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THE CHINA 'MAIL, MARCH 15, 1941.

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

Orders by Colonel H, B. Rose, M.C., Commandant, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps:

1. Recruits' Medical Examination

Fri. Mar. 21, H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Or-| derly Medical Officer-Lieut. A. M. Rodrigues.

EFFICIENCY MEDAL Extract from Government Ga- zette No. 19 dated 7.3.41.

S.P.Rs. must be returned on this, nets and S.B.RS. to be returned ! date,

to Stores, Fri. 21st Mar. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. (1) NO. 5 COMPANY Weapon training.

Sat. 15th Mar. All rifles, bayonets ard S.B.Rs, must be returned be-

(1) NO. 2 COMPANY

Tucs. 18th Mar. Kowloon Dock.fore 1 p.m. 5.30 p.m. No. 6 Platoon. L.G. in- struction,

Mon. 17th Mar. No parade. Tues, 18th Mar. No parade. ()) NO. & COMPANY

Fri. 21st Mar. II.Q. 8.30 a.m., Dress as before.

(k) NO. 7 COMPANY

Wed, 19th Mar. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. No. 7 Platoon. L.G. instruction. "No. 284—In accordance with į Fri. 21st Mar. Company Parade. regulation 8 of the Regulations as H K. Residents. H.Q. 7.45 a.m. to grant, forfeiture, restoration | Kowloon Resi lents. Kowloon and other matters concerning the Residents. Kowloon Railway Stanets and S.B.Rs. to be handed in Efficiency Medal in regard to the tion. 8.20 a.m. Dress Battle or- Hong Kong Volunteer Defence der.

Corps published as Notification] (g) NO. 3 COMPANY

No 579 in the Gazette of 2nd Au- gust. 1935, His Excellency the Of fiver Administering the Govern· ment has been pleased to author ise the following awards

Efficiency Medal

Private William: Campbell Td- lery 4th March, 1941 "

4. PARADES

(a) CORPS ARTILLERY

1. INSPECTION

The GOC will

Artillery

inspect Cops Parade

Murray

Ground on Sat 22.3 41 Batterie.

will fall 1 at 215 pm

A full dress

rehearsal parade

will take pitce on Wed 193-41 at

5 pm

Dress

S.D cap. jacket.

trousers, btots, web belt

parades unitys exemption. has

beent obtaued in writing Raftery Commanders,

Hi, 1ST. BATEERY

Mon 17th Mar. Training as per Cempany programme.

Tears, 20th Mar, Training as per; Company prograrime. (h) NO. 4 COMPANY

Sat

Sot 15th Mar. All rifles, bayo-

te Stores.

(IĮ ARMY SERVICE CORPS

COMPANY

Sun, 16th-Sat, 22nd Mor, Trans- port and Supplies weekly duties as detailed Dress as usual.

Pues. 18th Mar. HQ. 5.30 p.m Those detailed. L.G. instruction

15th Mar. All rifles, bavo- class

SMITH--THE LIFE SAVER

(By A Special Correspondent)

BELCHING SMOKE from her one funnel, a lit-

All Rais mtr attend both the grey ship sailed up the river into a West Country from port. Down her gangway ran a stockily-built, curly- headed young man bent on one thing only-getting Well 19th Mar GOC's inspec. | home in time to eat late dinner with his wife.

His name was Smith. He was a Welshman bred in Swansea who went to sea at the age of fifteen. He looked like an every-day young man. wasn't.

tion. See Corps Arblory Orders

above.

Sat 22nd Mar G00% inspre trop Ser Corps Artufery Order

II. 2ND BATTERY Mon. Lath Mar SI John' Place 5.30 pm All Sections Raftery practice for GOC%. In. spection.

Wed 19th Mar See Corps Arti. lery Orders above.

Sat 22nd Mar. See Corps Artil- dery Orders above

iv. 3RD BATTERY

Thurs 30th Mar HQ 830 R Specialists as detailed for Aber- deen Dress as instal

Thurs 20th Mar. HQ RemandeT of above usual.

215 pm

Dress is

School

Fri 21st Mar. DEL 5:30 pm DEL personnel En- gine framing Dress - Overalls

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There were no bends pl: ying, no ships, I carry one red carpt, no recepta n. 10

self-defenen “ dale waiting on m But there

Tould have been

was Can-

For the young min Fun Sidney Glyn South, thiety. thyde, and the ship he had brought home was the Cilon estes City of

3071 tons

He admitted with a modest grin that he and his ship had saved the lives of 135 men in just over Four months-not a bad record for one of the young. est captains in the merchant navy.

