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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1926

ART LOVERS:

·DEALERS AND COLLECTORS FRATERNISE.

· HOLD ANNUAL DINNER.

Members of the British Antique Dealers' Association and their friends assembled for their annual dinner, at the Hotel Victoria, London, under the chairmanship. of Mr. Frank Partridge, president of the association. From her Majesty the Queca the following message was received, and read amid cheers :

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

[ORDERS BY MAT. E. MELVILIK SMITH, M.B.5. ADMINISTRATIVE COMANDANT.). 1.-ENGINEER COMPANY. Signal Section will parade at Corpa Headquartore at 5.30 pm on Monday, 28th June, 108. Dress; Mufti.

2-ARMOURED. CAR COMPANY. Parade at Corps. Headquarters at 6.20)

on Monday, 28th Juno, 1920.

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I am commanded to convey to you. and the members of the association the Queen's sincere and grateful thanks for your message. The loyal and kinu terms of the communication and the recognition by the members of her

keen interest in their profe sion have greatly pleased the Queen. Her Majesty sends her best winhtsafon the continued welfare of the socia tion and its work."

It is the custom of the association on these occasions to entertain a number of people specially interested in art, and 'on this occasion many official guests were

present.

Mr. Frederick J. Parsons, proposing the health of Viscount Burnham, said that suany of the great newspaper proprietors took a personal interest in the collection of works of art, and by the articles of their experts gave great encouragement to collectors and others. This had speci- ally been the case in regard to the Daily Telegraph.

Lord Burnham replied.

Mr. J. M. M. Erskine, M.P., inviting the company to honour the toast of The Association," said he was glad to see that they had a Chancellor of the Ex- chequer who was a man of vision.

Mr. Frank Partridge, the president, replying, characterised the gathering as an indication of the progress which the organisation was making. The member- ship was now over $50, so that it seemed pretty certain that the majority of dealers in the British Isles were under the in- fluence of the association, an influence which all agreed was a good one. It was partly owing to the activities of the asso- ciation that some eight years ago the luxury tax was killed, and this year they tackled the import duty under which they had suffered.

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(a). Vickers Gua under C.8.M. Han

cock.

Another short course of instruction will be started. All those wishing to learn the gua from the start. should attend.

(b). Drivers at Happy Valley as detail-

ed by Corporal Ramsay.

(c) It is notified that Field Day will be held on Sunday, 18th July, 1928, Further details will be published in due course.

-INFANTRY COMPANY.

The Kennedy Road Rango is available for the Infantry Company on Monday, 9th June, 1988, at 6.30 pm, for Musketry

Practices.

4.-ARMS.

Members are reminded that rißes and bayonets must be returned to Volunteer for overhaul by the Stores at once Armourer.

5.-STRENGTH.

The following are taken on the strength on 21st June, 1920, and posted as under: No. 1058 Pte. J. Durran, Mounted In-

fantry Company,

No. 1050 Pte. J. H. M. Andrew, Mount-

ed Infantry Company.

No. 1060 Pte. W D. Owen, Armoured

Car Company.

6-APPOINTMENT.

No. 455 Pte. T. C. T. Beck, Mounted Infantry Company, is appointed Lance- Corporal, as from 10th June, 1928:

7-RESIGNATIONS...

The following are permitted to resign from the Corps: ----

No. 712 Gr. F. P. Williams, Artillery

Co., dated 20th June, 1926. No. 955 Pte. J. Holmes, No. 4 Platoon,"

dated 7th June, 1026.

No. 029 Pte. D. MacCrae, Reserve Co.,

dated 19th June, 1926

Mr. Harris, president-elect, sub- mitted the toast of "The Collector." During his very long experience he had, he said, met collectors in all walks of life Home rich, some poor, some collecting with the love of the beautiful, and raro, some with the desire of possession. The No. 107 Pts. A. A. Bolton, Reserve Co. English collector could not competer with (died at ses on his way Home), is struck the great museums on the other side off the strength on 16th June, 1928, which had had large sums of money.

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Visit Jaba

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And follow in the footsteps of d'Albuquerque, Drake and Houtman.

As far back as 1511; Java was first visited by a lieutenant of the famous Portuguese, d'Albuquerque, Not until 1577 did the English, under Drake in his memorable voyage round the world, touch at Java.

NOW-

THEN-

Then in 1596 came the -Dutch, ・・・ under Houtman, who 6 years later

founded the famous Dutch East India Company. In those days it need- ed months of weary. voyaging to reach the far-famed Spice Islands,

a calm and pleasant sea-voyage, direct to

Batavia known in the 17th century as the "Queen City of the Orient " takes the traveller in a few days. Cool days and wood fires, at night, on the

Highlands;

Motor tours on splendid roads through

scenery of unsurpassed grandeur;

A delightful climate;

Magnificent ruins of Hindu Temples and

innumerable places of interest to visit comprise only a few of the attractions calling insistently to those who seek relief from the weariness of a Hongkong sarmer.

to them. Nevertheless, many of the best. No. 1050 Ft. D. A Campbell Mounts The Spice Islands are within your reach!

pieces in a collection which recently went, Infantry Co., baving left the Colony, "is ncross the water were now back in Lon-struck off the strength, a from 22nd dan again. (Cheers.)

