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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1933.

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

MAN A SHIP

Captain Only Male

The

On Board.

Copenhagen.

arrival of £ German

"training ship" here caused a veritable stampede among the city's bachelors because the

crew were

all beautiful young German girls and the captain was the only man on board.

The crew ranges from a coun-

tess to the daughter of a dock

labourer. The only thing they

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CHURCHES

GILARGE OF ONE DOLLAR MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDES TH18 HEADING

WESLEYAN METHODIST

CHURCH,

THE CHINA MAIL

England's Record For HONG KONG

Bigamy

How France Defeated This

Crime

INSUFFICIENT

PRECAUTIONS

(By E, BLACKWOOD WRIGHT.)

cases

French System.

VOLUNTEER

DEFENCE CORPS Orders For The

- Coming. Week.

Orders Issued by Colonel LG. Bird, D.SO. OBE., Comman dant, H.K.V.D.C.:-

Friday, 6th. October, 1935.

PARADE

The Battery

There will be a parade for the Signal Section at 5.30 p.m. at Head- quarters on Tuesday, October 10th. There will be a parade at 5:30 p.m., sharp on Thursday, October 12th. at Headquarters

· Dress-Overalls and Blue Cap. Engineer Co.

· Parade at Corps Headquarters at

are allowed to paint is the ship to learn that England has about crime by punishment...

Many people may be shocked be better than trying to cure this Lip-stick, face paint and pow-the worst record for bigamy of der are strictly taboo. The any European nation, nearly four The French procedure is as fol Amazons scrub the decks, splice hundred cases a year-and Scot-lows: When parties wish to be ropes and perform all the rou-land, I believe, the very worst. married, they are required, besides There will be no Miniature | tine work of an able seaman. This is not because we are more giving the usual notices, to pro-Range practice on Monday, October

A German film company has a. immoral than our neighbours, duce authorised copies of their 9th. woman operator on board who but because of our lax procedure, birth certificates, in each case not Thursday, October 12th-D. L. making a talkie of the trip. -

which might easily be altered. more than six months old. Im-Training at Instruction Shed, Wel- Reuter,

As it is. practically no pre-mediately after the-marriage haslington Barracks at 5.30 p.m. cautions are taken to prevent been celebrated, the celebrant Members are notified that the bigamy, such as seeking to as- must send particulars of the mar first week-end Training at Lyeemun eertain whether persons asking riage to the registrar of the will be held from November 17thi to be married are, in fact, mar-parties' respective birth-places. 1o 19th, and are requested to keep ried already.

These registrars 'must then endorse these days free. In Germany, which has a popu-such particulars on the birth cer

Corps Signats lation of 62,000,000, consider-tificates. ably larger than that of Eng If either party wishes after-15.30 p.m. on Thursday, 12th. Octo- land, the annual average of pro-wards to marry again, such party ber Fecutions for bigamy is only can only produce an endorsed birth There will be no parade on Tues- nhout 166. Scotland, with not certificate, quite a twelfth of Germany's prove before being re-married that

and must, therefore, day, 10th. October, 1933.

Armoured Car Section. population, bad 147

in the person whose name is endora- There will be no parade on Mon- 1931. England's population ad thereon is either dead or has day, October 9th this day being a just under 40,000,000, and that been divorced. The following are the forthcom- of France over that number, yet

If persons the English in France the average number riages were not allowed by law to Stonecutters on Sunday, October

celebrating mar- ing services, etc., at Methodist Church, Wanchai (Op-of convictions is under a dozen!! pusile Ruyal Naval Hospital,

perform marriages unless they had 29th. Queen's Rd., E).

produced to them birth certificates Motor Machine Gun Section It is not so because, the French recently issued from Somerset There will be no parade at Head- ¡police are slack in taking up House, and if the officials at quarters on Monday 9th. October,)

such cases.

