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THE SERVICES Greetings From

LONDON GAZETTE

Tuesday, May 18

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ADMIRALTY, MAY 13

EN:

Imperial Airways.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY,

EARLY HONG KONG

in ten

[Continued from Page 1.)

Dear Sir-Tuis letter of good-

days time, He certainly the, Admiralty to make a consi- will has come to you on the thou- hoped that in England he would derable extension to the then Naval sandth air-mail fight to the Em-get in touch with Rotary Clubs Dockyard. Sir Paul (then Mr.) Chater and other residents pre- Lieut. A: W. R: Adams, R.N.R., topire by Imperial Airways. It left wherever he went. (Applause).

A letter was read by the Chair-sented a numerously signed peti be Lieut. (Supplementary List Britain on the RMA Castor and

man informing members that the tion against such extension, con- was carried by this Empire dying-southern section of the gist distending that no such extension boat to Alexandria, proceeding to Its destination by regular air-mail

with sexy, of Dec. 1, 1931.

MAY 17 R.N.

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Engr. Comdr. E. G. Sanders placed on Retd. List with rank of Engr. Capt. (May 17).

MAY 18

R.N.

To be Surg. Lleuts. (D.):-F. B. Gamblen. LDS., J. B. Knight" LDS. (May 18).

services.

The Chairman, in introducing the speaker of the day, humorously remarked that Sir Henry had managed to discover in Hong, Kons the elixir of life! (Laughter and applause).

rict of Rotary would be meeting at Amoy at the end of August and extended an invitation to Hong This fight marks a new miles-Kong members to attend. tone in the eple story of the Em- pire air routes and I am privileg ed to be able, in this way, to send you greetings and wish you, your organisation and readers, success and prosperity. Not only does this significant event coincide with War Office, May 18

SIR HENRY'S ADDRESS the dawn of a new reign but Regular Army

In the course of his address, Sir Lt-Gen G. W. Howard, C.B..

also with the opening of a new

Heary said that his first recolles era in Empire air transport. The tion of Hong Kong was about 10 C.M.G., D.S.0; Col. Essex R., is placed on h.p. (May 19); Col. L. Pmail will be carried in subatan P. and Q. &a. Hydaspes, on a fine time is near when letters by alram, on April 2, 1888, when the Evans, V.C. C.M.G. D.S.Q., on

morning, steamed into Hong Kong ceasing to be empld. is placed on h.p. (May 18).

harbour through Sulphur Channel, after a 43-day voyage from. Lon- in a snowstorm. On arrival he put up at the Hong Kong Club, which was situated where the King's Theatre now stands.

Commands and Staff

tially less time than even this one

has taken. This will be accom- plished when the all-mails-by-air

ought to be made but that, on the contrary, the entire Naval E- tablishments ought to be moved der to the Kowloon side of the Harbour, because they cut the city of Victoria in two, and prevented the Chinese from extending from the overcrowded central part of Victoria to Wanchat,

PLAGUE

Any account relating to the years under review would be in- complete, without some reference being made plague.

to visitations

of

epidemic was that of bubonic pla

The Brst and most disastrous gue which spread from Southern China to this Colony in the year. spread from here to Bombay and thence throughout the big cities of India.

The follg. relinquish their appts: scheme is in operation and when don, which he and his wife left 1894, and subsequently, in 1898.

Maj. C. D. Moorhead, M.C., Manch. R., as Bde. Maj. 8th Inf. Bde. (May 17); Capt. H. R. Beau- champ, Leicester R., as A.D.C. to the Cmdr. 5th Dlv. (May 19).

Royal Regiment of Artillery Lt. Col. P. I. Newton, D.S.O., on completion of four years' serv. as a Regt. Lt. Col. is placed on the h.p. list (May 18); Maj. C.P.W Perceval. D.8.0. to be Lt. Col. (May, 18).

the 28 great Empire flying-boats the world-will bridge the gap be- the largest civil "aircraft' fleet- in

tween Britain and you in faster time than it has ever been possible before.

SILVER INKPOT

A few yards from the Club at the junction of Pedder Street and

Mr. J. J. Francis, QC, was the It was only eight years ago-on Queen's Road Central, stood the Chairman of the Committee for March 30, 1929, to be exact-that Clock Tower which was erected by organising steps to deal with the the first air-mail service left Eng-Douglas Lapraik, who was a clock-plague, and it was a matter of land for the Empire. This was the ploneer flight

maker before he became a ship- some comment at the time that his from London to Karachi. A great deal has been Colony in the sixties. It was remitted. F. HL May, then acting owner, and presented by him to the official fellow-worker on that Com-

accomplished since. At routes moved for trafic reasons in 1912. The promotion of the folig, is

Superintendent of Police, received is antedated as shown below:-

have spanned India Africa, the Far East. Cina, and Australia. Majs.-F. E. Gilpin (March 19):"

experi- W. M. Gayer (April 1); G. McL Services swiftly followed Bartlett (April 15); B. L. de Ro-ental flights. Pioneer work, well wrought, made it possible to operate services not orice but twice

'beck, M.C. (April 20); F: E Hu- gonin (April. 21). Copts:-R. J.

