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HONG KONG VOLUNTEER

DEFENCE CORPS

(ORDERS BY. LIEUT.-COLONEL H. B. L DOWBIGUIN, OBE COMMANDANT. H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.)`

OBITUARY

The Commaudunt deeply regret to record the death of Private Arthur Charles Maycock of the Motor, Machine Gun Section which occurred in hospital on the 28th instant.

GENERAL

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Command Lieut. J. R. Way will assume Com- mand of the "Motor Machine Gun Section vice Captain H. G. Williams (on Leave) with effect from Febru-" ary 1, 1938.

Range Officer-Lt. F. P. Sequeira, Launch leaves Queen's Fier at 8.15 a.m. and Kowloon at 8.30 am.

APPENDIX

*A," "B" and "C" Musketry- Trigger pressing, Alming and Bott Drill. Headquarters.

"D" Musketry-Meg detailed by C.S.M. Baptista-Fire Part II Kennedy Road Range,

Remainder, Trigger pressing. Alming and Bolt Drill-Headquar- ters

"B" Company

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1936.

H. K. TRADE RETURNS

Wholesale Prices Declined

An official report issued by the Imports and Exports Department states that according to an index Agure constructed by the Statisti- cal Office wholesale prices in the Colony et Hong Kong declined by 14.9% in 1935 as compared with 1034, 34.7% as compared with 1933, and 21% as compared with the base year 1922,

The Index number of Foodstuffs in 1935 declined by 9.4% as com- pared with 1934, 24.7% as com- pared with 1935, and 14.6% as com pared with 1922; Texilles by 13.6% as compared with 1934, 23.5% as compared with 1833, and 25.8% as compared with 1922: Metals and Minerals by 18.1% as compared with 1934, 28.0% as compared with 1933, and 20.2% as compared with 1922: Miscellaneous Articles by 18.3% as compared with 1934, Tuesday, February and Thursday. 24.5 as compared with 1833, and

27.7% as compared with 1922

Class "A" Lewis Jun.-Ground ''. Relinquishment His Excellency the Governor has (Component Parts)-Headquarters. Training Stripping and Assembling.

approved the relinquishment of his

Class "B" Lewis Oun-Ground Local Commission as Lieutenant in Training-Stripping and Assemb the Hong Kong v. Volunteer Deng-Headquarters (Complete in- fence Corps by. Lleut. Charles Leonard Tatham with effect from cluding Barrel Group). December 16, 1935 on his perman- ent transfer from the Colony,

Junior Wing

Reference Corps Orders No. 1 dated January 3, 1936.

The Classes for the Junior Wing will be discontinued until further notice,

PARADE

Corps 1st Battery "A" Section-Parade, at Belcher's Fort on Thursday, February 6, 1936 at 6 p.m.

Dress-Overalls, Gun Platform Shoes, Blue Cay.

"L" Section-Parade 2 Corps Headquarters on Friday, February 7, 1936 at 5.30 p.m. Dress-Overalls.

Corps Engineers Parade at Miniature Range on Monday, February 3, 1036 at-5.30- p.m

Thursday, February 6, 1938- Parade at Belcher's Fort at 8 p.m. for D.L. Training.

M.G. Troop Parade at Corps Headquarters on Tuesday, February 4, 1935 at 5.30 p. for Machine Gun Instruction. Armoured Car Section

Section will parade at Corps Headquarters on Tuesday, February

4 at 5.30 p.m.

Corps Signals

Parade at Corps Headquarters on

February 8, 1936 at 5.30 pm.

RANGE ALLOTMENT Kennedy Road Range-Tuesday, 11.2.38-Armoured Car Section

PROMOTION

No. 1034, Corpi K, L, Lockhari, Corps Engineers, to be Sergeant with effect from January 31, 1936.

RETURN FROM LEAVE

Lieut. V. C Branson, M.C re- turned from leave on January 23. 1938.

LEAVE

The following have been granted leave as urider:-

M.G. Troop-No. 1761, Tpr., F. G. Nigel from 15.1.36 to 14.10.36

No 2 (Bcottish) Company-No. 2370, Pte. A. A. Bremner from 3.2.36 -24,3.30.

No. 3 (M.G.) Company-No. 1538, Cpl. H. Gubbay from 1.2.35 to 30.4.36; and No. 2359. Pte. F. R. Abbas from 27.1.36 to 8.3.38.

Medical Section-Lient, H. J. Croot from 28.1.38 to 5.2.36.

