H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
ORDERS FOR THE
COMING WEEK
13th and 15th. "
M. G. Troop, May, 14th;
LEAVE
Orders by Lieut-Colonel H. B. No. 1929, Cpl. W. A. Mackinlay,
L Dowbiggin 0.BE Comman-Troon, granted leave on from 1.8.35. dant, Hong Kong Volunteer. De-9.8.85. fence Corps.
Hong Kong. Friday, 3rd. May, 1935.
GENERAL
GUARD OF HONOUR
The Guard will parade at Head-
A.S.C. Cadre:-
M.C.,
Lieut N. V. Halward, granted leave as from 10th May to 31st December, 1935.
No: 2010, Liaison Ofeer J. H. Jessen, granted leave as" from 20th
quarters on Monday, 6th May, 1935 April to 31st December, 1935.
at 10.00 a.m.
No. 1975, Private J. J. C. Bollard, Dress-Review Order. as detail-granted leave as from 1st April to ed. Belts and Rifle Slings will be 31st December, 1935.
drawn from the Miniature, Range: before parade.
'VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS
The Drill Halland.Lecture Room will not be available from. 8. a.m. Friday 3rd May until Mid-day, Tuesday, 7th May.
GENERAL HOLIDAY Volunteer Headquarters will be closed on Monday, 6th May, 1935.
PARADE
Corps Engineers
There will be no Miniature Range On Monday, 6th instant:
6 p.m.
Thursday, 8th May D. L. Train- g at Belcher's Fort at Dress:--Overalls.
· Carps Signals ... Parade at Corps Headquarters at 6.30 pm. on Tuesday, 7th May and Thursday, 9th May, 1935. Corps Machine Gun Battalion:--
Signal Unit
STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH
Left The Colony. No. 2076, Pte. F. E. W. Lammert, Troop, as from 30th April, 1935.. STRENGTH
No. 2349, Gunner, D. G. Kozikla, Ist Battery, 2.5.35.
No. 2350, Signaller, M. A. Wahab Corps Signals, 2.5.35.
Butcher, M. G. Battalion (M. G. No. 2351, Trooper, A. H. R
Troop); 2.6.35..
No. 2348, Private, E. J. E. Holm- wood, M. G. Battalion, (No.-1 Com pany), 27.435.
(Sgd.) PB, M. WILKINSON, Adjutani, H.K.V.D. Corps.
Captain,
AFFILIATED UNITS Nursing Detachment, H.K.V.D.C.
LECTURE:-
Owing to Monday, 6th May, 1935 being a General Holiday, there will
be no lecture in First Aid on that
Wednesday, 8th May-There will day, "Be a parade as usual. •
Signallers Sloan and Carr will. return their Revolvers at once,
Troop
All ranks are reminded that they must fire their Rifle and Machine ∙Gun Courses on Sunday, 5th May,
1936. (Repeated).
Launch will leave Queen's Pier, at 7.30 am. E
Armoured Car· Section There will be no parade on Tues- day, 7th May, 1935,
Motor Cycle (MG.) Section
All ranks are reminded that Phase II will be fired at Kennedy RoadRange sin the following
·dales:~~~
(Sgd.) M. M. MELLOR.
Nursing Detachment, II.K.V.D.C.
AFTER ORDERS Troop
Acting Commandant,
Monday, 6th May:
Guard of Honour.
Tuesday, 7th May:-
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1935
While farmers in the upper Mississippi, valley were recently awept by devastating dust storms which scooped off the precious tupsoll and piled it up as shown in this photograph taken in Kan- sas (top), farmers in the lower Missisippi were prevented by state guardsmen (below) from dynamiting levees to release the flood waters from their lands.
LOCAL JUBILEE
Revised Programme Announced
CELEBRATIONS
ment
House back gate," passer through Albert Road; from Albert Road turns to Wyndham Street and; CHINESE PROCESSION ROUTES wood Road to Queen's Road; from enters -Hollywood Read: from Holly
Queen's Road to Queen's Street; For above parades vide Corps table of the Hong Kong Jubilee Strand West to East; from Bonham The following is the revised time from Queen's Street to Bonham: Orders.
Celebrations and gives the routes of Strand East to Queen's Road and to the Chinese Processions.
Cricket Ground; from Cricket | MONDAY To About & p.m. Chinese Road; along Des Voeux Road and Ground passes through Des Voeux Procession:-
through West Market; from Weat Starting from Belcher Street at Market turns to Connaught Road
1
Parade at Volunteer Headquar
ters at 5.30 p.m. for M. G. Com-11a.m. petition Team.
