12
10
AIR RAID
LECTURE
(Continued from Pago. E)
They are not easy to use with hard materials as you cannot ham- mer them flat or they get cut on the stones inside. If you have 'to w them with hard materials such as shingle or ballast, try and use smaller sizes than you would use -between shuttering.
Strengthened, walls such as we have been describing can be used to put around existing, walls of whose strength you are not sure, or to close openings in walls which are of themselves good enough. It for the former purpose, keep away from the wall to be protected (y y inches or a foot), as if you are doubtful of your wall' it is pro- bable that it is not strong enough
to carry the thrust of the mass of
earth bearing up against it and may bulge inwards and collapse.
TRAVERSES
This protection must be carried up to at least 5 feet above the floor level of the room inside. (8 feet is better) and to at least the height of any door or window openings, or better to above this level. These walls or traverses should be carried far enough to each side of the opening so that Aplinter can not enter.
L,
All that I have been saying shows that shelters in buildings cannot be built on upper storeys except in altogether exceptional buildings of very strong construction. The
weight of all the extra protection would be too much for any ordin- ary floor. Thus we are almost certainly limited in our choice to ground floors, basements or cellars. Cellars make good shelters, as they have the earth all around them and often have concrete roofs. The drawbacks Te that cellars are harder to clear of gas should gas once enter and they may be flooded should a bomb nearby break a water main. If you chose a cellar it is as well to build a small kerb around the top of the stepa to keep out such water. If a local cellar remains dry during typhoon rains it is pro- bably good enough.
GOOD SHELTER
A basement would make a good shelter but would have to have its half-windows protected as we have described and the same precautions taken agairist flooding.
Also remember what has been sald earlier about blast effects. Do not choose a room that gives on to a amall courtyard. narrow alicy between high buildings or into an airwell. A bomb falling in a confined space like this may have Its blasting effect concentrated there and do more damage than It otherwise would. If possible, the ground outside should be soft rather than hard, eg, grass rather than roadway, but this win pro- bably not be possible to obtain outside the residential areas.
Other hints for selecting the room to be converted to a shelter:
The room must- not stocks, of inflammable that might start a fire.
be near material
If a cellar, it should not be under mecubery or heavy atores that might come-in on you.
SALE OF PONIES
Good Bidding At
Yesterday's Auction
A sale of ponies by public roup took place yesterday in the pad- dock of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, where some spirited bidding
"Centre was seen.
Court" Was brought by Mr. T. K. Li for $1,000; the same gentleman also became the new owner of "Racing Heart," paying for this pony $250.
'Mr. J. A. S. Alves, the auctioneer, obtained high bids for "Com- mencement Bay."but the pony was finally bought in by the owner, the price-reached being $1.300. "Bravado", and "Persian Cat" were withdrawn. The sales were as follows:-
"Centre Court" (81,000) Mr. T.
K. L: Australian pony, chestnut. 1938 sub. ($60) Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto: "Tim" (880)
Mr. J. D. Bicherstaff; "X" China pony, Brey (150) Mrs D. G. Marshall; Aus- tralian pony, chestnut, 1938 sub. (250) Mr. R. Bowden Heart" (250) Mr. T. K. Li; “King's Highway" (price reached #345) owner: "I" China pony, bay, 1938 sub. (price reached $145) owner;
Commencement
($1,300) Bay"
($40) Mr.
owner:
"Rac'ng
(825)
"Hogmanay""" Leung Ying: "X" China pony, grey 130) Mr. I. W. Mordovitch: "x" China pony, grey (825) Lieut. Dobson: "Solerina (55) Mr. T. S. Fraser: "Monoplane" Lieut. J. H. Munro: "Mayflower" (845) Mr. O. W. Hook; "Popular Star" (8118) Lieut. J. Munro; "Philanderer" (855) Mr. J P. Ward: "National Faith" (85) Mr. J. R. Paton: "X" China pony, bay (45) Mrs, W. Old.
Buyers of pontes marked "*" were required to undertake not to export them from Hong Kong during present Sino-Japanese hot- tilities.""
other but in a zig-zag formation, It trenches are straight. an un- lucky hit may cause damage all up and down its length. Trenches are themselves made as
narrow 43
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1937.
H.K. POLICE RESERVE
(Orders by Mr. C. G. Perdue, Acting
Inspector General of Police)
GENERAL
it
The Inspector General of Police Of and Deputy Superintendent Police (Reserve) wish all ranks of the Hong Kong Police Reserve a Merry Christmas and a Happy. and Prosperous New Year.
by
CHINESE COMPANY Commendation: Constables R20 Leung On Tal and R5 Woo How Ching are commended the Inspector General of Police for alertness and zeal shown whilst on duty in Kansu Street at 12.05 hours on September 16, 1937 by giving chase and assisting in securing the arrest of a Chinese male Tse Fel who was subsequently charged with and convicted of:-
(a) Burglary,
:
(b) Being in possession of an in- strument at for an unlawful purpose.
