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'School-Tie' Colonel Dismissed
COLONEL R. C. BINGHAM (Old Etonian), who wrote to
By Order of the Board,
B. ALVES.
Secretary. Hong Kong, 17th April, 1941.
The Misses Maureen Booker, Rachel Smith, Pamela Prlichard, Betty Richards, Betty Longbottom and Cynthia Sanh, who will appear in "Pure and Simple," an attractive revue organised by the HK.V.AD. in aid of the British bombed areas. The show will be presented at the China Fleet Club Theatre on Friday and Saturday next.
Billion in French Gold Stored in Martinique
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UPPER LEVELS A.R.P. OFFICERS' DANCE A SUCCESS
More than 300 people, including offelnls of the A.R.P. De- partment, A.R.P. officers and wardens, officers of the Volunteer Corps, the Naval Volunteer Forco and the St John Ambulance Brigade, shared an enjoyable time at the Club Lusitano on Satur day evening when a dance was given by the officers of the Upper Levels Division of the Corps of Air Råld Wardens.
The function was a big success.
a buffet supper being served at midnight and dancing continuing till the early hours, the music! being provided by the Middlesex Regiment Dance Band.
Divisional Warden H. R. Sequeira received the guests. Among those who attended were Wing Commander Director of Mr B, H.
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VICHY, April 20 (UP).The entire gold reserve of the sion for their initiative in arranging lethargy, resembling sleeping The Bank's Head Ofice in Londen Bank of France, estimated at $1,000,000,000 (U.S.), has been the dance, which he said was the sickness. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN transferred safely to Martinique aboard the French cruiser first function of its kind since the
It is believed to be caused by the "The Times" recently suggesting that the 62nd Ordinary Annual Emile Bertin, it is announced here.
inauguration of the Corps of Air Raid that only public school men were Meeting of Shareholders will be
The French cruiser narrowly escaped seizure last June when Wardens. The object of such a fune-long Arctic night, lack of vitamins, tion,
he said, was to bring all mem- solitude and boredom, and it some
times leads to violent lunacy. proving fit to receive Army com-held at the offices of the Company, British authorities learned that Marshal Petain had asked a of the Corps closer together.
bers missions, has been dismissed Exchange Bullding, Des Voeux separate armistice, it was said.
It seems that the morale of Ger- That same morning, the ship's radio He expressed thanks to the Com-
Pelain from his post.
man soldiers in the occupied coun- orders. be brought new
was mitice of the Club Lusitano for Road. Victoria, Hong Kong, on The gold is now said
tries is becoming so seriously Capt. Margesson (Old Harro- Tuesday, the 22nd day of April, buried in the mountain-top for- asking for a separate armistice, and allowing the use of their Club, and
affected that Hiller has ordered the the to Mr Boplista for the fine decora- the gold must be rushed to
the Lesser tions in the ballroom.
expenditure of millions of pounds vian), the new. Secretary for 1911, at 11.30 o'clock, n.m. for the tress of Desaix, at Fort de French possession in
on German "soldiers' homes," to War, announced this in the purpose of receiving a Statement France, in 14,000 sacks under a Antilles.
be established everywhere between House of Commons.
of Accounts and the Report of the slab of concrete and protected by
Escape From Halifax
the "North Cope and the Bay off Biscay." Directors for the year ended 31st (naval guns from the old battle- The colonel, he said, had com- December, 1910.
British officials went aboard and ship Jules Ferry, which can fire
suid special trains were walting to mitted a breach of King's Regu-
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of 23 miles to sea. lations, and uh expression of the
More than eight months after the speed the gold to Montreal. Battet Army Council's severe dispica-the Company will be CLOSED transfer, it was disclosed for the first stalled, pretending to awalt more He had to resist increasing That disposed of the discipli-1941, to TUESDAY, the 22nd France.
When the war began, the Bank of June 10, while Halifax'
slept, Battet nary side of the matter.
April, 1941, both days inclusive. France decentralised its gold and hid started the gold-laden cruiser back to By Order of the Board of it in secret places in the provinces.sen, backing out of port to turn and Wher the Somme ilne broke, and it run for the pass and the open sea Directors,
became apparent that nothing would with gunners mounting all 20 of the stop the Germans, the gold was ship's cannon and ordered to use gathered at vaults at Le Puy, in the them if the British coastal batteries volcanic fastnesses-of-the-Auvergne fired. central highlands.
to
Play's Record Run On Broadway
"Tobacco Road," the grim and sordid drama of the Georgian Hills, which broke all records for length of
POST OFFICE
The Printed Matter Servico to the following places In China is tem- The first twelve "homes" are to be porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze- built in northern Norway.
Y.M.C.A. VETERAN
chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu), Kwangs), North and East of Kwangtung.
sure has been conveyed to him. from WEDNESDAY, the 9th April, time here that the gold had leftish pressure. Then, the night of run on Broadway, is now in its eighth Mr B. W. Smith Leaving The public are reminded that it is
Not Suitable
In addition, he had decided that this oficer was no longer suitable-for -the-command of an officer cadet training unit, and he had given in- structions for him to be relieved of his command.
