"Perhaps I'm hard to please
When I was younger
I didn't much care what I ate or drank or smoked. But nowadays I take my pleas- ures, not sadly but seriously. I suppose you
would call me faddy. I hate to be put off with second- best, no matter what it is..I won't eat a peach unless it is English. If I order caviare it must be Beluga.
While I can obtain a whisky as soft
and smooth as a fine liqueur,
KING'S
THE CHINA MAIL, JUN
BIRTH
new form looks an while the men do quite so bunched past was carried: 'sion.
Colourful Ceremonial Of Milit Heavy Downpour Fails To Mar
Display
A different piper as the 5/6 Rajpu 1st Battalion Kum ed past in close their rifles at the
The march past detachments from
FLAG CE
Despite a torrential downpour of rain just as His
Excellency the Governor arrived, the King's column of troops; Birthday Parade was held at Happy Valley this in line; and the I morning in the successful manner which has teer Defence Corp almost become traditional. Although the heavy The parade the rain made the khaki uniforms of the troops whereupon the ( even more drab than usual, the parade actual-panied by the sen ly lost very little of its colourfulness and the services, stepped lack of sun made it gratifyingly cool.
a position facing, t which a Union J
You see what I mean about whisky. A large crowd, as usual turned out, their numbers ing The Jack was
being reinforced this year by a large detach- the Royal Standar ment of American naval officers and sailors, up. the latter arriving in two big buses. Another colourful touch was provided by the pupils of St. Louis Industrial School, with their black berets, blue shirts and black trousers, who fill- ed one corner of the grandstand.
why on earth should I be put off with anything less than White Horse? I
admit that perhaps I am hard to please but take it from me, it pays."
WHITE HORSE
WHISKY
You can tell it blindfold!
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DRINK
EWO PILSNER
At
The "Gloucester Hotel"
7.50
THE MARCH PAST
The parade was drawn up before den past, the Major-General joined the saluting-base by 7.30 a.m. At the Governor and other officers on
a.m., Major-General A. E. the saluting base. Grasett, General Officer Command- ing the British Troops in China, ar- rived on his charger, accompanied by three staff officers, to take com- mand of the parade.
The Parade Co General Grasett, Salute, the first tional Anthem, th being broken to s of His Majesty t word of comman
vanced in Review ten feet, halted lute was given on The Parade -...
As the Royal Navy, in close co-called for three c lumn of platoons, swung past in al-jesty the King, an most perfect lines, the band broke with a will by the into "Hearts of Oak,” continuing to fof, hundreds of v RUN FOR SHELTER
play this as the diminutive Chinese unison re-echoing Punctually at 8 o'clock, as the members of the Hong Kong Naval stands and throu heavy downpour started and those Volunteer Force marched past in Happy Valley. out in the open without raincoats line.
The Royal Sta or umbrellas hurried for shelter, Then back to "The British Gren-hauled down slo
as ar- adiers" His Excellency the Governor
the troops marched Anthem being pl rived, with a large motor-cycle es past. First came the 8th Heavy time, to signify cort provided by the Hong Kong Regiment, Royal Artillery, in bri- the King from t Volunteer Defence Corps. As rain gade quarter column, closely fol. At the far e poured down, through the lowered lowed by the 5th A. A. Regiment, course, the m roof of the...car, he drove slowly Royal Artillery, also in
brigade ed into life. round to the saluting platform,quarter column. where he alighted.
the field with the car.
·
escorted the
Gov
These were followed by the Hong back to the g With crackling exhausts, the Kong Regiment, H.K.S.R.A. (moun-appropriate hond motor-cycle detachment-with the tain batteries) in line of battery Salute — were a exception of one recalcitrant ma-columns, and the Hong Kong Regi-lency the chine-drove off to the far end of ment, H.K.S.R.A. (medium batter- mander-in-Chief ies) in brigade quarter column, Parade Ground, The massed bands then marched and the Fortress Royal Engineers, the troops march forward and took up position in in close column of sections.
and dismissed. front of the saluting base and the Without a moment's hesitation,
Many of the march past began to the stirring the pipers took over from the band expressed admir notes of "The British Grenadiers," as, in close column, the 2nd Batta- sion of the p under the baton of Bandmaster H.lion The Royal Scots marched past without word Jordan, of the 2nd Battalion The They were followed by the 1st Bat-secret lay in th Royal Scots.
talion The Middlesex Regiment.
two officer and At the head of the parade, pre-
NEW ORDER
below the race ceded by his three staff-officers, In the case of these two regiments bugler on the p rode Major-General Grasett, the Hong Kong had its first official view- A note was hi plume attached below his horse's ing of the new order of marching, and immediately chin bobbing and waving merrily by threes instead of the old beneath the cloc in the rain. As soon as he had rid-'fours. It cannot be denied that the The keen eye o
Bringing Up Father
YOU HEARD ME-YOU ARE GOING RIGHT UP TO CALL: ON GR VÒN PLATTER-HE'S HOME
-I JUST SPOKE. TO HIS DOCTOR
LL RIGHT--I'LL GO-MAY BE HE
WILL GET DELIRIOUS AND SAY SOMETHIN': INTELLIGENT-'
IF HE'S CALIGHT A
COLD IN HIS HEAD-IT'S GOING
TO HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO ROAM AROUND-
SIR VON PLATTER IS IN THE PARLOR- SIR-TO SEE YOU-:
HE'S HERE?
Copr. 1939, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved.
I THOUGH YOU WE!
ILL-YO
DOCTOR
YOU WU
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