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THE HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24th, 1928.

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS..

{OBREBS BY LT.-COL. L. O. BIND, 2.3.0., COMMANDANT.]

No. 344.

1-Corps Band, ' The Band will parade, at full strength on Tuesday and Friday, August 28th and 31st, a: Volunteer Headquarters. · All Probationers will report to Volunteer Headquar ters on Tuesday, August 29th, at 3.30.

EISTEDDFOD IN PATAGONIA.

VERY WELSH COLONY.

BOER SETTLERS WHO HOLD

· ALOOF.

THE SILVER SCREEN. THE ADOLESCENT AGE.

SOME NEW FILMS.

STEAMBOAT BILL, JR."

VIGILANCE NEEDED WITH- OUT PAMPERING.

WEDNESDAY 29th

THE RISK OF STRAIN.

The problem of the growing

That Buster Keaton should have Aati tussle for comic honours with that big aft. sin, Scotsman, boy's fear of giving in and the The Boers of Patagonia bave Ernest Torrence, is a surprising parent's fear of "pampering wers been having a good deal of friction thought. But it is nevertheless dealt with in an address by Dr. with the Argentine authorities of Torrence who gets most of the Feldman, late senior lecturer in late, following a number of dis- laughs for the first half of Steam Physiology at the London Hospi coveries of oil on the farms.

tal, to the annual Summer School beat Bill, Fr" After that he is The Fatagonian Boers emigrated popped in prison, and Buster of the British Social Hygiene

Council at Westminster College,-| Keston wins to-South-America-with their families

Cambridge. and cattle after the South African War 20 years ageistle son. The big man does not Buster Keaton is the big man's The Government of Argentins gave

2.The Battery. General Meeting.This will be held at Volunteer. Headquarters on Friday, August 31st, at 5.45 p.m., when it is expected that every mem- them free farms for theep ranch- think much of him, especially as ber will make a very special effort ing and very soon a number of he, the owner of an old-established to be present. The parade ordered them beckie prosperous. But, steamboat on the Mississippi, neade for 5.25 p.m. is cancelled.

like the Welsh, they considered 4 strong right arm to help him in Friday, September 7th, 1928-themselves of a higher civilisation is competition with the wealthy Parade will be held at Corps Head-than the indigenous Spanish type owner of a brand new boat." quarters at 3.95 p.m. Layers Class of Argentinian"" and" stood aloof on No. 1 Gun. Gun Drill on No. from their hosts.. Gun. Signal Section under Sergt. Jack.

Buster In Love.

Poor Buster means well, and They have frankly declared on

tries to help, but he only makes an aas of himself. He is decidedly become in funny as he is pushed backwards intend to become dissolved in the and forwards Brst by his father 3.-Mounted Infantry Company.

Argentine melting pot. They talk Friday, August 24th--Parade at Cape Dutch among themselves and and then by his father's rival, from 5.30 p.m. at Volunteer Headquarters take care that their children re little gup of water to jump over one boat to another, with a nasty for Machine Gun Instruction. Sergt.gard it as their native tongue. » Watson's section only.

each time. Tuesday, August 28th.-Parade at brought wealth, and the increased When recent oil finds suddenly Stables at 5.45 p.m. for Riding influence in affairs that comes in School.

wealth's train, to several Boer Friday, August 31st.-Parade at farmers the antagonism was inten- 5.30 pm at Volunteers Headquar-sified and the local authorities ters for Machine Gun Instruction. managed to find many little ways Sergt. Pott's acetion only."

of irritating them. 4-Armoured Car Company.

Section-Fridays, August Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. for lectures on Car Mechanism. Monday, August 27th.-Parade at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction. Dress: Mufti,

Car

24th and 31st, 1028

+

Parade at

Motor Cycle Section-Monday and Friday, August 27th and 31st. The Section will parade at Corps Headquarters at

8.30 p.m. for Machine Gun Instruction Dress Mufti.