Tse Fel was sentenced to 6 months. imprisonment on the first charge and 3 months' imprisonment on the second charge, the sentences to run concurrently. He was also recommended for banishment.
Anti Gas Lectures: The under- mentioned members will report daily at Chinese Company Head- quarters at 17.30 hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.. December 20, 21, 22, and 24 for Anti-Gas Course Lectures:-
Constables: R1 Harry Lau, R2 Chan Tak Chiu, R3 Luk Ying Chol. R4 Tam Hiu. Fung. R5 Woo How Ching. R6 Chan Shik Chun, R9 Wong Yue Shuen, R11 Kwok She Shau. R14 Leung Fat, R15 Chan Wing Boon, and R20 Leung On Tai.
Inspection Parade: All ranks of the Chinese Company will parade at Central Police Station on Thurs- day, December 23 at 17.30 hours for a general inspection of equip- meat, etc., by the Company Com- mander. Dress: Blue Uniform, Cap with White Cover, Belt with Brace. Truncheon, "Pocket Policeman"
and note-book to be carried. The Equipment Officer will make 3 point of being present.
possible, 2 feet in at the bottom and 7 feet deep, and to house the occupants the trench is widened
Patrol Duty: Nightly between to 3 teet 6 inches or 4 feet in
18.00 hours and midnight by mem- lengths of 15 feet, and atted withbers as detalled by the Officer in a seat in the recess thus formed. Charge of Company. Such a recess will hold 12 to 15 persons. The recesses should be on 'alternate sides of the trench and each recess should be at least 10 feet from the ones on citzer side.
Thus one arm of your zigzaë. trench can be 50 feet long, viz: 5, feet passage, 15 feet recess, 10 feet passage, 15 feet recess, 5 feet pasage or 50 feet in all.
If possible, an entrance should be provided at the end of each tench. At the most, three such trenches should share a common entrance. No part of one trench must come within 20 feet of its neighbours right and left.
COMMUNICATION TRENCH There must be a travel trench or communication trench connecting the ends of the trenches, so that people Anding one trench full may nove on to the next. People once underground show considerable reluctance to come out agam and
INDIAN COMPANY Patrol Duty: Nightly between 18.00 hours and midnight by mem- bers as detalled by the Officer in Charge of Company,
Training Course (Part II): The undermentioned members of the Indian Company will attend Indian Company Headquarters for Part I. of Training Course on Tuesday, December 21 at 17.30 hours:-
Constables: R246 M. Y. Khan,
R211 S. Aras. R242 A. Aziz, R215 Feroz Khan, R219 Nur Ahmed. R223 Firdos Khan, 1229 Mohamed Rashid Malik. R230 Mohamed As- ghar,- R279 -- Mir Walli Khan, and R221 Hakim All.
EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE Meeting:-A N.C.O.'s meeting will be held at the Emergency Unit Re- serve Club on Wednesday, Decem- ber 22 at 17.30 hours. All N.C.O.% will attend
C CHAMPKIN,
D.S.P. (R). Hong Kong. December 20.
XMAS DANCË
ALLOW CLEAR PATH An inside passage-way will make
so may stay in and overcrowd one a good shelter if you cân close off the ends. The outer walls of the such shelter when the next one
has building will act as protection to
plenty of room, I the the walls of your shelter, and the trenches are more than four or number of traverses and protecting five "arms" long, there should be walls can probably be reduced. | another travel trench across the provided of course that openings far ends of the shelter trenches in the inner and outer walls do and really big systems where the not come opposite one another and
trenches might be many "arms" allow a clear path for blast and long, would have connecting trenches at intervals up and down splinters.
their lengths. Such are not likely to be made in Hong Kong for lackfree to seafarers and ladies
So far I have hardly mentioned the roof. It is not so important.
01 room.
To keep out rain and to render these trench shelters gas-proof the part that is occupied is roofed in. against splinters of bombs and falling bricks etc. from buildings nearby. The roof is simply made of timber, or timber and corrugated
A special Emas dance for sea- farers will be held at the Sailors' Home and Missions to Seamen to 'morrow at 9 p.m. Adm'salon la are
admitted by courtesy.
MR. C. V. WHITNEY'S RETIREMENT
KOWLOON GOLF CLUB
PRESIDENT'S TEAM VICTORIOUS
The Annual President's and Captain's Match, held on Sunday. the 19th, resulted in a victory for the former team by 18 polhts to 13 points, silver spoons being presented to members of the win- ning team after the day's play. At the tiffin interval a sum of over $300 was raised for the Children's Playground Association and the St. John Ambulance Brigade..