Nor will anybody Somerset House were obliged to 1933. suggest that the French are endorse the birth certificates with All ranks parade at. Headquar- more moral than we are. The the particulars of such marriage, tere on Wednesday, 11th. October Evening Service, 6.15 p.m. Prea-difference is entirely due to the it would be difficult for all persons at 5.30 p.m. for Section and Platoon

precautions taken in their coun-except those married before the fa- Drill. Lry to prevent bigamy.

troduction of these regulations to The calling of banns affords commit bigamy, as the Sunday, Oct. . .15 pm. "Chris-no real publicity. That was statistics show. tian Soetal Hour".

proved so long ago as 1868, Some temporary provisions might when the Marriage Law Com-be necessary to bridge over the missioners reported, and howtime until these precautions were much more is it true nowadays, self-acting. Special provision have

Scottish Company" when church attendence is often to be made for those born

Thursday, 12th. October-No. 6 neglected?

abroad, but that has caused no dir- Platoon parade at Kowloon Dock To have banns proclaimed in asculty In France.

under Lieut. T. P. Sautterson. church it is only necessary

Prevention of Crime.

No. 7 Platoon at Headquarters. which can be acquired by having gistrar-General, give an accommodation address, The late Sir Bernard Mallet, Re-under Lieut. A. W. Brown, Michine

lamented the Gun Training.

Sunday, October 8.

Mornar Service. 10.15 3.m. Preacher Rev. E. C. H. Tribbeck.

cher: Rev. E. C. H. Tribbeck.

SAILORS & SOLDIERS HOME.

Monday and Thursday at 7 Badnunton Club meet.

p.m.

p.mi.

Wednesday, Oct. 11, al 3 Ladies' Church Aid Society meet.

Thursday Oct. 12, at 5.30 pm. Adjourned meeting of the Church Quarterly meeting.

Note:--There will be a Dance for

Service Men on Monday October 16

Admission 81.00.

Music by the "Cheero" Dance band.

UNION CHURCH.

ing services, etc., at the

Church Banns Futile.

to

French

Holiday...

Machine Gun Classification

at

Machine Gun Company Parade in Mufti at Headquar- ters on Friday, 6th. October at 5.30 p.m.

Training by Gun Team, Elemen tary Gun Drill.

COMMENCING TO-DAY AT

THE CENTRAL

STRAIGHT FROM A RECORD - BREAKING RUN OF 14 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT THE LONDON COLISEUM.

The prehistoric ape, a moun tain of hair and muscle, cracked the huge tree trunk like a toothpick, and five men fell to their death!

The man-monster of agis past heenks loose in our world today!

Adventure out-lesping the maddest imaginings

ose-thrilling the wildex thailis! FROM ANDIA EDGAR WALLACE

CONCEIVED BY

-and MERIAN C. COOPER With FAY WRAY: ROBT.ARMSTRONG

BRUCE CABOT.

1

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SERVICE

AWARDS

Striking Social Experiment.

bag left at lodgings for three looseness of our system, and was Portuguese Company nights, It is not necessary to in favour of some such alteration There will be no parade on Tues be a regular church attendant or in our regulations as would bring day, October 10th. Detalls will be OFFICIALS AND EX-CRIMINALS a genuine parishioner. Bishop's them closer to those in France. issued. commissaries and the State's re-Some bigamies only come to light

A. A. L. A. Co gistrars have no funds to make by the merest accident,

There will be no parade on Mon- effective inquiries, when persons Bigamy has, of course, different day, October 9th,

2.

SHARE HONOURS

Moscow.

The following are the forthcom-apply for licences, or when the degrees of heinousness; it may b

Prominent Soviet government. The Officers Commanding the officials have been awarded Soviet Union latter are asked to marry them. sometimes slight, as when both undermentioned Units, will issue orders of Lenin, Red Banner and In London the commissary issues parties knew the facts when they their Orders to their Commands Red Labour Banner at the same about 40 licences a day, and he were entering into an illegal mar-separately: has no money for the purpose of friage, and yet married because evi-

Church, Kennedy Rond.

Sunday, October 8.

Sunday School, Kennedy Road, making inquiries.

9.30 1.1.

. Morning

Service 10.30 Evening Service 6 p.m.

Preacher at both services; Rev. Dr. E. L. Allen.

Vice.

1.m.

dence or a divorce was difficult to The State gives the registrars procure. In such circumstances neither money nor staff to ascer-an offence has been committed Lain whether the applicants against public order, but no 'pri- statements are correct. The notice hung up in the registrar's other party.

The vate wrong has been done to the office affords no publicity, except

Machine Gun Troop. Anzac Company.

