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There is the graphic account of the tragic wrecking of the s.s. "Hsinwah" outside. Hong Kong's gates..

Two Unofficial members for Kowloon and two more Official members have been appointed to the Legislative Coun- cil. This epoch-making event is also described in the "Over- land**

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Bank, on demand Bank, 80 days' sight .... Bank, 4 months' aight 2/- This week's orders for the Hong Credits, + months' Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, 1 Bight Issued by Lt. Col. G. Bird, Documentary 4 months" D.S.0., Commandant; follow:-

Field Day

are

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1929.

THEM HERE!

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Banks Hong Kong Bank $1850 a 1354 sa H.K. London Reg.

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2/1

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2/1

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On Paris- On demand

Bank of East Asia.

...591⁄4 ¤ ..$881⁄4'b

1242

Insurances

4 months

Canton Insurance

.3580 b

15172

On

On Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929, a field | Credits, firing tactical exercise will be aight carried out at Fanling in which On Berlin- ull units of the Corpa will parti- demand cipate. All ranks are requested to keep the day open.

Attendance at this field day will count as one day in camp.

Os.C. Units will submit prob- able numbers attending by 12 noon on Friday, Jan. 18, 1929.

Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters on Friday, Jan. 18 between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, 2 and

On New York-

On demand ....... 48% .. Credits, 60 days' sight 50%

4 p.m. or 5 and 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 19, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

All ranks will travel out on the

9.08 a.m. train from Kowloon not

on the 9.15 a.m. as previously ar- ranged.

On demand'-

On deffana

Off-Gold Leaf, 100 fine

on

Officers' Mess Meeting The annual meeting of the cers' Meas will take place Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 5.45 p.m.

All Officers will attend.

Sergeants' Mess Meeting There will be Sergeants' Mess Meeting on Thursday, Jan, 24, at

16 p.m. All members are expect

ed to attend.

(a)

Musketry

Muskery on Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929, is cancelled.

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Bar Silver in Hong

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9% prem. Nominal Chinese Copper Cents 6% Pram Rate of Native In-

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.M$60 n

.$2.20 b .$280 b

China Underwriters China Fire Insurance H.K. Fire Insurance

On Bombay-

Shipping

Wire

133

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.$785

.$984

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On Calcutta--

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.$284 8 ....$1.40 n

Wire

183

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$50 b

On demand

133

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.890 n

On Singapore

Shell Transports

113/-

8642

Union Water-boats

Ori, Manila-

Mining

9734

Benguets

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a demand......

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.$24 b

:$2.40 b ..70/- b

78%

Langkats (Comb.)

T11 b

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80 day's sight (private

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Langkats (Single)

.T6 n

On Yokohama→→

Shanghai Explorations...T2.90 by

On demand

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.$5 л

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Cotton Mills

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Geneva

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Berlin

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Stockholm

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Copenhagen

18.185

Oslo

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Peak Trams (old)

Vienna

34.505

Peak Trams (new)

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Public Utilities H.K. T'ways

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.9.35 B .$65 b .T166 b $14.80 b .$8.30 b

Prague

1634

Star Ferries

$73 $5

Helsingfore

1923/

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Madrid

29.705

Lisbon

110

Athens Bucharest

375

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Macao Electrics

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(b) The Battery and The Re-Hong Kong Sub. Coln Par. serve Company will fire' Table “T”

at Stonecutters Range on Sunday, Jan. 27, 1920.

Range Officer: Lieut. P. Anderson, M.C.

Launch will leave Queen's Pler

at 9.a.m. and call at Kowloon Pier at 9.10 a.m.-

Dress: Musketry order, 1.0., rifle, belt, bayonet, braces and pouches. Uniform or mufti op tforial.

Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters on Friday, Jan, 25, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, 2 and 4 p.rs, or 5 and 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 26, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.n

Corps Band

The Band will parade at full strength for practices as here G.O.C.'s Inspection.

under for

Dress: Mufti.

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 5.30 p.m.- Lecture Room.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5.80 p.m.- Parade Ground for marching.

Friday, Jan. 25, 5.30 p.m.-Lec- ture Room.

The Battery The attention of all ranks is drawn to Corps orders regarding Field Day on Sunday, Jan. 20. It is hoped that as many members as possible will attend with a view to studying the 'points arising in connection with Field operations of this nature. All who can at- tend and have not yet notified the OC. Battery should do so by the afternoon of Friday, Jan.. 18.

Musketry. The Battery will fire Part I, at 'Stonecutters on Sunday, Jan. 27, 1929, The attention of all ranks is drawn to Corps orders regarding same,"

Battery Dinner-The Battery Dinner will be held on the even- ing of Tuesday, Jan., 29, 1929.

Fuller details will be circulated to all ranks as soon as possible. Will all ranks please keep date £rec.

Engineer Co.

The Company will parade at 15.00 hours on Saturday, Jan. 19

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-British Wireless Service.

Field Day. Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929. It is hoped that every mem- her will make a point of attend

ing.

Motor Cycle outfits will be in charge of L/Cple. Rogers Thomas.

and

H.K. Etrics (old) E'tric (new)

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China Buses .... Singapore Tractions Singapore Pref. ....17/6 Sandakan Lts.....

