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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1928.

R.A.F. AT MACAO.

DETAILS OF WEEK-END

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VISIT.

ROUND OF ENTERTAINMENT.

H.E. The Governor, The Portu guese Naval Aviation, and the resid. ents of Mucao very kindly invited a Alght of Royal Air Force machines to visit Macao for the week-endi.

POLICE RESERVE.

PROMOTIONS IN INDIAN COMPANY.

DRILL FOR CHINESE.

The following orders have been Issued by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G.. Captain Superinten dent of Police.

Police Tralatng 'School.

AFGHAN'S KING.

THE CHINA MAIL,

pelled King Amanullah to ague something in the nature of an ex- planation to his people from Paris.

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THE CONFLICT HETWEEN OLD This brings me close to the heart COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

AND NEW.

KABUL AND THE FUTURE.

of the subject of whether, now that the Afghan king has been so en- ormously impressed by women's sharo in the national life of Europe, the Afghan women, will take a cuej from their Turkish slatora.

WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION. Already in the capital the Pur- dah amongst the Mahammed Zai (the ruling clan of Afghanistan) is but nominal, and the women are comparatively free in matters of

[By Sirdar Ikbal All Shah). After travelling in practically all European countries, King Amanul- lah has reached home, and many are The machines were "Fairey III. The weekly classes for Police the whispers regarding improvo- |

Police Training ments which he is likely to in- D." Seaplanes, the game type as Reservista at the

But there is still a those in use by the Portuguese School, Kowloon, will be held on troduce in Afghaniatan. And al-education. Naval Aviation at Macan, except for Tuesday, August 14 and August 21 the engines which are "Napler at Gp.m. sharp. All members of though his ndahar speech may world of difference between them Line" 450 h.p. instead of "Rolls the Chinese and Indian Companies, be taken as an Index of what be and what the Shah Khanum saw in and of the Flying Squad who have has in mind, yet beyoud the im- the West. In this abolition of Royce."

The vialling Officers were Squa not yet passed Part 2 of Training mediate improvements of the means seclusion, I have not the slightest of communication, and allowing doubt in saying that the point will dron Leader C. E. 1. C. Macpher-Course must attend.

women a greater share in Afghan be hotly contested by rival parties san, R.A.F.. Commanding Kai Tak.;

Squad Drill.

not hope to bring about any radical national life, his lour has created at Kabul, and the modernista can problems in his country which would have been impossible during change of a tradition based upon a the reign of his father. The subject history of a thousand years. Even must, therefore, be examined both though political exigencice might in its domestic and foreign aspect. compel the clergy to give in re- First of all there is the subject ofgarding certain, eilete systems of

R.A.F., Leutenant J. W. H. Healing.

C.

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Flying Officer R. Vaughan Fowler, All recruits of the Chinese and IL.N. (F.O., R.A.F.), Lieutenant Indian Companies, and of the Fly E. W. N. Bassett, RN. (F.D.,ing Squad will parade at Central G. Police Station on Thursday, August R.A.F.). Lieutenant

for Squad Trencham, RN,, and Flying Ofeer 16 at 5.30 p.m. sharp

Drill under Sergeant Condon. Dress F. M. V. May, R.A.F.

The flight left Kai-Tak at 10,50-Mufti. on Saturday morning, few round Kowloon Bay, then passed to the

Chinese Company.

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IN THE "MAIL"

To-day-Queen's Theatre; "Paid to Lova” ;

To-day-World Theatre; "Love 'em, and Leave 'em."

To-day-Star Theatre; "Heaven on Earth.".

August 17-Promenade Concert at Volunteer Parade Ground 9.15 p.m.

Meeting. To-day-Marino Engineers' Guild meeting at 67 Des Voeux Rd., 6 p.m. Sport. August 24-H.K.V.B.C. aquatic sports at Victoria Recreation Club, 9 p.m..

Miscellaneous.

August 20-Second Moonlight September 14 H.K.V.D.C. (Ma- picnic of St. Peter's Y. M. Club. chine Gun Company) dinner, Head- quarters, 8 p.m.

the Central Administration. Situat-dogan, yet the pardulum must TIGER v. PANTHER.

north of the City of Victoria taking Company will attend at the Central agriculture, commerce and industry, feat in that long story of clericat FATAL ATTEMPT TO MAKE,

the southern route south of Lantno Island to Macao, which was reached at 11.20 the 44 miles having taken exactly 30 minutes in the face of

a strong wind,

ed in Kabul, its various depart-swing back to their side, which All advanced men of the Chinese mests such as that of education, would seem to be but one more de Police Station on Thursday, August justice, police, finance, and foreign reverses that had frequently been a complete over-wiped out in the personal victory of 16 at 5.30 p.m..sharp for Rifle Exer- affairs, require cises. Extended Order and Baton haul. Improvements in then would wandering Mullah by his dia- Drill under Sergeant Condon. Dress automatically awaken & greater ciples manoeuvring a petty 'neur-the Truncheon to be carried. ·

Mufti: Rifle, Belt, Side-arms, and sense of responsibility in the pro-rection in some corner or other of zine":

Afghanistan, and thus embarrass-

vincial administration.

