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HONG KONG

Reliance Arrives With Over 250 Passengers"

FAMOUS ENGINEER AND X-RAY

EXPERT ON BOARD

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1937.

WEDDINGS

-McGowan-Fitzgerald

A wedding took place at 'St. John's Cathedral' yesterday after- noon between Mr. John Ferguson McGowan and Mrs. Lilian May Fitzgerald. The Rev. H. W. Baines ofclated:

The bridegroom is the son of the late Mr. John McGowan, and last year played for Hong Kong against. Shanghai in the Interport lawn bowls. He is Assistant Ste- ward at the Government Civil Hospital

Henry Harris

HONG KONG RIFLE

ASSOCIATION

Week-End Spoon Shoot

By the courtesy of the Naval Au-, thorities it was found possible for the Hong Kong Rific. Association to hold a Spoon & Practice Shout on the Naval Range at Stonecutters on Saturday morning last; when, in spite of amliated members hav- Ing to be debarred from attending the shoot, on account of restricted range accommodation, the number of individual full members who were present taxed the target ac- commodation to the, utmost.

Following in the wake of the giant; C.R.S. Hner, Empress of Britain, which was here last week, the. 20,000 tan 'Hamburg- Amerika world cruise liner, Reliance put into Hong Kong har-

Weather conditions on the whole beur at daylight yesterday and berthed at the Kowloon Wharf.

A quiet wedding took place at were good, and as the detailed re- the Rosary Church, yesterday.sults given below show, some very This is the second world cruise | Company, one of the first arms in of the Rellance and. her. Arst by the line. He is now retired, hav- Henry and Erteilta Harris, daugh- able feature, as regards the SR. afternoon, between Hugh Patrick good, scores were made. A notice- way of the Mediterranean.

It oc- ing left his nephew in his place.ter of the late Mr. John Walter cupies 136 days, and "during that

During the last Ave years, ac- time 31,570 miles will have been cording to Mr. Bauer, great pro- traversed. Fourteen nationalities gress had been made. Everything are represented among the passen- was now standarised. However, he

gers.

American millionaires, Continen- tal noblemen, heads.of well known business houses in Europe and America and pretty women are aboard the Rellance. Rich Ger- mans on board who are powers in the German' financial world are,

owing to the German edict, res-

tricted "money.

expected many more Improve- ments, and he believed they would materialise as the result of the close collaboration between X-ray, expert and surgeon.

PASSENGERS

Among the many distinguished passengers, both American and from spending much German travelling on this liner

:1

The 299 passengers aboard the Reliance include 209 Americans, 65 Germans and 25 other Euro- peans.

The 65 German passengers

-

cluded a number-coming from very rich and induential families.

Amongst the prominent German passengers are Baron Manfred von Richthofen, a close relative of the famous Baroness von Richthofen.

are the following:-

Judge Ferdinand Jelke, Jr. of Balville, L... noted Jurist and banker: Brigadier-General Thomas Herbert Jackson. UB.A.. one-time president of the Mississippi River

Commission, accompanied by Mr. Jackson: Baron Friedrich Von Dlergardt, of Moosbruch Castle. Germany: Ed. Lewis, owner of the Louls Historical Publishing Com-

pany of New York

Gifford N. Anderson, Radio Ex- Baron Hanıs von Bleichroeder gineer connected with the Bell. and Baroness Anna Backs of Ber- Telephone Laboratories; C. Henty lin are ether German passengers. Offerman of New York and Mrs. The trip has been favoured with Offerman, Mrs. Herman J. Koeh exceptionally good weather. Owing | ler, daughter of the late William to the high ceiling and the white c. Muschenheim, founder of the paint of the ship the passengers Astor Hotel, with Mrs. Frederick do not experience any uncomfort Kretchmer; Charles D. Welch, at- able heat, and all speak favour-torney of Coffeeville, Kansas, with ably of their voyage.