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TO WIEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA, Take Your Tomorrow, (And Give Me Today)~-Fox Trot

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I Still Keep Dreaming of Yon-Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain Cross Roads--Fox Trot (Theme song of the motion picture

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NAT BRILLENT AND THE VICTOR ORCHESTRA

No. 21753, 10-inch I'm Sorry Sally-Fom Trot With Vocol Refrain Just Another Night-Waltz With Vocal Chorus

WARING'S PENNSTIWANIANS No. 21755, 10-inch You're the Cream in My Coffee-Fox Trot (from the

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NAY SHILKEET AND THE VICTOR ORCHESTRA, * Was It Love?—Waltz With Vocal Refrain THE TROUBADOURS

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Manhattan Cocktail) With Vocal Refrain THE TROUBADOURS Gotta Be Good-Fox Trot (from Paramount picture,

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Stores, &c.

Machine Gun Co.. There will be a full strength Parade at Corps Headquarters at Dairy Farms Machine Gun Instruction under Der A. Wings 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22 for Watsons Sub-section Commanders, Dress Lane, Crawfords

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overalls.

Mackintoshs ..... Field Day. It is hoped that all Sinceres...

effort to be Wm. Powella....... ranks will make an |present, especially those who misa-

Miscellaneous a day in camp.

Hong Kong Amusements, .$278 Scottish Co.

Hong Kong Constructions .81% n Thursday, Jan.

B. Ind. G. Bonds".....68% b Int. H.K. Govt. Loans .:.6% & Prem.

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24, 1929. Platoons will parade at 5.30 p.m. dresa mufti, as follows: for Machine Gun Instruction.

Nos. 6 and 7 Platoons at Corps Headquarters.

No. 6 Platoon at Kowloon Dock.

Portuguese Co. Parades. The Company will

at Queen's Pler for the purpose parade as strong as possible on

camp.

fled as marksmen and are entitled to wear the badge for one. year.

No. 80 C.B.M. H. Green, M. G.

Coy. 98 points.

No. 245 C.Q.M.S. E. G. Stewart,

No. 604 Pts. G. R. Vallack, No. Platoon 95 points..

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No. 1420 Pte. G. E.. R. Divett, No. I Platoon 95 points.

No. 1185 Pte. M. F. Baptista, No. 10 Platoon 93 points.

No. 46 Ptee. A. Marley, Reserve

of proceeding to Lyeman for Friday, Jan. 25 at Corps Head-M. G. Coy. 98 points.

Returning on Sunday quarters at 5.30 p.m. night, Jan. 20 about 22.00 hours. that all.ranks will do their utmost It is hoped Dress: Helmeta, tunica, slacks, to put in as many parades as pos greatcoats, black boots, belt, aible until the end of the present haversack and waterbottle.

training. season. Corps Signals

Clothing and Equipment, The Monday, Jan. 21. Parade at attention is called to Company Corps Headquarters at 6.30 p.m. Orders of Corpg Orders of last week Coy. 92 points. for Signal Instruction. Drease deficiencies of clothing and equip-| ||

Mounted Infantry. Co.

Reserve Co. Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929. Field Parade at Corps Headquarters at

No.. 1410 Pta. P. W. J. Plannet, Day at Fanling in accordance with 5.30 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 23, M. C. Section from 14. 1. 29. to 18, Corps Orders. A full turn out of 1929 for Machine Gun Instruction. 2. 29, those avaliable is expected in Dress Muft order to have sufficient numbers Muskatry Part L The attention 1 Platoon from 3. 1. 29. to 81. 8. 29. to carry out the duties assigned of all ranks is drawn to this Corp section from 15. 1. 29. to 81, 1, 29,

Mufti.

to this Company.' Rifles will be carried except by Nos. 1 and 2 of

gun team.

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ment.

Order pars. 4 regarding Table T. to be fired by the Company on Sun- day, Jan. 27, 1929. 30

Strength

Thursday, Jan. 24, 1929, Parade will be omitted. All ranks on the strength and posted as un- The following recruits are taken are reminded that the M. Re union Dinner takes place at the Hong Kong Hotel on this data at

Armoured Car Cok Car Section. Fridays, Jan. 18 and 25.

der; AN

No. 1486, Pte. W. Roy-Hawke, M. Company, as from 10. 1. 29. No. 1437 Pte. J. A. Summers, No. 7 Platoon, as from 10. 1. 29

No. 1488 Ptă. C., C. Sousa, No 10 Platoon, as from 10. 129.

No. 1439 Gur: HF. Westlake, The Battery, as from 11. 129

Parade at Corps Headquarters, at 8:30 pm for run around the Island in the Armoured Car No. 1440 Spr. D. E. Davies, En

Monday, Jan. 21 Parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.80 p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction Dress:

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Appointmention hela's No. 1242 Pte. CE. and No. 1880 Pie, J. A. Mounted Infantry Com pointed Lance

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No. 1592 Pte. J. H. Davy, M. I Coy, from 11:1 29. to 10. 1, 80.;

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Reference Corps Order No. 2/1929 para, 19 No. 1862 Pte. 9. M. West, No. X Platoon is granted sick Struck off the Strength leave from 15. 11. 28. to 5. 2. 29,

Having laft the Colony: No. 1246 Pte. J. H. M. Andrew, No. 1, Platoon, from 28. 10. 28.

No. 587 Pte. GM. Shaw, Reserve Coy as from 1. 1. 29. MANIA HOME

No. 445 L/Cpl.D. E. G. Nicholson,

A. C. Coy, from 1. 1. 29.

No. 1081 Pte. R. Macintyre, A. C. Cor, from 1 1 29.

No. 671 Pte.A. K. Henderson, Reserva Coy, from 1. 1. 29. on: Medical Grounds, as from 4. 12. 28. No: 623 Pte. A Craig, NO. 5 Platoon.

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