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Headline announces: "Billposter turas gunman,"

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"Your convictions interest me." "I haven't had any convictions yet."

"Why do you have the cheek to call yourself a lady's maid?”

"I don't since I got this job.".

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'Erbert: 'Ullo! Who gave you the black eye? 'Oraces

Nobody. I'd ter fight like 'ell fer it.

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ROYAL NAVY

Aden Naval Base

London, May 6. Then there

was the golfing

Further appointments have re- colonel who went round in 103cently been announced to HMS. strokes, including one apoplectic Norfolk III. which is the :official designation of the naval base at Aden. The Norfolk herself is the flagship on the East Indies Sta- tion, and the Norfolk i signifies the naval base at Colombo, Since the reinforcement of the

naval forces in the vicinity of the Red Sea a number of officers have been appointed to HMS. Note: various dates from September 13. 1935.

One never knows how a son is going to turn out nowadays. No. nor when a daughter is going to turn in"

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A champion boxer says he is go- ing to give up fighting when he gets married. This is just the time many people start.

Convict 990--"Say Bill, I'm going to have a real red-hot time when I get out ain't you?"

Convict 13.-I hope not. I'm in

for life."

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 21 Anniversaries 2nd Holidays... Ascension Day. Holy Thursday. Small Fullness. (Esino-man:

Cinemas

· King's:-"Show Them

Mercy!"

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Queen's "The Case Of The Lucky

Legs."

Central:"Chinese Picture."

Oriental The Case O: The

Curlous Br.de."

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World: "The Beast Of Borneo." Alhambra :-"Exclus.ve Story." Majestic: "The Marines, are

Coming."

Star: "Four Hours To Kill!” Meetings.—Annual, The Cantol. Insurance Office, Ltd. at Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's Offices, noon;

Club, 5.30 .P.DL. Victoria Chess Theosophical Society, 6 pm. Toc E. Group 830 p.m.; Annual HK. Society for Cruelty to Animals, at Gloucester Bldg. (8th floor), 5.30 p.m.

the

Prevention

of

Macshed Church Whist Drive, 7:30 p.m.; Cheero Club Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, 8 p.m.

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Sports

Miscellaneous. St. Andrew's Wo- men's Fellowship. 3 p.m. a

Social.---Tombola on board H.M.S. The senior of these officers ramar, 7.15 p.m.; Civil Service 1 Captain D B Fisher, OBE.Cricket Club Whist Drive, 9 am: formerly commanding the sloop Bideford, in the Persian Gulf.

Commander P. K. Enright, who for the past two years has been executive officer as shotley train- ing establishment, has now been

Lawn Bowls.-Open Pairs Cham- appointed to the Norfolk III, and planship. J. McKelvie and J. V. will aucceed Commander R. M. Ramsay v. B. Baste and G. M. P. Southern Commander Enright Remedios (Kowloon C. C. Green), has just completed 28 years in the C. Roza Péreiza and C. G. Silva v. Navy, which he entered as a boy A. Steven and J. A. R. Belby (How- from the Royal Hospital School, loon B. G. C. Green), FA Machado Greenwich. He was promoted to and H. F. Rozario. J. Macdonald commissioned rank as a mate dur. and A. M. Holland (Kowloon Dock ing the War. Two of his brothers green), T. Coleman and G. N. have also attained commissioned Mitchell v. D. S. C. Alves and F. rank, one of whom, CommanderV. V. Ribeira (Police R. C. Green). A city teacher set his pupils the Edward Enright. now retired, was

L. J. Silva and EA. Alves v. F. M. el Arculli and A unusual task of revising any pro- the first group of mates on the

Bakar (Civil Service Green), C. H. Basto and J. verb they pleased, giving it a introduction of this scheme of modern significance of a humor-promotion in 1912.

J. Basto v. A. E. Coates and J, Cavanagh (Football Club Green), 5 II.

"If you want to remember some- thing, tie a plece of string around your inger.

If you want to forget every thing. tle a plece of rope around your neck

ous nature if possible. One of the best handed in was the follow- ing:-

"Uneasy ites the head that nears a croon."

RETURN OF CAPETOWN

The following is the programme Racing.Entries Close for Sixth approved for the return to Eng-Extra Race Meeting. noon, land of the cruiser Capetown, Captain D. A. Budgen, for recam- Moon 1st, Bay.

7-9:

The golfer had lost his ball, and.issioning:-Colombo, May "not unnaturally, was inclined

be annoyed with his caddie,

"Why the deuce didn't you watch where it went?" he asked angrily. "Well, sir," said the boy, 3. don't usually go anywhere, and so I took me unprepared like."