Reserve Section "B"--No. 689. Pte. W. F. Kerr from 15.2.38 to 15.12.36. "

STRENGTH-

No. 2537, Pte. A. Lau, Government

21.1.36.

For Crew Drill and Driving In-Civil Hospital, No. 3 (MG.) Coy. structions-L/Cpl. Spradbery, Ptes. Austin, Walkden and Scoones,

For Arms Drill-L/Cpl. Butler. Ptes, Davies, Ingram, McGugan and Lafford.

Motor, Machine Gan Section Parade at Corps Headquarters on Monday, February 3 at 5.30p.m.

Lecture by Corporal Warner on "Repairs and Adjustments."

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- Nó. 1· (M.G.) Company Parade Friday, February 7, 1936 --Recapitulation of Elementary M.G. Training. The object of this parade is to ascertain individual deficiencies in handling and me- chanism and LA: All ranks of the Company are expected to attend.

No. 2 (Scottish) Company Parade at Corps Headquarters on Thursday, February 6, 1938 at 6.30 p.m. prompt for Machine Gun Training, and LA,

No. 3 (MLG)Company- Parade at Corps Headquarters on Monday, February 3 at 5.30 pm, in accordance with programme detail- ed in Company Circular.

M.G. Course Part II.-The follow- ing have been qualled as 1st class Machine Gunners acid are entitled

to wear the Badge (without wreath) for one year:

Corporal Qubbay, L/Cpl. Cauvin and L/Cpl. Broadbridge, N.

M.G. Ba, Signal Section "

No. 2538, Sgr. N, F. Deltz, A. D. Coppin Alex. Bldg. M.G. Bn. Sig. Sec, 29.1.36.

No. 2539, Sgr. Lo Shing Leung, H.K. Broadcasting Studio; M.G Bn. sig. Sec., 29.1.36.

No. 2540, Pte,,, C. R. Maberly, 10

30.1.30.

Queen's Road, No. 2 (Scottish) Co..

8d.) R. C. B. ANDERSON,"

Captain,

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Adjutant, HK.V.D.C.

AFTER ORDERS

The reconnaissance arranged for No. 3 (MG) Company on Sunday, February 2, 1938 is postponed.

AFFILIATED UNITS

Nursing Detachment, H.K.V.D.C.

The next lecture in Home Nursing

will be held on Monday, February

3 1938 at P.W.D, Offices at 5.30 p.m. Head Storeman will arrange for beds, linen. etc.

(sd.) K. DURRAN,

Commandant,

Nursing Detachment,

NOTICE

The following team has been selected to represent "the Battery and Corps Engineers in a football match with the Royal Artillery,

Stonecutters, to be played on Sun- day next, February 2, 1936 at the ground of the Kowloon Football Club, Chatham Road. Kick off at

Wednesday, February 5, 1936-10.30 a.m. The Commandant, Lt.-

OBITUARY

Mr. A. J. Reed

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. A. J Reed, LSO, who died at his re- sidence at No. 8, Broadwood Road yesterday morning.

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CORRESPONDENCE

[All letters intended for publica- tion must be accompanied by the hame and address of the writer, näs for publication, unless to desired. [The Editor, "Hong Kong Daily Press"]

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Qantas Empire Airways

Bir-During the last 13 years. the Legislature of Hong Kong passed a

It is not so long since air travel great number of new Ordinances was looked upon sa a great ad- and Regulations to sell the inventure, as something to be under- taken with closed eyes and clench- treasing demands of the Colony."

The last edition of our local Or-ed teeth,«-Air travellers then al- dinances was published in 1924, and, most exclusively came from two since then, numerous Ordinances classes-those in a desperate hurry that edition (which are contain- and those who would "try any- ed in no less than five big volumes) think once." have been repealed or very ably amended by the present Attorney- General, and, as stated above, other new laws, too numerous to mention, have been passed.

In following my studies of the law, it has been most dimeült for me, from time to time, to find out where I am. when studying any particular local act.

If this letter should catch the eye of any member of the Committee of the Hong Kong Law Society, I think the Society, should suggest to

the Government to immediately appoint one of its law officers or any local lawyer to take up the compilation of a new edition of "the Laws of Hong Kong." If the matter should be taken up in- mediately, and the editor's time is not taken up otherwise, I am of opinion, that, with the good speedy printing work of the Government Printers, in a period of six months, à new edition can easily be com- pleted and its sale ought to cover the cost of production.-Yours, etc.

CONFUSED STUDENT-

AT-LAW

Hong Kong, January 31.