Tuesday, August 28th-Farade at at Corps Headquarters at '5.30 p.m. for formation, ride.

among

And he is in love. To keep rendezvous with the girl-who is he rich man's daughter-be eludes tucked up in bed in his little night- his father, who believes him safely shirt. Under the nightshirt, how. ever, is a little suit, and under the Buster escapes, but succeeds in

a loving little heart. pushing his young woman's parent into the water, instead of wooing her.

waistcoat

Dr. Feldman said that, adole scence in a boy was a time when he became difficult," add it was also the time when he was develop ing the spirit of esprit de corps. He did not want to let his school down or his side down, and he cer tainly did not want to be looked upon as an invalid. Doctors knew of many a tragedy where a boy had put his shoulder to the wheel and had not wanted to give in, and parend of the boy a fore afraid of hurting the boy's inge

"Then there is a sudden jung, or some other organ careful- breakdown. His heart goes, or the ly tucked away in the body refuses to stand up to the changes of adolescence.' He felt that even at girls he would certainly increase the risk of pampering boys and the vigilanes against the risk of undue strain.

za to guard through no fault of their own.

acerice.

"

Dr. Feldman spoke of the con- A Dutch pastor from South

in Africa who recently returned from

trol of "conditioned reflexes our lives. He mentioned the or- a visit to Fatagonia admits that

dinary routine of the meal. There the Argentinians have grounds for

glass, shining silver, and these annoyance, for many of the Boers

things were associated with a meal. was the white cloth, he said, crystal refuse to learn any Spanish and some do not even bother to inquire

They definitely stimulated the gas- who the President of Argentina is.

Trouble thickens. Eventually, tric juices. He had to be educated There has been serious talk

Torrence is put in prison by his to them, and they served a very them of selling up the colony tival and Buster dutifully trudges useful purpose. At no age, in the soon and trekking back to what to visit him through a severe rain-growth of the human being were they still regard as the homeland, storm. walking stolidly through these conditioned reflexes more rather than be compelled to merge mad up to his waist, carrying an easily broken down, and at the into the Argentine race.

umbrella Tong since turned inside same time more important to con- Valley Of Chapels.

out over his head, and under his solidate, than at the age of adole- ars a loaf of bread for father. There is also a big colony of Welsh

The conditioned reflexes farmers

must begin to be taught at the ip Patagonia,

And In Prison. Members whose machines are in set sail for Nuevo Bay 63 years ago descendents of the pioneers who

earliest possible time.

Dr. Feld Before he can persuade his par Kowloon will parade at Kowloon because they objected to pressure ent to accept the lost, the jemmies, Railway Station at 5.45 p.m. under being put on them to learn Eng chisels, and other useful imple Sergt. Spradbery for a formation lish They were soon at logger-ments for a man in prison which

Sunday, September 2nd. tac their refusal to learn Spanish;

heads with the Argentinians over it conceals, slide to the floor and Buster is betrayed. A short period tical scheme will be held in the New and Mr. Lloyd George, on a visit in prison hospital, and a tornado Territories. Parade at Kowloon to South America about 30 years

comes. along. Railway Station at 10 am, A

ago, found-and extricated from special lighter will leave Hong Kong gaol after he had brought them to at 9.30 am, Tiffins should be car reason a number of settlers who ried. Dress: Uniform, shorts, put had been imprisoned because they ties, hosetops, and belts. Helmets would not attend compulsory will be word.

military drills.

ride. Dress: Mufti.

5-Machine Gun Company! Parades and N.C.O.'s classes for this month will be held on Fridays, August 24th and 31st, at 5.30. p.m. at Corps Headquarters" as usual. Dress: Mufti.

Members of the Company are re-

man said that as physiology ad- vanced in the actual discovery of certain chemical substances the line of approach in the treatment of the difficult adolescent would be more upon physiological lines than happened at the present time.

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The roof of the hospital is torn of, Buster staggers miraculously TEAR GAS CLOUD MISHAP hang Low 3 nom. through falling houses, and at last makes his way to the old boat, which, he steers by an ingeniour arrangement of ropes down the river in time to rescue the girl and his father, both of whom, clinging to pieces of buildings, are rapidly being carried away.

