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THE SERVICES
(By The Air Mail, London Nov. 20)
ROYAL NAVY
"THE SERVICES FOR TUESDAY NEW MEMORIAL PRIZE Relatives and friends of the late Boyle Vice-Admiral
Somervilic.: C.M.G., who was killed in Ireland on March 24, 1938, and officers, of, the Royal Navy have contributed towards the institution, of a prize in his memory which will be known as the Boyle Somerville Memoriai Prize and U have as its object the encouragement of research ork in connexion with the science of meteorology.
The prize may be awarded an- nually to an officer in the Royal Navy. Royal Indian Navy, or one of the Dominion Navies whose work during the period under re- view is adjudged to be of particular merit in connexion with the de- velopment of meteorology and its application to naval operatiors. The amount will not exceed £10 In any one year and is to be ex- pended in the purchase of books or instruments or other articles approved by the Admiralty, The Arst award will be decided in January, 1939.
CANADIAN OFFICERS Lieutenant-Commanders R. ES. Bidwell and H. N. Lay, of the Royal Canadian Navy, have been selected to undergo the staf course at the Royal Naval Col- lege, Greenwich, which begins in has former January next. The been in command of the destroyer St Laurent (late Cygnet in the Royal Navy), and the latter has been serving in the Naden, depot- ship at Esquimalt.
NEW MOTOR TORPEDO-BOAT The Admiralty have purchased a saft. motor torpedo-boat from! Vosper and. Co., Limited. Porta- mouth, and the craft will be known' LS M.T.B. 102. This makes a total
10 such vessels in service, of which the first six form the 1st Motor Torpedo-Boat Flotilla. In the Mediterranean. About 14 more are under under construction or nu thorized.
HOME ELFET CHRISTMAS LEAVE
mentioned in dispatches in France. Captain Gerald H. G. L. Verney, MV.O., General Staff Officer for Weapon Training on the staff of London District gets the majority
TROOPS FOR OVERSEA The 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles embarked in the Anchor liner California at Liverpool on Nov. 19 for Halta, Palestine. Three hundred details "rom various other regiments and corps also embarked in the ship. WORK BY WAR-DISABLED MEN
There was "a Naval odension" at South Kensington recently when
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger
Keyes. M.P.. reopened the exhibi- tion and sale of work by War- disabled men and widows and dependents.
A flagstaff had been erected, on
the lawn in front of the Imperial Institute near the entrance to the exhibition, and, on arrival, Sir Roger Keyes was piped "over the side" by a petty officer of H.M.S. President and his flag, as Admiral of the Fleet, was broken at the masthead. A guard of honour of
members of the Navy League (Kingston Branch}
Bea
Cadet
Corps was at the entrance. After he had inspected the guard of honour the Admiral ordered the
HONG KONG DAILY PRÈSS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1937.
MAKING COLONY BUSY DAY AT
AIR RAID MINDED
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organisation to ensure that there with not be so many people gather- ed together in any place in this Colony during a raid.
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DIRECT HIT The risk of a direct hit must be 50 small accepted-the odds are they can almost be compared to those of being struck by lightning. ΤΟ ensure comparative safety against u direct hit from a High Explosive Bomb requires at least
leus of reinforced concrete or 5 inches of armoured plate. This is obviously an uneconomic pro position apart from the fact that one has "too many eggs in one basket" or people in one shelter. One or two countries are still tog ing with the idea but Dow swung round to a number of smaller shelters. Apart from the direct hit from an high explosive bomb (which will not worry you any more in this world) tremend- ous damage can be done to people and buildings in the vicinity by the
we have
blast and splinters, Dying glass, etc. I am told that the lateral blast of the bomb on the "New World" in Shanghal caused the in- slant death of a large number in a radius of 100 yards due to con- cussion.
To afford protection against this we are considering the question of
ning
holating of a special flag signal which read "Buy Christmas Gifts Here."
At his command another signal Was hoisted inside the exhibition: "Cargo Shifting.
selected buildings into Christmas Shoppers Please Hurry." Bir Roger Keyes, who was re-
refuges, protected by sand bags and ceived by General Sir Felix Ready, concrete walls-these again would chairman of the exhibition, saldhave less people in than a big that when the exhibition was about shelter and should they be hit will to be opened Mr. Winston Church-cause less casualitie...
I. in a letter to the Press, suggest- ed that it would give an excellent opportunity for buying articles of beauty and ullity for Christmas presents and at the same time helping a most deserving tause. He was told that a number of units in the Services had made pur chases at the exhibition for the purpose of Christmas presents for the familles of the married mem- bers of those, unita, an admirable practice which he hoped would be Normal periods of Christmas continued and developed. He sug- leave for ships of the Home Floetted that all should follow Mr. will be from December 14 to 29 for first watches and December 29 to January 13...for second watches. Ships giving. leave on other dates re:The Nelson and Narwhal, November 29 to December 14 and December 14 to 29; Rodney, New- castle, Flectwood, and 6th Des- troyer Flotilla, November 30 to De- rember 15 and December 15 to 30: Courageous, Crusader, Furious, Stronghold, and Aurora, December
Churchill's, good advice, as more than 4,000 disabled ex-Service men and their families were dependent in the success of the exhibition.
