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號伍拾零仟牌萬式第。日春初月棨年玄乙 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1935.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 Anniversaries and Holidays. London, July 18: Lammas Day. First Day of Jemadi- Some 'seventy thousand en-al-awal Feast of St. Peter's

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at Spithead for the Jubilee Review, thusiastic spectators would have Chains while they represent the principal | shouted a "yes" to that question,} . Aghting strength" of the Navy, after Saturday's brilliant show at amount to less than half of its Aldershot. It was a magnificent King's The Good Fairy " numerical strength. There are on display. It is to be followed, as Queen's: "Blind Date." the effective list some 370 vessels picture, by the companion piece of Central:-"Chinese Picture." About 150, or nearly as many as are a naval review.

Oriental: Corsair." at the Review, are now serving on) Far be it from us to depreciate | Majestic; - "The Whole Town's foreign stations. This includes the the effectiveness, as spectacles, of Dominion Navles. The balance of these parades. Nor would it be about 80 is represented by ships just to do so, even from the sterner under repair in the dockyards or utilitarian point of view. Indeed, laid up with care-and-maintenance there were at least two sorts of partles.

armies at Aldershot

Talking."

Star:-"Sorrell And Son."

Meetings-Annual, Hong Kong. Football Club, Happy Valley. 5,30 P.; Theosophical Society, Study Class, 6 pm.

Miscellaneous.St. Andrew's Club Games Night, 9 pm.

Social-Ladies' MCL Whist Drive. Prison Officers' Mess, Ar- buthnot Road. 3 p.m.; Civil Ber- vice Cricket Club Whist Drive, 8.45 P

Sports

"It would not be possible to There was the Army of yesterday assemble more than the total of and the day before and all the days ships now at Spithead without right back to Waterice or beyond: interfering with the regular work the gallant, chivalrous equipment of the Navy. At the present time, of infantry lines, cavalry: brigades the bulk of the Mediterranean-the great march past illustrating Fleet has come home, there are still the art of war as it once was and about 33 seagoing units there: 13 as we heartily wish it could have of them are making a cruise to remained. Unfortunately there are French and Italian ports under the many gallant soldiers who eternal- Bowls-Open Singles; R, Duncan command of Rear-Admiral G. Hly imagine that war has remained | V. A. Macfarlane (Club de Recreio); D'O. Lyon, now at Split (Spalato), like that. These went on imagin. 5′ W. Bradbury v. C. G. Silva (Tal- In the Adriatic, in HMS. Deliling all through the Great War | koo B.C.); W. K. Way y. J. C. Brown About 57 vessels are in China, in- That gives a reason for the four (Civil Service C.C.). cluding 18 river gunboats in the and a half years of stalemate in Yangtze and West River. Seven incessant slaughter ships are in the East Indies and Persian Gulf, five on the Africa Station, and seven on the America | it may be. and West Indies Station. Survey- ing ships are at work off Trinidad. Colombo, Singapore, and Cyprus. The Canadian Navy accounts for seven, the Australian for 17, the New Zealand Division for Ave, and the Royal Indian Navy for 10.

APPOINTMENTS

War as it was, fizet:

Indians v. Club de Recreto; Chin- Tennis. Division Kowloon

ese R.C. v. Kowloon C.C: Central

Then, at Aldershok also, war as British Assn. v. Army TC; Unt- verstry. Indira RC.; Craigen-

This is the mechaniked scien-gower C.C. v. South Chiña A4.i tific" war-represented chiefly by

"D" Division, Police RC v. Army the crawling tanks, bare reptiles of the Beld, faming and stinking.

Moon.-VII Moon, 3rd. Dey. Not pleasant. Na, a galant in | Suurige-5.54 a.m. Sunset-7.04 aspect Yes we ought to mate had them--we could have had them

Tides

High at 10.10 and 23.52-

if the cavalry mind had permitted Low at 3.35 and 17.06. them in 1914, instead of waiting The Admiralty notified the tu muddle them until 1916 on-the following appointments on Satur-Somme. day:

Engr. Capt.-A. K. Diblay, to Tamar, as Chler Engr. Hong Kong Dockyard, Oct. 25.

Cmdrs-G. N, Brewer, to Ceres, in command, July 17: V. J. Voel cher, to Thruster, in command. Aug. 8 and H. R. Sandwith, to Pembroke, Aug. 12, and to Dragqa, on recommg.

Payr. Commander-E, S, Duggan, O.B.E., to Queen Elizabeth, Ang 2. Lt. Cmdrs.-G. P. Hunter-Blair,

And who can say that these monsters will be as effective as they now look in a new war?

They too may be out of date when the bombs begin falling out of the air. They are mechanical, certainly. Are they enough?

We shall not know until ence provides the answer.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2.. Anniversaries and Holidays. Feast of St. Alphonsus, Doctor of the Church.

Auctos Postage Samps, Lam- mert's Hong Kong Sales Room, 5.15 p.m.

Cinemas chemical King's: "We Live Again",

Queen's:-"Blind Date." experi-Central:Chinese Picture.”

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Oriental:-"Charlie Chan In Paris." Majestic:"Chinese" Picture." Star:-"Under Pressure.”