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ALDERSHOT, July 28th..

8'hai, Cottons (old) Water Byron, a young English There will be a meetings of all you were back among the hills of

Do. (new j The gas-drenched maneuvre area Officers and N.C.O.'s of the Machine Wales itself. The Patagonian film actor who has just been en-

H.K. &B. Hetein Gun Company at 5.30 p.m on Mon- Welsh even hold an eisteddfod at gaged by Samuel Goldwyn, gives of the 2nd Infantry Brigade was

1.K. Landa day, August 27th, in the lecture intervals of two years in a hallon amusing picture of American to-day an extensive one, and in Shanghai Lauda .... room at Corps Headquarters,

with accommodation for 1,000 per- studios. "Samuel Goldwyn, e consequence of

a. adeft durys botas..... 14. by affected some pedestrians sour at Trelew (which means Lewis- says, "himself was steadily help-

and H.K. minded that the Machine Gun Com-town), their capital, named after fu in getting me used to American motorists, and placed under some

Mr. Lewis Jones, pany Dinner will be held on Friday,

oze of the methods. He and my director, discomfort the occupants of the September 14th, 1828, at 7.45 p.m.

pioneers.

o. Victor Fleming, sat with me in the Foresters' Arma, which in eituated

on the "Aldershot-Crookham Road. The Welsh still keep themselves projection rooms for hours discuss to themselves" to a marked deg the advantage of minor In consequence of this unexpect gree; but they have reached an change which might improve my

ed incident, there was an amusing amicable modus vivendi with the portrayal.

interlude during the serious" fight Government. They all speak

ing, in which the Royal Ulster Spanish and English as well as

Rides were at deadly grips with a Welah.

rearguard of the Seaforth High landers, who were holding their opponents in order that their main body might have time to re-crces the canal by means of the assault bridges.

5.-Scottish Company, Vickers Gun Class of Instruction will be held at Corps Headquarters at 8 p.m. on Monday, August 20th,

1928.

Training Season, 1928-1929-All ranks of the Company are notified that Company Parades will com- mence on Thursday, September 8th, and be continued thereafter every Thursday, details later.

7.-Strength

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

No. 1365 Pte. G. R. Payne, No. 2 Platoon, from August 17th, 1928.

No. 1366 Pte. C. L. Gregory, No. Platoon, from August 17th,

1028.

No. 1387 Gnr. M. I. De Ville, The Battery, from August 22nd,

1925,

No. 1368 Pto. D. E. Ellis, No. Platoon, from "August 22nd, 1028,

8.-Appointment,

H.E. the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appointment Company Sergt. Major Jose Simao Rodrigues to be Second Lieutenant, with effect from August 14th, 1928.

/

9.-Posting. 2ad-Lieut. J. 8. Rodrigues is post- ed to the Portuguese Company.

10. Transfer.

No. 766 Pte. C. D. Mead is trans- ferred from Armoured Car Company to The Battery, as from August 9th,

1925.

No. 832 Pte, W. J. Howard and No. 999 Pte. E. Zimmern are trans- ferred from Armoured Car Company to No. 2 Platoon (Machine Gun Company), a from August 1st,

1028,

11- Leave. Leave of absence on private affairs are granted to the under mentioned officer and men for the periad stated against their names

Lieut. C. P. Anderson, M.C., from

August 21st to 31st, 1928, No. 1314 Pta. A. Chapman, No. 5 Platoon, from August 20th to September 20th, 1928... No. 581 Pte. H. G. Cooper, No. 6

Platoor, from September 15th 1928, June 14th, 1920 (Continued on next Column).

12.-Struck Off The Strength. Having completed three years' service and clained his discharge, as from August 18th, 1928."

No. 891 Pte. M. G. O'Connor, No.

9 Platoon.

R. A. WOLFE MURRAY, Major,

Adjutant, E.K.V.D.C.

