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LATEST CORPS › ORDERS.
Corps orders for the Volunteer Defence Corps by Lieut. Col, LA G. Bird, D.5.0., Include the following: Artillery Company, City Section' parade at Corps Headquarters at 6.80 p.m. on Tues lay, 27th October. Dress: Mufth Taikoo Section parade at Talkoo it 6.15 p.m. on Friday, 30th Octo: ber. Dress Mufti.
Engineer Company,
Pirt II. Musketry Course will be ired at Stonecutters Range en Suminy. 25th October, 1926. Range Officer 2nd-Lieut. W. F. Foster-Turner. Launch will leave Murray Pier at 9 a.m., and call at Kowloon Pier at 9.10 a.m. Dross: Uniform optional, but rifles, bayo tels and pouches must be taken. Arms: Rifles and bayonets must be drawn from Headquarters on Fri
ay, the 23rd inst., between 10 a.m. And 12 noon, or 2 and 4 p.m., or and pan, and on Saturday, 21th October, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
This is the last opportunity for members who have not yet fired] Part II. to attend.
All sections parade at Corpa Headquarters at 5.30 p.m., on Mon- day, 25th October. Dress: Mufti.
Field Section: A lecture for N.C.Os (more particularly Field? Co. N.C.O.'s) and others interestel will be given at Corps Headquarters. on Thursday, the 29th October, nt 5.30 p.m. Subject "Working Party -Tables."
Signal Section parade at Corps Headquarters from 5.30 to 6.30 pm. on Thursday, the 20th October, for Buzzer Proclice.
Light Section parade at Belcher's Fort for D.EL. Runs from & to 11 p.m., on Thursday, 5th Novem ber. Dinners will be provided by the Corps. Dress: Caps, tunics, long trousers and belts, no sidearms.
Mounted Infantry Company, Part 1. Musketry Course will be Bred at Peak Range on Sunday, 23th
October, Range
Officer: 2nd-Lieut J. Bartholomew.
Company.
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ON TRAFALGAR DAY.
Members of the Committee of the Hongkong branch of the Navy League are here soon leaving the Cenotaph after de- positing a wreath there on Trafalgar Day. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
TO PARENTS.
By the Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith, M., A.
Proverbs 25.23: "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of un- derstanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and net- tles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
There is a vineyard that the Great God has entrusted to many We
of us.
is almost criminal in its folly in regard to one of the most impor- tant branches of education; they send their boys and girls out into the world in utter and appalling ignorance of
what it is their solemn and bounden duty to ex-i plain to them. "I know what? seals your lips," says a modern writer, "It is a feeling of modesty. of delicacy; and besides, will they not find out these things soon enough for themselves? It is Yos, modesty false as it is cruel. Find out for themselves?" indeed they will; and the devil himself mayhap will be, their ten- cher, and the truth never learnt from the lips of love will enter by the door of sin and shame.”"
"Family" is its name, are parents, we have little ones Parade at Corps Headquarters at dependent on us for their daily 8.30 am. Dress: Uniform optional, bread. God has lent these young but rifles, bayonets and pouches lives to us, and it is our grea 'must be taken. Arms: Will be privilege to mould and fashita drawn as detailed for Engineer | them. But is it not a tremendous responsibility? Alas, how lightly All those who have not yet fired many parents seem to regard it! or qualified in Part 1. must attend They neglect this vineyard that
Hephni and Phineas are striking! on that day,
should be so dear to their heart; they regard their children with illustrations of this. Of these feelings of boredom: what encum two sons of Eli it was said that brances they are, what a nuisance!they "made themselves vile, and Full parade for squad drill, de: They are packed off to school at he restrained them not.” And what Gunners, Gun drill under Section an early age, and, when they are was the result of this parental The young men gave at home, they have to make them- neglect?
of the Commanders.
over to sin pos- themselves Drivers and mobile column, lec-selves as inconspicuous na
worst description, and disaster In too many easts fathers ture on Transmission by Pte. sible.
try to do their duty to their chil- and death were the sequel to their Allison.."
Wednesday, 28th October:- dren by proxy, and this is special- unchecked folly. Mobile column parade a: Corpsly the case where religious train- Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. for For-ing is concerned."
Armoured Car Company. Monday, 26th October, at 530 p.m.