Thurs. 20th Mar. H. Q. 5.30 p.m. Company parade. Dress-Overalls and S.D. caps. L.G. revision (Those detailed). Arms drill revision (Those detailed). Arms drill re- vision (Those detailed).

Fri. 21st Mar., No. 7 Hut. 7.45 p.m. Company Dinner. Blue patrols or K.D. jacket and trousers. Web belt and S.D. cap.

Sun. 23rd Mar. All day exer- cise. Detail will be published in next week's orders.

(6) FIELD AMBULANCE

Wed. 19th Mar. H.Q. 9 am-5 pm. Dress--Jacket, trousers, belt, black boots, S.D. cap. Greateval or cardigan optional. (n) PAY SECTION

Fri, 21st Mar. Dress-Mufti,

HQ 230 pm.

(0) FORTRESS SIGNAL

COMPANY

Wed. 19th Mar. Exchange Building 2.30 p.m. Manning train- ing as detailed.

5. TRANSFERS Pte. R. D. Gillespie, from No

· HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up...$20,000,000 Reserve Funds:

Sterling

.$50,000.000

.€ 0,500,000 Hong Kong Currency. Re-

scrve

.$10,000,000 Reserve Liability of PTO-

prietors

.$20,000,00

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman.

W. H. Lock, Esq., Deputy Chairman.

I. R. Bousfeld, Esq.. U. Miskin, Esq.. A. H. Compton, Esq.. R. 8. Morrison, Beq.

. J. Davies finq. Hon. Me. T. E. Poros, flon, Mr. 8. 1. Dod Hou, Mr. A. L. Shields, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn

Chief Manager.

BRANCHES:-

Amay Bangkok Batavia lenita Bombay

Ipob Jobora Kobe

Conton Chefoo

Colombo Daire

Foo bow Haaphong

Hallow

flarbia

2 Coy, to Unit Res. 83.41.

R. Woodcraft. from: No. 1 Coy. Res. to Corps H. Q. Res, lotio 13.3.41.

Gor G. L Porter. from A.A. Bty. to Corps ' Q.

13.3.41.

5th Res,

6. STRENGTH-DECREASE Pte. Fateh Mohamed. Sp. Gd. Cov. 63.41

Pie. E. R. Agabeg. A SC. Coy, 19 1 41

7. STRENGTH-INCREASE Gnr J. C. A Gundesen, 2nd Pty. 6341.

Pte. A Porter, Corps H. Res. 13 3.41.

Q

But he

8. APPOINTMENTS L/Cpl HI Wooley Coln to be Pte. date 13341

Pte. ('. Champelovier. Cofn, to be 1/Cpl. 13341.

At his own request.

Mob

Bob

EN Thurshey, Cana

Adjutant. H.KV DC.

small gun for

The Captain stopped talking He hard a swift mental vision of hits wide waiting patiently at hony He past une accusing glance at me" for detioning him and, for the first time this lite, turned and

tivel

HAIR ALMOST COST

HER LIIFE

"We were in mud-Allantic, 500

Pide in her hair nearly cust miles from land, when we received | the life on Tren, Atwell. a young Wed. 19th Mar G Q C's. Inspec-an SOS from two merchant ships factory worker, of Garver Road, tion. See Corps Artillery Orders saying that a convoy was being Walthamstow, London. F.

attacked." varid Second-Officer Godfrey Harrison, and we picked any ninety-two survivors. Before that we had saved forty-three

above

Sat. 22nd Mar, GO.C's Inspec- tion. See Corps Artillery Orders above

v. 4TH. BATTERY

men

68, He Wouldn't Die

Captain Smith gave all

Tues, 18th Mar. H.Q. 2.30 p.ra. All Sections. General Battery drill and instruction. Dress-S.D. cap. jacket, trousers, boots, great- coat (if necessary) and web belteredil for the rescues to the officer; only.