CINEMA FILM.

The following story is told in "Malayan Police Maga- Mr. Guy, the well-known mana-

The machines landed near the

Indian Company. Island of Tal Pao and were housed

The Educational Department is in the Central Government at ger of the Federal Dispensary, Kabul. It is precisely this stigma Kuala Lumpur, who shared with The Hon. Captain Superintendent being conducted extraordinarily for the week-end in the typhoon-

which King Amanullah had in mind Mr. G. Cullen the adventure of proof hangar belonging to the of Police has approved of the fol- well by Faiz Mohamed Portuguese Naval Aviation. It is lowing promotions in the Indian with the help of his able assistant, when he declared at Kandahar that the Pudu Temple Affair in 1911, interesting to note that in the sume Company (on probation) with effect whom I saw take such a prominent he proposed to take no atops to-was continually in quest of new

hangar was the Seaplane Santa Cruz which was the first machine to By the South Atlantic, and' which has been in service since 1922 and

still looks as good as now,

ELABORATE PROGRAMME.

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The visiting flight after their arrival 80011 found that a most

from August 10:-

Khan,

part in the deliberations at the wards grafting Western methods in

adventures.

The idea occurred

Crown Sergeant R212 Badan Jubilee celebrations of the Moslim his country till he has had the con- to him that it would be both in- | Singh to be Sub-Inspector vice University at Aligarh. Not only sent of the representatives of histeresting and profitable if he

S. I. Khawas Khan resigned.

to be Crown Sergeant.

Abdullah to be Lance Sergeant. Flying Squad.

Could stage a fight between a black panther and a buffalo and have the fight filmed by a cine- Probably matograph operator.

Masters' launch for Macao, Histhe Hong Kong Section will takework in translating useful books shaps extending the railway line that/Kota Bahru. Here a likely look-

Senhor

Hong Kong, August 14,

a wide

colleges are giving good higher ins-people. Lance Sergeant R217 Feroz Altruction at Kabul, but in primary It was perhaps necessary that the education, in place of mosque-Afghan king should return home by Constable. R202 Mohamad schools,

Government institutions way, of Persia, and the Herat pro- the idea came to him by hearing are installed in practically every vince in order to realize how sadly that a fine black panther had been street of the capital, and travelling his country compared with Europe captured in Kelantan where his elaborate programme had been ar The weekly instructional patrol

As a preliminary he got in razed for their entertainment, of the Kowloon Section will take teachers are sent to villages at re-in means of transport, and in this friend Mr. Cullen was then Chief| Commander J. Cabral, Command-place on Tuesday, August 14. Fall gular intervals. In addition foreign direction as well as in methods of Police Officer.

instructors are employed to teach Central Departmental administra- ing the Portuguese Naval Aviation In nt the Trim-Tea-tsui Fire and Mira, Cabral gave a tiiu party Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp, those students who are car-marked tion his energies will be directed al-touch with a cinematograph oper- as Government scholars for techni- most immediately. That will meanator willing to undertake the job at their house, the visitors leaving Dress-Khaki Uniform.

France

and making of roads, importing of and taking the apparatus and cal training in 2001 afterwards by the Harbour

The weekly instructional patrol of

Germany. A goodly amount of motor vehicles of all sorts; and per-operator with him proceeded to Excellency the Governor received place on Thursday, August 16.

serves Jabul Siraj or the new capi-ing buffalo, was obtained and ar- the disused jail yard. A platform The British Officers at his residence Fall in at the Central Police Station into Persian has also been done. upon their arrival, and expressed at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Dress-Khaki

It should be noticed in this rea-tal from Kabul; and the tapping of rangements made for the use of Such was built for the machine and 1pect that English subjects are not valuable mineral resources.

operator on top of the jail Uniform. his extreme pleasure at the visit.

greatly in demand, and the tendency schemes naturally open At five o'clock the Foreign Ite-

