark, M.V... and I. F. M Newham, to President for course ät RN. College, Greenwich (Jan. 6).
The second practical effect of St. Andrew's contact with Christ was the introduction to our Lord of the lad with the loaves and fishes. The needs of a vast con- course of people are met as the result of surrendering to Christ the natural possessions of the youth. And isn't this another of our
central problems to-day? However the chasm between youth and middle age bas arisen amongst us, one thing is certain. If the fresh contribution of pre- sent-day youth' cannot be really introduced to the Lord of all Good Life, the needs of our age will not be met.
CHRISTIAN IDEAL
his thanks to all these helpers, and appealed to all past pupils of the College to give continued suppprt
to the work.
The following office-bearers for- the 1937-1938 session were elected: President, Mr. Ko Fook-son; Vice- Presidents, Rev. Father R. W. Gallagher and Mr. Joseph Ng; Hon Secretary, Mr. Chan Fook-hong; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Kwan Man wat; Council members, Rev. Father T. Ryan. Messrs. Yue Shou-san, Tam Sik-poon, Ho Ka-, Wong Wing-kit, Lim How-ping. Wong Yue-lam and Fung Kwok-wah. Yuk-shu, Cheng Fock-chol. "Yeung
Hon. Auditors, Messrs. Chan Kam- to and Fok Wal
LOCAL WEDDINGS
Mr. Frank Cecil Manning of the The third practical effect of St. Public Works Department, second Andrew's contact with Christ was son of the late Charles and Mrs.. the introduction to our Lord of Marining of Plymouth, was mar- the Greeks, who said at the feast,ried to Miss Mary Isobel Edwards, "Sir, we would see, Jesus." Now of Mountain Ash Glamorgan, as, the Greeks were historically South Wales, by the Rev. H. W. the source of so much that is Baines at St. John's Cathedral on valuable in the world's culture Saturday. and civilisation, we may interpret The bride was given away by this incident, as illustrating the Mr. N. J. Bebbington, while Mrs. vital necessity of Christianising N. J. Bebbington was the matron of honour, Mr. R. Thompson was best man. After the ceremony, a reception was held at No. 3 Ventris Road.
our culture of civilisation.
The funeral of the late Mrs. An- nie Dorothea Bunje, widow of the late Capt. E Theo. Bunje, who died on Friday at the age of 72, was held in the Colonial Cemetery,
The great question which is be- Happy Valley, on Saturday after-ing asked of our generation is. Do noon, when the Rev. "D. Rosen- we belleve that society can
or thall, of Christ Church, Kowloon ganisé Atself apart from God, or is The honeymoon is being spent Tong, officiated. Mrs. Bunje was religion in fact the only real basis in the Philippines. the mother of Dr. F. Bunje, local of obligation in all these spheres?
PORTUGUESE COUPLE physician, Mr. H. F. Bunje, of the While we put off facing this issue
Miss Olga Maria de Castro Astatic Petroleum Company, and treedom degenerates into licence, Basto, eldest daughter of Mr. B. de Mr. C. Bunje, who is at present scepticism causes an unprecedent- Castro Basto. became the bride of ed flight from reason, scientific Mr. Fernando Jose dos Remedios, She was buried in the same grave inventions threaten to destroy eldest son of Mrs. B. M. „das Re- as her husband, who died in Feb-their devotees, organisation out- ruary. 1915, at the age of 82.
strips inspiration. The only thing The bride was given away by The chief mourniers were Dr. which is quite certain is that we her father, and was attended by and Mrs. F. Bunte and Mr. and must either recover the ideal of Miss B. M: dos Remedios and Miss Mrs. H. Bunje.
Christendom or perish. Атоня those present were Thus it is that the voice of St. Messrs. E Abraham R.Abraham, Andrew comes to us. aeross the G. Abraham, K. Sayer, J. P. Vider- centuries telling us that neither up. Ho Wing, J. Van der Lely,
Temp. Instr. Lts.-V. Lamb, W. H. Watts, L. C. Eyphick J. RA. Lammert. Dr. 9. S. Strahan, Mr. Thory G. W. Sheppard, to Pre- and Mrs. 1. R. Andreves, Mr. and sident for course (Dec. 6),
Mr. R. L. S. Webb, Mrs. Spittles Surga Lt.-E. L. Littledale, to Mr. H. V. Stokely and others, in- cluding Sisters of the French Con- Payr. Lt.-A D. Glibert, to vent. Victory (Nov. 16).
Caledonia. (Sept. 29).
Act Payr, Sub-Lt.-M. Rogers, to Sussex (Nov. 103.
PROMOTIONS
According to a report she made,
three men are alleged to have held
medios at St. Teresa's Church.
A. M. Noronha, ás – bridesmaids,
Mr. J. E da Rocha' was the best
man.
After the ceremony, which was our home life nor our patriotis, conducted by the Reverend Fr. neither the vigour of youth nor Granell, assisted by the Reverend the cleverness of civilised man Fr. Angeles, a reception was held can "remain sound and healthy at No. 29. Granville Road. unlesa in quite a new way we learn to draw our inspiration frem the Lord "of all Good Life.
NAVAL WEDDING
BAZAARS
The annual Diocesan Bazaar will be held in the grounds, of Bt.
Act. Bub-Lts.-W. Crawford, W. W. Dennis, to rank of Sub-Lt. and robbed, her of a watch valuednounced of Burgeon-Commander House on Saturday, December 4, (confirmed) (seny. May 16 and at $40 at Shelley Street, near Mos- Charles Joseph Finnigan, Royal at 11 am. Nov. 16, 1938, respectively); M L que Street, on Friday afternoon. Navy, residing at No. 1 Garden A bazaar, in aid of the assistant Kennard, P. F. 8. Gould, to rank The police are making enquiries, Terrace, and Miss Milfred Kath- clergy fund, will be held in the of Sub-Lt. (confirmed (seny, March but so far, no arrests have been leen Dudgeon, who is en route to compound of St. John's Cathedral 15 and Aug. 1 respectively).
made,
the Colony by the sa. Diomed. on Thursday at 3.30 p.m.
up Fong u, 37-year-old amah, The forthcoming wedding is an-Paul's College and the Bishop's.
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