HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.
TO-DAY'S RADIO ST. GEORGE'S DAY TRIBUTE
PROGRAMME
(Continued from Page 4.)
Mrs. Luba Shaftain-Pianoforte. Mr. O, Y. Lysh-Violin. Accompanist.-Mr. J. G. Chariton
Programme,
- 1. Songs!--m
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(a) Happy Sonts (del Riego). (b) Bird Songs at Eventide (Coates) Miss Elvie Yuen:
2. Songs:
(a) J'ai Pleure en Reva (Hue), (b) Printemps Nouveau (Vidal)
--Mr. Li Chor Chi.
3. Pianoforte:---
(a) Lotus Land (Cyril Scott)
(b) Allegro Barbaro (Bartok).
4. Vocal Ducts:-
Programme Of
Celebrations
The following is the programme arranged for April 23, when St. George's Day will be celebrated:
11 a.m.-The President support- ed by Past Presidents and mem- bers of the General Committee will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph. The President hopes members of the Society generally will attend this ceremony.
TO MR. DUDLEY KING
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kong Police Force-whose members have an unselfishly devoted their spare time to initiating us into the mysteries of Police Work.
The normal course of training which our recruits are required to undergo consists of:-
1. Knowledge of Police duties 2 DHE
3 Revolver Shooting
The rupidity with which recruits 5.15 pm. By kind permission of have been able to qualify in these the Officers. Commanding the 1st three courses" is suficient evid- Battallof The Lincolnshire Re-ence of the quality of instruction giment and the 2nd Battalion The which has been given by the in- (a) Come Sing to Me (Thomp-East Lancashire Regiment, the structors in the various branches.
massed Band and Drums of both will play Retreat " battalions followed by a musical programme of about one hour's duration.
soti), (b) Rose of my Heart (Lohr). -Miss Elvie Yuen and Mr.
Li Chor Chi
5. Violin. Solo Sonata No. 8 in
C Major (Mozart), 1:
8. Songs:-
a) Butterfly Wings (Philips). (b) Love's 3 Merchant
(Carew)-Miss Eivie Yuen,
7. Songs:-
(a) Aprile (Fosti),
(b) Santa Lucia Lontana (Mario) Mr. Li Chor Chi
8. Pianoforte¦--
(a Prelude (Scriabine).
(b) Spanish Dance. Op. 164
(Alben12). 10-10.30 p.m. Recorded Dance
Music.
Fox trot-Castles in the Sand. -Hallelujah
I'm
a
The venue of the concert is to be the ground of the Hong Kong Cricket Club.
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All volunteer workers who have so kindly taken duty at the Street Sleepers Shelter at West Point are specially invited to attend an "At Home to be given at the Cathe- dral Hall on Wednesday, April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. when members of the Executive Committee would like to receive any constructive criticisms or suggestions which will -Learn To Croon Help in improving the work next -You're Gonna Lose winter. In order
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THE GREAT FLOOD CONFIRMED
help for the public good, and it has given me the greatest pleasure to receive from the £. G. P. à very eulogistic report of the work of the Palice Reserve. He has particularly į drawn my attention to the excel-
lent work of the Chinese Company, (To the Editor of the "Hong Kong which has more than doubled its
Daily Press") numbers in three years. I wish specially to congratulate Mr. Ts'o Isuri On
Sur, I am glad to read in your on the high state of emelency to which he has brought issue of the 18th inst., a London his Company. This Company has telegram, dated April 19, contain- the distinction of numberinging the following interesting state- ment in confirmation of the truth among its members the first re- cipient of the Palice Reserve Medal of the "Great Flood" of Genesis in the person of Mr. Chow U Ting. by
We need not be surprised that Mr. Ts'o should have shown such enthusiasm for his rance Reserve Company, for he is a true son of his father who is also the,, rather of the Chinese Company. We all have our hobbles,
whether they
I would like to make special re- ference to the assistance given by Inspector Clark in Police Duties instruction: to Inspector Hopkins are Children's Playgrounds or Boy in Revolver Shooting, a work which Scouts or Girl Guides or some other I consider heroic in view of the activity, and Dr. Tso's hobby is possibilities which" attend the use the Chinese Company of the Po- of a Revolver for the first time by lice Reserve, and we are greatly any human being; and to Inspector indebted to him for the successful Hunt who has brought the stand-way in which he has ridden his ard of Drill in this Company to hobby to victory. such an excellent level.
