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COLLECTORS

By A. E. L

THE last mail brought us the Jinga Bridge; 10 Cranes;.. Tadvance programine of the Palm Trees.

Third laternational Philetelic Ex- hibition to be held in New York) from May 9 to May 17. 1936, in the Grand Central 'Palace.

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Interesting Unofficial Issue?

In 1954. HMS. Milford, under the command of Captain HC This will be the third interna-Phillips and flying the flag of Vice tional exhibition of stamps in the Admiral E R. G. Eras. C.B. United States and the display will D.S.O., of war-time fame, made, a occupy the entire frst three doors Voyage from the Cape towarth, the of the Grand Central Palace, and Antarctiċa During what turned! every effort will be raade to make out to be an adventurous trip, 2] It the most important exhibition of call was made at

the Norwegian possession cf. Bouvet Island which! stamps that has ever been beld.

President Roosevelt, who is him-20 British warship had ever visit- self a keen stamp collector.hased before. The Norwegian Consul consented in be. Hozorary Patronat Cape Town gave authority to and is expected to visit the Exhi-overprint some Norvegian stamps with the word "EOUVETOYA” The Honorary President is Mr.while in Norwegian waters.

(island) and to dispatch a mail Charles Lathrop Pack, well known this was done. 5. 7. 10. 20 and 30 and throughout the world for his first- class work as a philatelic students quantities ranging from 100 of the ore stamps were overprinted. the

ranthority for overprinting was

7 ore to 999 of the 10 ore.

As 10

given by the Norwegian Past Offee, this can hardly be regarded; as an official issue, but it is of dis- tinct interest as it may be rezard-l ed as in a sense a Norwegian issue made by British hands.

bition in person.

and the Honorary Vice-Presidents are Col. E, H. R. Green and John N, Laf.

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The special Czechoslovakian miniature-National Anthem stamp sheets are now obsolete. They went off sale without warning and as there has been quite a large de

"THE CHINA MALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1935

Maurice Chevalier is shown. here in one of the scènes of 20th. Century's "Foles

Bergere" which is coming to the King"> Theatre next Friday.

SECRET GIFT TO RAF

DEFENCE CORPS HK. VOLUNTEER

ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK

STRUCK OFF THE

*STRENGITY. Permitted To Resign By Eciency Board:

No. 166, Private B. G. Clark,

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Orders by Lieut-Colonel H.Armoured Car Section, as from

[B_L.Dowbiggin. O.EE Cominan dant Hong Kong Volunteer De fence Corps.

Hong Kong. Friday, 2nd August, 1935.

GENERAL ORGANIZATION The Reserve Company has been reorganised into the follow- ing Categories with effect from 1st July, 1933. ...

UNIT RESERVE SECTION Members are attached to their former unit for all purposes andļ

fwill

2nd August, 1935

Completed Three Years Service

No. 1879, Private C. B. Dalzieł. [Ng. 1 (LG) Company, as from

30th July, 1995.

STRENGTH

ro 2009, Siga Der. Di 6. Thi Mellon, M. G. Battalion, 287.55.

No. 370, Private. A A. Brem ner, M. G. Battalion (No. 2 (Scot tish) Cor. 30.7.35.

(Sig.) P. S. M. WILKINSON. Captain, Adjutant, H.KV.D. Corps.

NOTICE

wear the uniform of the HEV DC. Year Book 1935-1936 parent unit. The Section is ad-

Unit Commanders are reminded ministered by DC the parent that all MSS relating to their res- unit under Volunteer Ordinance pective Units must be in the No. 10 of 1933, First Appendix,hands of the Editorial Committee paragraph 6

by the 10th August at the latest

All resettes issued to officials; of the Swimming Sports on Satur day, 27th July will be returned

RESERVE COMPANY

Section "A"

Commanded and administeret to CSM Padgett at Volunteer!

by O. C. Reserve Company under Headquartes as soon as possible Volunteer Ordinance No. 10 1933, First Appendix, paragraph 6.

of

HEADQUARTER OFFICES This Section is composed of ex-

Headquarter Offices will be volunteers who wish to remain closed on Monday, 5th Augusty

with the Corpa and carry out the 1935 (General Holiday). prescribed programme of train-

ox but have not enrolled in (a): labove..

Section "B

Administered by Adjutant. HAV.D.C Composed; of. Ex- ¡volunteers who are not enrolled in either (a) or (b) (i) above and residents. who have previous Service training.

VAST FORTUNES IN

THE AIR

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A very strong Executive Command for this quaint issue. There Col. Lawrence's Interest The Section will not be called he found. made the engine run

mittee has been established under is likely to be some shortage.

the presidency of Mr. A. F. Lichtenstein and. with the ex- pertence gained in the het New

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In Education

“REVOLT IN THE DÉSERT” PROFITS DONATED

London

upon for training in peace.

