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First Daylight A.R.P. Exercise In Kowloon
H.E. The Governor Watches
Units In Action
The Air Raid Precautions Services were given a thorough test yesterday morning, when Yaumati district was "bombed" in the first large-scale daylight exercise staged by the A.R.P. Department.
Units were summoned to four different locations in
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explosives, incendiary bombs, phosgene and mustard gas. All units participating gave port centre. Boy scouts were
good account. selves. though
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was
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of them- their work times somewhat hampered by the large crowd gathered to watch.
entrusted with the messenger service, and one was assigned to each umpire. W
Another service assigned the boy scouts. and. one that did call for a certain amount of heroism when broad daylight, the size of the such discomforting factors as the
crowd and their proneness tu humour was considered, was that
A.R.P. AT WORK This was the first occasion on which the district was afforded an opportunity of a daylight view of the A.R.P. at work, and the deep of being the "casualties."
FIRST EXERCISE
red of the A.R.P. vans. the nenti blue of the uniforms, and the yel- low-grey of the gas-fighters' pro- Dundas Street was the scene of tective covering attracted much the first exercise. Here the Blue- comment. "
land raiding aircraft had "drop- Normal traffle was permitted as ped" both high explosive and far as possible, and the efficient phosgene gas bombs, and there manner in which police units kept were Ave casualties. A large control of both the crowd and the "Are" had started, and a First Aid traffic deserves mention.
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His Excellency the Governor attended the exercises, and was accompanied on his tour of inspection by the Director of 4.R.P.. Wing-Commander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins. eral
The Gen-
Officer Commanding. Hongkong Area, Major-General A. E. Graseti, was present and also Commodore A. M. Peters,
CO-ORDINATION
party an ambulance and the Fire Brigade were soon on the scene.
One of the "casualties was sup- posal to be total, but the other four, three, suffering from phos- gene gas polsoning and the other from an abdominal wound, were given first aid treatment and re- moved to "hospital."
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HOUSES ON "FIRE"
An Incendiary high explosive The purpose of the exercise was bomb, "dropped" on a shack in principally to test co-ordination Jubilee Park, the vacant ground between the various A.R.P. ser bounded by Canton Road and
GENERAL
DAYLIGHT SAVING QUESTION
H.K. COMMITTEE
■
APPOINTED
His Excellency the Governor has appointed the following to be members of a Committee to con- sider further the question of day- light saving:-
Hon. Mr. H. R. Butters (Chair- man), Mr. D. Kelvin-Stark, the Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr. T, N. Chau, C.BE, Mr. M. F. Key, Q.B.E, Mr. J. Finnie and Mr. R. A. Camidge..
TERMS OF REFERENCE,
Having regard to the facts that— (1) the conservation of sterling
exchange is very necessary to the successful prosecution of the war with Germany: (2) the coal used in the genera
tion of the Colony's electric light supply is largely par- chased from countries out- side the sterling group!
(3) the majority of the shops and many of the factories in Hongkong are open to a late hour of night!
to examine and report on the
adyisability of-
(a) adopting an official time for the Colony one hour, or part of one hour. In advance of the time of the 120th meridian East of Greenwich for the whole or for part of the year, and
(b) limiting by statute the num- ber of hours per diem dür-
ing which workers in shops and factories may be employ-
ed.
vices. the preparedness of the Air Jordan Road. set fre to two BOYS
Raid Wardens. the working of a "houses." One was completely Wardens' sector, the accuracy of "demolished." but the Fire Brigade A.R.P. Damage Reports submitted was soon at work on the other, by the Wardens, the efficiency of inside which several persons were the communications system, and "trapped." the speed with which the different units could get into action..
Two umpires were assigned to the scene of each “explo- ston." and two more to the re-
COMMENDED
FOR ARRESTING
IN
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Two young European boys, Derek
The First Aid and Rescue par-Witton, 12, and Fred Stanford, 10, tles were soon on the scene, the were commended by Mr. « RA,D. former tending to four "casual-|Forrest at the Central Magistracy tles," one man with a head wound, on Saturday for effecting the Ar- another with a leg biown off, and rest or a snatcher." two others suffering from burns
Accused, Taiu, Chi, 28, unemploy-
The third report to come in to ed, snatched a woollen shawl from the report centre was from Publica Chinese woman near Murray Square Street, where a mustard Fath. The two boys, who were gas bomb "dropped" on the pave-near. gave chase and arrested ment outside Yaumat! School re-him.
quired the immediate attention of Sentence of two months' hard
labour was imposed.
a decontamination squad.
An ambulance and a frst ald party were screly needed too, there being two "casualties," both suf- fering from contamination by Ilquid mustard gas.
{ LAST "BOMB"
FREEDLANDER'S EXHIBITION
A collection of oil paintings by Ezne Freedlander were on display
The raiders' fourth and last over the week-end in the Hall of "bomb," an "incendiary one, claim-St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon. ed no casualties. A large bulding! A steady procession of admirers was on "Are" when the Brigade and art students entered the Hall arrived. The house was badly throughout the afternoons parti- "damaged" by the explosion and in cularly yesterday.
a "dangerous" condition. A de- The exhibition was under the molition party went immediately auspices of the Hongkong Working to work.
Artists' Guild,
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A programme of entertainment: tic song: vocal numbers by Miss arranged by the children Sin Yee-ha and sister, and the themselves with the following num-Misses Lee Chi-ching and Lee Chi- bers: Wong Chan-wa' at the pianoying; plano solos by Miss Jacque- and Chan Kwok-on on harmonicaine Choy, Wong Chan-wa and in an accompaniment to a patrio-Wong Chan-keung; story telling by Chow Man-wal, Chow Chan-wing and Cheng Chi-cheung and a | vocal quintette by the Chow bro-
served, which was followed by the distribution of gifts.
CHRISTMAS CAROL thers and Master Choa. Tea was
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A recital of Christmas carols will be given at St. Paul's Church,
The children had brought toys Glenealy, at 7.30 pm tonight, costing between 80 cents and 31 under the auspices of the YMCA. which were all tagged with num- and Y.W.CA.
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Dr. Yung Kal-tung will conduct, A fair exchanged of gifts resulted,
excitement and those taking part are the causing much Choirs of Easel Mission Church, amusement among the youngster's Hop Yat Church, Christ Church, as well as the grown-ups. The de- gue Light Girls' School, Baptist Hightful function was brought to a Church, St. Paul's Church, at close with a vote of thanks, to the Stephen's Church, Chinese Choral Principal and staff of the Kowloon Society, Chiuchow, Christian As-Tong School for allowing the Club sociation, St. Mary's Church, St. the use of their premises for the Paul's Girls' College, Holy Trinity occasion.
Church, Church of Christ, Metho- The speaker at Thursday's lun- dist Church, Wanchat Church, cheon meeting of the Club at St. and 'Sum"O1 Church. -
Francis Hotel will be Mr. 8. C. Leung, general secretary of "the
A memorial service for Lieut. National Committee of the YM. Commander RC.M. White and the CA's of China, who recently came Omcers and Men of HMB, Duchess to Hongkong from Chungking. Hia will be held at St. John's Cathie- subject is "Recent developments in dral tomorrow at 11 amig
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