Sharpshooters' Company, is to send only a small percentage avenue for foreign engineers and yard wall and when the prepara- But here tions had been completed the sidents Tennis Club, Rve a Tennis Tea. ILE. The Governor,

revolver of Afghan bays for education in this workers of all sorts. The revular monthly Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa and practice will take place on Kennedy- country. This raises a political again neither British capital nor buffalo and panther were intro- Madame Barbosn and

their raud Range on Sunday, August 26 issue which I shall examine pre- British skilled labour appears to be duced in turn into the yard. To welcomed. The granting of oil Mr. Guy's great disgust they did daughter, attending with all the at 10 a.m. Members will assemble sently.

concessions to the Americans, the not rush at each other at once 'KING AND COURTIERS. Portuguese Oficials and principal, on the range with belts, holsters residents. This was a most success and revolvers. Uniform optional.

Closely associated with education placing of railway contracts with a and engage in a life and death ful entertainment and enabled the

(Sgd) W. KENT, A.S.P.,

is the foreign service of Afghanis-French company and the purchas- struggle as he expected. Instead, ing of aeroplanes from Germany the buffalo stood sullen but Adjutant... visitors to meet their hosts after-

tan. In several European and

panther slunk round the yard. wards. Squadron Leader Macpher

Aalatic countries Afghanistan is re- are only three recent examples to watchful in a corner while the Suddenly the panther caught Bon was entertained to dinner at

resented, but the training of per-prove the above contention.

THE ENGLISH BOYCOTT,

sight of the platform on which Government House, the acmaining

sonnel at Kabul, with the possible

When Afghanistan.is se full of the cinema machine stood and in- visitors attending Large dinner

exception of a private "School of party at the Hotel Riviera.

Political Sciences, organized by natural resources, her King so en- stantly sprang for it. It was just In the evening the Club Tennly they look upon Hong Kong He Civil in conjunction with the Club pointed out that the Naval Aviation Prince Mohamed Wall Khan, 'Is a lightened, with every desire to within reach and clawing wildly Gremio Militar gave an open air at Macan was small compared to sad story. For that service there is place his country amongst the first the panther dragged himself up dance on the tennis courts, which the R.A.F., but nevertheless it was no fixed standard or period of trafu- rank of nations, and England so on the platform and in a second had been beautifully decorated with very important, and took its parting, in some cases the knowledge of ready, to assist in that task, why was over the wall and away. The Mr. flags and hundreds of electric amongst the necessary adjuncts of the language of the country to should prejudice continue to ex-panther ran towards the town and which one is appointed is consider-clude a peaceful rapprochement was followed at once by Mr. Guy ed unnecessary, and something ap-with the British people? The and the cinema operator. proaching "the wild-den intrigue" of answer is simple. It is the legacy Guy was the first to come up with H.E. The Governor and Madame, In conclusion he called upon Mr. Shanshuja's time stillingers on; of many wars and the time-honour- the beast which was puzzled. at Barbosa, Commander Zannatti, G. F. Bethell, Commissioner of the tragedy of It being that the ed diplomatic jealousy of England finding himself in strange sur- A.D.C., and Mr. J. E. Brenan, Act-Customs, and Senior Foreign Resi- young king has almost a daily and.. Russia in Asia ever since the roundings. Mr. Guy fired at once ing Consul General. for Canton, dent, to say a few words on behalf struggle against the conflicting in time of Catherine or Ivan the Ter at close range and wounded the who was also on a visit to Macan of the Foreign Residents, and interests of his courtiers. He is thus rible. The lack of education, cou-panther which immediately turn- Mr. Guy fell with the panther were present with the Naval and particular the British Government hindered at every step he takes for pled with the geographical aloof-ed and sprang at him. Military Officers, their wives and Cadets who had worked so hard and the reformation of his country,ness of those hillmen of Afghanis on top of him tearing him with At the head of the Commerce De-tan, have made the people there ex his claws. Mr. Guy struggled in- the residents.

on such friendly terms with the The weather was perfect and the Portuguese organisations in their partment he had an able man intremely suspicious, and that feeling effectually to beat off the panther evening was a great success, and efforts to make the visit a success." Abdul Hadi Khan; a young, jour-is taken advantage of by a band of and was still struggling when the thanks to a cool southerly breeze the Mr. Bethell, snid that Commander nalist, who, after winning his spurs court hangers-on who consider their cinema operator came rushing to The cinema operator. temperature was not too hot. Cabral had so ably expressed him-under that brillant poet-scholar, appointments secure only so long as the spot.

