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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1934.

H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

Orders For The Coming Week.

Orders issued by Colonel L. G. Bird, D.S.O.. 0.B.E., Comman- dant, H.K.V.D.C.:-

Hong Kong, Jan. 12 18934.

PARADE

Corps Signals

Parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 16th Janu- ary, 1934.

Corps 1st Battery

Signal Section will parade at

APPENDIX TO, ABOVE -- N N.C.O. Instructor's Class Lewis Gun. Probable: Stoppages, Pos: sible. Stoppages-Headquarters. "A" Class-(ditto) “B” —Lewis Gun. Care and clean

ing & Points before, during and after ring-condensed-bringing out the essential points, of each. -Headquarters.

|"C" & "D"—Musketry, Snapahoot]

ing & Rapid Fire Training. 6.A.T. Vol: 1; 1931-pages 121. to 128, Sec: 32 omitting page 126, para: 9.--Headquarters. ***

to 128, See: 32 omitting page! The Officers Commanding the un-

5.30 p.m. at Headquarters on Tues-dermentioned Units will issue their

-day, 16th January, 1934.

Orders to their Commands separ

There will be a lecture at Head-ately:-

•quarters on Thursday, January

18th at 5.30 p.m.

All ranks are expected to at.. tend.

Corps Engineers Practice at Miniature Range on Monday, 15th January at 5.30 p.m. Sunday, 14th January-Company Shoot-Peak Range at 9 a.m. Dress optional. Rides must be drawn before 12 noon on Saturday.

Corpe Machine Gun Battalion (1) Troop.

Parade on Tuesday, 16th January at 5.30 p.m. at Volunteer Head- quarters for Machine Gun Lecture. (2) Armoured Car Co.

Corps Machine Gun Battalion:-- Motor Cycle Section

No. 2 Company (Scottish).

Major E. J. R. Mitchell, O.B.E., assumed Command of Corps Machine Gun Battalion with effect from 1st January, 1934.

Officers Commanding Companys will continue training on their pre- sent Programme during the rent training.

cur-

Copies of these Programme will ba forwarded to 0. C. Corps Machine Gun Battalion,

Appointment

No. 1797, Pie. J.. E. Potter, No.j 4 Platoon, appointed Lance Cor The Company will parade on poral with effect from 30th Novem Monday, 15th January at Head-ber. 1933.

quarters at 5.30 p.m.

Return from Leave

No. 728 Sergt. A. W. Salter. No. 1667 Pte. B. G. Clark will re-

from port to 0.C. Armoured Company Corps Engineers, returned at Headquarters on Monday, 15th leave 1933. January at 5.30 p.m.

(3) No. 1 Company (Machine Gun) The Company will parade on Fri day, 12th January at 5.30 p.m. in Mufti for Squad Drill without Arma followed by a lecture by C.S.M., R. Slattery.

December,

23rd. as from

Extracted from Small Arms Training-Vol: JV-1931 Chapter VI, Section 30 Weapon Training Badges for

T. A. and Volunteer.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Guests at White House

Mr and Mrs. Joseph V. Connolly, of New York, leaving their Washington hotel for the White House, where they were the overnight guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Mr. Connally is executive head of Hearst `news and fentiren services.

Gunner:-

"M. G. (without wreath)-Issu able to soldiers who qualify an isti Clasa Machine Gunner in Part II of the Annual Machine Gun Course.

General

Badges How Worn. The single

The following special badges will rifle musketty badge will be worn

"EFFICIENCY OF LIVING"

Plants Flourish On Under-Nourishment.

worn by Warrant and mon-on the left forearm at an angle of 'AMERICAN BIOLOGIST'S TESTS All ranks are expected to attend. be M. G. Part -No. 1 Company commissioned officers and trained 45 degrees, with the muzzle of the

Baltimore, Ohio. privates of the Hong Kong Volun- rifle polating upward and inward. (M.G.) will fire this course at

Other skill-at-arms badges will be

The story-book maxim that the 'Stonecutters on Sunday, 14th Janu-teer Defence Corps.

Rifle and Light Automatic of similar design and, including the 1st Class Rifle Shola:-

light automatic and machine gun boy with the greatest handicaps Single Riße-issuable to soldiers badges referred to above, will be thereby spurred to greater ef- experiments with plants at below the rank of warrant officer of worn in a manner corresponding to forts finds a startling parallel in the yeomanry, scouts and infantry that of similar badges for the

Johns Hopkins University. who qualify as 1st class shots in regular forces. the annual classification practices.

ary. Launch leaves Queen's Fier at 8.30 a.m.-Dress-Mufti.