A fair percentage of qualified members took a course in Jujitsu under Inspector Hunt who, in his report commented favourably on their work.
I have that further
instruction
in this art may be arranged to wards the end of the year, as even an elementary" knowledge. is bo very valuable, to those who have occasion to find themselves
may
A very pleasing feature of the Police Reserve is its cosmopolitan character, and the I.G.P. must, be very grailfled at the way the many communities of our cosmopolitan city have responded to his call for volunteers. "The Chinese Company hapans to be the largest unit, but
the dian Company also has an excellent record to show, consider. ing the comparatively small com- mualty from which it is drawn, and the Emergency Unit and. Fly confronted with a heavy-weighting Squad, though smaller in num- bers, are no whit behind the rest In their keenness for their work and in their readiness to turn out when required.
cvil-doer.
to know how many teas to provide, will those who are able to come to tea, which Six members of the Company will be served from 5 to 6p.m.. took classes in Life Saving under kindly advise the Hon. Secretary. Inspector Hunt during last Sum- Miss R. Mow Fung, c/o Gilman &mer with most satisfactory results. Co., Ltd., as soon as possible. All passed the examination. Those who are unable to attend members passed the examination the "At Home" but have any sug- for the Award of Merit and five gestions to make are asked to Medal of the Royal Life Savin UNION CHURCH CONCERT | write to Miss Mow Fung.
10.35 p.m.-Close Down..
The Young People's Society of the Kowloon Union Church gave a delightful concert and dramatic entertainment to a large" and ap- preciative audience at the Church All the items Hall last evening.
were well rendered and those responsible in organising the en- tertainment as well as those who took part are to be congratulated on their successful venture.
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In Revolver Shooting, the Com- pany has distinguished itself. and won the Inter-Unit Challenge Cup this year.
Commendations
dong in their interests, should serve as an excellent example and Incentive to all members of the Reserve...
I was extremely pleased to hear of the harmonious relations which prevall between, the Reserve and the Regular Police Force. Without such Harmony the Reserve would lose much of its value, and I was very gratified at the tributes paid to the officers of the regular Force,
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dis- recent archaeological coveries made by the Joint ex- pedition of the British Museum and the University of Pennsyl- vania at Ur of the Chaldeen
"Their excavations have -car- ried back the record to the first of the human" occupation Euphrates Valley when Ur was a hamlet in a marsh, and their discoveries have illustrated, with an astonishing wealth of detail, periods formerly, known in the barest outline.
"Abundant light has been thrown on the domestic life of the people of Ur twenty cer- turies before the Christian Era.
"Of even greater importance. has been the ubmistakable con- firmation of the Biblical tradi- tion that a flood of "gigantic dimensions-which left eleven feet of silt at one point near Ur-once overwhelmed the low- lands of Iraq "and destroyed its settlements."
Regarding this "Great Flood." which, I find was caused by the upheaval of Central Asia and the subsidence of a large mass of continental land in the Pacifc Ocean, and not by rain only, per- haps the following letter will in- terest you and your readers;
Hong Kong, March 14, 1932. Dear Sir John,-Many thanks for your good and kind letter of February 18, 1932, and I am glad you find my Nos. 35, 37, 40 and 41 pamphlete. interesting, and my remarks illuminating.
I note with thanks your remarks regarding alluvial deposits in the Indus Valley. which, in opinion, suggest repeated river inundations."
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What I have always endeavour- I understand that this dinner la The wealth of good teaching' to which I have referred is of little in the nature of a farewell to Mr. ed to prove is the fact of a value, however, without good ma-Dudley King and a welcome to Mr. Universal Deluge, caused by the terial to receive it-and the mem- Champlin, Dr Ts'o has spoken great upheaval of Central Asia bera of the Company are to be enthusiastically of Mr. King's work and the subsidence" of a large congratulated on "the way in which and I associate fyself with him mass of continental land in the they have responded, and on the in thanking Mr. King: for the ef- Pacific Ocean, as it will help to keenness which they have display-fcient and self-sacrificing work solve the geological riddles which excavated by you at kobenjodare, LOCAL TENNIS ed.
he has put in for the good of the have been baffling and perplexing beginning from the lowest founda- community as Divisional Superin- our geologists and scientists, and. tions of this Prehistoric City up tendent of the Police Reserve. eventually, lead to the recon- to the exposed surface, and the The LG.P. made a happy choice cillation of Science and Religion. total thickness of the waterborne Congratulations are due to In-in the selection of Mr. Dudley This cataclysm is proved by (a) earth (alluvium) which had en- spector Chow U Ting. who is the King for this post. His very name the physical and geological con- veloped this. City?
