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March 31, 1941.
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Firing Practice Notified
Firing practice n under is notified
for to-day,
(0) Reserved as alternative date! Ixtween the hours of 10 a.m. and
gun p.m. for heavy anti-aircraft practice in the southern area of the Island for practice originally detailed for March 24 and 23 1941. Firing rea" will be affected. (b) Light of gun practice between the houra 6 pm and 12 midnight. Firing areas "D" and "E" will be affected.
Firing practice as under is notified for to-morrow.
(a) Reserved as alternative date, between the hours of 10 nm. and 6 gun anti-aircraft p.m. for heavy practice in the southern area of the island for practice originally detailed) tor March 24 and 25 1941, Firing! Area "C" will be affected, (b) Light) qun practice between the hours of o pm and 12 midnight. Firing arens "D" and "E" will be affected.
Light gun practice will be carried out between the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 midnight, on April 2 1941. Firing! arens "" and "" will be affected.
Firing practice as under is notified for April 3 1941.
ta) Reserved as alternative date between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 11 pan. for heavy gun practice originally detailed for March 27 1941:-Firing aren "D' will be affected. (1) Light gun practice between the hours of
8 p., and 12 midnight. Firing areas "D" and "E' will be affected.
Firing practice as under is notified for April 4 1041.
(a) Heavy Cam practice between the hours of 10 am.
Firing areas "D" and
and
6 p.m.
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·THIS THING DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP
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EMPEROR LOOKS IT OVER-Emperor Haile Selassia of Ethiopia, right, who is urging his tribesmen to organise and oust the Italians, inspeets a Bren gun carrier somewhere in his country. It is part of the equipment for a native battalion led by British officers.
Cholera Incidence d'Aquino And Sze Sing
Still High
In Rose Room Gaston d'Aquino (tenor) and Y. C. Seventeen case of Cholera (12) Szy (bus:o), appeared with Harry from Victoria, four from Kowloon and Cre (planist) in a recital in the Rose one from Shaukiwan), two cases of Room of the Peninsula Hotel. Diphtheria, eight of Dysentery, one cnch Typhoid, Measles, and Puerperal
Harry Ore accompanied the singers Fever, und 22 uf Tuberculosis, were and played two numbers. reported on Friday.
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their Sza and d'Aquino gave to
fine Infection The Cholera cases have reached a
DI tone nungs "E" will be total of 557.
and impetus. d'Aquino's "Il Sogno" The Health bulletin of Eastern ports from "Manon" and Sze's "I Believe" affected. Alternative date-April 5 1941, (b) Light gun practice Between for the week ended March 22, shows (Dargonyshsky) and "La Calunnia"
of Infectious from "Barber of Seville" were the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 midnight. the following
Macuo and "E" will be direuses:-Small-pox,
two quisitely rendered and deserving of Firing arens "D"
plaudits. affected.
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Missing And Saved
BROADCAST BY REV. H. W. BAINES
FROM LONDON
"Religion Under Fire" was the title of a broadcast from London last night by Rev. H, W. Baines who was Assistant Chaplain of St John's Cathedral from 1934 to 1939. He re- turned to England and became vicar of the Church of St Nicholas Redford, about two miles from Coventry.
St Nicholas' was one of the many destroyed in the attack on the beauti- ful English city. Mr Baines spoke In general on the effect the bombard- ment of places of worship has had on the people and the new bond of fellowship it has created among all classes,
Less than a week after the worst raid, a newspaper reporter who was taking down the list of services for the following Sunday expressed aur- prise at the number.
to
"Churches have been destroyed but the spirit of Christ still lives,"
sold. He went on Mr Bulnes describe some of the scenes he had witnessed after the devastation, where touching examples of hospitality were shown
by the lucky to the unlucky; men and women were scen rushing to save the lives of others regardless of their own safety; young inexperienced girls were going among the wounded and suffering, treating ghastly wounds which would have mode experienced nurses shudder.
Mr Baines spoke of a house' where every inch of floor space was taken and one hardly knew who were the hosts and who the guests; all this has helped to develop a fine spirit of fellowship.
room
When his church across the roud was destroyed a little girl suggested that he should erect a cross' on the ruins. This was done und as he stood and looked across the road at the cross standing on the heap of debris, men and women would come across to him and offer a hand of Forced to abandon their boat sympathy,
The bombing had brought realisa- when caught in a storm off Stone- cutter's Island on Saturday evening, tiun to many of what they had lest by the churches being bombed. Mr G. S. P. 'Heywood, Assistant | Within three days of his church being service was held in Director of the Royal Observatory, destroyed a and Mr Leslie C. Millington, of the strange surroundings in the
of an inn. Levenue Omice swam anhare thenigh The plan met with enthusiastic choppy tea and were pleked up by reception by the licencee and they a Police launch in charge Sergeant had worshipped in this publle house since, Whatever both the Haynes and brought back to Kow-ever loon Jale the same night. The boat church and the people had done these conditions had helped to develop a new fellowship with more members. This destruction he considered an A sampan caught in the same wind and the many barriers which | squall was found washed ashore on used to separate the church from the land but there was no sign of street-and-the-person-from-the. the occupants, a man and his wife, parishi had disoppenred and another who are believed to , have
been new fellowship had been
was washed ashore later.
the
drowned.
A strong winds caused a heavy well over the harbour on Saturday afternoon and continued till late into the night, with intermittent rain, and many native craft and other small beats: taken almost unawares,
created.
In many places the church itself had been the peoples' shelter.
had
The experience of danger guided sonte to pray for themselves and many times he had heard id "I never prayed as I did then."
"Prayer la not an escape from had rentity." said Mr Balnes in conclu- to make instily for shore and safety. slon, "put an entry into reality."
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By kind permission of
Lt. Col. H. W. M. Stewart, O.B.E., M.C., & Officers WILL PRESENT
the following programme of Music under the conductorship of Mr. W. E. Kifford, A.R.C.M., Bandmaster.
1.
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Britain's First Lino...... Williams ..Stoddon Community Land
Grand Military Tattoo ..... Rogan
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