Commercial Hong Kong Tele-

to Ceres, July 17; K. R. Buckley, YODELLING AT VICTORIA phone Co., Ltd., Interim Dividend

payable.

Lectures-Christian Fellowship. Helena May, 10.30 a.m.

loon Un'on Church Hall, 9 p.m.

Meeings.-Extraordinary, Kow-

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Tdes-High at 10.40; Low at 4.13

to Vernon, July 24; L. K. Beau-. champ, to Doon, in command, Aug 1 L. B. Whetstone, to Pembroke, (Special Air Mail Service) Aug. 12. and to Dragon, on" rë-

London July 18. commg.: D. V. Sprague, to L 71, in Contingents of folk dancers from command, Aug, 20: J. R. 8. Brown, all over Europe converged on Lon. to Narwhal, Aug. G. R. M. Robert don to-day for the great Inter- son, to Achilles Aug. 14; R. N. national Folk-Dance Festival, Tennis.-"D" Division,

South Stirling Hamilton, to Dolphin, which opens to-morrow with a China A.A. v. Civil Service C.C. Sept. 2; J. B. Mitford, to Seawolf, parade in Hyde Park. A long pro- Police R.C. Y Sept. 20; and W. Brodrick, to cession of youths and young women

Kowloon B.G.C.; Army F.C. v. Chinese R.C. Dragon, on recommg.

garbed in the traditional peasant Surgn. Lt L. 5. Coulter to dress of their countries enlivened

Mocn.-VII Moon, 4th Day. Sunrise.-5.55 a.m. Sunset.--7.04 Maine, July 18"

Victoria Station during the day. Payr. Lt.-Cridrs.-H. M. 8. Stra- and although the festival does not chan-White, to R.NE. College, begia officially unti to-morrow, and 17.33. Keyham, Aug. 13; 1. Parrott, to some of the Swiss yodellers thought. Pembroke, Aug. 13; G. H. Courtier, it expedient to let London know

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 to Pembroke, Aug. 17; G. A. J. they had arrived. Fraulein Rolfi

Anniversaries and Holidays. Schofield, to Drake, Aug. 15; D. A set the example with a long-drawn King Haakon of Norway born, 1872. Wilson, to President, for Duty in call of greeting which. echoed Ba hing.-St.. Andrew's Club, Po- NID. Admiralty, Aug, 21; H. W. E through the station. Others of the ice Pier, 3.30 p.m.; Kowloon Tong Bennett, and N, E. Denning to group joined in this voluble "hail" Anglican Church, Police Pier, 3.15 Courageous, on recommg,; and A. to Britain, and the pleasant-ifp.m. V. Chubb, to Barham, on recommg somewhat startling-Sunday after-

Lts.-R. H. Mills, to Greyhound, noon entertainment for waiting King's: "We Live Again." July 22; T. H B Shaw, to Dryad, passengers was later enriched by July 23; J. W. Linton, to Snapper an honest reply in kind from the Queen's The Flame Within." in command, Aug. 15 H ALrallway porters, whose yodelling, if

Central:"Chinese Picture. Marsham, to Swordfish in com lacking in artistic finish, was car

Oriental "Charlie Chan In Paris” mand, Aug. 19.

Alhambra “G-Men."" - tainly sincere and mirth-provoking."

Majestic: “Chinese Picture. Star:-"Under Pressure."

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NAVAL ATTACHE FOR SAIM

NAVAL CADETSHIPS The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that 16" cadetships (for executive duties), six naval cadet ships (for engineering duties), 10 paymaster cadetships, and eight Arst appointments, Royal Marines, will be offered for competition at the Navy, Army- and - Air Force examination to be held in Novem-] ber next. The ages of candidates pointment of Commander O, R, G.

must be as follows:-

For naval cadetships (executive and engineering) and for paymr, Cadetships 17 End not 18 on Jan 1, 1836.

For first appointments, RM-17 and nos 19) on Jan, 1, 1936.-

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London, July 16. The King has approved the ap-

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MiscellaneousTombola, Garr!- son Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.; Tombola on board E.MA. Tamar, 7.15 p.m.7 Whist Drive, Cheero Club 8.30 p.m. Sports

Bowls First Division Indian R. Cvdvil Bervice C.C.; Craigen- Cover C.C. "B" v Kowloon B.GO. Allen, OBE, R.N., as Naval Attache Kowloon Docks v. Police R.C.; Club to H.M. Legation at Bangkok, Blam, de Recreio v Kowloon C.G. Second This is the frit time a Naval At- D'vision Civil Service C.C. v. Hong taché has been appointed for Blam Kong Electric, Kowloon BG.C. v The principal vessels of the Siamese Yacht Club: Police R.C. v. Takoo Navy are British-built, and one, the RC Kowloon C.C. v. Club de Re- Cestroyer Phra Ruang served in crep, Craigengower C.C. V HODE the British Navy during the Warias | Kong

*** Forms” of applications, which must be completed and returned HMS Radiant, and was urchased not later than Sept. 25, can be on- tained from the Secretary. Divi Bervice mission, Burlington-

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