I have much pleasure in pre- first member of the Hongkong inspires confidence. for it combines ditions of the Asiatic continent
the names of the two senior mem- and the contour of the land start-senting you with a copy of the Police Reserve to receive the Fó-
Dally. Press?!: of lice Medal,
bers of the Police Force. Mr. Duding from the rocks, etc. of the "Hong Kong ley Wolfe and Mr. Thomas King, South East seaboard of China. February 20 containing my review The long and faithful services
and I know that Mr. Dudley King and right through the provinces of Mr. David Davidson's prophetle
Arrangements have been made which this officer has rendered to
has inherited not only the names of Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Yunnan, findings regarding the
Kansu the tremendous but also the good qualities of these Hurmah. the Unit, and
and Szechuan Fyramid Prophecy," which might to stage exhibition matches at the Tibetan be of interest to you and your Chinese. Recreation Club courts towards the amount of hard work which he has
the para-for the Batavian Champion, Kho In these circumstances be could Plateau and highlands of Mongolia friends, particularly hardly help being a good Police and Chinese Turkestan, and (hr graphs explaining the cause of Slu Kle who is passing through Pyramid's difference in Hong Kong to 10th Khoo Hoof Hye officer. We thank him most sin- the extinct volcanoes and 37,000,000 the
and Lam Poh Wah Shanghai cerely for taking up the post which square miles of red volcanic clay orientation, of 5′ (five minutes) of
before sailing to Manila to repre- Commendations have been earn-fate had obviously marked out which cover the Central regions are from the absolute. ed by certain members who have for him. We wish Mr. and Mrs. of the Ocean bed, and the won- Thanking you in enticipation, sent China in Tennis in the com- The following matches will be been instrumental in effecting the King a happy and health giving derful magalithic remains, etc. and awaiting an early replying Far Eastern Olympic Games.
played, commencing 4.15 p.m. arrest of law-breakers,, from time holiday, and we hope to welcome tremnants of Frehistoric cities), Yours sincerely,
them back full of vigor for a fur- which exist on nine of the widely
day if the ss. Tjidadane reach port ther spell of hard work..
separated Island groups (remains
in time- The choice of an officer to auc-of a submerged Continent) of the ceed Mr. King has fallen that very versatile member of the community," Mr. Cyril Champkin
Kho Sin Kie and Lee Wal Tong do not know what experience Mr Champkin has had of Police work,
Jérusalem, also contains much
(Former Bhanghai Hard Court but he has distinguished himself
It was this great cataclysmic valuable confirmatory material, In thanking Dr. Te'o for his very in so many spheres that he is
Thanking you for the insertion, Doubles Champión). Will play Ho To his upheaval and subsidence, which
in the columns Ka. Lau and Tsui Wai Pui. kind references to my own efforts bound to be a success,
"created the Tidal Wave that flood- of this letter
There will be no charge for ad in connection with the Company 1.expériences as a banker
ed the whole World and suddenly of your valuable paper,-Yours mission. would like to state that the sue broker, he has added triumphs a destroyed all Prehistoric (Antedilu truly, cest attained by the Chinese Com- an actor and as a public speaker van races and civilizations, and
Boy pany during the time in which I while his service with the have been in command, largely Ecouts, whom he commanded in the entombed all their cities.
However, this Cataclysmic. Flood due to the energy displayed by absence of Mr. Waldegrave, will the 2nd 1/c Mr. Ts'o Town On and have given him that insight into of B.C. 2348 must not be confused with the Eariter Cataclysm that the Non-Commissioned Omeers, human character and. local con- and I am quite sure that from now ditions that is so necessary in the destroyed the gigantic Dinosaurs
all and
moving on, with Mr. Ts'o Tsun On in com-command of a force like the Police mand of the Company further im Reserve, And 17, as I imagine, be creatures of its Age and times, as provement and development wil holds the Trackers Badge I hope fully explained in my pamphlets:
Consequently, I hope further Side For Far Eastern Game's he will find his knowledge no less excavations in the Indus Valley be récorded.
useful in tracking criminal than
to time.
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I would like to associate myself with the Hori. Commissioner's ex- pression of thanks to the Finance Committee, by whose support the present strength and standing of the Company could not have been
reached.
upon
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In conclusion, I wish to thank you for the very kind wishes which you have expressed to my wife and myself for a pleasant leave.