GAS
The last form of attack is gas,
Nearly all nations have signed agreements not to use gas unless it is used against them, Gas proved a very efficient weapon in the last war and was used with success in Abyssinia. It is an easy weapon to produce and compara- tively cheap, therefore it becomes a great temptation to any country with Its back against the wall.”
We must therefore be prepared for it.
The main danger to this Colony will be incendiary or high explosive bombs, but as gas requires more preliminary precautions and is less understood, the lectures contain a
THE REGISTRY
THREE WEDDINGS
Three weddings took took place at the Registry Supreme Court yesterday, all of of. Marriages,
which were performed by Mr. W. Aneurin Jones, Deputy Registrar of Marriages.
In the first ceremony, Miss Lul Ching Ngo, of No: 70 Castle Peak Road, third floor, became the bride of Mr. Cha Kon Wat, salesman, residing at No. 29 Des Voeux Road. West, second floor, in the presence of Messrs. Thenway Cha and Ng See Yick The groom is the son of the late Mr. Cha Pul Sing and the bride is the daughter of Mr. Lui Yee Nat! Chinese doctor.
The contracting parties in the second ceremony were Mr. Chan Shun Shiu, of Chinese Y.M.CA.. Bridge's Street, son of the late Mr. Chan Tat Kwal, and Miss Cheong King Yee, of No. 21 Lyndhurst Terrace, first door, daughter of the late Mr. Cheong Cheung Hing.. The witnesses were Messrs. Cheong Tit Kwar and Cheong Yam Pul
Miss Tsang Lal Ying. of "Shan Ha Wal." Shatin, was married to Mr. Lau Po Cheung, of No. 18 Li Po Lung Terrace, first floor. Ken- nedy Town. The groom is the son of Mr. Lau Sheung Yung, retired merchant, and the bride is the
daughter of Mr. Tsang. Kwong Yan, merchant. The witnesses were the groom's father and Mr. Heyward Chan..
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following forthcoming wed-
dings are announced:-
Mr. Cyril Asheton Clarke, en- gineer, residing at No. 7 Hillwood Road. first floor, and Miss Lollita Dorothea Reborber, of the same address.
Mr. Frederick Sutter Thomson. assistant mine superintendent of Hong Kong Mines, New Territory, and Miss Helen Bogdatsky, of No. 26 Hankow Road,
Mr. Jesus Caanama Lee, of No. 91 Talpo Road, first floor, and Miss Mimi Ho. of No. 101 Talpo Road, second floor.
Mr. Yung Nai Cheong, clerk, of the University Library, residing at No. 1 Breezy Terrace, second floor, Miss Loo Chlu Bing. of No. 150
Tung Lo Wan Road; first floor.
large proportion of Anti-Gas work, SACRED CONCERT
| but I will give you now a rough outline of the various gases, now
ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRON LEADER WAGHORN The recent promotion of Squad- ron Leader D. J. Waghorn, at pre- sent on air staff duties in India. chemical which may be
they may be used and the pro- tection given against them. The word, "Gas" in connection, with
TO-MORROW
chemical warfare means any Less Known Works Of
used to
7 to 22 and December 22 to January affords an instance of rapid ad-kill, injure, or harass the enemy.
6.
vancement in the RAF. He is probably the only officer who has become a squadron leader within 10 years of graduating from Cran- well.
FOUR EFFECTS
The substances used may be true gases, Lqüids, or in some cases solids in the form of fine particles of dust. They can be d.v.ded into
LOANS FOR SERVICE SPORT With the rapid expansion of, the Fleet, states a new Order applica-
'ons to the RN. and R.M. Sports | Control Board for grants and loans Squadron Leader Waghorn was 'n ships on commissioning and recommissioning, show a tendency to increase, and the Board has had -under consideration the question
of meeting the increased demands. race in 1929, who was killed in an These four are:-(1) Nose, (2) The situation could be met by re- aeroplane accident in 1931. He Eye, (3) Choking, (4) Blister, ducing the individual amounts of entered" Cranwell from Welington grants and loans to be made, but College in January, 1928, and, like the Board are anxious to avold his brother, joined No. 17 (Fighter) this. As an alternative it will be | Squadron on passing out two years appreciated if ships which have
30 on Tuesday last, and is the two types, persistent or non-persis- younger brother of Flight Leu-tent and again divided into four enant H. R. D. Waghorn, A.F.C., | according to their effect on the winner of the Schneider Trophy | body.
later.
L
already received loans will arrange, where funds permit, to repay the amounts outstanding within #shorter period, either by increasing | day's list. Squadron Leader L de
'he amount of instalments or by paying the latter at more frequent intervals.
APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA Several appointments to R.A.F. 4 units in India are included in to-
NEW MAJOR-GENERAL
The nose gases are poisonous smokes, that is, polson dust; they are Invisible and have no amell
You first get a rew, reeng at the back of the nose followed by speezing, vomiting and headache. Their use in the field is to make men unable to get their respirators on so that a lethal gas may be put over with good effect..