Cheers from all parts of the House greeted this decision.
Brig.-Gen
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Sir Ernest Makins, Tory, M.P. for Knutsford (Old Wyk- hamist), suggested there was parallel with a story by H. II. Munro, which described the very unfortunate results to a woman, who set tu lell the truth.
Captain Margesson did not reply.
Earl's Grandson
F. G. H. Salusbury, "Dally Herald" War Correspondent, writes:
The dismissed officer is n lleuten- ant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards, in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers.
The normal procedure now would be for him to return to his regimen- tal depot, pending further employ-
ment.
The War Minister's announcement, however, complicates the question of! finding him a position suitable to his tank.
It may be presumed that for the time beling he will remain unemploy- ed.
Licut-Colonel Bingham, who is $5,
is, a grandson of the 4th Earl of Lucan,
His Letter
His letter to "The Times" stated; "Our new armies are being off- cered by classes of society who are new, to the job. The middle, lower-
R. TAYLOR, Manager and Secretary, Hong Kong, 25th March, 1941,
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
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following newspapers abroad:-
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British Empire and Foreign
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The Hongkong Telegraph
Chins and Macao 14 cents per copy
16 cents Saturdays
British and Foreign 20 cents per copy
25 conta Saturdays.
Honour For Mdm. Chiang
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek recent-
middle, and working-classes are now ly was presented with the blue receiving the King's Commission.
triangle pln at the American "These classes, unlike the old aria- tocratic and feudal (almost) classes Y.W.C.A. becoming the third who led the old army, have never woman in the world to receive had 'their people' to consider. They the honour.
"This aspect of life is completely now to them, and they have very largely fallen down on it in their capacity as army officers."
have never had anyone to think of The presentation was made by but themselves.
May Lilan K. Haas, secretary of the Y.W.C.A. National Board for China, and was made in the presence of the Generalissimo, Mr Nelson T. John- son, US. Ambassador to China, and Colonel Bingham also stated, mony important Government officials "Never was the old school tle and and their wives, the beat that it stands for more justified than li is to-day."
CHINA AIR-ROUTES
Peking, Apr. 18. The China Aviation Corporation
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States and Queen Elizabeth of England are the two other recipients of the pin,
Miss Hans, in presenting the pin, said that the "three triangles repre- sent three Democracles-China, Bri- tain and America.
(a Japanese controlled organisation) EMIGRANTS FROM COLONY beginning June 1 is opaning three new (ale routes; Inking Poking with Yun- The number of Chinese emigrants cheng in southern Bhanel, Swalow leaving the Colony for the Strells with Canton, and Paking and Tien-Bottlements during the month of tain withs/Talngtao,Domel.
March: was 3,019,
Gold Moved
The day the German armies crossed the Sene at Vernon, bank offelals decided to move the gold America secretly. Fourteen
to
the
sacks, cach containing 120 pounds of gold worth 40.000.000.000 francs. were removed hastly from vaults of the Bank of France at Le Fuy. The German armies on the samo day were crossing the Seine at Vernon. There was a wild race to Brest On June 12 the with the gold sucks. whole stock was embarked on the cruiser Emile Bertin, in charge of
The cruiser swung around Bermuda and reached Fort de France on June 22. The gold was quickly carried ashore and burled at the fort. The British have blockaded the port since,
French offcials belleve a chapter in history may still be made with this gold and the island where it is stored-on island discovered by Columbus, where the Empress Jose- phire was born, and where, in 1902, occurred one of the great disasters of all time, the eruption of Mont Pele, destroying the City of St Pierre and killing 40,000 persons.
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Commander Battet, who was given Veteran Company
scaled orders. Watchers knew
it
the cruiser turned north the sold
gold
was going to Britain, It it turned All members of the Veteran Com- south the gold was bound for Dakar,pany, HK.VDC., _will commence Africa. But it went straight west at training at Murray Barracks, Garden 30 knots and on June 18 arrived Road, Victoria, to-day, April 21, at at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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The previous Broadway record was held by "Able's Irish Rose," with 2,317 performances.
Shanghai After 26 Years
The Shanghai Navy Y.M.C.A. and In London the Lord Chamberlain the Navy YM.C.A. District Execu refused a licence to "Tobacco Road," tive Secretary, Mr B. W. Smith is and it was performed in private at sailing for home in the President the Gate-Theatre-Studio,
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..Apr. 21. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service" San Francisco date, 19th April
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Chain Gang
Fugitive May Go Back
THE man who wrote "I Am |a Fugitive from a Chain Gang,” Robert E. Burns is to go back to Georgia, U.S.A., to stand his trial on a charge of being a fugi- tive from the chain gang, ac- cording to a report from Atlanta, (Georgia), welke
Burns has been living in New Jersoy for some years since the suc- cess of his Blm and his famous book, and the authorities there refused to extradite him until yesterday, de
He had been given a six-year sen- tence for theft, until he escaped, and In his book he describes the whipping: of prisoners and their confinement in sweat" boxes' and 'in stocks..
Ho tells how he managed to escape, only to be eatight. He escaped again, and this Ume remained at liberty,