Platoon Commanders will see that their men fire on one of these

two dates.

14) No. 3 Company (Anzac)

Parade at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, for Elementary Arms Drill under Company Serge-

1st Class Light Automatic Gun- ners:-

Leave

No. 1508, Sgr. J. Dobson, Corps Signal, granted 12 months leave as "L. G." (without wreath)-Issu-from 1.1.34. to 31.12.34. ant Majar Jenkins. All ranks are able to soldiers who qualify as lat

this parade.) exhorted to attend Platoon Commanders and Platoon class light automatic gunners in the annual light automatic classification

Sergeants being again especially practices.

requested to get into touch with all ranks under their Command to en- sure a full parade.

Anzac Shoulder titles have arriv- ed from England and the:: will be issued by C.Q.M.S. Dudley, between

5.30 and 6.30 p.m.

All ranks are again reminded to return their Rifles to Store.

Best Ride Shot in cach Squadron or Company:

Struck Off The Strength

CHURCHESE TO-DAY KING'S

UNION CHURCEL

The following are the fortheom ing services etc., at Union Church. Kennedy Roads

Sunday, January 14.

Sunday School Kennedy Road. 9.30 am

Sunday School, Talkoo, 2.45 p.. Morning Service 10.35 am. Evening Service, 6 p.m.

Preacher at both servicas: The Rev. E. G Powell.

Social Hour in the Church-Kall after the evening service

Church Choir Practice Tuesday's

at 5.30 p.m.

Every Tuesday at 7.30 pm. De- votional meeting of the Soldiers" and Airmen's Christian Associa tion.

Thursday January 18, at 3.30 p.m.) in the Church Hall, meeting of the Deacons' Court.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST,

(Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scien" tist, in Boston, Mass, USA.]

Macdonnell Road, Below Bowen Road Tram Station. Subject:SACRAMENT Sunday Service 11.15 am.

The Sunday school is held on Sunday Morning at 10 o'clock, Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6 p.. Reading Room at above ad- dress open Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday and Thursday, 5.80 to 7 pm The Public in cordially invited to at tend the service and visit the Reading Room. Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church! of Christ, Beientist, in Boston, „Mass., U.S.Ae

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

List of Guests.

Guests at present staying at the Repulse Bay Hotel are:

Mr. and Mrs. Innese, Mrs. 'and A feat roughly comparable to making a horse run faster by Miss A. Artiuh, Mrs. G. Abily, Mr. feeding it fewer oats has been H. P. Bailey, Mr. A. N. Braude, Mr. performed by Dr. Raymond C. N. 8. Burns, Mrs. F. Buchanan, Pearl,

a famous biologist, and Mr. E. R. Childe, Dr. and Mrs. I. S. his associates. Canteloupe seeds Dykes and child, Mr. T. J. J.Fen- wick, Maj. and Mrs. P. A Gedge, No-1820 Bnd, A. J. M. Rodrigues, which have had part of their M. A. Gow, Mr. J. G. Hunter. Permitted to Resign

food supply cut away, he finds, Miss S. H. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Corps Band, as from 12.1.34.

No. 1661 F. C. Manning, No. 4 grow more efficiently than por Arden, Mrs. W. E. Hutchison and child, Mrs. E. Krogseth and infant, Platoon, No. 1 Company, (M. G.)'mal seeds. as from 1.12.38.

The seedlings were grown in Mr. L. McInnes, Mr. G. C. Moutrie, Single Rifle and Star-Issuable to

No. 1460 F. M. M. Label, Reserve such a way that they had to de- Mr. G. B. McCormick, Surg, Comdr. the N.C.O. or man in each squadron or company who obtains the highest Company, B Section as from 5.1.84. pend entirely on the food supply. M. Park, Mr. T. de Quievrecourt,

Having completed three years

percentage of points in the annual rifle classification practices,

Services No. 1580 Pte. M. A. Xavier, No. Best Ride Shot in Corpa:- Single Rifle and Crown in Wreath 12 Pistoon, Corps Infantry (Portu- Issuable to the N.C.O. or man injguesa) as from 7.12.38.

No. 1607, Pte. N. T. Delgado, No. at 6.30 p.m. at Headquarters. De-obtains the highest percentage of 12 Platoon, Corps Infantry, (Portu-) tails will be found in the Appen-points in the annual rifle classifica- guese) as from 20,12.33. dix.

Carps Infantry (Portuguese) Parade-Tuesday, January 16th each regiment or battalion, who

are

tion practices.