PARADE

Arms

better, aided streamlining. 100 per cent, enabled an aeroplane Hans Andersen Commemoration

to have a bonnet like a car. The Danish Post Office is zow!

That idea sealed success for York exhibition which was held in preparing the new issues, which

Corps Engineers 1926, I have no doubt that this ex-will depict Iceland scenery and will

Thursday, 8th August 1935-Major Frank Halford. Parade at Whitfield Barracks at Look at 50-year-old Juan de hibition will fall, the highest be ready in a few months.

545 pm Overall should be worn?- la Charva. He had ideas about wishes of its promoters.

Another series will also be ex-

It was revealed recently that!

aeroplanes- He thought they: Corps Signals xraved for tourist propaganda ithe donor of the Anonymous

Education Fund for the Chil- Parade at Volunteer Headquar-not on a fixed wing but on a would be far better if they flew commemoration of the first jubilee in May, of Hans Christian Ander-dren of Officers of the Royal ters at 5:30 pm on:- I have been reading in the Aussen, author of "The Ice Maiden"

Air Force, which since 1928 has Tuesday-6.5.35 for. Signal In-windmill fitted above the fusel rotating wing- a rotor like a trelian Stamp Journal that there is and other charming fairy tale late Mr. T.E. Shaw-Lawrence

jexpended nearly £4.000, was the struction just the possibility that

the This series will be in six pictures of Arabia.

Lage Thursday 8.8.35 for Methodist Centenary celebrations, three for international use.

He built one and called it an to be held in Fiji. next October,

and

"autogiro." Nobody took it Motor Machine Gun Section very seriously. The will be honoured by a stamp issue.

Section will parade on Tues-world looked upon it as an in- fying day, 6th August 1935 at Volin-teresting freak. He found little. teer Headquarters at 5:30 pm. jencouragement.

Subject--Driving practice. But Cierva' persisted. He re Idesigned and improved his first plane. He built model after model until he found perfection Nowadays giroplanes are as common a sight as any other plane. They are easier to fy than orthodox machines.

three for Denmark only.

Drill

The fund was financed by the. money received from the publi- 'cation of Lawrence's book,

These celebrations will comtnežno- "A portrait of the bor-king Peter-Revolt in the Desert."

rate the landing at Takamin

Rev. David Carvill and Rev. Wil-two new issues of stamps to be on of Jugoslavia will be on one of the liam Cross on October 12, 1835.

Another of the elaborate new colonial pictorial issues. has ap peared fo. the Cayman Islands in 12 denominations. They are of karze size, and steel-plate produc- tions. The subjects depicted are a map, a cat-boat, booby birds, coach shells and palms, and turtles. The King's head in profile in a crowned medallion, is also shown on each stamp.

sale at Belgrade later this year

Letter To Press

AIR ARM Flight Cadet (Hon. Lieus)

The decision to make this fact known was reached at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Air Force Benevolent F. Wright Air Arm Reserve until Fund in London recently. at 31st December, 1935. which Viscount Wakefield pre- sided.

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In a letter to the Press last night Lord Wakefield said:

The

RANGE FINDING CLASS The Class composed of Troop PAF. has formed a squadron Armoured Car Section and Moter of them

Mr. T. E. Shaw allowed him- Machine Gun Section will parade! Aircraft manufacturers of self no share in the financial at Volunteer Headquarters at 5,15 every nationality have paid success of his book Revolt în p.m. on Tuesday, 6th

August hundreds of thousands the Desert," and 15,000 re-, 1935.

of The second series, which will beceived from this source was in-

pounds for manufacturing in circulation for a short time, is vested so as

A Course in Range Finding rights. In a short time now Some delicate adjustments have a new issue bearing the head of educational fund for the benefit Corps Infantry will assemble at car will be able to afford a giro- to establish an composed of ten ranks of the many people who run a small been necessary in preparing one the late King Alexander.

of children of officers of the Volunteer Headquarters at 325 plane-and use their back gar

p.m. on Tuesday. 6th August, dens as airdromes. and continue every Tuesday un- til 3rd September 1935 sive).

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PROGRESS!

(inclu

Soundproof Plane The air brought a fortune to Louis Rumbold. He

was 2

1935

set of pictorial stamps for a com- It is to be on sale on October 9. Boyal Air Force. bined issue for Kenya, Uganda, and the anniversary of his death Tanganyika. The inscriptions in the frame designs present permu- The 10 c. on 15 e scarlet and tations in the sequence of the three yellow-green Swiss air provisional. "During 1934 alone the fund names, but what are philatelists is already obsolete. "This call them? The scenes and sub-surprising as we read in L'Union wards the education of 42 chil-

is not was able to provide. £795 - INTER COMPANT TRANSFER manufacturer of upholstery for jects are also nicely balanced be Postale that the issue was only dren, the majority of whom are No. 2 (Scottish) Company with of fashion, his business was tween the three territories. They 230,000.

are, in addition to the King's head

on each stamp: 1 cent, Crates: 5,

cents, A dhow on Lake Victoria:

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Egyptian Jubilee's

fatherless through service to their country.

