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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

TORICA Y ET. COL. 1. G. BIRÐ, 1.8.0. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT. |

No. 279.

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8.-Portuguese Company. The Company will parads Vilunteer Headquarters 81 5.30 pm. | on Friday, May 27th, for Lewis Gun | Instructions. Press: Malti. Overails to be drawn from Store,

Musketry Part 1, will be fired by The above f'ompany at sitoteratters Range on Sunday, June 5th, [7,

Hange Offer: 2/Lim. S. Jarvis, M.C.

27th, 1927.

BLACK CUSHION AND A CRYSTAL..

POLICEMAN'S VISIT TO A FORTUNE TELLER.

WOMAN FINED £25.

-King's Birthday Parade.

All trälard men and recruits whoļ The Corps will take part in the have fized of Kennedy Road or Peak above mentioned parade which will | Ranges will attend. take place at M.45 2.19.

Friday, Happy Valley, Jare Brd, 1927, at

All members who are willing to turn out will give their annes to their Unit Commanders as early as possible.

Amusingi disclosures, vcncerning a police sergeant's visit to a woman fortune teller were made at Mari borough-street Polier Court, when Launek will leave Murray Pier at the woman, May Veronica Cave,

Mie. Nadine. 19an, and call at, Kowloon Pier at otherwise

aged 9.10 am.

fary, widow, of Clanrieurde gar Dress: Uniform or mufti optional, | dens, W., was hned 225 with Eld but rite. bayonet, pouches, braces costs for untawlully professing to tell fortunes at an address in Re- and helt must be taken.

gent street.

Rendez vous at the Happy Valley Fontbull ground nt in a.m.

Special trams will leave the East Beund Stopping Plarr, foot of Garden Road.

Dress: Review arder khaki, hel- mrs. Blaki jackets, medals, shorts, poties, belt and hayonet, rifle and

<ling.

Scottish Company will conform, dressed in the kill, as for G,FLC 's) Inspection, wearing helmets.

Artillery and Armoured Car Com-! panties will conform wearing shorts Bandoliers, belt and bayonet.

DRESS FOR OFFICERS.

All offers altending the King's Birthday Parade un June 3rd as roview spectators will dress in onder khaki.

PRACTICE PARADE.

Monday, May 30th, 1927. Parade at the Football Ground, special trams will leave the East Round Stopping Place, foot of Garden Rond, at 5.15 p.m.

Dress: Uniform, as detailed above for June 3rd, 3027.

2. Recruits Parade.

U recruits of-the-Corps – will" parade at Volunteer Headquarters ni 5.30 ptp. on Tuesday, May 31st, for Musketry Instructión.

Dress: Uniform optional, belt, and pouches, rifle and bayonet.

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3. Signal Class. Traineil men af No. 4 Platoon and ' t attending Signal Class from her units will parade at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Thurs das, June end, under 2/Lieut. M. G. Nail Dress: Mufti.

4-Artillery Company. Except Corps Parades as ordered. for May th and June 3rd in con- action with the King's Birthday Parade, no parades for the Artil lery Company will be held till fur-! ther orders. The Winter Training will commence in the first week of September, 1927.

5. Armoured Car Company. Motor Cyclist Section. A tactical rade will taki plaen in the New! Territories on Sunday, May 29th, 1927. Al members are requested to attend.

Parle at Railway Station, Kow- frou at 10 .m.

Press: Tunies, bredbes, putties, į

hearts and belt.

į

All N.C.O.'s will parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Thurs. | day, June nd, for Machine Gun i lustruction,

Dress: Mufti.

6. Infantry Company.

On Friday, May 27th, at 5.30 p.m. All N.C.O.'s and other rauks as de- ! tailed by 9.C. Company wili parade |

Headquarters for

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Arms will be drawn from Corps and, between aud. and is namn, Headquarters on Thursday, June

or 2 and 4 pm,, sơ 5 and 6 p.m., and on Saturday, June 4th, between

a.m. ad 1 pt. "

9. No. 4 Platoon. Parade at Miniature Range, at Corps Headquarters on Wednesday, Jun 1st, at 5.30 p.m. for Musketry Instruction,

Dress: Mufti.