Mrs. Welch: Robert Badenbop, of New York and Mrs. Badenhop. GREATEST GLOBE-TROTTER Perhaps the greatest globe-trot-who will leave the Reliance" at ter on board the vessel is Mrs: Colombo to continue their world Ella. G. Munson, of Laynbrook, journey independently; R. C. E. Brown of Brooklyn Heights, NY, Long Island, New York. A tre travelling with Mrs. Brown and quent cruise passenger in the

their daughter, Miss Mary Brown:

Hamburg-American line ships, she Mrs. E. P. Buffet of Stony Brook." is passing her 75th birthday on LI Calvin F. Smith of Easton, the trip. She has been around Pa., accompanied by Mrs. Smith the world many times and will

Mrs. George D. Allison of Cleve- have travelled 850,000 miles on her

land and her daughter. Miss return to New York.

Nancy Allison; William J. Donald-

"I hope to pass the 1.000.000 son of Knoxville Tenn., accom-

mile mark within the next two years" she said when interviewed

Harris and Mrs. A. C. Harris, The Rev. Father Rossi officiated. The bridgeroom is a Lance-Corporal in the Royal Ulster Rifles. The best man at the wedding was Mr. Pa- trick Joseph Tierney.

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White-Fernandes

Another quiet wedding took place also at the Rosary Church yester-

day afternoon, between George James White and Beatriz Esper- ance Fernandes, the Rev. Father Rosal officiating. The bridesmaid was Miss Gertrude White and the best man was Mr. G. Winch. The bride was given away by her fa- ther, Mr. David Fernandes.

EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS

A splendid and varied exhibition of portraits was displayed by Miss Gytha Owen, the young New Zealand artist, and neice of Wil- fred Frith, the well-known Royal Academician, at the Root Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel yester- day, "and attracted quite a number of interested visitors.

The exhibition consisted mainly of oli paintings, portraiture, studies for murals in water colours and a few nudes in less familiar conte-crayon (brown pencil).

The exhibition will continue to-

day and to-morrow.

PROBLEMS OF NUTRITION

panted by Mrs. Donaldson, the Conference In Batavia Misses Lucille, Erully, and Angelyn Donaldson, and Master William, Arnong the passengers is a mill-Jay. Donaldson, Jr.; Dr. Robert W.

· GEN. JACKSON

tary engineer who knows the secrets of the powerful defences.

of the United States in the Pacific and along the American coasts.

He is Brigadier-General Thomas Herbert Jackson, who arrived here this moming by the Reliance in the course of a world cruise,

Gibbes of Columbia, S.C., with Mrs. Gibbes and. Dr. Jane Bruce

Guignard.

Mrs.

In October

the

(b) séries, was that the winners of

for the first time, and that, each the two spoons awarded won ther

of the spoons, winners on Satur- day afternoon last came from separate units of the Regular Armly.

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vice Rifle Championship Aggrügate, comprising the three competitions ("Rapid. Firing.". "Snapshooting." and "Deliberate"), there are only two classes of competitor, Class X and Class R.R. Definitions of these two classes' are clearly shown on

page a of the Programme.

As the Spoon. & Practice Shoot which, la, being held, to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon is the last opportunity for practice before the Prize Meeting, all members who do not belong to the Regular Army ünite stationed, in: Hong Kong, are requested to inform the Honorary Extension 22) not later than noon Secretary by telephone (34121;

to-day (Tuesday) of their inten-

number is expected to be present, tion to attend; as a very large

and, though steps will be taken to

ensure that all who wish to com- peté shall have an opportunity of doing so, this cannot be guaranteed unless previous notice has been given.

The leading scores made on Saturday afternoon were 2.3

Preparations are now fully in hand in connection with the forth- coming prize meeting, which, opens next week and we are asked to state that in the Association Ser- follows!~~

S.K. (b)

Score at Score at Score at Aggregate Ass'n 200 Yds. 500 Yds, 600 Yds. -Score- H'cap. Nett Nett Nett Nett

1.---Fus. V. Jones 2-Lt. F. G. Ratclife 3.-A.B. Bowerman' 4.Sgt. Mannell 5. Cpl. R. Tonkings 6. Sgt. R. Blandford

5.

33

32

32

99+

scr. ..33

32

32

87

scr.

34

33.

30

97

scr.

32.

