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THESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT
GUNS.
DANGEROUS OF OPTIMISM ABOUT DEFENCE OF THE COLONY.
MR. CHAMPKIN'S "APPEAL TO "THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT.”
Speaking at yesterday's meeting of the Rotary Club, Mr. 0. Champkin mode a characteristically witty and forceful apponi for volunteers for, the New Anti-Aircraft Light Automatic Compony of the Hong Kong Volunteers. Some amusing references were made to old times in the Colony when "whiskered warriors" of the six- tiek
laid aside their cross-bows and battle axes, and took up the best thing in " gente sunppy Snider rifles." An appeal woa made to the old volunteer spirit of grumbling at "nowfangled klons," but with many forebodings, adopting them! Mr. Champ kin, incidentally gave a plain warning against too busy optimism based on the belief that "nothing ever happens in Hong Kong."
Sir William Hornell, President of the Chah, was in the chair.
"PROVIDENCE HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES.'
Mr." Champkin anid:-- It was with some difficulty that 1 persuaded my friend," Mr. Mae phorsong to prevail upon me to accept your kind invitation to-day,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23,
We can't afford to take any risks. All that we have in at stake in the Colony or owned by the Hang Kong Bank. (Laughter.) All our evordrafts are hore, and some of our wives! The people who make our soffes don't matter, but tho Armoniane and the Land. Invest- ment Company expect us to delond- our hearths and homes-(laughter) otherwise they will raise OUT ronts. We must do something,
INDIAN ON SERIOUS G.O.C. INSPECTS
CHARGE.
ALLEGED "ASSAULT 'ON »
WOMAN.
WONG NEI CHEONG INCEDENT.
VOLUNTEERS.
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ANOTHER APPEAL FOR MORE RECRUITS.
A THOROUGHLY EFFICIENT
UNIT.
The annual inspection of tha An Indian guard, named Anayat Hong Kong Volunteer " Defonso Old Days-and New.,
Hussain Sbak, faced serious charges Corps was carried out by His Ex- The old China Ficet and the old in respect of an alleged assault cellency the General Officer Com- Regular Forces-stiffened by the upon a married woman named Ng old whiskered warriors were a safe Yung, when he was brought before nunding the Troops, Major-General J. W. Sandilands, CB.. OMG, standby in the old diya, but ŝimes Mr.. W. Schofield at Central Magis- have changed. We have to fight tency yesterday. Mr. Hin Shing Lo,..., on Murray Parade Ground now forces from the air..and I am for the defence, entered a plan of yesterday afternoon. His Excel here to tell you that we want not guilty. The case for the Crownlency, in addressing the members. volunteorą to man the guns.
was in the hands of Mr. R. E. of the Corpe after the Mareli. Past, In the Anti-Aircraft Light Com-Lindwell, Assistant Attorney-Gen- from the Colony on rafinquishing referred to his coming departure pany we work on rather novel, erul. "though not entirely original lines. Giving the facts of the case, "Mr.
Those of you who have read Lindsell said that on the morning. Nicholas Nickleby will remember of March 3, the complainant mop that Mr. Squeers had an educational another woman in Wanchai Market method peculiarly his own. Quot. where they had gone in the hope ing from the book-Wo go upon of Anding work. The women, were the praction mode of teaching, of the coolie class and as a rule Nickleby; the regular education went to the market-place where con systern, C-1-0-an, Clean, verb ae- tractors usually engaged them to
keen, and that they are immeasurtive, to make bright. Win, gin, ably more efficient than at any time d-e-r, der, Winder, a casement. before.
When a boy knows this Nickleby he Urgent Nood.
goes and cleans the winders." (Laughter.)
We know that those old warriors You have been very patient with me in picturesque poses, throwing the here on other occasions when weight of their bodies on their
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the China Command, and spoke of his disappointment at the strength of tho H.K.V.D.C. "There are illa number of young men in the Colony," said His Excellency," who could not produce any reason, which would satisfy me, for not having joined up long ago."