The late Mr. Reed served the government in the clerical depart- ment for over forty years. He be- gan as a clerk in 1888 and was promoted to accountant in 1899. He became Chief Accountant in. 1937 when he attained Class 1 in

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BRAHMS' REQUIEM

To-day the aeroplane is an ne- cepted medium of transport and a glance through the Overseas pas- senger lists of Qantas Empire Air- ways shows that those who have travelled on the Brisbane-Singapore air service are drawn from many

walks of life and that the reasons tor their journeys are as varied as their

on ex-

nationalities and callings. on a recent trip there travelled to Australia a Dutch "consulting en- gineer on a visit of inspection to the West Australian goldfelds, a Royal Air Force officer change duty, and a mining en- ginger on leave from Biam An- other airliner carried from Bris- bane to Singapore two Australian jockeys who had been engaged to ride at race meetings in Malaya and a Chinese tailor from Darwin on a visit to relatives in the Malay States:

BUSINESSMENT'S PATRONAGE

A. Sydney cotton spirner travel- led by air to England to purchase machinery for a new factory and an Australian ship owner made the Bame Journey to buy a new vessel tor his feet. Two Australians, an engineer and an ok driller, went by the Qantas service to Koepang to investigate the oll and mineral Sir-I am informed by the Ca- possibilities of the Island of Timor. the senior clerical and accountingthedral authorities that the col- An English manufacturer accom- of the panted by his wife, made the air star. Much sympathy wil be felt lection on the occasion for the widow and seven sons who singing of the Requlem amounted journey from London to Brisbane to $178 and 5/9 in English money. as part of a round-the-world busi- are left to mourn his death.

This will enable us to send a che-ness trip and in the same plane que for £12 to St. Dunstans. The travelled an Australian radio en- The interment which took place only item of expense of the ser- gineer returning from an investi- at the Roman Catholic Cemetery vice was the cost of the service gation of the television position in yesterday was largely attended by paper and this will be met by the Europe. An American and his relatives and friends. The last singers.

wife made the first stage of an I want to take this opportunity aerial honeymoon trip to Europe rites were performed by the Rev. Fr.

FT. Byrne, S.J. Page who was assisted by the Rev. or thanking you for the generous by tying from Brisbane to Souza- publicity afforded not only to the baya, and the export manager of Although no Bowers were re-service Itself but also to the re-

ап American pen company quested many floral tributes from hearsals for the Singers,

travelled from Brisbane to Singa- the sorrowing relatives and, friends

pore inspecting agencies. were placed on the grave,

THE FUNERAL

Yours, etc.,

To me the outstanding feature

to 9. our service of tribute the Among the many people gathered memory of a beloved King » was to pay their last respects were the international character Messrs. T. Hynes, T. Lay, H. Dixon, both choir and aüd'ence. the Rev. Fr. Macdonald, 8.J., A. F.) Delgado, J. D. Marshall. Sisters of the Italian and French Convents, Messrs. J. M. Noronha, A." V. Go-! sano, R. Choa, Il Choa, T. A; John-Hong Kong, Jan. 31, 1938. son, M. J. Noronha, M. Fernando, D. Remedios, A, J. C. Rocha, J. H.

d'Almada, À W. Carrie, A. Omar A. B. Hamson and many others.

ALLEGED ROBBERS

CAPTURED

Quick Police Work

A. 8. KING,

Chairman, Hong Kong B'nger

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED

To Pay 7 Per Cent. Dividend

The Directors will recommend "Good work on the part of the the following allocation of profits Police yesterday resulted in the ar- for the year ended 31st December. rest of alx men, alleged to have 1935 at the forthcoming Annual been armed robbers who earlier in Meeting of Shareholders the day had perpetrated an arm-Pay a dividend of '7%

to

Two Dutch delegates to the In- ternational Conference of Sugar Technologists returned to Java by air, while an English selentis: made the air journey from Nairobi, Africa, to Brisbane in order to at- The tend the same conference. manager of a famous Australian circus went by air from Darwin to Sourabaya to make advance ar-

rangements for a tour of the East Indies, and two New Zealand armers travellëd through to Lon- don by the same service in order to attend the Jubilee celebrations, A lady doctor from Egypt chose the air route for her journey to Melbourne for the British Medical Association Conference, and a re- tired boot manufacturer from the United States Lew from London to Brisbane and back to Singapore during his 35,000-mile air trip round the world.

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QANTAS' SERVICES

Many residents of Malaya have avalled themselves of the oppor--

10,34400 tunity that the Qantas service

ed' robbery. at an unnumbered on 200,000 shares... $140,000,00

Special matshed in Kowloon Tong, Kow-Transfer loon City in the early hours of the Repairs and Renew-

als A/c. morning.