32,

32

1

33

31

32

96

ser,

32

33

90

7-Cpl. J. Watson

scr. 32

34

30

96

8.-R. J. J Stewart......

1

30

30

34

94

9-Lt. E D D. Wilso11

2

28

+33

33

94

10. Rin. T. Stafford

5:

32

30

32

94;

IL/C. W. Hare

4

30

33

94,

12. Rin. McAteer......... 3

31,

35

28

94

S.R. (a)

1.-B783, Charn Singh.... 2--Bgr. R. Hawe

5

29

29.

7

30

29

3. Pte. W. Cranston

10

29

31

4-L/C. F. C. Quah....

4

24

30,

5. Cpl. McCourt

$

26

6. L/C. J. Trevers

.10

25

27.

7-L/C. M'Naughton

2

27

12:0

8. Cpl. E. Thomas

25

27.

24

9.—Rin. Davidson.

11

26

74

--Desotes the winner of the:" Nett" spoon.

All the above competitors, used the "1914" Rifle.

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84+

2332****3

*Denotes the winner of the "Handicap spoon, NOTE: The handicap of each winner has been reduced by one ..

point as shown. The procedure applies to all SR. (a) and S.R. (b) Spoon Shoots.

COURT CASES IN BRIEF

SCRAP-IRON IN DEMAND

2

Owing to the great increase in the prices of metals, such as iron, Charges or causing malicious steel, copper, etc., the local stocks the Taikoo dock and the larceny for export. damage to a ship's water tank in of scrap iron have been cleared up

of a piece of lead were preferred The Kwangst authorities are against Ho Kwan, 38, and was sen- finding it difficult to meet the re- tenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment quirements of the great reconstruc-. when he appeared, before Mr. Ktion works, which they have in Keen at the Central Magistracy hand, and are obliged to meet pre- sent demands by buying up all the scrap iron they can throughout the whole province.

An inquiry into the problems of nutrition in Asiatle countries has been arranged to be held Festerday. October this year under auspices of the League of Nations. The venue of the proposed talks will be Batavia.

Betori Mr. K. Keen at the Cen-Chinese Evening Press. tral Magistracy yesterday Ma Man, 40, was charged with the possession of opium at Wing, Lok Street.

was remanded

Colombo And The New Empire Air Scheme

Baron Hans von Bleichroeder of Berlin the Baroness Anna Backs of Berlin; Daniel L. Bauer, of. Chica- go, well-known X-ray technician; Ambrose Bowyer of Chicago, with.

Bowyer and Mra J. F. The proposal now under con- Forty years in the employ of the Stewart; Mrs. Allen E. Towne of sideration, it is learat, la to send Wharf and was, remanded for 24. US. War Department, he has Chicago: Mrs Lottie M. Parker delegates representing the various hours. Ball was allowed at $1,000.

of the served in the building of the de- Dalquist, part owner of the Par- branches

medical and. A married woman, Cheung Lin

Postal experts, have recently been fence works in Honolulu, Pearl's ker-Leland Hotel in Minot, ND: sanitary services and an Invitation aged 39.

for 24 discussing in Colombo the project- Harbour and I.

other strategic Mrs. John McNaughton of Neenah. will be issued to Malaya to send hours for the possession of pre-ed air route which is to bring points. At one time he was the Wis., and her daughter Miss Mar- delegates. Preliminary investiga. Pared opium at Leun Chung Wharf. Colombo within the network of president of the Mississippi River garet H, MaNaughton; H., B, Vin- tions in respect of the food of the Ball was fixed at $450.

the 'Arst-class mafls without sur- Commission, an organisation con-cent and Mr. Vincent, Mrs. C. A. pepples of Malaya are now pro-

charge" Empire scheme. trolled by the War Departinent. Roberts and Miss Nancy Welles of ceeding and a report on the sub-

Forty-eight hours' remand was He is now with the South Pacific Fort Dodge, Iowa; W. E. Meyer of Ject has, it is understood, been granted by Mr. K. Keen at the Division, engaged in rivej and Denver, accompanied by Mrs. called by the Secretary of State Centrul Magistracy yesterday when Harbour works and fortifications. Meyer and Miss, Lols Meyer; Dr. for: the Colonies.

