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THE WORLD'S CARDINALS

Fifty-Two Living

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London Jan. 1, The death of Cardinal Bourne reduces the number of Cardinals. in the world to fifty-twe and leaves England without a Cardinal

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Of the fifty-two living Cardinals, twenty-six are Italians. There are ix Frenchmen, four Americans, three Germans, two Spaniards, two Poles, one Belgian, one Irish man one Hungarian, one Canadian, one Czechoslovak, one Portuguese, "one Austrian, and one Brazilian.

The doyen is Cardinal Andrien who is 85. The youngest is the year-old Cardinal Manolo Gonza- lese y Coujeira, a Portuguese.

Letters to the Dead Cardinal Mercier was Cardinal Bourne's professor when the latter was a student at the University o Louvain.

The two men maintained a Thore or less regular correspondence on theblogical and other subjects for many years, m

When Cardinal Mercier died in 1920, Cardinal Bourne continued to write letters to him. The letters were never sent. It pleased the Cardinal to think that in this saner he was maintaining con- tact with his dead friend,

THEY HAD THE GAELIC

An Unpleasant Surprise

Special Air Mail Service)

London Jan. 13. In Scots Guards battalion there was a baif-company, or possi bly a company, of Gaelic-speaking Jaighlanders. They knew, or pro- Jessed to know, no English,

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This ineant that they never went on parade with the rest of the battalion, but were drilled by their own Gaelic-speaking officers.

Their drill lacked perhaps the Guarda smartness. But that may have been due to a certain want of incisiveness in the Gaelic equiv lents of such commands as "Slope hipe."

There

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strong suspicion that some could understand enough English to do ordinary regimental duty, but this could not easily be proved.

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At the front their keen sight and familiarity with stalking made them ideal slipers. They did very well.

THE ARMY DIARY OF LOCAL

New Battalion Commander

(Special Air Malk Servios)

London Jan. 12

The War Omce stinqunces that Aajor F. E. Hindson has been sel- tcted for command of the 2nd Bat- allon The Royal ich Fusiliers, with effect from Jantry 1, 1935, in succession to Liefanant-Colo- nel C. C. Hewitt, D. has been appointed trom that date.

M.C, who the Star

EVENTS

TO-DAY

Thursday, Jan. 31. Auctions-Lammert's, Household Furniture, 5 Humphreys Building, Kowloon, -10.30 am; No. 1 The Albany, 2. p.m.

Cinemas

King's The World Moves On." Queen'a:—“Channel Crossing.” Central:-"Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"Let's Talk It Over.", World:-"Little Caesar." Alhambra-"Moby 'Dick." Majestic: Keep'em Rolling." Star: "The Bilver Cord." Entertainments, St. Andrew's

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Major Hindson is the senior ma- or of The Royal Wath Fusibers, and is with the 2nd Battalion a dong Kong, whither he was trans-Club Concert, 9 p.m. ferred from Gibraltag In Novem: Lectures.-Theosophical Society. ber: He is 424, and has served since HK Club Annex, 6 p.m.; Volunteer 1911 He was in France, Belgium, Headquarters, 5.30 p.m. and Russia, and was RT.O at

Meetings.Annual, St. Murmansk. After coming home Cathedral, 5,30 he was in the Directorate of Mal-Union

p.m: Kowloon Church, 9 P.M.; HK and later Brigade Main Jersey Board Room,, 6.30pm; Final ary Operations and Intelligence, Philatelic Society, "S. C. M. Post" Lieutenant-Colonel Hewitt, whom South China Motorship Building ne sucreeds, joined the War and Repairing Works, Ltd.. T Office recently as Aastant Dir Queen's Road Central (Creditors ector for Small Arms and 19 to 12.30 pm, shareholders 12.45 pm: day promoted colonel

Emmanuel Church Monthly Bible LIEUTENANT-COLONS POSTS Union, 5.30 p.m.

Mistaken for Germans daelie had, however, one

dia- advantage in the trenches. A case was known where men of an Eng lish battalion were startled to hear orders in a strange tongue coming from the darkness on their flank,

Forgetting, if they ever knew, that English is not the only langu age of these islands, they mistook the Gaelic for German, and started to bomb the intruders out.

Fortunately the Highlanders rea-" lised that there had been a mis. take, and did not bomb back

Two prometholonel are foreshadowed the appointments announced on day for Le tenant-Colonels Hig

MG, and Alfred EX

Lucey

ship, St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.: MiscellaneousWomen's Fellow

Club, 8.45 p.m.; Claims against Whist Drive, Civil Service Cricket

the Estates of John Reginald Hin-

Balbas, due. :

Rehearsals-Hong Kong "Sing- Moon XII Moon, 27 Day.

ne, D.S.O., who commid respec-on and Gradalupe Barretto de tively the 1st Batta, Gay The goyal Restment at the K the sch Medium Fritang ay at Lark- all. The latter officer is to suc

ers. Union Church Hill, Kennedy Road, 5.30 pm. 'ceed Brigadier M. Kemp-Welch,

Hiawatha, DS.O. MC., who is to vacate the

Cathedral Hall, 8.45 p.m. post of Commandant at the Sen-Cathedral Annual "At Home, 4.45 Social Functions-St.- John's jor Officers' School in Belgaum to take over the 12th Infantry Brig- ade at Dover on Brigadier C. A.

Sports Howard reaching the age limit.

Cricket-Small Units Lieutenant-Colonel Lucey is to go Lancs. (Army League),

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to Chester as A.QMG. in place of Golf.-Completion of Semi-final Colonel F. G Alston, CMG, Rounds Royal Hong Kong Golf D.SO. Lieutenant-Colonel Evans- Club Ladies's Section Taggart Cup Gwynne, succeeded

Lieutenant-Competition..

Colonel Lucey in the Military Be- Hockey Police v.. Becond Bat- retary's Department in 1926. tery, Royal Artillery, (Police Train-

Colonel George B. O. Taylor, Ing School Ground), 4.30 p.m. B.E., who succeeds Colonel R. A. Boger as Assistant Director of Works at the War Office, returns to his former branch where he was D.A.D. He was also chief instruc

Tennis. Entries Close for Hong Kong C.C. Colony Championships, noon.

Friday Feb. 1." Auctions-Lammert's, Household tor for construction at the School Furniture, at No. 3 The Albany, 10 of Military Engineering and Chief am; at 35 Hankow Road. Kow- Engineer in Iraq. Promoted colo-1000, 2.30 p.m. nel with 1930 date he went to halt par last July. He was formerly adjutant of the Kent Fortress, RE, TF

Sports!

Badminton-Men's Doubles) "A" Division, St. Andrew's v. Ghinese R.C.; "B" Division, Y.M.C.A. v. Fire Brigade. 8 p.ih......

Billiards Steel Coulson League, East Lancashires v. Royal Engi- neers.

Contract Bridge-World Olym→ pic Championship Tournament (Sports Club), 8 pm.

Hockey Hong Kong Hockey Club Jualors v. Bt. Andrew's Cình (King's Park), 5 p.m.:

Olpemas

King's The World Moyes On," Queen's: "Channel Crossing." Central: "Chinese Picture," Oriental Masquerader " World"The Little Caesar." Alhambre:--"Moby Dick," Majestic Palook" Star:-"The Happy Ending." Dances:-Fancy Dress, Police Headquarters Gymnasium, pm; Garrison Lecture Hall, 8.45 pm

Meetings St. Andrew's Girls' Guild, 5.30 pm, :-.

Bocial Functions. University Moon-XII Moon, 28th Day. Medical Society's farewell Tea- party to Dr. D. K. Samy, 5 p.m.

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