SIR THOMAS SOUTHOEN Replying to the toast of the Guests H. E. the onref administer- Ing the Government said
Mr.
Chairman and Gentlemen:
I should first like to thank Dr.
Pacific Ocean. See my No. 2 Pam phlet: "Proofs of the Deluge" en- closed, and, also No. 12 Pamphlet, "Solution of the mysterious blank in Ancient Egyptian his- tory."
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contemporary
and other parts of the World will
Cataclysmic and not the result of local foods and inundations,
I am sure you will agree that rain and local floods are incapable of producing such yast areas and deposits of sand and mud, etc, in of some places over one thousand
feet in thickness] ...
(5d.) TSE TSAN TAL Sir John Marshall; KCMG.. ̈ Director Gen, of Archaeology
in India, Simis, India. Mr. C. Leonard Woolley's book Ur of the Chaidees" (1929), a copy of which was presented to me by Lt.-Colonel J. H. Kisch of
TSÉ THAN TAI
Hong Kong April 16.,
JAPANESE BASEBALL
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4.15 p.m. Kho Bin Kiev Teat Wat Pui (local Singles Champion). (best of three sets).
After the Singles
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LOCAL HOCKEY
International Final To-Day
prove that the vast sand and
Tokyo. April 10. Loess deposits of Egypt (300,000)
The replay of the final of the The Tokyo University Baseball square miles). Mesopotamia (40,000 square miles), Russian Turkestan League yesterday announced the International Hockey Tournament (600,000 square miles), India names of the Japanese baseball between England and India In "Ask A Policeman".
(200,000 square miles), China team to the forthcoming Far be played at King's Park to-day Gentlemen, I intended to make (400,000 square miles), United Eastern Olympic Games to be held at 5 pm, sharp, NA
The following teams will take, the field: SUSS a very short speech, but the sub-states of America (1,003,000 square In Manila. The delegation -
Manager: Mr. Genzaburo Okada, England: Hollingsworth (Army) Ject is so full of interest that I miles); Africa and Australia, are cludes twenty substitutes. have found it hard to stop. I
Pitchers:Miyake, Hihimoto" "A. A Dand (Club) and Lieut. N remember however that there used
(Keio Urifveraity), Wakahara W. Metcalfe (Army); W. A. Reeb to be a popular song which said;
(Waseda University), Wakaba-) (Club), H. J. D. Lowe (Club), and member of the Force
yashi (Hosei University), Shiota E.V. Reed (Club); Sentor (Army) "Every
(Rikkyo), and Kowaki (Meiji Lieut. C. O Garthwaite (Arme). Lieut. PJH Bartlett (Navy)" "Has watch and chain
University), course,
"Catchers Ugal (Waseda), Baku- LA-Cdr. T. K. W. Atkinson (Navy), rat (Kelo) and Betaui (Rikkyo) and Lt. J. H Hocquard Army First Base: Oka (Kela) and India: Nur Mohammed (Pun (aasta kabin); Pardunan Bingh Radia Haraguchi (Hasel)
(Punjabis); M. H. Hassan (hads) Second Base Kolima (Waseda). and Subetarral Mohamme Third Base: Bugita (Rikkyo). Short Stops-Katankawa (Kelo) Bulls Singh (Pamjabis) and Alt
and Mizusawa (Melli), Oin Punjabis) Whlayer Outfielders-Iwamoto (Meijo (Punjabis), Kartar Singh (
Nagano (Waseda), Yamashita Jabis), Awter Singh (F
Relo) Ismazaki (Rikkyo) and want Singh Radio) and La er
((Punjabi) Kageura (Rikkyo).
Of course the prevalent theory "If you want to know the time
of wind-eroded rocks and dust "Ask a Policeman.""" I know I have spoken quite long deposits, taking 35,000,000 years to Te'o for his complimentary re- enough, so I have no need to ask accumulate, as taught and be marks about my wife and myself, the time, but lest the members. lléved by our scientists, is impos- and to thank you, gentlemens, for of the Force should be looking at sible, and beyond belief or under Four hospitality here tonight and those watches, which of course standing for receiving the Toast of my they dil possess, I shall close by Will you kindly help me in my health so warmly,
thanking you once more for your investigatichs by letting me know
I need hardly say how highly hospitality, and wishing the Police the thickness and composition of the different strata of the alluviumi the Government values voluntary Reserve continued prosperity.
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