After Orders Armoured Car Company.

Classification Stonecutter Ranga, Best Light Automatic Shot in

All revolvers will be returned to -N.C.O.'s and men who have not each Company:- fired their classification tests "L. G." and Star-Issuable to the Store by 6 p.m. on Monday, 15th notified that the last opportunity N.C.O, or man in each Company January, 1984. for firing for Efficiency will be on who obtains the highest percentage February, 25th.-1934.

of points in the annual light auto-1 Interport Competition and Com-matic classification practices.

Machine Gun pany's Annual Rifle Meeting.

These competitions will be fired in Badge for the best Machine Gun-

the among conjunction will Classification Tests ner on February, 25th. 1934.

Company or

P. S. M. WILKINSON (Captain), Adjutant, H.K.V.D. Corps.

THE PING PONG FIENDS

stored within themselves. The Mrs. E, Stone, Mr. and Mrs. J greater amount of food store that Tully. Mr. W. Thomson, Miss V. was cut away, Dr. Pearl found, Volkova, Mr. G. F. Walker, Mr. the more efficient and vigorous F. H, Williams, Mr. and Mrs. D. the plant became in using what Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wallace, food remained.

Count and Countess Sternberg, Seeds with all but 10 per cent Miss 8. Schoeneveldt, Mr. G. Austin, of their food supply cut away de- Mr. and Mrs. A. Brostedt, Capt. veloped seedlings that lived P. S. Burgess, Mrs. R. A, Buck- seven and a half times as long in berrough, Mr. and Mrs. T. Brown, proportion to the food they had Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Bisseker, Mr. |and Mrs. A. Drouth, MF. W. A E available.

In other words. If the normal Duff, Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Farr and seeds had been as efficient in infant, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gold- growing as were the mutilated amith, Mr. and Mrs. F. Gregory, seeds, they would have lived 2214 Mr. D. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. - A. months Instead the three Hicks, Mrs. L. Henderson, Dr. and months which is roughly their Mra. Irwin, Mr. H. P. Meuser, Mr. J. M. Morhaus, Mra, K. Moen, Mr. Budapest. normal length of life. Troop:-

The Budapest police have de. If the "eficiency of living" of and Mrs. N. V. Peters and child, Detalls will be issued at a later Star and M. G. (without wreath)cided to place table tennis es- human beings could somehow be Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pullen, Mr. and --Iesuable annually and awarded to tablishments under special.con- stimulated as was that of the Mrs. A. L. Sullivan, Mrs. J. G. .date.

Mamutilated canteloupe seeds, they Skinner, Mr. C, Taylor, Mr. A. B. Lewis Gun and Musketry Badges, the Lance Corporal, trooper or pri- trol "The following. N.C.O.'s and men vate who obtains the highest per It is explained that a consider-might live to more than 700 Thompson, Mr. A. F. Walkden, Mr. qualified on Sunday, January 7th centage of points in Fart II of the able number of children have years old. There is no prospect E. C. Brown, Dr. and Mr. Hum- Annual Machine Gun Course. robbed, their parents in order to of achieving such result, how phreys Toms and Mr and Mrs.

Badge for 1st class Machine gamble on the games--Reuter. lever. Reuter

14, 15, M; Carlisle. (0

for Badges as under-

L, G. Badges (Entitled to wear

1st Class L. A. Badge. "L, G, with-

out wreath">

Serst. H.. M. Brite

Sergt J. P. Baleros

Corp), L. Soares

L/Cpl. M. Spares

E/Cpl 3. M. Xavier Pte. J.-M. Oliveira

Pte. E. M. Marques

Pte. H: L.. Rocha ...

Pt. A. S. Xavior

P. CA, J. Ribeiro...

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Pte. R. A. Campos

Ple. LA. Remedios".

Rifle(Entitled to wear Single Ride), :'

"Lance' Sergeant R. F. Cruz "Lance Corporal J, M, Xavier.

Altention is drawn to the fact that several N.0.0.4 and men have returned Rifles to Stores in neglected condition. It therefore appears necessary to warn mem bern of the Company, that they are responsible for the condition their arma whlist in their care. Bidse should be kept clean and olled and returned to Stores at the earliest possible moment affst, use: Fallurs to do thiî may imposition of a payme damage su

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MOVIETONE

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

announce to their Hong Kong Clients

the removal

their Wanchai Service Station,

from 376-382, Lockhart Road

to fully equipped premises

at 5 & 7, Russell Street.

Business will be conducted as usual at both addresses during the transfer.

Telephone Numbers Lockhart Road

Russell Street