On Sunday afternoon the same self, that there was nothing left for Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi, acted suspicion hangs over the foreigner fired two shots in rapid succes- Clubs gave a Tennis Tea, several of him to say, except, that it was al-as the frat Afghan Minister in Lon-or even the English-trained man. aion and killed the panther but the guests taking part in the ways a pleasure to co-operate with don. During the visit of King Everybody who does not belong to unfortunately Mr Guy was hit their Portuguese friends, and the Amanullah to Moscow, the Vazir of that coterle must be a apy in also and what with the injuries Sunday morning was spent in a entertainments given by them on agriculture was summoned to Rus- some way or other. So marked is inflicted by the panther and the motor trip round Macao, and to this occasion had not only been sia with a view to cementing a new this tendency in certain quarters at effects of the gun shot wounds he Cheungaha on the Macao-Shekki appreciated by the R.A.F. visitors. Soviet-Afghan commercial treaty. Kabul that the making public of died shortly after the occurrence. rond, which is ideal for motoring. but by himself and his foreign In the Treasury Diwan Naranjan, even fewer common facts about A visit was paid to the marvelious friends who were lucky enough to a gifted' Afghan Hindu, still refgns Afghanistan than what I have de- Chinese residence and gardens be- live in Macao."

supreme; but the War Office misses talled above arejsufficient to brand

lights.

TENNIS TEA.

various matches,

Riviera,

DINNER PARTY.

upon Maeno in the same way

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the Colony.

CO-OPERATION.

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longing to the Chief Magistrate of Amongst those present were Com Sipah Salar-he materially anyone as definitely pro-British, and the district, the return journoy be-mander Zannitti, A.D.C., Count helped Afghanistan to win her in there seems to be no Court of Ap ing made so as to reach Macao in Villa Franca, Mr. Nolasco, Com-dependence who bides a time in peal against this kind of gro time for a tifin party at the Hofel, mander Carmona, Assistant Har France, after relinquishing his post paganda anoa aletabyt

bour Master, Mr. Hughes and the of Afghan Minister in Paris for The Russians add fyel to the fire Government Cadots.

reasons of "ill-health." Yes,, in-by ever recalling that it was Lord deed, a prophet has no honour in Curzon who had said: "Whosoever OLD-TIME SONGS., In the evening the visiting officera

does not go forward in Asia gore gave a dinner party to a few of After dinner the party were his own country.

But above it all the influence of backwards. In the midst of it all their hosts at the Riviera Hotel; at entertained by Count Vila Franca which Squadron Leader C. E. H. C. who gave most artistic renderings the clergy in both the South and stands, King Amanyilab eager. In Macpherson expressed his thanks of old Portuguese and Spanish East of Afghanistan hangs darkly. his enthusiasm to see it's people as on the part of the visitors for the songs playing this own accompani- The fallacy of having broken the the first nation in the East, and I most enjoyable time they had had:ments on a guitar.

power of the Mullahs in Khost was sometimes feel saddened when I re- fan-flect on the complexity of the pro- In so doing he said "this extremely The return journey to Hongproved by the recent capture of cardial reception, which has been Kong was made yesterday morning, other pretender to the Afghan blem. But I hope with the great accorded to Great Britain's the Seaplanes taking off in forms throne in: that very region where maker of Afghanistan - Amir youngest service shows that the tion, flew along the front at about the robela acprcely more than four Kabir when he prayed: "Oh Al- bond betweer "her and her oldest 500ft., then when approaching Gov years ago, threatened Kabul itself. Iah, make this, my country, a nur ally is as strong as ever."

ernment House they dived to the The Conservative elements of the ery of heroes of men who In reply Commander Cabral said level of the water in salute, H.E. Jalalabad region, too, are stil compel the world to be at pence.. that it was a great pleasure to the The Governor and Party, who were priest-ridden, and no efforts at tam-"Observer."" " Fortuguese to welcome the Royal on the garden balcony overlooking ing the apfrits of the members Air Force to Macao. For: himself the harbour returned the saluté, Lal Jirgah, or the annual tribal it had a particular adgilance, as and waved the visitors farewell gathering in Eastern Afghanistan he had spent many months in Eng. Commander Cabral in his Bea- can be fruitful of good results un-

·land working with the RAF plane Santa Cruz circled the har-less the Doctors of Law pre Batle by taking special courses of flying bour some 8 or 9 hundred feet above fied that various acts of moderniza Messrs. A., and P. Higgins, Instruction

the R.A.F, then escorted them or tion which the King during the Luton, Bedfordshire. He looked back upon those months their return flight towards Tanteo European travel had practised him-

Notices were served on of as some of the happlest he had ex- Island, where he left them and re-self were not a revolt against re-

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