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''SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1934.

H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

Orders For The Coming Week.

Orders issued by Colonel L. G.

who will band over to the Senior Ex-Volunteer present.

Appointment

No. 3903721, Sergeant J. Prit

Bird, D.S.O.. O.B.E., Commas-chard, "D" (S) Company, The

dant, H.K.V.D.C.:—

Hong Kong.

Friday, 13th April. 1934.

PARADE

Corps 1st Battery

There will be a parade for the

South Wales Borderers, is appoint- ed local Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, without pay, whilst em. ployed with the Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps. Authority:-- [C.R.C.C. No. 8776/A dated 4.4.34.

Volunteer Air Arm

No. 2080. Pte. A. E. Hughes, No.

following at 5.30 p.m. on Thurs-14 Platoon. No. 3 Anzac) Com-

day, April 19th at leadquarters.

Gnr. Gardiner Gar. Lammert

Gor. Hil

Gur. Hynes

Gnr. Duffield Gar. Sims Gnr. Jones, D. W. Gar. Jones H.S. Instructor-Bdr. 'Marshall.

DRESS Blue Caps & Overalls, Rifle & Sling.

Corpe Signals

pany, has been registered in the Waiting List.

Range Allotment

The Kennedy Road Range is allotted to No. 4 Platoon. No. 1 Company (M.G.) on Friday, 20thi April, 1984,

Second Stage Machine Gun Competition Conducting Officers

Tuesday, April 17th- Farewe??|16, 4, 34—Adjutant. Ceremonial Parade to Colonel 19. 4. 34-Captain Murtlock, D. w.{ Bird, D.S.0.. 0.B.E. Parade at 20. 4. 34~~Major E. J. R. Mitchell, Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. sharp.

DRESS

O.B.E.

Transfer

Ceremonial - Helmet. Jacket, The following are transferred to Shorts, Black Boots, Putties, Hose the Reserve Company “A” Section | tops. Belt, Frog. Rifle and Bayonet,jas from 12th April, 1984,

Corps Engineers

- 16th

Monday

April, 1934. Perade at Miniature Runge at 6.30 p.m.

Tuesday 17th Aprit. 1934. Parade al Headquarters at 5.30 p.mk DRESS:-Ceremonial.

NOTICE

From Motor Cycle Section. No. 1544-Pte. D. F. Kilby No. 1421-Pte. W. A. Simpson No. 2056-Pte. L. A. Hurlow.

Return from Leave

No. 1832, Sergeant E. F: Selk, No. 3 Anzac) Company. Headquar tera, as from 13th April, 1934.

Extension of Leave No. 869. Sapper C. Strange. En- Shield for General Efficiency 1933-xineer Company, extended to 20th!

April, 1934.

Sapper D. G. Wilson has beet awarded Company Commander's

1934,

The presentation will be made at the Corps Prize Distribution.

to

The following are entitled wear "Single Riße" Badge:—

Rife-1034 1/Cpl. R. 1. Lock- hart-87

1699 Sapper S. C. Salter-86 Best Rifle shot in Company (Single Rifle & Star) 1395 Sapper F. S. W. Smith-92

Corps Machine Gun Batiallon The 3rd Stage Machine Gun Competition is postponed to a date to be arranged by O. C. Machine Gun Battalion.

Troop Parade on Tuesday 17th April at 5.30 p.m. at Volunteer Headquar- ters for Farewell Parade Colonel L. G. Bird, D.S.O., O.B.E. DRESS

As per G.O.C's. Inspection. Parade on Thursday 19th April) al 6.30 .. at Causeway Stables.

DRESS

Bay

Forage Caps. Shirts, Thedpurs, Brown Belt and Black Boots.

Armoured Car Company The Company will parade Headquarters on Monday 16th 6:30 p.m. DRESS:-Mufti.

The Company will parade Headquarters on Tuesday 17th 6.30 p.m.

Leave

No. 1329, Tpr. W. A. Mackinlay, M. G. Truop, granted 26 days leavej as from 20.3.34 to 15.4.34.

No. 1746, Pte. G. W. Stabb, Armoured Car Company, granted 1 month leave as from 30.4.34 to 9.5.34.

No. 1511, Sergt. G. P. Ferguson, M.G. Trump, granted nine months leave as from 10.3.34 to 9.12.34.

THE CHINA MAIL

Ladies Must (Let) Live!

Chances of a woman defendant going free in a murder trial have taken. a sharp drop, regardless of circumstances, age or degree of good looks. Mr. Ruth Dean lieft), of Greenwood, Miss.,, Mrs. Alice Wynekoep (top), of Chicago, and Mrs. Lottie Coll (below), of New York, were convicted by juries of capital charges within a few days of each other. Both Mr.