Wed. 19th Mar G.O C's. In- spection. See Corps Artillery Or- ders above.

and men.

the

"The spirit of the nien we pick ed up was amazing. Many of their Sat. 22nd Mar G.Q.C's. Iusper-comrades were missing and they tion. See Corps Artillery Orders; had buried some of their dead. Yet as one boat drew alongside. the men and boys in her were singing 'Roll Out the Barrel' as they greeted us.

above.

vi. 5TH A.A, BATTERY Thurs, 20th Mar. As for Tues. 18th.

Wed. 19th Mar, G.O.C's. In- spection. See Corps Artillery Or-

• ders above.

Sat. 22nd Mar, G.O.C's. Insper tion. See Corps Artillery Orders

above.

(b) FIELD COMPANY

ENGINEERS

Mon, 17th Mar. K.C.R. 5.30 p.m. Company drill.

Thurs. 20th Mar.

K.C.R. 5.30

p. PAD lecture, (c) CORPS SIGNALS

Sun, 16th Those detailed.

Mon 17th Mar. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. All Groups, Signal training.

Mar. H.Q. 9.in.

Wed, 19th Mar. H.Q. 2 p.m. (1) Classification groups, special training. (ii) Remainder, signal training as detailed. (ii) Even- ing parade, reading tests.

W/T

"The oldest master we rescued, a Belfast captain, was sixty-eight. For

had twenty-two hours he been lashed to a raft in a souther- y gale. Then one of his men get him into a lifeboat.

"When they drew alongside us he was on the point of co!- laps, but he insisted on being the last man to come aboard, "He could scarcely speak, and at first I thought he was dying. But he swore we should never drop him into the sea, and by the time we landed he was as brisk

as ever.

Boy's Pluck

"There was an apprentice of Aliteen. J. Vaughan, from another

Fri, 21st Mar. H.Q. 2 p.m. (i) ship. Three of his fingers had been Course for those detailed. crushed by being fouled in the (ii) Recruits, signal training, (ii) Remainder, field

(iv) Evening

tests.

cable training. parade, reading

Although instructed to wear it gatüfting cap while working at her machine, she failed to do so because she feared her mass of frizzy hair would suffer

One day

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE:

15. Gracechurch Street, London. E.C 8. Authorised Capital

Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund & Rest

BANKERS:

£3,000,000 1.800.000 1.050 000 1.254.039

The Bank of England and Midland Bank, Ltd.

Bangkok Pris Que Calcutta Colombo Intal (alle

11 Kong Howrah

last July her hair caught in a revolving shaft Ipob above the machine at which she was working, and she was whirled round it and scalped. She was

so seriously injured that she was detained in hospital for a long time.

Her

BRANCHES:

Jaina Kuantan

Kaly

Barachi

Rota Bharu Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lipia Kunda

Madran

New York Penang Font: zoon Pasaghal

Singapore

London

Lyons

Katacus

Manila

Raorcon Saigon

Bad Francis Ahaoghai

Kowloon

Rusin Lumpar

Muar Jobore!

Now York

Singapore

Sourabaya

Bungel Patent Awntow Tleutsin Tokyo

Totchame

Mukden

Peiping

Penang

Tasugbo

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened 1 Local Currency and FIXED DEPO. SITS received for One Year or shorter periods 1 Local and Other Currencies Con terms which will be quoted on

application.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various aizes To Let.

TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.

Hong Kong. 28th February, 1941.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank 18 conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application, FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capitul

Reserve and Undivided

Profits

$10,009,000.00

5.593,600,00

2.983,201 50

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 10. Des Voeux Road, Central,

BOARD

OF DIRECTORS:~ Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; LI Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq., Wong Yun Tong. Esq., Chan Ching Shek. Esq.. Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq. and Fung Ping Wab. Esq.

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Hon. Mr. Li Tse Fong, Manager,

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-D

Manlia

Nagasaki New York

Melbourne

Trengganu

HONG KONG BRANCH Every description et Banking and Exchange business transacted.

Amoy

Batavia

Bombay

Calcutta

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.

Haiphong

Haukow

Perin Peiptog

Ponadg

Rangoon

Balgon

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened 111 Monaluha

Kobe Company. Ltd.. of Vicarage Road.LING on terms that may be ascertain-

employers. the Plessey Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS Kowloom

received in Local Currency & STER- London Ilford. were fined £50 at Strat-ed on application. ford Police Court for failing to fence the revolving shaft.

She

D. BENSON,

Manager.