TAI CHI TAO SAILS

FOR BERLIN

To See Wang Ching Wei In Europe

Moon.-New Moon, 4.35 a.m. TV

Sunrise-541 a.m. Sunset.-6.59

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Tides-High at 8.50 and 23.04: Low at 2.20 and 18.10.

Aden, May 18; Suez, May 21-22; p.m. to

Port Said, May 22: Gibraltar, May 29-June 1; Plymouth, June 5. Cap is to command the Capetown when tain Cuthbert Coppinger, D.S.C

she recommissions, and she will return to the China Station.

PAYMASTER. COMMANDER

Shanghal, May 20, Mr. Tai Chi-tao. President of the Examination Yuan, who is repre- senting the Chinese Government at the World Olympics. left for Berlin this morning by the N.DL

liner Gnelsenau.

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It is reported that he will at- tempt to persuade Mr.

Wank Ching-wel to return to Nanking in November to participate in the National People's Congress.— leuter.

INEQUALITY OF VERSAILLES

Dr. Goebels Denounces The Treaty

("Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)

Lelpalg, May 20,

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FRIDAY, MAY 22 Anniversaries and Holidays. St. Rita of Casela, W.

Auctions-Crown Lands, at Dis- trict Office, South, 11 a.m.

Cinemas King's: "Show -Them

Mercy!" Queen's-Frisco Kid." Central "Chinese Picture." Oriental-Rendezvous." World: "The Beast Of Borneo. Alhambra-"Follow The Fleet," Majestic: The Last Outpost." Start-Hands Across The Table." Entertainments,-Herr Kempft's Concert, at the German Club, 5.45

DURMAN Paymaster Commander R. F. Durman, O.B.E.. has been placed on the retired list on completing -11 years' seniority in that rank. He entered the Navy as an assistant clerk on July 15, 1903. when he was appointed to the battleship Russell, Captain Alfred Winsloe. in the Mediterranean. The nery officer of the Russel; at that date was Lieutenant Roger Back- house, now Adrúral and Com-p.. mander-in-Chief of the Home Lectures-Helena May Christian Fleet. During the War Payraaste: Fellowship Meeting. 10.30 .. Commander Durman was Secretary

Meetings. Annual, of Union In- to Rear-Admiral R. S. Phippssurance Society of Canton, Lid, Hornby, in HMS. Glory North The China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Atlantic, until August. 1915, when and British Traders' Insurance he became accountant officer of Co., Ltd., the monitor Prince Eugene on the Building, 11 a.m., 11.20 am, and Belgian coast. Later in the War 11.25 a.m, respectively; Kowloon he was employed on special ser- Chess Club, 5.30 p.m. vice at the Admiralty. He was Secretary of the Nex Zealand Naval Board from 1932 to 1935.

CHINA FLEET CLUB

at Head Office, Union

Miscellaneous. - Cheero Club Jumble Sale; Annual Dinner and Dance of Euro-American Returned Students' Union, at Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden, 8 p.m. The Commander-in-Chief In Social-R. E. W. Os and S/N, China has asked that the thanks C. Sa Mess, Whist Drive and Tom- of the China Fleet may be con- bola, 8.45 p.m.; Cheero Club Dup- veyed to the units who have, con-licate Contract Bridge Hands, tributed to the China Fleet Club Moon.-IV Moon, 2nd Day.

A glaring denounciation of the building fund.. During 1935 their Sunrise.-5.41 a.m.; Sunset:-7 Versailles Treaty by Dr. Goebbels, subscriptions amounted to $6,583.- p.m.

Tides. Hign at 9.34 and 23.55: was. the feature of the final day. The amount at present out- of the Congress of German Jurists, standing is $360,000, on which in Low at 3.00 and 16.55.

terest of $15,000 a year has to be officially known as "Guardians, ni the Law," held here.

paid before a proît can be shown.

Criticising the Versailles Treaty The Commander-in-Chief points out how welcome further contri- from a legal point of view. Dr.

Goebbels said it came about in an butions will, be

Regal manner, and that its legal

little to the inequality of Germany facts for those intolerable para- was not based on Germany's signa- | graphs.

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THE ARMY

· Lòndon, May 7, "Major B C. Lake, DB,0., has. been selected for command of the

ture but on the threat of force. Dr. Goebbels ended his speech 1st Battalion. The King's Own Hilter had thus taken his stand saying: "Peace and prosperity can Scottish Borderers, iu succession on a higher conception of law for only be based on Justice' and, we t Lieutenant-Colonel C.. A. G. O. his and the other other European | want to see, this justice triumph." | Murray, D.S.O., whose tenure ex-: peoples, when he submitted new [Transocean New! Service. ·

pires to-day."

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