As coaches were out

From No. 1 (MG) Company to Coaches. effect from 2nd August, 1935 rather slack

No. 2116, L/Corporal W. K. Bo-!

Rumbold had plenty of time "The name of the donor of binson and reverts to Private: „

to think. And when they start- The 1 pi. letter seal for the Bri-this gift of incalculable value 10 cents. Palm trees and lion; 15 tish Forces in

No. 2252, Private. I. S. Forbes led building light cabin zero- rents. Mt. Kilimanjaro: 20 cents, printed in blue, was overprinted in Now my Council desires me, to Egypt, specially has always been kept a secret

planes Rumbold went to the Crames:-30 cents, Jinga Bridge; 30 red. "Jubilee Commemoration 1935"make public the above facts,

RETURN FROM LEAVE

builders and told them he could cente Mit Kenya and aeroplane; for the Silver Jubilee. We under-land to say that în * Lake Naivasha; 25. Mt. Kilstand that the total printing was memory the Anonymous Educa-21st July, 1935.

grateful manjaro: Es., Lake Naivasha; 58, only 27,000 and that a maximum of tion Fund will henceforward be ten copies was allowed each man, known as the Lawrence of As there are about 10,000 British Arabia Educational Fund!” troops in Egypt the stamps. only lasted two or three days and are zow quite difficult to obtain The next colour for the ordinary seal

CHURCHESE

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

will. Le carmine...

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As many as 12,000,000 copies were printed of the French "Nor- [Branch of The Mother Church. įmandie" stamp. The First Church of Scientist, în Boston, USA]

Carist, Letters posted on board the 8.5. Mass, Normandie on her first Atlantie

Macdonnell Road, Below Bowent Road Tram Station. Sunday Service 1115 a.m Subject: LOVE, L

The Sunday school is held on Sunday Morning at 10 d'clock Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6] pm Beading Boom at above ad- dress open Tuesday and Friday.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S

“SPENDINGS” $4.25 Out Of $1,250 A Week

LEAVE. OFFICERS

No. 2049, Acting Pipe Major, J.o the interior decoration of

them A. Riach returned from leave onj

Then the boom worked up. Rumbold had as many orders as he could manage. He went further and found the lightest metal known electron. He to built his seat frames with it ¡He searched for a means of sound-proofing aeroplane cabins

and found it

Captain E. G. Stewart, No, OLG.) Company as from 18:35

14.8.25.

from 28.35 to 20.8.35.

Lieat E M. K., Mead, Troop, az

ī

16.-9.35

OTHER BANKS :-

It is due to Rumbold that | passengers in a modern aero

No. 2095, Gunner E E. Brasier- plane can converse in ordinary Creagh, MC. as from 9.8.35 to tones. 8-10.35.

At 33 John Stieger, of General No. 1990, Sapper D., Orr, Corps Aircraft, is managing director trip are postmarked "Le Havre AOut of the $1.250 Shirley

Hollywood, Calif Engineer, a3 from 307.35 to of his large and important com New York 29 Mai 25", and have Temple receives a week, the

pany. He owes his position to No. 1779, CQMS, B. F. West- his discovery of the monospar the additional wording " Nor highest salary ever paid a child lake, Armoured Car Section, as System of aircraft const mandie' voyage inaugural. Havre--29 Mai 35,”

star, she receives but $4.25 to from 28.35 to 22.835. Ispend herself, she disclosed re- jcently.

QUEEN OF SMOKERS"

Paris

Of this sum she places $150) a week in her toy bank.

Here is how she spent her $425 one week last month

Candy, 25 cents and she is

MATCH FACTORY EXPLOSION

Ten people woz

Mile Denise Leboisellier, a 21-not permitted to spend more factory

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The monospar system makes aeroplanes, as easy to motor cars. At pre most reliable twin anced under this in the country is

match of t

won the Kings Ci

Marseilles

Marseilles

19 am to 12 noon, Monday and year-old brunette, the new, than this for sweets-fruit, 40 jured when large

aday, 5:30 to 7 pm The "queen"-sof smokers. She has cents, soda pop, 15 cents; box phosphorus were set on ie is cordially invited to at just been elected to that position of paints, 75, dog collar, 95, and

tead the serpit and visit the by the National League for the 25 for the Sunday school collec

protection of

tion

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