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NEW EMPIRE AIR MAIL SERVICE

First Plane Leaves

as well as mail will be carried on the new service.

The Centaurtis will remain, for, a time in the Mediterranean, where she will augment the regular pins- senger and mails service between Brindisi and Alexandria.

The new flying-boat Caledonia, commanded by Cápk. W. N. Cum- mings and Capt. G. J. Powell, is expected to leave Hythe on an ex- perimental flight to India and

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1937.

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER

DEFENCE CORPS

(ORDERS BY LT.-COL R, Q. B. ANDERSON, M.C. COMMANDANT

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS) ..

HOLIDAY

Corps Headquarters will be closed for the New Year Hölldays on Fri- day, 1st and Saturday, 2nd January, 1937.

HEADQUARTERS STORES

The Quartermaster's Stores at Volunteer H.Q. will be closed from January 1 to 4, 1937, for Annual Stock Taking.

RIFLES AND BAYONETS All rifles and bayonets must be returned to Store before January 4. 1937.

PARADE

ist. Battery

A Section: Next parade is at Belchers Fort on Thursday, Janu- ary 14 at 8 p.m.

Dress: Overalls, blue caps, gun platform shoes.

L Section: Next parade at Bel- chers on Friday, January 8 at 5.45 p.m.

Dress: Overalls, Platform shoes, blus caps.

There will be Layers and DR.F. | Classes on Sunday, January 10 at 10.30 a.m.

M Section: Wednesday, January 6. Parade in H.M.S. "Tamar" at 5.30 p.m.

Corps Engineers Monday, January 4, 1937. Parade at Miniature Range, Corps H.Q. at 6.30 p.m.

Corps Signala

The next parade will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 1987.

Motor Machine Gun Section The next parade will be held on Monday, January 4.

The following qualifed as First Class (M.G.) at the classification held at Stonecutters on Sunday. October 25, 1936, and are entitled to wear the 'M.G. Badge (without wreath),

C.S.M. B. S. Rogers, C.QMS. W. Sprague, Sergt. W. Stoker, A/Cpl. F. E Neale, L/CPL 8. Fowler, L/Cpl. C. W. L. Spradbery, L/Cpl. N. Whit- ley, Ptes. E. M. Critchley, D. T. Smith, V. C. Bond, J. H. Maycock,

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LEAVE

Major 8. Jarvis, Corps Infantry, is granted leave from 12.12.36 to 31.1.37.

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No. 2182 A/C.S.M. E. Porter, No. 3 (M.G. Company; is granted a months' leave from 18.12.36 to 15. 237.

No 2490 L/Cpl. Jiwan Singh, Corps Signals, is granted 8 months' leave from 2.1,37 to 1.9.37.

No. 2683 Gar. GB, Twemlow, 1st

Battery, M Section, is granted nine months' leave from 9.1.37 to 8.10.37. No, 1881 Cpl. G. Fowler, M.M.G. Section, "returned from leave on 22.12.36.

No, 2349 Gnr. D.G. Kozikis, 1st Battery, A Section, returned from leave on 27.12.36.

STRENGTH

Cricket

The following will represent the HR.C.C. in a two days". match versus the Royal Navy an the HKCC. ground, commencing on Friday at 11 am

A. W. Hayward (Captain), H. W, Baines, R. L Holden, H. Oven Houghes, G. D. McLellan, H. B. Neve T. A. Pearce, T. E Pearce, A. E Ferry, L. T. Ride and G. A. Stewart.

The following will represent the H. K. C. C. 2nd XI in a League match versus the University 2nd XI at Poximam on Saturday, at 2

p.m

A. Mackenze-Capt. J. F Barron, V. C. Bond, F., A. Dunnett, N. P. Fux, C. E. Caheran, RM. M King, J. F. Leys. J. E Potter, W. Stoker and W. Wooding

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WEDDINGS

The forthcoming weddings are announced between Leung Kal Heung, vernacular master, 62, No. 2728. Private G.TR. Johns, Electric Road, and Yeung So Ying: Malcolm & Co., No. 1 (MG.) Co. Lin Chik, Kuang, University trained vernacular mistress, and Raymond

No. 2 P., 18.12.38.

No. 129, Sapper D. MacAlister,nie Chan, 189. Lai Chi Kok Road. master, 21, Village Road, and Jen-

Palmer & Turner, Corps Engineers, 21.12.36.

No. 2730, Private J. 8. Gravel, Commercial School, No. 8. (M.G.) Co., 29.1238."

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PARADE (CONTINUED)

Armoured Car Section

The next parade will be on Tuesday January 12, 1937.

(Bgd.) G. 8, FRIZELLE,

Captain.

Adjutant H.K.V.D.C.

Corpe.

AFFILIATED UNIT Narsing Detachment," HK.V.D.C. Corps

A Course of Gas Lectures has been arranged and will commence on Monday, January 18, 1937. De- tails will be published later.

