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YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS

T.T. ON LONDON:—1/3'}d. (nom).

Hector: Cat About Town Notorious Gossip

T.T. ON NEW YORK: -30.

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He:

"How fashioned loving."

about some

old-

OF LOCAL EVENTS

She: "All right, I'll call grandma down for you.” –

•

There was no washstand in the room.

"Where do I perform my ablu-") tions," he asked, and the landlady ihrew him out. She didn't like Acrobats.

Nell: "What did that pretty clerk In the surgical store do when that fresh guy asked her to show him her best wooden leg?"

Bell: "Oh, she took him down a peg."

ROYAL NAVY

Surplus Lieutenant- Commanders

London, Jang, 4

A concession announced by the Admiralty ale month ago has not had any effect in inducing sur-

plus lleutenant-commanders to re tire voluntarily and so help to clear the list. In an order published in "The Times" on March 30, 1935. the Board announced an extension of the retired pay scale, whereby lleutenant-commanders who had passed out of the zone for promo- tion to commander and were at least 35 years of age might apply Mrs Smilth: What an ideal hus-standing that they had not reach- to retire with retired pay, notwith-

-

Mrs. Brown:." Do you know, dear I was reading the other day that an ostrich can see very little, and can digest anything."

band "

Wife: "No, I did not sew a but- ton on your trousers; I was too tired. Which is more important, anyway your wife. or your trousers?"

ed the qualifying age of 40 laid down in the regulations in the grant of retired pay. To date only two officers have taken advantage of this scheme.

There are still nearly 300 Herten-

Husband: "Well, there are places ant-commanders on the list who I can go without a wife."

A young lady-and-het-aunt, re- turning home from work on pay

are beyond the promotion zone, which includes officers with be-

three tween

and seven years, seniority in the rank About one day, were relieved of their money half of these must be under 40, by a stick-up man The young and therefore eligible, if they wish. lady, rushing over to a policeman. Į jo take advantage of the conces exclaimed "I've been robbed of my sion. It is also open to them, of pay and my aunt's Day.”

course, to retire with a gratuity, Possibly the international situation during the past four months has led many to remain on the active list in the hope that there may be more openings for their services.

Cut out the pig Latin and tell me what happened," the copper ordered.

Lena Svenstrum had worked for two years for a `certain family of high social aspirations and had been kept quite busy" Finally it was decided that all members of the household must be vaccinated

but the question came up, where to

AFRICA CRUISES HMS. Bridgewater, Captain J. Figgins, is due at Lagos to-day, and will remain until January 4, Her subsequent movements should be: Takoradi, January 6-10: Accra, vaccinate Lena so it would not in-

January 11-19: Freetown, January terfere with her work.

"How about an arm?" asked the 24-28; and Bathurst, January 30- February 3. ILMS, Rochester, Commander F. H. P. Maurice, will leave · Simonstown on January 15 for an east coast cruise, returning on May 1 for docking.

doctor.

"I'm afraid she would not be able to do the dusting and other house- work," said the lady of the house.

"The leg should be the place then," suggested the doctor.

"That would interfere too," ob- fected the lady, "because she has to get down on her knees every day to do the scrubbing."

"Well, exclaimed the M.D., scratching his head, "I don't know;] I'm sure, just where to vaccinate her so it won't interfere with some of her work. Have you any-sugges· tions Lena?"

"Vell" replied Lena, pondering deeply, "Ay don't get mooch time to sit down.”

LORD HORDER AT 65 LEAVES BART'S

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. Anniversaries and Holidays. St. Flavian, M.

Cinemas

King's: "Charlle Chan's Secret" Queen's:-"Coronado " Oriental:-"Bright Lights."' World:"Chinese Picture" Alhambra:-Top Hat." Majestic:-"The Whispering

Shadow."

star:-"Every Night At Sight"

Meetings Annual, BL Juhn's Cathedral Congregation, 5.30 p.m.; Kowloon Chess Club, at Central British School, 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous.— V.DMA Work- ing Party. St.. Andrew's, 3 p.m.

Rehearsala Hongkong Bingers at St. John's Cathedral, 8.45, p.m

Religious-St. John's Cathedral, United Memorial Service, 11.30 a.m.: Catholic Cathedral, 10 a.m.; Russian Orthodox Church, 6 piz

Sports.

Badminton. Men's Double's. Sallors' and Soldiers' Home v. Club de Recrelo "A Club de RecrRID "B" v. St. Andrew's “A."

Billards-Steel Coulson League. Royal Engineers v. Catholic Union: Dockyard R.Or Garrison Ber= geants: Prison Omcers V. ©1911 Ber vice; St. Patrick's v. Naval Dock- yard Police.