Tuesday, 14th May:--
Road.
M. G. Competition at Kennedy Kennedy Town to Queen's Road and up to Macao Steamship Whart; West; along Queen's Road to the from Macdo Steamship Wharf turns No. 1 (MG) Company Wanchal Market; then to Wanchal to Des Voeux Road, passing through Parade also on Thursday, 9th Road and passing the back of the the Bund: from the Bund to Bel- A Team-Monday, 13th May May for Machine Gun Competition. (old) No. 2 Police Station, to Mor-cher Street; from Bekber Street to
RIFLE MEETING
rlson Hill Road; then to Leighton Smithfield Road; from Smithfield) B Team-Wednesday, 18th May take place on Tuesday, 28th May, Station; then to Caroline Hill Ronding Point).
The presentation of prizes will Hill Road, pussing No. 1 Police Road to Catchick Street (the end-
1936.
1930.
;
No. 2 (Scottish) Company Thursday, 9th May-Parade at 'Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction.
LECTURE
Major T. F. Kennedy, O.B.E.. M.B., R.A.M.C., will lecture to the
1935. (Provisional).
TILE COMPETITION
ATTACK COMPETITION
¡dispersed.
TUESDAY
No. 1 (M.G.) Company
The prize-winners are as
and the Tramway Station, Cause Those detailed will parade on
WEDNESDAY: fol-way. Bay then turning to the West 11 a.m. Chinese Procession To Take lowa:- Tuesday, 7th May at Corps Head-
to Yee Wo Street, asd passing the quarters at 5.15 p.m. for 1. A. tests. Hight. Half, No. 1 (MG) ComArsenal Street; then to Queen's then along the Tramway to the To
BLAKE SHIELD
The Following Routes:~~~ Lee Garden, to Hennessy Road and Starting from Belcher Street, Parade on Friday, 10th May,pany (Lieut. Richards), C. S. M. Road to the old City Hall; then to Yuen Restaurant then Connaught when those detailed will fire the Urquhart, L/Sergt. Tetley Ftc. Des Voeux Road; then passing the Road West to Wing Lok Wharf: competition at Kennedy Road
Eastman. Range. Remainder will practice I.
side of the Empress Hotel to the then to Queen's Street; then to A. Recruits under Régular Instruc-
FRANCIS CUP
Praya at Wing Lok Wharf, and Queen's Rond; then turning to the Left Half, No. 1 (M. .) Company then along the Praya to Catchick West, to the Chinese Recreation] tors.
-L/Sergt. Holmes, Cpl. Woodman, Street, where the procession will be Ground; then L/Cpl. Wood, Pte. Dyer.
along Hollywood Road to the Central Police Head Right Half, Corps Infantry-Cap-11 a.m. Chinese Procession
quarters; then to Wyndham Street; tain Jarvis, M. C., Lieut. Silva, Starting from Belcher Street at pany down Ice House Street; then then passing the Daily Farm Com Lieut. Sequeira, Sergt. Baleros..
Kennedy Town, to Queen's Road along, Queen's Road Central to the Left Half, No. 1 (M.G.) Com-Yuen Restaurant; then to
West; then to Hill Road to the To Cricket Ground; then to Murray Medical Section (all ranks) at Yo-pany-L/Sergt. Holmes, Cpl. Wood-Voeux Road West; then to Bonham Praya to Wing Lok Wharf, passing Des Road to the Praya then along the lunteer Headquarters on Thursday man, L/Cpl. Wood, Pte. Dyer. 9th May, 1935 at 15.30 p.m. on CORPS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Strand West and Bonham Strand Butterfield and Swire, the Secre "Medical Services in the" Field." -Sergt. Ribeiro, (Corps In-then along Queen's Road to the Chinese General Chamber of Com East; then to Queen's Road; tariat for Chinese Affairs, the All ranks are requested to attend. fantry).
KENNEDY ROAD RANGE
2-Lieut. Sequeira, (Corps In-Street; then to Wellington Street: then from Wing Lok Wharf to Wing Queen's Theatre; then to d'Aguilar merce and the Western Market;
then along. Wellington Street to the Lok Street; then to Des Silva, (Corps
In Ho Tung Building; then to Queen's Road Central and via Queen Vic OFFICERS CUP
Read Central, and along Queen's toria Street, to Queen's Road Can Road Central and Queen's West to tral; then to Jervois Street and vía Sequeira, (Corps Jn-the No. 7 Police Station; then to Morrison Street on the side of Pokfulam Road; then passing the Western Market to Queen's Road; |Hong Kong University to Bonham and then along Queen's Road back and Caine Road; then (at to Kennedy Town; the procession about 4.30 p.m.) to Government will then be dispersed in Catchick House, entering it at its main en-Street.