Wynekoop and Miss Dean were doctors. V

DIVORCES AT 5/- EACH

Easier Than Marriage In Natal

WITCHCRAFT AS GROUNDS

GERMANY'S FIRST POSTMARK

200th Anniversary This Year

Berlin.

The 200th anniversary of the oldest known postmark in Ger- many occurs this year. The let- in Natal it is easier to get ter bearing it is stamped "del

Ladysmith.

No. 1747. Pie. T. R. Ingram, Amoured Car Company, granted 10 divorced than to get married-Mannheim," April 10, 1734.

months leave 20.2.35.

that is, under native law.

21.4.34 to as from

Struck Off the Strength Left the Colony

divorce

The Princes of Thurn and Ta-l

In no country in the world is xis, who operated the postal no cheap or 80 swifts. service, later abandoned the Even Hollywood is slow. in com- but at the end of the 18th. cer French "de" for "von" (from)

tury this prefix was also dropped and letters were merely marked with the name of the place they came from,

No. 1776. Pte. K. W. Jones, Motorparison. Cycle Section, as from 12.4.34.

A divorce costs 5/- and can be No. 763, Pie. S. R. Jones, Reserve made absolute in five minutes. Company "B" Section as from 22nd The cumbersome machinery of re- February, 1934.

turnable dates is swept aside as

Postage stamps did not appear

tury.-Reuter.

(ad) P. S. M. WILKINSON, Captain, obsolete, and a native couple can until the middle of the 19th cen-

Adjutant, H.K.V.D. Corps. walk into a court as man and wife,

and walk out a few minutes later! -free.

NOTICE

Sergeant's Mess

beginning to

Zulu women are find out all about this law, and no

A Photograph of the members of longer will they tolerate any non-

the Sergeant's Mess will be taken sense from their husbands. They,

at prior to the Farewell Parade to simply walk into the Native Com-

at Colonel L. G. Bird, D.S.O., 0.B.E., missioner's office, pay 5/- have a

on Tuesday, 17th April, 1934.

ut

CHURCHES

UNION CHURCH.

The following are the fortheom- ;

summons served on their husbands ing services etc., at Union Church.

at Volunteer Beaquarters at 5.00 about for a new ford and master.

All mombers are requested to be and within a week start looking Kennedy Road:-

DRESS R. T. C. Caps, Jackets, Belts, Shorts, Honetops, Putties and Boots.

DRESS

R. T. C. Caps, Tunics, Shorta, 'Puttles, Hosetops, Boots, Belt, Re- volvers and Medals.

p.m. as parade ground must cleared by 6.20 p.m.

belt is by no means unusual for the Commissioner to dissolve as many

A full attendance is requested. Annual Rifle Meeting The Corps Rifle Meeting will take at Stonecutter' Range

and

as six marriagen in one week. Witchcraft AB Grounds

1.

Sunday, April 15. Sunday School Kennedy Road, 19.30 a.m.

Morning Service, 10.30 a.m. Evening Service, 6 p.m. Preacher at both services: The

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Motor Cycle Section All ranks will parade on Tues Sunday, 6th May, 1934. The Coming a term of five years' imprison-

place

It is possible to obtain a divorce on where one of the partners is serv-Rev. E. G. Powell. day 17th Instant nt 6.30 p.m. at

pelitions will be Headquarters for Commandant's

in the following ment, and occasionally a

A Social Hour will be held Jorder:- Farewell Parade.

woman the Church Hall after the even- Corps Championship and Tyre divorce accusations of witchcraft brings forward as grounds for

Ing service. Competition

Church Choir Practice every Blake Shield

made against her by her husband. Thursday, at 5.39 p.m. Musketry Competition

The law lays down that * WO- man who seeks divorce must im-votional Meeting of the

Every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. De- Francis Cup Competition

Soldiers' Tile Competition, and Reserve

mediately seek the protection of and Airmen's Christian Association. Challenge Cup.

her father or kraal head. He can- Speaker Adjutant C. K. Begley of Revolver Competition through-must try to bring about a recon-

not withhold this protection but the Salvation Army. out the day.

Thursday April 19, at 6:30 p.m.) Launches will leave Queen's Pier institute proceedings. ~

elliation. failing which, she may in the Church Hall, meeting of the at 8.00 and 9.00 a.m., calling at Kowloon ten minutes Inter.

Deacons Court. A husband who wishes to seek divorce must notify his Intention

No. 3 (Anzac) Company The Company will parade at full etrength on Monday 18th April for Machine Gun Instruction.