Appointment Armoured Car Section Lance Corporal W. Harria-Wat- ker's appointment ceases from. 6th Where a fraud has been per-October, 1983....

Cu Leave No. 1660 Pte, Chong Shiu Lani, Every effort Medical Section, granted four days

A Social Hour will be held in the when the parties are well-known petrasted, and another's life has Church Hall after the evening ser-people. 'To insist on publicy in been ruined, then it is not enough

the case of members of the upper merely to punish. Monday, October 9, in the Church classes is generally unnecessary, should be made to prevent such leave with effect from 7th to 10th Hull at 10 a.m. Meeting of the but it is different with others. Ladies' Guild.

Practice Every

Church Choir Tuesday at 5.30 p.m., Practice in

Many Cases Concealed. That bigamy is much too com- preparation for the Harvest Festi- nion cannot be denied: Our statistics make the fact only too Every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. In the plain. They show that the aver Devotional meeting are of bigamies in the year 2015

val and Choir Sunday.

Church Hall,

frauds being possible.

ELEPHANT PICKS UP CAR

time and for the same. services as ex-criminals, both political and com- mon, g

Behind it lies the atory of the most striking social, experiment ever carried out in Russia

The orders were given, for work during the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal (now called the Stalin Canal), and the rewarding of -criminals, is unprecedented in Russian history.

The construction of the canal was - October, 1988

used as a means to test the Soviet No. 2085 Pie A Ki Mackenzie, system of re-educating socially dan- No. 7 Platoon, granted 12 days ferous human elements by systems- leave with effect from 7th to 18thic Jabours and, according to officia October, 1988.60

and reports, the experiment was a com- No. 1795 Pe. R. A. J. Simpson, No, plete success.

of the Soldiers' and Airmen's Chris-was 541; for the year 1920-24-11 Annoyed By Occupants

tian, Association,

came out a 850; and from then on

Jumble sale in the Church Hallwards has varied each year from

on Friday, November 3. Parcels 988 to 377,

In the course of their work, BAYE 2 Platoon, Machine Gun Company, granted three weeks leave with a coal report, these men were effect from 20th September to 19th nals into exemplary, workers, itizenT

transformed from hardened crimi Ocober, 1933,

Lima, Santiago, the only elephant in for the sale can be sent to the Churcli Moreover, it must be borne in the old Lima Zoo, has his own Hall any morning. Please work for mind that these statistics, for two idea of how to discipline noisy Jumble Sale.

reasons, do not show "the actual merry-makers.

merve

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

The case of one man, Sergey Trotlakoy, is cited. As a boy of 10

professional lag, In 1925 40] be rep away from home and became

Re-

Struck Off the Strength Permitted to Resign No. 1413 Pte. A. M. Calman, Company, as from 8,10 592 Plz J. H S Duncan,

ompany, as from, 8.10,88, Fined by Efficiency, Board, No 1576 Pie. C. A. Figueired No. 9 Platoon,

number of bigamies, but giva no He became annoyed with the more than an approximation to the antica of several persons, seated ker actual number. The only bigamy in in motor-car parked near his recorded in the statistics is that grounds. So he pushed bir trunk place, although the prisoner may end from the ground, and for which a conviction has taken under the machine, lifte when acaused have admitted the

and its occupants a good several others,

sha

(Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Belen tist, in Boston, Mass, UBAK

Kacdonnell Road, Below Bowen

Then large number of cases Road Tram Station.

never come before the public ho "ARE SIN DISEASE AND

cause the victim does not wish to DEATH REALI

make a parade of her misfortune,

If our procedure we Sunday Service 11.18 m.

and made less loose, many bigam The Sunday school is held on could be prevented, and if Bunday Morning at 10. o'clock French system were Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6 bigamy might be

v.m. Reading Room at above.ad offence, if not an

dreas opon Tuesday and Friday, 10 The French pree

am, to 12 noon, Monday, and, and

Thursday, 5.50 to 7. pm

Public is cordially invited, fa

tand the service and ril

Reading Room. 1.

Mother Church,

of Christ, Belentist,

adopt

the

GAL

was sentenced to six years solitar) Re-confinement for murder but was re-

lessed two years later

for Sunday,

bar has beần cancelled?

SOVIET POPULATION PROBLEM

A week after his reluase be turned

to his old pursuits and was [in the prisoners' con

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