ALLOTMENT-
No. 1, (M.G.) Company Thursday, 9th May, 1936.
fantry),
2.-Lieut. fantry).
Lieut.
Motor Cycle (M.G.) Section,
[fantry).
Friday, 10th May, 1935. Thursday, 16th May, 1935.
M. G. Competition:--
A Team-Monday, 13th May.
1985.
B Team-Wednesday, 15th May, *1936,
M. G. Troop:--
Tuesday, 14th. May, 1935.
Duties:-0.C., Machine Guz. Bat-Company). 'talion will provide Judges for the Machine
:
Revised Bus Time Table
TUESDAY
Voeux
TYRO COMPETITION Private Dyer, (No; 1 MG.) Com-Road {pany).
MUSKETRY COMPETITION 1-L/Sergt. Tetley, (No. 1 M.G. trance and leaving it by its side p.m. Chicae Lantern Procession Company).
entrance in Albert Road; then 2-L/Cpl. Wood, (No. 1 M.G. passing the Colonial Secretary's
Which Will Take The Following Routes: Office. down Garden Road; then From the starting place at Weat 3-L/Cpl. Johnson, (Engineer passing the Cricket Ground to Point, Catchick Street turns to the Gun Competition at Company). Kennedy Road Range as follows:--
Murray Road to Chater Road; Bund; from the Bund to Des Voeux No. 1 (M.G.) Company, May, 9th. Committee of the Rifle Meeting at the Queen's Bistue to the Praya:Western Street to Queen's Road; There will be a meeting of the then passing Supreme Court and Road West; from Des Voeux Road “10th and 16th.
West Volunteer. Headquarters on Thurs-then along the Praya to Wing Lok
to Western Street; from Motor Cycle (M.G.), Section, May, day, 9th May at 5.30 p.ra.
Wharf; then to Des Voeux Road from Queen's Road to Wellington West and along the Tramway to Street; from Wellington Street to Catchick Street where the proces-d'Aguilar Street; from d'Aguilar stor will break up.
Street to Queen's Road passing Gap Road; from Gap Road to Leighton In connection with the celebra and Felix Villas) will be shortened
7 pm. Chinese Lantern procession Road; from Leigaton Hill tions of the Silver Jubilee the fol- by the distance between Blake Pler
Which Will Take The Following Fercival. Street to Hennessy Road: Road to Percival Strest; from lowing changes have been made in and the University. Route No. 6 From the starting point at West Street: from Arsenal Street to from Hennessy Road to Arsenal bus routes on the island.
(between Blake Pier and Repulse Point, Catchick Street starts; to Queen's Road; from Queen's Road Bay) will be shortened by the dis-Smithfield Road; from Smithfield to Cricket Ground along Murray The China Motorbus announces that on the days con- Stubbs Road (Lingnam School); cher Street to Queen's Road and up naught Road up to the Sun Com Company tance between Blake Pler and Road to Belcher Street; From Bel-Road; from Murray Road to Con- cerned when the procession reaches when the procession reaches Queen's to No. 7 Police Station; from No.pany: from the Sun Company Queen's Road West and Pokfulam Road East and Gap Road. Road, route No. 7 (between the All other routes will be shortened Pokfulam Road and turns to Hong from Wing Lok Street to Connaught
7 Police Station passes through| Yaumati Ferry Wharf and the or diverted according the circum- Kong University: from Hong Kong Road and along the tramwayto passes through Wing Lok Street: University) will be curtailed by the stances which may arise on the University passes through Benlar Catchick Street (the ending point). distance between Aberdeen and the occasion. University.
Road; from Bonham Road passes When the procession reaches next buses on routes Nos. 1 and 5 Read passes Upper Albert before far as possible, being on the pro On Wednesday and Thursday through Caine Road; from Calne
WARNING TO MOTORISTS Bonham Road and Cafne Road, will run up to 3 o'clock the follow-Government House front gate (at cession route while the procession Motorists are warned to sveld, as route No, SA (between Black Pler fng mornings./
about 9.15, p.m.); around Govern- la passing,
Route:
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