Hockey-East Lancashires ..V. Royal Ulster Rifles (Shamshumo Camp), 4.15 pm.

Rugby.-Combined Shanghal (Hongkong Football Club Ground),!

pm.

Services

7.

Moon-I Moon, 5th. Day Sunrise.-7.04 m. Sunset-6.09

Tides-High at 12.34: Low at 8:13 and 17.50.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 Auniversaries and Holidays. St. Francis of Sales, Bp., and D.

Cinemas " King's?—'Charlie Chan's Berret. Queen's:-"Travelling Saleslady." Oriental:-"The Murder Man." World:-"Chinese Picture " Alhambra: "This Is The Life...” Majestie:-""The "Whispering

Shadow"

TRAVELLING CONCESSIONS It is notified in Fleet Orders that the railway compantes concerned have now "agreed that the con- nection with railway travel shown In previous orders will be made available for officers and ratings of the RNR. and the RNVR, but"| not 'their wives and families, in respect of leave granted during their periods of training or other service m the Royal Navy. The Meetings, Kowloon Union concession of reduced fares will be Church Women's Gulid, 10 a.m.; obtainable only subject to the same Annual, of Ladies' Churen Aid Bo- formalities as regards the use of clety, B. & 8. Home, 3 p.m. An- form 0.1798 by oicers or the pro-"nual, of Kowloon Tong Anglican duction of leave tickets by men as Church, 8.30 pm. are applicable to RN, personnel.

Star:~"Llles Of The Field.”

Lectures-Sir Henry Pollock on "Kipling's Poems," in West Lounge of Y.M.GA, 9 p.m.,

Miscellaneous. The English Forum Debate with the Canadian. Chinese Club, at Y.W.C.A.

Requiem" in St. John's Cathedral,

Religious-Rendering of Brahms'

6 pm-

Sports

RETURN OF SUBMARINES DE *Buomarines L-54 and L 69 have returned to Partsmouth from duty London. Jan. 8.

with the Second Flotilla, in the Lord Horder, Physician in Eastern Mediterranean, and are ex-. Ordinary to the Prince of Wales pected to join the Reserve, Com- has retired from his position of mander J, G.. Roper, hitherto in sealar physician to St. Bartholo- | command of the submarine Shark, | Tatkoo R.C. v. Ellot Hall “A” v. Bt, mew's Hospital

has been appointed in command of | John's v. St. Andrew's "B": Eliot Hall B. Kowloon Tong; Fire Bridgade v. Chinese R.C.

He has reached the age limit, L 69. 65, and yesterday made his "last" round."

Colleagues and students are presenting him with his portrait in oils. It will hang in the Great Hall of the hospital

V

Badminton,Men's Doubles,

Hockey-Hongkong: Hockey Club H.K.S.R.A (King's Park), 15

MALTA BASE STAFI Commander C. EW. Norris is appointed from, to-day 'to HMS. Bt. Angelo, depot-hip for Malta base and dockyard. He succeeds Hugey-Club "A" v. An Army Commander Q) A... N, Chatwin, | Fifteen (Happy Valley), 4.45 pm. Lord Horder was entertained to Commander Norris was promoted Moon--I Moon, 8th Day, dinner last evening by the house last year and has been attending Bunrise,-7,04 ain, Bunset.- 6.10 physicians of the hospital. They the 1935 course at the Staff College. p.m. gave him a silver rose bowl as a He served during the last two years Tides-High at 9.25 and 13.16 parting gift.

of the War as midshipman of the Low at 6,46 and 18.5% Lord Harder has been senior battleship Malays. Promoted lieu physician to Bart's for the last tenant in 1921, he specialized in three years. His association with navigation three years later, and the hospital goes back to his his last ship as navigator was the student days.

cruiser Sussex in 1931-34,

August, 1914, while serving in the craiser Lancaster; and from He is an authority on cancer,

Beptember, 1916, he was for 15 bacteriology, and digestive trou- COMMANDER COLVILL RETIRED years in oummand of torpedo craft bics.

Lieutenant Commander JC Col Hin emomands included the des- He Is famed for his skill as a vill who has retired at his own re-troyers Amazon, Rapid, Walpole, diagnostician,

doute queat with the rank of commander. He is one of the doctors who has been 10 years in the Bervice attended the King during is long He entered Osborne in September, 1905 was promoted Heutenant in

finess.

Vancouver, and Vanoc,- Since January, 1933, he has served on the training staff at Portsmouth Naval Barracks.

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