L1 Luk, 38, unemployed, was In an' interview Brigadier-Frank E. Wiedemann of Terre The, present conference has been charged with the larceny of seven General Jackson said that his Haute, Ind., with Mrs. Wiede- convened in view of the findi, bars, of Iron from the first floor

commission of of No. 4 home station was now San Fran-mann; and Miss Day Haldeman of the mixed

Yiu Wah Terrace, a cisco. At the moment the most M. L. Backenstoe. H. F. Haldeman, economists. agricultural experta.| vacant house. important work his organisation Harold P. Cooper and Mrs. Cooper, and medical scientists set up by had in hand was the building of Judge Jesse W. Olney and Mrs. League of Nations. a. Tew year ago an island in Ban Francisco, Har-Olney, all of Los Angeles; Fred in respect of the countries Appearing before Mr. K. Keen at bour to be used for the World Fair For Gale Harper of Ban Fran- Europe, and of the two continents the Central Magistracy yesterday to be held there in 1939...

cisco; Charles E. Lucke, Professor of America.

for the larceny of a sheet of cop of Méchanical Engineering in: It is also understood that the per, Wong Ng, 33, unemployed, was Columbia University. New York Investigations of the vitaminbound over. The metal belonged City, travelling with Mrs. Luck; contents of the ordinary foodstuffs to defendant's, relative Yu Sum, formerly five miles inland 'but now MIs, May Landt of Lindenhurst. of Malaya. being examined; in who resided at No. 21, Eastern tore Mr. Keen at the Central Ma-

Long Island, New York.

Ban Francisco, Brigadier-Gene- ral Jackson pointed out.. WILA

FRANCONIA DUE HERE'

4

01,

London from time to time, the. results of the investigations will, be notified in due course.

The findings of the mixed com- mittee of experts in respects of the European and American: countries which have now been

· The: Cunard; "White Star llaer, issued by the League of Nations,

Street.

The matter is now regarded as urgent, as 16 is planned; to have a Karachi-Colombo service flying regularly prior to the coming into operation of the big 'all letter malls by air plan.

Final matters are now under discussion by the experts concern- ed, and an official announcement is expected shortly.

A fine of $15 or one month's im- ||prisonment was imposed on Ko Pak for soliciting for immoral purposes at Des Voeux Road on Sunday night. The case came be

gistracy yesterday.

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FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCE

KING'S THEATRE

It had expanded right into thế sea."

When asked to comment on the recent disastrous floods which swept the Mississippi Valley, said. that the length of the river which, had been prepared for floods was not unduly upset by the excess. water and nowhere between Rock Franconia, with over 300 wealthy lay great stress on the fact that Island and, the mouth of the river tourists on board. will arrive in all public health work must be the distance over which the dykes Hong Kong during the next week accompanied by a sound agricul- a rare treat in store when the which should appeal to the pub- The public of Hong Kong have Other items on the programme had been prepared, did the food or so.

tural polley. get out of hand. The, mein

Choreartium Ballet will be pre-le are The Toy Shop witła Hiien: Franconia was It is also, pointed out that the sented at the King's Theatre on Stella Best as the leading dani- damage was done in the Ohio Although the

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during the off season. When she that nutritional experts are called The Pas de Deux (Blene for two) in the lead. arrives at New York, in May, she is consultation by doctors in the will feature George Goncharoff":" will have a fall complement of ure of sickness There is also who has an able partner in The main feature of the show passengers and Cargo for Liverpool in Buenos Aires a Public Depart Mutal Fielder Mrs. N., Les (for will be "The Bake Dance" by

eval travelling to attend the ment, of Nutrition. Coronation She, will later be at ted out for a cruise to the North Cape and the Norwegian Fjords.

banks, had not been prepared.

X-RAY EXPIRT

Another interesting passenger aboard is Mr. Daniel L Bayer. Chicago, a well-known X-r technician who has been 31 years in the X-ray machine business, being with Sheldel Western X-ray

Malaya is expected to sends strong contingent to Batavia in October next.

erly Miss Nellie Fieldy will, be again appearing on the stage in 4 de lightful modern tap dancing num- ber.

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