His Excelionay tho 0:0.0., a carry earth. On this particular day,companied by Colonel. Cousens, the women were not actually en
D.8.0., Major Atkinson, Captain gaged but they had heard that there A.D.C.), was met at the entrance Mirehouse and Captain Cameron was some work to be done at Tytam to the parade ground by Lieut.- so they went to that place, in com.Colonel L. G. Bird, Commandant of pany with some other women. The the H.KV.D.C., and proceeded to Party went up Wanchai Gap through
have spoken on subjects of whichchinstraps-(laughter)-were splen- most education systema I have Black'é- Links and into Wong Neiinspoct the various units of the
I know nothing, but I confess I did fellows. (Applause.) feared the danger of putting your forbescence to a breaking strain on the subject of these anti-aircraft guns.
Passion,"
Anti-aircraft guns happens to be an absorbing passion of mine, but I don't expect you to be anything but mildly interested in them, any more than you would expect me "to be particularly interested in golf, or the assassination of snipe, or the Nude Culturists. (Laugh-
They
We Defend Our Own Interests. Well, it seemed to me better than
studied and I understand it has proved highly successful in the Girl Quides.
(Laughter.) We have
We
Half-mile Chase;"
however, they met the defendant After they hail gone about a mile,
who smiled at the two women and ried to entch hold of the older one of the two. She got away and
Corps.
Scottish Company.
The G.0.0's Speech.
After the Corps having had re- formed their origiilat ranks, Hia Ex- in the following speech collency the 0.0.0, addressed them
Volunteer Defence Corps: "
Colonel Bird and the Hong Kong
last year.
Cheong Gap bus after they had gone handed down something inore last
Then followed, the March Past, in somo distance, the two women lost ing than a peculiar fashion in side
which all the companies, including sight of the other members of the the two armoured cars and the whiskers.
They started a great therefore adopted it to a modified party who were walking some dis various motorised units, participat movement. They passed on i great extent in the Anti-Aircraft Con-tance in front As they were noted, the Corps band playing alter. It is only fair to Mr. Mäcpherson tradition. They gave to those who pany. Our scheme is to allocate very sure of their way the two nately with the pipe band of the for me to say that he endorsed peame after them a spirit that, if men as far as possible to the defence women turned back with the inter- my apprehension with a whole it has wearied at times, has gather of their own particular interests.tion of returning to Wanchai. heartedness that seemed to me pered strength again and gone from The Taikoo Dock men defend their haps a little rendy having regard strength to strength when real and Dock Works. The Hong Kong to our long and friendly usuciation urgent need has called on this Electric mon defend their Electric in imposing on the suffering public Colony for volunteers. "« :
Works. The Water men defend of this Colony,"
The Anti-Aircraft Light Auto. their Waterworks. Conforming to Anti-Aireralt Guns: "An Absorbing matic Company anticipates a real the same idea, gentlemen, what
once more able to carry out your It is a great pleasure to me to be and urgent need-the need to guard about the Gasworks? (Loud laugh when be turned his attention on
annual 'inspection, more especially against a menace that twenty-five ter.) I am seriously disturbed the complainant, the two women Hong Kong Volunteer
aa, in my considered opinion, the years ago would have seemed as about the gasworks! Can I hope took fright and ran back towards Corps has definitely improved since Dolence fantastic as it seemed forty years to-day to get forty-nine men to before then, when Tennyson fore join me in the defence of my parti-fendant chased them for about half what I saw of your unit in camp. Wong Nei Cheong Gap. The do- I am thoroughly satisfied with. visioned the nations' aerial navies cular interest? It's for you to de- grappling in the central blue.
a mile when he got up to the older On the occasion of my visit to Fan- cide.
woman. He pushed her over the ling, I witnessed an ambitious Ficid The need is for men now.