SINGLES
W. Taylor
President
1
Captain
R. K. Collings W. A. Stewart A. J. Dennis
T. D. Paton ........
1+
A. A. Lopes..........
EF. Fincher F. C. Barry
G. P. Murphy
14
E. O. Murphy
1
P. O. Dunne
W. Kershaw
£ Christensen
J. F. Smedley
+
W. J. Woolies
E. H. Watts
G. C. Moss
W. C. Simpson W. Stoker
C. G. Anderson
E. C. Fincher
W. Bastin
E. W. Gardiner ...........
T. Henderson
J. EvR. Humble
L. J. Cave
C. W. L. Cole
E. W. Loveless
A. McCormick P. J. Bone
President
R. K. Collings and
A. J. Dennis and
F. C. Barry and
H. F. Westlake
H. R. Billings
J. M. Boyd
3. Kerwen
M. A. Carns
83
FOURBALLS
Captain
W. Taylor and
A. A Lopes and
*E O. Murphy and
W. A. Stewart
E. F. Fincher 2
W. C. Simpson 24
C. G. Anderson J. R. Leitch and
W. Stoker and
E. C. Fincher 2 E. W. Gardiner and
T. Henderson 2 J. J. A. Humble and
L. J. Cave
E. W. Loveless
C. W. L. Cole and
"A" McCoriničk ́arid
New Course (16) all square.
T. D. Paton
Q. P. Murphy
P. O. Dunne
W. Kershaw and
E Christensen S. Jex and J. F. Smedley
W. J. Wolley and
G. O. Moss and
H. R. Billings and
J. Kerwen "and" ·
P. J. Bone
Fourballs
E. H. Watts
H. F. Westlake 2
J. M. Boyd 2
M. A. Cairns
睡
Singles
94
41 81
13
134
BOGEY (PAR) POOL FANLING
on December 18-19, was won by H. J. Armstrong There were 11 entries,
LOCAL YACHTING| Sporting
LADIES' SERIES.
RESULTS
Win For Jean
The resalf of the seventh ladies' race of the first series of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club was sailed yesterday afternoon and resulted
In a win for Jean in the "A" Class and Winkle in the Mixed Classes. Detailed results were as follows:- "A" Class-Started at 14.45
Finished Corr. Pos.
5 Nereld II w... 18.35.41 16.35.41
(Mrs. M. Barry). Artemis
16.32.15 16.32.15 3 (Miss M. Whitham). Eve
16.36.08 18.36.08 (Mrs. J. Bader)..
в
True Blue. 15.36.33 16.36.33
(Mrs. G. D. Adamhs).
7
· Kittiwake ... 1530.13 18.30,13
2
(Miss P. M. King).
Jean
............ 16.28.00 16.28.00
1
(Mra. E F, Edwards).
La Linda..... 16.32.41 16.32.41
4'
(Mrs. D'Arcy Evans).
Mixed Classes Started at 14.55
Dorothea
Finished Corr. Pos. Pts. 16.35.24 18.35.24 3 7 (Miss B. Fair). Winkle- 16:146.12 16.33.18) 1 10
(Mrs. McClatchie). Heron 16.55.40 16.44.174 6 4
(Mrs. B. M. Hodgkinson). Widgeon 18.45.40 16.33.32 2
Miss H. Crawhall Wilson). ¡ Nannette 16.55.07 18.42.133 5
(Miss O. Patchett). Zephyr 16.53.50 16.40.50 4 €
(Mrs. J. O. Pattullo).
"
SOFT BALL LEAGUE
MEETING
8
5
as the chance of a direct hit is 80 small. It must, however, be strong enough to hold up should the storeys above collapse and part of them fall on to the roof of the shelter below,
Sandbags or earth spread on the floor above is likely to reduce the
Mr. Corrielius Vanderbilt Whit- strength of this floor by overload-iron covered with earth to a thickney has temporarily retired from Ing it and should not be done un- ness of about 2 ft. 6 in. to 2 ft. 9 in. the turf, and 15 of his horses have less the floor above is also the top It the top 8 to a Inches can be been sold. for £23,920. The sale floor and you are afraid of In made of brick rubble, broken stone
was the most important, of its kind pendiary Bombs. It may be well or other hard material, so much in Maryland turf history. to my an extra thickness of foar the etter. This roofing should be
Mr. Whitney regards his retire- boarding and to strut the beams carried out on each side of the ment merely as temporary and or joists, but such work is better trench for at least 2 ft. 6 in, and said recently when he had an At a meeting of the Hong Kong not undertaken except on expert small drain should be dug along opportunity to devote personal Soft Ball League, held at the Hotel advice.
the edge of each roof to catch attention to his stable he would be Cecil last night, it was decided to SHELTER TRENCHES
water from the surrounding land back in racing. In the meantime ack the Hong Kong Chinese Youth When suitable buildings are not that might run in under the root his wife has expanded her stable Medical Relief Association to available, cover can be got by and thus into the trench. Roots of jumpers by taking over some | sponsor and organise the running trenches. In fact the cover so ob- would only be put over the parts of her husband's former fat race- of the International League which taibed is perhaps aster than that of the trench occupied and their horses, which will be put to jump-is due to start in the near furture. in bildings. The difficulty is that connecting passages, leaving the ing.