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Choking gas is a vapour which if inhaled makes you choke, cough and gasp, when it gets into your
V. Chisman, from No. 20 (A.C.) Squadron at Peshawar, goes to headquarters at New Delhi for armament duties. Squadron Lea- Brigadier Thomas A. A. Wilson, der W. G. Woolliams, from the A.D.C, has been promoted to the
Aircraft Park at Lahore, joins the rank of major-general at the age Aircraft Depôt at Karachi for ad- of 55 and after 38 years' service. ministrative duties, and Squadron He has been chief of staff to Leader J. H. T. Simpson, from the Lieutenant-General Air Ivo Vesey fatter unit, takes command of No. at the headquarters of the South-40 (Bomber) Squadron, Kohat, in ern Command, India, since 1934. succession to Squadron Leader R. He has been D.AA.C. in the War. Carter. The second-in-com- lungs it causes great damage and period, brigade-major, 4th Indian mand of this squadron, Squadron you will probably dle of internal Cavalry Brigade, staff officer to the Leader 8. R. Ubee, who was pro- | drowning, cavalry major-general at Army noted on October 1, goes to Lahore Headquarters, instructor at the. for service with the Bomber Trans- Senior Officers' School in Belgium. vort Flight. and commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. at Sialkot. He has served in France, Egypt, and Iraq,
BLISTER GASES
Great Composers To Be Performed
The Bacred. Concert given in St. Teresa's Church last year, at which some of the less known works of famous composers were performed. was so thoroughly enjoyed that another concert of a similar kind will be given to-morrow at 6 p.m. There wil be choral and in- strumental items, the latter being supplied by Rev. Fr. Riganti on the organ and Mr. E Pellegatti on the cello
The choral items will be sung by the Little Flower Choir, a group of singers greatly appreciated
by On
those who have heard them. this occasion the choir will be Eye gases are tear gases and
specially angmented, and solo parts though intolerable at the time do
will be taken by the well-known no permanent" harm to the sight, vocalists, Miss N. Hyndman, Misa they are used for the same purpose c. silva, Mr. G. d'Aquino and Mr. as nose gases, that is, to prevent. Stopani-Thomson. you getting your respirator on in The first half of the programme time to avoid an attack by lethal will be made up of eighteenth gas.
century music, with items by Hay- den. Boccherini and Mozart, and the second part will be of modern music, by Verdi and Peroci.
Fr. Riganti 1s opening each part with an organ solo of his own composition. based respectively on themes by Hayden and by Perosi. Bster gases are the most Im- The last, items on the programme, portant.
ara from Perosi's greatest oratorio" They are heavy olly liquids whien | "The Resurrection of Christ," a synporate very slowly giving off a composition which ranks with the dangerous Vapour. Both the loud great oratorios of the eighteenthi and the vapour produce the same century, effect, that is, blisters, The Equid' Squadron Leaders.-R. D. Sturley, has great power of penetration and M.C., to Headquarters, Bomber will soak through ordinary dirtn Command, Uxbridge, for equipmenting in a few minutes. It will soak M.VO.M.C., who has just been pro- W. H. Golder, D.S.M., to Directorate to roads, paintwork, brick, stone moted to that rank, is 39, and has of Repair and Maintenance. Air been in the Grenadier Guards since Ministry, (Oct. 25), L. de V. Chis 1016 Among his appointments man, to Headquarters, RAF In have been those of Equery to the 'Ma, New Delhi, for armament King and to the Prince of Wales, duties (Oct. 13): W. G. Woolliams, ́and A.D.C. to Lord Lloyd when the to Aircraft Depos, Karachi, India, latter was Governer of Bombay and
for administrative duties (Oct. 22) 1. H. T. Simpson, to No 60 (Bom High Commissioner in Egypt.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur F. Rber) Squadron, Kohat, India, to Wiggins, who has vacated com- command (Oct. 18); 8, R. Ubee, to mand of the 1st Battalion, Grena Aircraft Park, Lahore, India, for or dier Guards, has gone on retired "ying duties in Bomber-transport pay after 24 years' service. He was flight (Oct. 22).
THE ARMY
GRENADIER GUARDS Lieutenant-Colonel Bír John Aird,
ILA.E, APPOINTMENTS The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified:— GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
(Engineer) Staff duties (Oct. 18);
concrete, woodwork, in fact every? thing except highly polished sur- faces such as bright metals, glazed tiles, glass, etc., and, once in, it is
ery hard to get out.
The entire proceeds of the con- cert will be devoted to the coor of the parish.
POPPY DAY FUND.
Previously acknowledged...$15,903.84 H.M.A. "Buffolk". The most important blister gas 24th Heavy Battery, R.A.
"Mustard" and I note that you Anonymous already have a lecture on that HM8. “Daring” particular, gas so I will not go into Further Shek O Collec details, now.
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The antidote for, unla blister KAS
"Mustard is Bleaching Powder;
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