Firing Scheme, carried out on the bank into a jungle and then caught lines which are seldom attempted don't want to be reminded by hold of the younger woman and even by regulars, since it is com letters in the newspapers that there dragged her into the hillside by an country, where it is possible to fire" paratively rare to find tracts_uf are hundreds of men in the Colony old magazine. It was in a secluded machine guns at a range of 2,000 apot in this vicinity that the offence yards and to carry out movemente was alleged to have been committed, combined with covering fire from light automatics and rifles on a The woman returned to Wanchai front of about a mile. I have no in "great distress and when sho got hesitation in stating that there in home she found that her companion Kingdom which has ever even at- no Volunteer Unit in the United was already there. She told this tempted a field firing schieme in this woman and the principal tenant on
The one thing which still dis- the floor what had happened and
appoints me is the strength of the they decided to wait till the comHong Kong Volunteers. In this re plainant's husband returned from spect you have heard my views work before going to the police. As quite often enough before, an I will net bore you by repeating them. the husband stayed away overnight, beyond stating that there are still the police were not communicated a number of young men in the with until the following morning Colony who could not produce any Mr. Lindeeil concluded by shying reason, which would satisfy me, for
not having joined up long ago," that the defendant was one of the special guards who was placed at the Wanchai Gap Station and evi- dence would be given to the effect
"Nothing Happens Here." We know how real that menace
ter.) We all have our hobbies and is to-day-not to us, of course, but
The habit of
I didn't come here to talk about to others. Nothing is likely to that will roll up when the war mine. I am here principally be-bappen to us here. Nothing ever starts, provided it doesn't start, be cause 1 And in pleasant to be in the does happen in Hong Kong Wefore they roll up. goodly company of so many old have so many Societies for the Pre-rolling-up, of which I am a warm Volunteers, and I am more glad
vention of Things Happening that and enthusiastic supporter, has than I might be, after tasting this wo sleep soundly in our beds.. We much to commend it, but i would coffee, to know that most of you know that the Nude Culturists can be more commendable if air raids don't think anti-aircraft guns are only comp when the lights are out were subjecta. to a month's notice. worth 4 doma! (Laughter.)
(laughter)-and that an air raid can It gives us a comfortable stof should be mach discouraged inover come at all.
security to know the rollers up are you thought otherwise! When old
there wherever they are, but we We are so fortunate in our im- should be happier to know that volunteers develop the habit of munities as we are blest above all they were keeping their hands in. taking a cheerful view of volunteer-We want to be realistic, bat we peoples in our egregious optimism. ing they ought to retire. We can don't want to face realities. "That's always and them a congenial job in the whole volunteering problem in
nutshell, the Boy Scouts.
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To Fight a Gan 1 ̧ ̧.
scale.
You can't fight gun as my friend Bowes-Smith plays the piano Let us take it out of a nutshell (Laughter.) You have to know a by sheer force of character! The Colony expects, and has everý
The How A.A. Companies, and put it in a bombshell. Let us, little about it beforehand. It's like right to demand a decorous and when we feel disposed to thank axeliange broking-(loud laughter) decent despondency from its De-whatever gods there be that Hong-it takes at least ten hours to learn
I would like to congratulate Lieut. fence, Corps (laughter) for there Kong is different somehow, con- thoroughly and ten hours training a
the praiseworthy efforts they are Champkin and Major Manners for has never been a time in its history sider as clearly and as egently as when the Colony's best volunteers we can what would happen if Hong year is all that we ask you to do that in the course of bis, duties making to get recruite for the Anti- were not the world's worst pessi-Kong was rhided from the air. Let the Anti-Aircraft Company. normally, the man would pass the Aircraft and R.A.Ş.C. Companies, us consider that the weapon of the There are no compulsory parades, place where the offence was com- and I have. every belief that their It was so in cur time, and it has first warplane was an automatic cises. Instruction is literally car day-that is to say it was quite
no rango practices, no Camp exer- mitted about the same time every efforts will not be in vain.
As far as one can forence, this ia always been so, I daresay most of pistol and that to-day a bomber ried to your door fa six different proper that he should have been likely to be the last time upon you can go back twenty-five years, takes off with about two tons of centres in Hong Kong and Kowloon where he was when the offence was which I will carry out the official when the rifleman watched with stuff that with greht good luck dull amaze the first aeroplane that would blow Ice House Street to We don't even trust you with a
or aix different days of the week. alleged to have been committed inspection of the Hong Kong Yolun- At un identification "parade, seven
teer Defence Corps, as my time is disturbed the pleasing amenities of blazes-(laughter) are still, I hope, uniform until the expense is justi: guards were put together and all up at the end of this year. How his Easter Manœuvres. He knew have enough left over to kill thosed by war All that we ask you
ever, you need have no fear that then that rolunteering was finished, criminal that
I will forget you when I leave Hoog He knew the aeroplane had beaten (Laughter.)