The net proceeds from this com- there is rarely room in a crowded travel trenches at the end open.
The horse which won most petition would be handed to the town. Trenches are also much Thus where each of the shelter money was Dauber, which
Association for them to dispose of. more dificult to make comfortable trenches comes into A travel sold to Mr. W. Du Pont, Jun, a Mr. R. Lau of the Vets, making and habitable. You may have to trench, there would be a length of member of the Jockey Club, for the proposal, said he thought this stay some time under cover.
passage trench longer than the $29,000 (about $5,800), while The would be a good method of giving usual length between recesses, say Chief, which was rated as Dauber's the League publicity and would up to 15 feet long, to at gas cur-superior at the beginning of the help to popularise the game local- taine in and make a gas lock.
season, was sold to Mr. Maxwellly. The motion was carried un- Howard for $14,100 (about £2,820),animously.
To shelter any number of persons regular trench system will be rieeded. This is best laid out ini a derlea of trenches parallel to each
Continued on Back Pape)
STEMA
Fixtures
TU-DAY
Meeting-Kowloon Chess Club, at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.
TO-MORROW
Cricket. - Triangular Tourna- ment. Army v. Navy (Club-ground). Hockey. - Seaforths V. Police (Sookunpoo), 2.30 p.m.
Racing Entries close for the Macao Race Meeting.
Rugby Club "A" v. Royal En- gineers (Clubground), 445 p.m.
Shooting. Hong Kong Ride Association Weekly Spoon Practice Shoot, Army Range, Kow- loon City. 2 p.m.
THURSDAY, DEC. 23
Cricket. - Triangular
->
and
Tourna- ment, Army v. Navy (Club ground). Football-Army Football League
Final, "A" Coy. Middlesex v. "A" Coy., Seaforths (Sookuпpoo), 3 p.m Distribution of prizes.
Hockey, Seaforths" v. Royal Corps of Signals (Chatham Road), 4 p.m.
Shooting.-N. R. A. Overseas Practice (Kowloon City ranges), 2 p.m.
HOCKEY
The following will represent the 1st Eleven of the Hong Kong Hockey Club against the Army in the Triangular Tournament game on the Club ground, King's Park, on December 22 at 430 p.m.
V. M. Benwell; R. A. Wallace, E. V. Reed: R. A. Bates, W. A. Reed, J. E. Potter, B Fowler, T. Whitley, G. E R. Divett (Captain), B. 1. Bickford, and V. Bond.
DONALD BUDGE
BEATEN
Sydney, Dec, 19.
In a friendly match between the United States and Australia here to-day, the young Australian tennis player, John Bromwich, beat the world champion, Donald Budge, the scores being 6-2, 6-3 8-10 and 6-4--- Transocean News Service.
XMAS & NEW YEAR HAMPERS.
We beg to notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Raton :-- No. 1 BAMPER -$65.00.
1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial
Champagne.
1 Pt. G. F. Peppermint.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Martell's Brandy.
1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
2 Qu. St Julien Claret
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal.
1 Qt. Taylor's Old Tom or Dry Gin,
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy,
3 Úta. John Haig Gold Label Whisky. 1. Phial Angostura Bitters.
No. 2. HAMPER-$60.00.
IQ Guillemart Champagne.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
IQ Burgoyne's Bargundy.
1 Q. Martell's • • •
Brandy.
2 Qta. John Haig Gold Label Whisky
2 Qts. Tawny Dry Port.
2 Qua. St. Julien Claret.
1. Taylor's Old Tom or Diy Gia
1 Qt. Vino de Paato Sherry..
1 Phial Angostura Bittere.
No. 3 HAMPER-$50.00.
IQ Burgoyne's Burgundy...
1 Pt. G.F. Peppermint.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
2 Qts. Tarragona Pori.
1 Qt. Pellission Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
1 Q1 Taylor's Old, Tom or Dry Gin
2 ts. Medoc Claret,
2 Qts. John Haig Gold Label Whisky 1 Phil Angostura Bittern.
We stock also John Haig Gold Label and Dimple Scots Whisky Hampers ia cases of 6 bottles and 3 bottles. Other Hampers made
ap to suit Customers' requirements.
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