10.--Strength,

The following are taken on the strength and posted as under :-

No. 1218 Pte. Castilho, No. 9

Platoon, dated May tir

1927.

No, 1219 Pie J, C. Remedios, No. 19 Platoon, dated May 20th.

1927.

No. 1250 Pte. F. II. F. Swayne, A. Car Co., dated May 26th,

1027.

11.-Promotion And Transfer, The following extract from the Hong Kong Guvernament Gazette No. 21, dated May 20th, 1927. Noti- eation No, 298, is "published for

formation--

that Station Sergeant, Goddard and Mr. Knight, prosecuting, said

has wife visited Me. Nadine and the sergeant had a 10s. 6d. read ing. The room contained a talite kwo chairs, a black cushion, and a magnifying glass. Sergent ind- dard was told to hold a crystal in

hands. Sir both:

asked him. among other questions, whether he had daughter, and he replied,

No.

Me, Nadine said, "I see that you will have one."

**Lots Of Money."

She took the crystal from his hands, and requested him to tum the pain upwards, and rest them (on the cushion. She examined them and then gazed into the crys tai, and told him that he had lots of money eouting to him from some one in Wales, or it might be Cornwall or Devonshire.

"I see that you know little about the law, but not much," she it does not stated afterwards.

You are about to interest you. sign a legal document, as I can see some legal papers about you."

Th

She said that one concerned a H.E. the Governor has been | lease of some property, and she pleased to make the following advised him not to sign it. promotion-and-transferiu_the Mr. Rochford, defending, submit- Hong Kong Volunteer Defenceted that Mine. Naline gave what was merely an entertainment. She told her visitors that she was not a fortune teller.

-Corpse

Captain Christopher Willson, O.B.E. V.D., to promoted to the rank of Major and transferred to the serve of Officers, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from May 6th, 1927.” 12. Sommand Of Company: 2nd Lieut. T. A. Martin takes er einuunt of Artillery Company as from May 6th, 127, vice Major G. Willson, 0.8.K., V.D., transfer rol to the Reserve of Officers.

13.-Transfer,

No. 168 'tc. R. L. Stewart is trasferred from No. 1 Platoon to The Artillery Company, as from May 19th, 1927.

14.-Leave.

The following are granted leave of absence from the Corps:—

No. 66 L/Cpf, 1. B. Milne, M.3.

Co.. from May 24th, 1937, to My 2nd, Hes.

No. 10 Ptr. T. Addis. No. 7 Platoons, from May. 25thy 1927. to May 27th, 100%, er de No, 976 Pte. J. JL. Rudelift, AC

Co., from May 21st, 1927, fo May 20rb, SUNN

No. 12 Pte. E. M. Bryden, No. 7 Platoon. from May 19th to June 24th, 1927.

No. 50 Cpl. H. R. Forsyth, Na.

7 Platoon, from May

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1927, to February 27th; 1998, No. 95 Pte: "M. K. Lu, A.C. ('9.. from May and to August 22nd, 1927.

No. Sar PL. J. L. Adams, A.C

Co., from May 29 to Jane 4th, 1927.

15,-Holiday.

д Monday, June 6th, 1997, will be special N.C.0.'s Course of training;

in Virkers Gun, The Classes will observed as a holiday, un parades contine to assemble every Friday will be held that day.

30 p.m.

7.Scottish Company. Sunday, May 29th: Teams from all platoons will compete for the

Dyer Sup

H. A. WOLFE MURRAY, Major,

Adjutant, I.K.V.D.C. Hong Kong. May 27th, 1927.

NOTICE.

Nu. 2 Platoon Rifle Club: Third

Stoureutters! Range, Firing commerces ut I 4.1. Range Offeer: Lieut. K. S. Meeting will be held at Peak Range Morrison.

on Shanday, June 5th, 1927, at 0.30

tanich will leave Murray Pier ata.m. and call at Kowloon Pier

9.10a.m.

Dress: Helmets, tupies, Shorts, flashes, kluki huse, short putties, boots, belt, Inyanet, braces, pouches and rifle.