Miss Atwell sat in the public gallery to hear the case. still had her heard bandaged. THE CHARTERED BANK and was wearing a close-fitting

OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA Pixie cow! which, with the forehead bandaget, completely

AND CHINA. covered her head.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. Counsel for the Arm said that why the shaft was not fenced was a mystery, No doubt it had been overlooked.

EROS ARRESTED IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS

Meet Eros: He's a black and white rabbit found wandering round Piccadilly Circus in the black-out.

Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON!

38, Blahopɔgate, E.C.2 Sub-Agensles in London: 117/122. Leadenhall Street, E.C.a. West End Branch:

14/16, Cockapur Street, S.W.A. Manchester Branch: 62, Mosley Street, Manchester, %

AGENCIES AND

Hankow Houg Kong

Пivilö

BRANCHES, Penang Bangoon Balgor Beremben Bhanghai

Singapore Ritiowan

Alor Star Amarituse He was arrested for

lolter- Bangkok ing.

Batavia

Ipoh Policemen rubbed their eyes Calcutla

Karachi Dombay falls when the boat was launched.

Kiang when they saw him. "He had been rowling for ton

Couldn't Aganale:

Kobe belleve it.

Oh Street Kuala Lutupus Bourabaya hours before the officer in

Fairlie Pleon Kuching cadilly! charge know anything about it. "I had to act as doctor to these

(d) MOBILE COLUMN

Fri. 14th Mar. Hung Hom. 3.30 men with the little knowledge Iselves it was true they set p.m. All Platoons, Driving instruc-had. I was kept pretty busy with to arrest him.

tion.

Doloro Delhi

Halpboog Hamburg

a rabbit in Plc-

Canton When they had convinced them-Cawnpore

out Cabu

But Eros for that's what the minor injuries, but I only had one

R.S.P.C.A. have christened him... Tues, 17th Mar. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. major one, with which, fortun- Pins, 1, 2, 5. V.G. and L.G. in- ately. I was successful. Third gave the law a chase. struction, Pins, 4 & 4 Miniature Engineer C. Carter, from one of l Range, Fire Orders and arms drill, the ships, had a badly broken leg, Wed 10th Mar. Hung Hom, but I managed to set it all right. a.m. All day training. Dress-- Battle Order, R.T.R. cap. Vehicle Party 7.30 am. No. 1 Pln. and No. 1 Sec., No. 3 Pln.

Fri. 21st Mar. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Plns, 1, 2, & 5. V.G. and L.G. in- structions. Pins. 3 and 4 V. G. Mechanism, handling and aiming, Lecture Elementary principles. (e) NO. 1 COMPANY

Mon, 17th Mar. No parade. Tues, 18th Mar. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Weapon training. All rifles and

Arrested

Round and. round, the famous “I have been lucky," said statue of Eros he ran, and it was Captain Smith, "On my previous realised that experts would have voyage. I was with a convoy to be called.

-Madras

هالموكا

Taiping

Tientsin

Tanzish

Medan

New-York

Paiping

(baking)

(Bhukri)

Yokohams

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Generat Banking Business transacted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received; to: One Year or shorter periods in Fecal or be quoted en application Other Currencies at rates which will

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened to

when one of our ships was sunk. Eventually he was arrested by Local Currency and Sterling with m

1 rescued forty-three of the an R.S.P.C.A. official and, strug-terest allowed at rates obtainable crew from life-beats, and next gling for freedom removed in an application. day transferred them to a desanimal Black Maria.

The Bank's Head Office in London troyer.

undertakes Executor and Trüster busi- His appearance in the mid-ness, and claims recovery of British "Did I have a crack at an enemy.

dle of the West End remalne a income Tax overpald, on terine which submarine? Well, that would be mystery,

may be ascertained at any of the telling you too much."

The "Dally ... Mirror" has been Agencies and. Brancheap- "But, of course,” he added in- asked to print an SO S. Eros nocently, "ike all other merchant would like to be "balled out."

W. H. EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

San Francisco

Beattie

Samarung

Shangha

Hingapore

Burabaya

Bwatc

Sydney

Tiautza Vancouver

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved secrTiites.

terms

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies .on which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

THE WING ON BANK, LIMITED.

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital... $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS-- Westminster Bank, Ltd, Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.

Current Accounts and Savings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits received at rates which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

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Chief Manager.

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