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"They brought young children
to Him," says, St. Mark, "That He
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the Parade will be dismissed about active hand in the spiritual nur-
have attempted to depict scene,
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7 p.m. Drese: Tunles, shorts or turc of their little ones? How but in all their paintings there is breeches, patties, belts and helmets, many ever think of talking to them one great fundamental mistake. No arms. All intending to be pre-on the deep things of life? It The little ones are being brought sent should communicate with to be feared that most fathers Sergt. Edwards if they wish dinner leave the religious training of the "Quite right," you say, "of course at the Hotel.
family to the wife or to the Sun-it would be the mothers who children." "I thought so too 'until Wednesday, 28th October. Pa- day School teacher. They, the would seek a blessing for their
material Paite at Corps Headquarters at men, provide for the
then I discovered that the pronoun 5.30 pm, Gunners N.C.O.'s under needs, others must attend to the looked at the original Greek, and spiritual requirements. If they Seret. Instructor Hancock.
ns it and not in the feminine Muskety. All those who have are at all acquainted with Hebrew "they" is in the masculine gender, not fired Part I. Please note that literature they will quote, in sup-|
ferred to. The use of that mas-1 there will be one more opportunity port of their conduct, the saying at the Peak Range on Sunday 1st from the Talmud, "God could not
culine pronoun shewa very clearly! everywhere. He made 80
and November, at 9 a.nt. Particulurs be
mothers." Yes, thank God for that the Hebrew mothers in next orders.
mothers, if it were not for them FATHERS came together and Infantry Company, There will be a full strength many of us would be very different brought their children to the Mus-
Sinful we are, but God ter's feet.
Happy, indeed, is that family parade of Xo. 2 Platoon at Corps to-day.
where this is the case to-day, liendquarters on Monday, 20th only knows to what depths we October. Lewis Gun Sections under might have sunk but for a good where both parents are united in J. R. Mitchell and mother's loving prayers and in the one desire and one great effort Son-Lient. Ride Sections "Musketry wider fluence. Bat. although, this is
the case, a man is slothful indeed to rear their sons and daughters R.SH., W. H. Edmonds.
Musketry': Part II will be fired by who, thinks that his wife's reas true children of God. Platoons as under-
You who are parents, be not ligious influence over his child is slothful in that wineyard that God! Sunday, 1st November. So enough, and that his help is has confided to your care..... a little sleep, a little slumber, a lttle Platoon. Officer for duty: 2ad-lient superfluous.
indifference to the spiritual wel- R. R. Davies, MC., M.M.
Sunday, 22nd November, Now 1,
fare of those young hearts, and and 3 Platoons Officer for duty 2nd-Lieut. A. Paul.
Sunday, 29th November, Casuale for all Platous Officer for duty: -2nd-Lieut. A. II. Pena.
tails later.
In dealing with this matter there is one side of it that I dare not pase over in silence. Many what will be the result? A broken parents shew a negligence that wall, weeds, ruin!
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are allotted to Infantry Company
A protest against plans being Dress: Uniform option, but for training on Mondays 'O' C rifles, hayonets and pouches amat be Platoons will carry out their train.rade in California and some taken. All ranks, are expected to ing as instructed. Requisitions for other states to introduce European make special effort to fire with any of the above, grounds should game birds is made by Dr. Joseph their respective units. Further, de reach the O.C. Company not lator Grinnell of the Museum of Voto- than Wednesday of the preceding brato Zoology at Berkeley, Calif. N.CO's Class under C.8.M. week.
First of all, Dr. Grinnell calls at- Wright op dates as under-Mon-
tention to the fact that such at- day, 10th October; Monday, 2nd
tompts have been costly in tho November; Monday, 16th Novem
past and have ended in failurd bor; Monday, 30th November; Mon-
The Chinose school director each thine. Furthermore, he say day, 14th Decembery Monday, 11th! January; Monday, 25th January; chargot in Singapore recently that success could only be obtain- Monday, 8th February; Monday, with organising an unlawfuled as a result of crowding out 22nd February; Monday, 8th March: society thorn, namely a branch some native, bird. He says that of the Kuomintang, was sonton- presont plans to introduce the Monday, 22nd March.
The Parade Ground Miniature Ced last work to ten months hard Hungarian partridge into Califor- Lange and Kennedy Road Range labour. He was granted $5,000 nia, if successful, would mean the
bail in view of an appeal.
extinction of the native quali,
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