Wolfe-

Judge: Major R. A. Marray, 1.5.0., M.C.

Conditions: 8 men from each pla-

toon fize Part II. Musketry; 8 men from each platoon fire Attack Competition 1 N.CO. and 2 mea ach platoon fire Lewis Gua Com- petition.

Quesday, May 31st. Special Vickers Gun Class: The following officers, N.CO.'s and men will parade every Tuesday at 5.30 1. at Corpa Headquarters for class of Machine Gun Training This will be the commencement of a course of special classes in Vickers Machine Gun Instruction am

Hendquarters Capt. D. C. Logan, M.C., and Lieut. K. S. Mor- rison.

No. Platoqn: Ptes. G. R. Mas

kell and J. A. Watson. No. 6 Platoon: Ptes. J. J. Came ron, II. G. Cooper and C. R. Logan.

No. 7 Platoon: Corpl. T. P. Saun-

1. derson, L/Corpls. Sutherland and D. Lyon and Pte. D. Harvey,

Thursday, June 2nd.

a.m.

Mr. Mead, the magistrate, said that the question was whether the woman was telling fortunes. Did she may all he did say intending that the subject should believe it 7"] He considered that she did.

There is nothing in this ense that would cause, trouble to the listener,” added Mr. Mead, "but I' have had cases in which dangerous things have been said regarding women which might have led to a calamity."

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

MAY 26TH, 1927.

K. Bank... ¡,065 buy.

Do., London...£117 nom. Chartered Bank £20 num. Mercantile Bank, A. 46.....2304 Term. ... nom.

bur. Oh erl. buy

Do..

P. & (). Bank.........

East Asia Bank

Car

Canton Insuranco ....

Chins Underwriters

Dom.

DOG,

$0.80 Dom.

North China Ias. Tle. 143 buy. Uman lusurance..................... 3479 buy.

nom

now.

Yangtze insurance......M. $3 Quins Five lusuranos...$200 buy.

Kong Fire Ins...Soth nom. Douglases...e

$31 nom. Sumbol$22 truy Hong Kong Tugs.....31.10

ninas (Prof.) ....... num.

(Del.) Shell Transports .........95; nom, Star Ferries

....8142 buy.

$15 ea)

$1.79 buy.

Waterboala..

China Sugars

Malabon Sugara Bengusts Kulan Mising A...... buy.

Tis. 19s buy. (combined)...... Tia. Lalkate

10, (single) Tin. Puy, S'ha. Explorations ...... Tia.uu.. Shanghai

Tls. 6 bay,

Haube

Tronok Mines

Uri Caspians

H.K. & K. Whenis

H.K. W. Docke..... Hougkows

..21/. num. .8/- Dom.

$39 20.

nom,

5 bay.

Tis, 140 buy.

106 buy.

It is hoped that all members of the His Club, will endeavour to be Bhugasi Uocks. The 20

present.

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

ON LONDON...

May 26th, 1927,

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Telegraphia Transfer 2:- Bank Hille, on demand 2/0 1/10 Bank Bills, at 30 days' night Bank Bills, at 4 months'

Ox Paris.

120

B.K. & S. Hotels36.90.801.

H.K. Lands

Но Колк

Houg

Rvaitys.......

B.K. Territorials

Humphreys Estates......si nom.

Prince's Buildings......... com. Kural Lands

.K. TYBULways......

10

Ewo Coticna.... TL, 7.70 buy. Orientals.Tie. 2.10 nom. Shanghai Cotton (old)...Ts. 52

62 bay. Do. (now)......Tis, 27 buy.

1's. 7 bay. 7h China Buses......

1,10 bay. Peak Trams (old) ...$15 nou.

Do.

(new).......................65 now. Tractions......1976 nom. Singapore

Amita Only ices

....2/01 at month.

ight 2/11/10. Documentary Bills, 4

months' sight...

2/1 9/10 Tan Bark Bills, on demand Credits, 4 months sight On New York.

Bank Bills, ou demand Oredite, at 60 daya' sight... OR BOMBAY for

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Telo Transfor

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