COMPANY DINNER Members of the Company are re minded that tickets at $2.00 each for the Annual Dinner to take place on Wednesday 25th April, may be obtained from C.Q.M.S. Dudley.

No. 5 (Anzac) Company FAREWELL CEREMONIAL

*PARADE TO COLONEL

BIRD, D.8.0., O.BE,

All ranks are guin reminded

that this parade will take place on Tuesday, 17th April at 6.80 p.m. Dress:-Same as for G.O.€'s In-

spection.

Corps Infantry (Portuguese) A Farewell Parade to Colonel ! Bird, D.S.O., 0.B.E., will be held at at Corps Headquarters on Tuès- day, 17th April, 1984. All ranks of "the Company are earnestly re-

quested to attend this parade.

DRESS

Ceremonial Le Belt and Bay- -onet, Bhorts, Tunics,. Patties,

Hosetops, Helmets and Boots.

TIME

5.30 p.m. sharp. » Farewell Parade to Colonel L. G.

"⠀⠀⠀ ́ ́Bird, DSO, ORE P Reference Orders No. 14/34 dated "Sth April, 1984.

Ex Volunteers will parade in the Arat Instance under the Adjutant

A

Special Notice, Sunday, April 22. The 91st An-

Competitors must make their own to the kraal hoad of his wife,niversary of this Church. Preacher arrangements for tiffin; the Can-Hore again the kraal head must teen will be in attendance,

attempt to bring about a recon-Tuesday, at 5.30 p.m.

at both services: The Rev. John

Entrance fees for Team Events ciliation.. $2.00

per team, for Individual Events $1.00 per man,

The question of the custody or Revolver maintenance of the children is Competition 20 cents per entry.

left to the discretion of the Native

Entries and Frees must be sent Commissioner. The divorce court ing. Volunteer Headquarters, to the Hon. Secretary, Rife Meet-always presents a colourful scent, not for the native who make use of it later than noon

an Monday, 30th are essentially heathen, and, in April, 1984.

their scanty clothing of bende, Indignant wives frequently give ST. JOHN BRIGADE scathing descriptions of their way-

DONATIONS.

$740 Acknowledged.

The following donations to the St. John Ambulance Brigade Funds were received up to yesterday: Mr. Tang Shu-kin

Mr. Fun Konrun

Mr. J. D. Butcher Commodore E. Elliott Birs. Ruth SaYKED ET. YA You ! Mr. Chal Kam-to

Mr. J. T. Bagram

Uptal

ward husbands who have been away working on the Rand wines blissfully ignoring their families -Beuter.

FIEST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST,

Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scien tist, in Boston, Mas, USA)

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

Subject: ARE SIN DISEASE, AND DEATH REAL?

The Sunday school is held on [Bunday ...... Morning, at. 10 o'clock,

Wednesday. Evening Meeting at:6| am. Beading Room at above ad- Mme. Chang Haueb-lang,, who dress open Tuesday and Friday, 10 $260 has been in England with her sonsam to 12 noon, Monday, and 200 is reported to have left, London and Thursday, 5.80 to 7 pm. The is expected to arrive in Chips early Fablic is cordially invited to at is April. Mine. Chang: la returning at tend” the service and visit the 16 her husband's request, but it is und Beading Room - Branch, of "The derstood that; her children are Mother Church, The First Church maining...in Beigland to 'contimis of Christ, Scientist, In Benton, their education.

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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

Atea dance will be held at the Repulse Bay Hotel this afternoon at 4.30 p.m.

The four-masted yacht Shenan- Coah III has just returned to Hong kong after a three-months' cruise- in the Philippines. She arrived here on Thursday and is anchored. off W. S. Bailey's shipyard near Kowloon Bay,

A lecture entitled "What is Truth" was delivered by Mr. G. W. May at Thursday's public meeting of the Manuk Lodge of the Theoso- phical Society. Mr. W. C. Felshow was in the chair.

Property at No. 50 Bonham Strand West, combining a shop and tenement floors, was purchased by Mr. Kwan Chau-taj, of 186 Pokfu- lun Road, yesterday at a sale by public auction at the China Rooms. A sum of $45,500 was paid for the property.

Before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon, the charges against a young Chinese woman, Cheung Tsof Hang, of stealing $5.470, six gold bracelets and rings from her hus band were withdrawn.

Two cases of small-pox, one case. of typhoid fever, and four cases of meningitis, including two cases lu Kowloon and the New Territories, were reported in the Colony for the 24 hours ending yesterday.

A sum of $5,023 has been contri- buted in the finance campaign con- ducted by the Tientsin Y.W.C.A. to complete their new building in Taku) Road.

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