Hong Kong, August 24th, 1928,

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My experience with Goldwyn shows ine that British film-makers differ from the Americans only in this one matter of attention to de- the wrong direction, was the cause A lachrymatory cloud, which took tail. Hollywood studios are no of this strange diversion. better than the best British ones resolved to put down a higher coo- EK. Bopes (ald) Elstree is the equal of the superior centration than any yet experienced Do (HOW)...... 16.30 BOT Hollywood studios and far better in peace training, this being the United Asbestos than the second-rate ones. But

only way to impress the soldier Dairy Farms, they spend more time and worry with the importance of using his Watsons over an extra's costume than we

Der & Wing mask. do over a principal's in England.

Lane Crawfords...................... Hollywood's

An unexpected change in the Mackintosha...........20 m word commonest L-Aquatic Sports,

'fetake.' Here, without any re- direction of the wind turned the Members of the Corps are remindgard to the cost, they calmly re-vapour back across the public road ed that these aparts will be held take a whole sequence just be so that non-combatants as well as at the V.R.C. on Friday, August cause it didn't look right on the combatants found themselves tem- 24th, 1928, commencing at 9 p.a. screen. In my own case each re- porarily experiencing some of the following the sports. There will be a dance immediately take improved my part, and what discomforts of chemical warfare.

more could an actor ask

As the poison cloud developed, gas-masked mounted officers warn cd civilians of "the desirability of pausing in their journey, since the clond" of smoke was a gas concen- tration and not a

heath fire as some had supposed,

Admission $1. Tickets can be had from Corps Sergt.-Major H. West- lake, D.C.M., Ocers Mess, Ser- geants' Mess, the Canteen, V.R.C., or any members of the Sports Com mittee.

All entries to be sent. to Corporal D. Lyon, e/o Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.

It is hoped that all members of the Corps and their friends will make a special effect to be present on this occasion.

2-Cricket

Will all those who want to play for the Volunteer this season please attend the meeting at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tues day, August 28th, 1928.

Bottazs."

Jackie Coogan as the star of "Buttons" is charming, and an intelligent little actor, but for ali that it is really rather astonishing to find that Mr. Lars Hansen plays in support of him.

This was a new experience for the public and, when outside the As those who have seen. The contaminated area, had its attrac Scarlet Letter" and "The Wind" tive side. It is not often that the will agree, Mr. Haasen is an actor public have an opportunity of see of far greater interest and talenting soldiers wearing respirators than is little Coogan, who is no and fighting their way through, a more than a nice child whom we

gas. blanket." remember with affection because of his work with Mr. Chaplin in "The Kid." He really is not important enough to carry the whole weight heroic sort of boy he ought to be of a picture on his small shoulders and of course all ends happily.

▲ Happy Ending,

Taath And A Monocle. Unfortunately, & lot of silly pad-

ding is the form of intended comedy has been stuffed in to make

No. 3 Platoon Rifle Club will hold

In "Buttons" he plays a sym their meeting at the Peak Range on pathetic enough role as a page boy Sunday, September 3rd, 1928, at 0.30 aboard a big English liner.

His a.m. which it is hoped will be as great here is the captain, but in the flm long enough. Mr. Boy well supported as usual,

childish though well-meaning at D'Arcy, of the monocle and toothy tempt to rescue. the captain's smile, is really positively objection- 4-Billiards

sweetheart from the attentions of able pp the bounder-one feels opg bounder, he gets himself into would rather never see him again, trouble. A timely shipwreck, how and it is rather painful to see Mr. ever, gives the boy the opportunity Hansen in the small and aninspir of showing the cantant effezing part of the strong, silent cap all he is really the properly-good. tain, handsome though he looks an (Continued at foot of next column,) uniform.

The next round of the Soldiers Club Billiard Tournament between H.K.V.D. C. and 31st Battery, R.A., will be played on September-ette and 7th, 1928, commencing at 6 p.m. each evening.

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