Acording to the report made by Transfer to Building

Improvement «A/c. the victim, Lau Yu, a vegetable gardener it was revealed that ai! And carry-forward about i am. he was awakened by some men shouting at him not to move. He saw six mení, two arm-

4,656.31 33.036.35

$189.036,69

STREET SLEEPERS' SOCIETY

Signal Section will parade for in- Col, H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O.B.E. hased with knives and the other with ciruction in Subsections as follows: kindly consented to kick of.

bamboo poles and sticks, tie up his Subsection "A" V/T-Under Sec-

Fogwill (Engineers); Everest (En- brother-in-law, Chun Bun, and tion Cpl. King-Laying cable from gineers), Hill (Battery), Gamble the latter's son, Chung Chi, with land reel and 'operating D. III. in-

(Battery), Millington (Battery), rape. One of the men then struck The following is a report of the struments as in forward areas. Re-Boyd (Engineers); Wood (Battery), him on the chest." He jumped up number of sleepers who occupied ference "Signal Training" Chapter Hooper (Engineers), E. Strange and escaped by breaking through the shelters during the sever VII, Section 37, paras. 3-8.

(Battery). Brown Subsection "L/T-Preparing Bickford (Battery).

(Engineers), the wall of the matahed. When he nights (January 34 to 30 nelu

got outside, he raised the alarmı, siye) — cable" for Combined Operations.

Reserve: Stephens (Battery), and the robbers ran away. On en- Two D. LILs required for subsection Woolley (Engineen), Webb (Bat- tering the matshed, he found that tery), and F. B, W. Smith (Engi- a crate of chickens and some pro- neers).

perty valued at $13 had been Referee:- Mr. H. F. Scrutton, stolen. II MS, Dorsetshire),

Linesman:-CBM., R. 3./Everest.

"A."

Subsection "C" W/T--Under Bigr Thomson-Morse Instruction, In- stallation W/T set at Corps Head- quarters. Maintenance of second- ary cells. Reference "Signal Train-M.B.E. ing" Chapter VII, Sections 40 and 41.

Ing.

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Subsection "D D/R-Map read-

Corps Infantry

PRAGUE FAIR 1936

Favourable Outlook

offers to visit Australia on leave, and the names of Civil Servants, surveyors, rubber planters, mining engineers, merchants, and Army officers figure prominently in the Overseas passenger lists

On the Brisbane-Darwin-section of the Qantas service the passen- Ker lists show an even greater Tariety, Graziers, salesmen, en gineers, doctors, nurses, solicitors, dentists, bank inspectors, stock and station agents, storekeeper, pub- can, insurance assessors, drovers, shearers, divers all these, and a host of others, are regular travel- lera ́on the air route, Even a "swaggle" might have figured on the passenger list had the Captain of the airliner agreed to give him the requested ***lift from Water to Datin?"

St. Peter's (West Point)

Capacity

129

Total Sleepers

905

Turned away

14

Po Yin Street (Central) Capacity

158

1128

17

Nath Road (Kowloon) Capacity

100

set

Total sleepers · Turned AWAY

704

W. M. N. H. B:

W/S Quartette

Total sleepers Turned Away

Per "S.C.M. Post" Previously

Daly

10.00

5,00

50,00

number of more than 3000 exhibi- tors is expected. According to the great importance of the Spring Session for doing export business the opening date has been ahead this year, in order to en- The accommodation in all three Busy Bees Working Party Parade at Corps Headquarters on

able buyers to visit the Prague shelferg is overtaxed. Tuesday, February 4 at 5.30 p.m. Details ns per Appendix

The revival of Czechoslovakia's Fair immediately after the clos Stonecutters Range.-"A" and export trade in 1935 has influening of the Leipzig Fair. The new *B" Companies will fire Part III.ced most favourably the prepara date la March 6th to March 15th, Musketry at Stonecutters on Sun- tion-work for the next Prague 1036. The Prague Fair has deve day, February 9, 1838 Platoon Fair. Entries have been received loped in the last yeara to one of Commanders and CSM must see in largely increased numbers for the most important centres of Society beg to acknowledge t that no man who has already fired many of the groups, and the ex- oversea trade in which also Amer grateful thanks the folowing do- ing Post to Mr. Andrew Part III or any man who has not hibits will cover the whole dedican buyers are regularly putting nätions: yet fired Ball Ammunition, attend of Czechoslovakia's industrial out large orders

on this date

put. For this reason a record-specialities:

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