Kong him and that the end had come."
mists.
Whiskered Warriors.
made this coffee
Defend Ourselves,
We have to defend ourselves.or
wore uniforms but the two women had no difficulty in picking out the defendant.
Dr. G. H. Thomas gave medical evidence after which hearing was adjourned.
an incredible speed, and it may be Regiments, pass through China at
a surprise to some of you to hear that 18 regular battalions hayo' served under me in the China Com- mand during the last three years,
to do is to fill in the form enclosed in the brochure before you and to accept with cheerfulness the very | light,obligations that it calls for.
The engaging duty of convincing everybody who is not already a Forly years before his time the to rely on Providence for our de- volunteer of the truth of our need whiskered warriors whose portraita fence. We pray for peace in our has been entrusted to me, Phably, are preserved in our Officers Meas. time, but what good claim have no doubt, because I am an old look as if you have-(laughter)In consequence it is only natural wagged their beards with the same we on Providence for protection volunteer and know nothing of and and I know that you appre: that I may find a difficulty, in a dismal foreboding. They laid aside against the donolating henthetry these things, but principally, vite my difficulties in raising this few years time, in not confusing one their crossbows and battleaxes of high explosives? Enemy airmen think, because the truth is never Company. I know that you will with another to a certain extent, (laughter)or whatever amallarms also are godly folk, with an equal radily convincing unless told by an understand how grateful I am to the But this is not the case with the they used in the sixties, and claim on Providenes and with the experienced liar! (Laughter.)
inestimable advantage of being ten
Rotary Club for the help you are Hong Kong Volunteer Defence they took up the latest thing in thousand feet nearer heaven than good enough to give me an opportu
Mr. Chairman, you have been giving me today, _ (Applause.) Corps. I shall always have a very genta' snappy Snider rifles and they
The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton | clear" recollection of thêm at my also know the oad had come. They Bishops Lodge. Surely a gleam of nity of telling the truth to this said that as Commodore of the various annual inspections and visits also knew that modern armament simple intelligence should indicate had put a sock in the old spirit and that it were better we should leave sentative assembly of business Flying Club he felt in rather to camp that volunteering would never be to Providence the holding of the and professional men of Hong Kong delicate position.
Tho need exists. scales, and in the meanwhile man So it has been throughout three the gans that our ungodly autho. there to say to all good citizenbait for Mr. Champkin's anti-air-ed hospitality from the officers and to all who hold in proper honour craft machine guns! (Laughter.) | men of the various companies. quarters of a century of volunteer.rition toll us that we need.
the public spirit and patriotiem, of He hoped that Mr. Champkin would Although I hope to meet you all on ing history. We have all been If we admit the necessity for those who, the early days of this be more successful than he had been many other occasions before I hand gloomy prophets, but, like old defence we must at least admit the Colony laid the foundations of its in hatching out this new venture, over the China Command, yet I will Ezekiel, we have seen the dry bones possibility attack. Not only have greatness and counted as the first and he wished him every success. take this opportunity of expressing stirring, and we are not without we to defend this Colony, but we of their obligations and the proud. Flying Officer Moss said "that" my official thanks for the way in hope that the spirit of the sixties have to protect a peaceful and eat of their privileges a place in the everyone must agree with the prin which the officers and men on that never failed us you will still industrious people whose co-opera- front of its defences? (Applause.) ciple of conduct your own de parade to-day have supported me, serve the hour and need long alter tibn in our plans we do not invite, Probably at some time or other, fence." Mr. Champkin only saked - and I would like to think that we are gone. Applause.)
but whose confidence in our power Mr. Chairman, you have tried to for ten hours of the time of his re- when the time comes for me to leave Wo know that if the Cology's of protection we have every right arouse public interest in some eruits and he hoped that this ten Hong Kong, you will miss me not volunteers to-day are small in num- to expect and every duty to enainister scheme of your own. You hours would be given at once, and only as a Commander but as & bers, they have never been more courage.
"[(Continual at foot of next column.) 'not when it was too late,
friend.
the same again.
He supposed. I shall also remember the many What more is that, at manicures they would be occasions upon which I have receiv
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