JOYS OF TREASURE HUNTING. Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., responding, said that throughout all ages, and in every elime, from the garden furniture of Adam and Eve to the latest productions of Mr. Roger Fry, men had sought to acquiro, in the words of the catalogue," objects of art and virtu When the Queen of Sheba packed her grip and wont to see King Solomon it was not to hear what he had to say, it was simply to see what he had in his house (laughter)-and when aho saw his apes, and his peacocks, and his spices, and his ivories, and his ves- sels of gold and silver, and his pillars of brass embossed with pomegranates, we were told there was no spirit left in her." (Laughter.)"How many of us," said Sir Philip, when we have had the privilege of visiting the collections of some of our friends, have felt, with the Queen of Shoba, that there is no spirit loft in us?" The ancient Egyptians prized their possessions so much that often the objects of their daily life were carefully, soaled in their sepulchres. The golden age of Greece produced sculptures

June, 1920

G. E. SWINTON, Capt.,

Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C. Hongkong, 25th June, 1920.

HARBIN'S LATEST. MURDER.

WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN' POLICE INSPECTOR SHOT,

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"REDS" AND "WHITES STILL ACTIVE.

Another Russian member of the Harbin Police Force has been murdered. The deceased, an inspector, in company with another police officer attempted to arrest another Russian whoro actions ware.ro”. garded as suspicious The man ran away from them, turning and shooting the inspector as he did so. The policemen returned his fire, but he escaped. The officer was not then dead, but was taken the tiniest fragments of which weto price to hospital where be expired after an Icas today. Never was art more, patron-operation, surrounded by his family and ised than in the day of the Italian friends. He had been in the Harbin Renaissanco, and so we came to the Dutch Police Force for many years, having the Russo- masters of the eighteenth century, the joined after Borvice in looms of Flanders and Gobelin, the tester Japanese war. He took an active part beda of William nad Mary, down to the in the arrest of Korniloff, and was fragile perfections of Robert, Adam. The prominently identified with other sen- real collector got just as much satisfac antional cases. The polico authorities tion cut of a lustro teapot an cut of a assured him on his deathbed that his Velasquez picture. It was not necessary family would be cared for. to spent a great deal of money to achieve Hooliganism by "Red" and "White" acquisitive happiness. A lady who had Russian lads continues with unabated been to a sale told him of the hostic violence. There have been further shoot- struggle which resulted in her securmings on both sides, and street brawls in two smail chins knobs from a pair of shut which many have been injured. te ters. They gave her just as much plea sure as if they had been Ming instead of

-Minton. (Laughter.) Victorian

The proudest moment in his life was when at Eton he became the possessor of an ottoman and a mantel, covor of võlvet decorated with a bobbly fringe. (Laugh tor.)

***** ROVIET CITILEN" "ÄRRESTED.""" A Soviet citizen, Vassilieff by name, who arrived here recently from Vladivo stock and who was staying at the Moderns Hotel, has been arrested for having in his posscanion some forged Bank notes of the Imperial Canadian Bank, one of which he had presented to, one of the local banks to be changed, The latter applied to the International Banking Corporation, who examined the

The other day he was at Cambridgo, and was shown a amalt, insignificant book, a aavigator's almanac, but it bore the name of Francis Drake." That gave me a big thrill," confemed Sir Philip, andnotes and found them exactly, identical

it was with difficulty. I refrained from placing it in my pocket and assaying miccessful got-away. That little book had been leat to Mr. Pepys by Evelyn, and it was never returned by Mr. Pepys though he was repeatedly asked to do 50." (Cheora)

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with some specimens of counterfeit notes they had received two months ago, with a warning that such notes were going to appear in China. The notes in question are of 8100 denomination and are very good imitations of the real notes The Replying to the toast of "The Nation tively that the notes handed in, in this International Bank would not state püsi- Museums and Art Galleries," proposed by Mr. H. Stuart Page, Sir Robert Willase were bogus, but informed the police chairman of the National Art Collections of the matter and the latter are how mak Fund, said that dealers were becoming ing a thorough investigation. The pre- more scholarly, and from them the enter of the notes who has been arrested museums asked the help of their know. insists that they ate genuine- and the ledge and experience. Many dealers had police, when making a search of the made magnificent gifts to the public col man's baggage at the Hotel found nothing lections. (Cheers,)

Mr. H. Clifford-Smith, of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who also replied, advised the potential collector to study

aspicious. The arrested man after hav ing been kept detained for over 24 hours has been released on bail, his sureties! giving their undertaking that he would

the museums and galleries and then to not leave the town tntil the matter had place himself in the hands of a reputable been thoroughly cleared up.-N.-O. Daily dealer.

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