(Bgd.) K. DURRAN, Commandant, Nursing Detachment.

H.K.V.D. Corps.

B. Sloan, J. Crawford, H. Hickman, St. John Ambulance

H. Hopkins, B. M. Hynes, E. A. W. Fowler, D. Parsons, P. White, K. W. Forrow, H. Hurlow and G. Arnold.

No. 1 (M.G.) Company

Brigade

تني الي

Friday, January 8, 1937. Parade Notice And Acknowledgment

at Corps H.Q. at 5.30 p.m. Talk on Camp Programme. All ranks are 'particularly requested to attend.

No. 2 (Scottish) Company Parade for M.G. Instruction, on Thurday, January 7 at 5.30 p.m.

The service of And-Gas Lec- tures will be continued by Dr. Povey on January 14 (not January 7) at 7 p.m.

Models of Decontamination Rooms etc., and, a Panorama of Hong Kong showing suggested First Aid Stations will be exhi- untilbited. It is hoped that all those

No. 8 Platoon at Kowloon Dock. No. 7 Platoon at Corpe HQ.

No. 3 (M.G. Company There will be no parade Monday, January 11.

who have attended the previous M.G. Bn. Signals

lectures will attend until the com- There will be no parade until pletion of the Course. Friday, January '15.

Corps Infantry Parade at Corps HQ. on Tues- day, January 6 at 3.30 pm. sharp A Company-The whole Com- pany will parade for Foot and Arms Drill under R.S.M.

Belt and Frog will be worn. B Company-Continuation A.A

·LM.G. Training.

Stonecutters Range-January 17. The Range is allotted to the Corps Infantry on the above date

The Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with

the receipt of the following dona- grateful appreciation and thanks tions for Cheung Chau T, B. Babies and Children:

Mr. and Mrs. Ll Tse Tong $25.00 Miss R. Cotton Yaumati Govt, School

$23.40 $10.00

Men's Common Room K. C. $5.00

for Small Classification-Detalls Secret Ray That

will be issued later.

All members of the Corps In- fantry who have not as yet fired the Rifle and or LG, Classifica- tion will please, keep this date open.

Army Service Corps Company A lecture will be given by CSM.

Paralyses Engines

TO BE TESTED BY AIR MINISTRY

T. Babin. RAS.C. on the subjects Becret demonstration of a ray of (a), Convoys and Convoy control that paralyses petrol and oil en- (b) Duties of Road and Sectiongines for several hours is to be N.C.O... on Thursday, January 7 given to members of the Scientine at 'F' Block, Wellington Barracks and Research Department of, the at 6.30 p.m.

Air Ministry.

Medical Section ↳

The inventor 13 a thirty-six. year-old London man.

A Course of Gas lectures has been arranged and will commence His apparatus resembles a on Monday, January 18, 1037.. powerful search-light on a swivel Details will be published later, tripod, Main components include. R.O.D.C.--Construction Section infra-red rays and a secret ray The section will parade at EQ, the inventor has discovered, after at. 5.30 p.m. on Thuziday January ❘ five years of experimental work 14, 1937 for instruction in Anti- Recently a test was was made Gas Menzures.

with the ray on à 10 h.p, motor-/| car. The engine was left running while the car was stationary,

Members should note that there will also be a parade on January 28, 1937 for further instruction in anti-gas- measures. All members

MIGHT MEAN DEATH The beam was trained on the

of the section should endeavour | bannet of the car and immediate-

be present on both dater.

TRANSFER

Lieut. D.L. Strellett is transfer- red from Reserve,Section A to Re- serve of Officers w.e.f. 31.1236.

Jy the engine stopped. It remain- ed out of action for more than two hours.

Although the motor-car engine was paralyzed, it was undamaged. No, 2894 Pte. G.V. Bird. No. 2 Beveral hours later it could be Pistoon, No. 1 (LG) Company, is driven away, transferred to Corpe Engineers So far the ray has not been vet. 31.12368,

tried out on a driven motor-esr.

The new Empire air mail service was inaugurated, from the tem porary base at Hythe, Hants, rem cently, when the Centaurus, one of new long-range flying-boats, took off for Alexandria. She carried a crew of four-Capt. L. A. Eggies Deld and Capt. E. 8: Alcock, joint commanders, and a first officer and wireless operator—and a ton and a ¦ back. She will also carry Christ- No. 1520 Pte. FA, Gill, No. 9 | It might kill the driver, half of Christmas mails for differ- mas mails and is expected to reach | Platoon, Corps Infantry, is trans- The inventor hopes to be able ent parts of the Empire, including | India, in four days.

ferred to Unit Reserve w.e.f. 24.12. to build a set that will throw, a' South Africa, India and Austraila. Her trip is intended as the first The Centaurus is expected to of a series of long-distance flights reach Alexandria in five days. | leading up to the establishment of Early in the New Year passengers a transatlantic service,

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