KOWLOON

Referring to what Kowloon Point looked like in 1888, Sir Henry said

that Kowloon was decidedly then a one-horse show. Yaumati, which then represented the China town

a week to the major areas in the of Kowloon was a comparatively H. Thomas, M.V.O., and remains Empire. Events have since crowd-small village.

secd., E. D. Howard-Vyse, and re-

"

a C.M.G. for his services, whilst the with a silver inkpot. Francis re- Government only rewarded Francis turned the fakpot as being inade-

quate, and his name was äccord- ingly erased from the inkpot which civil servant who had done secre was possed on to a Government.

plague. Thus ended the storm in the inkpot.

mains secd.. J. F. Wilson (Marched in so fast that it is impossible In those days, he continued, thetarial work in connection with the

19).

N. V. Watson, and remains secd.. R. J. Awdry. A. K. Matthews (May 11; A, O. McCarthy. M.C. (May 18). Capt." G. P. Chapman is secd.

whilst holding the appt. of Capt.

It is Afting that such a letter reference to the recent Corona- as this should bear some tangible

tion, and I have taken the oppor- tunity of franking it with

the

Sir Henry concluded with a few

fears. He said that at the outset remarks on his professional career In 1888 and the ten succeeding he was fortunate enough to be Counsel, Mr. J.-J. Francis Q.C. befriended by the then leading

to predict the epoch-making de-northern boundary of the Colony

ceased at a fence across the Kow The follg. Capts to be Mais.velopments of the next decade.

loon Peninsula where Boundary

a matter of fact there was Street, Kowloon Tong, now is. As

Couble fence and the land between 1889 a foreigner asked the permis- was marked as neutral ground. In

slon of the acting Colonial Secre- tary. Dr. Frederick Stewart,

"On the whole, in my early days, tght a duel against another for-I made quite a comfortable in- eigner on that ground. but per-mented by my acting at various come at the Bar, which was aug- mission was refused! (Laughter).

periods as acting Police Magistrate, Pulsne Judge and Attorney Gen- "eral," said Sir Henry.

Instr. in Gunn. (April 24).

The follg. Lis, to be Capts,:~~~~). R. Haynes, and remains secd.; J. Longden under the prov. of Apt. 118. Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion. 1931, J. L. Ord. (April

29),

In the Gazette of May 14 under April 16, the words "Under the prov. of Apt. 118A. Rogul Warrant for Pay and Promotion, 1931," re- late only to R. C. 9. Hall,

Infantry

R. War. R. Capt. P. St. J. Cox is restd. to the estaht. (April 28).

R. Norfolk R-Lt. (Qr-Mr.) G. James to be Capt. Qr. Mr.) (May

19).

stamps of the three reigns during which our 1,000 Empire air-mall Alghts have been made. I hope this envelope will, in time, become a valuable souvenir of this impor-

tant event.

Yours sincerely.

R. BRENARD,

Press Manager Imperial Airways Ltd. London May 22,

in London for defence discussiona, and his duties at simia as Chief of the General Staff are being per- formed by Major-General Claude J.E. Auchinleck. C.B., C.S.I. D.S.O..

Leicester R-Capt. A. Belle hav-O.B.E ing attained the age for retire- ment, is placed on ref. pay (May 17).

R.. W. Fus.-Lt.-Col. J. G. Brux-

ner-Randall on completion of his period of serv. in comd. is placed on the h.p. list (May. 18); Maj. L. A. A. Alstön. D.8.O., M.C., to be Lt. Col. (May 18); Capt. H. B. Harrison, M.C., to be Maj. (May *18).

„Loyal R.--Lt."(Qr.-Mr.) T. Fisher retires on ret. pay (May 17): R.8.M. D. Grafton to be Lt. (Qr.- Mr.). (May 17).

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PEAK TRAMWAY

to

On May 1. 1888, the day before the formal opening of the Peak Tramway. Sir Henry was invited by the Directors to travel up on the trial trip to the Peak and after wards to a titin at the Peak Hotel which then had only seven bed- rooms. The only other guest was Ng Choy, afterwards better known as Wu Ting Fang. who some years later became Chinese Ambassador to the United States.

PEAK FLAGSTÄFF Sir Henry then spoke of the houses at the Peak and said that at the flagstaff there was a small hut with a gun outside it, which then and for many years after, was Bred when the incoming English mail steamer was sighted from the

BRIGADIER. A. K. MAIN Brigadier Arthur K. Main, D.8.0., AD.C.. has left Woolwich and the RA. Dapot on retirement after more than 36 years service. He has been Garrison Commander at Woolwich since 1935, and before then was with the guns of the 50th | Peak. (Northumbrian) Division.

(Commander-in-Chief,

Home

BATHING

down to April, 1898, I have now "Having brought my memories completed my task. As compared with the present day, Hong Kong was a very dull and slow-moving place. And yet, somehow, we managed to enjoy ourselves; per- apa because we had leisure to do so" the speaker, concluded

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ANTI-HEROIN SOCIETY

Professor W. 1. Gerrard," O.B.E. of We have been informed that

the Hong Kong University and Mr. A. Morris, Director of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade have accepted office, as Honorary Presidents of the Hong Kong Anti- Herola Society.

The Suclety was founded by Mr. DR. KOTEWALL'S REMARKS Lau King-taing, and was officially Proposing a hearty vote of opened on April 27 last. This so- thanks to the speaker, Rotarian clety is the first of its kind in the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kötewall's said: Colony and eaters for the cure of Sir Henry Pollock has summon-heroin addicts. It also engages in ed from a rich past for our berleht | propaganda work to warn the scenes and events which have pre-public of the dangers of the deadly sented to our mind's eye graphic drug. pictures of the leisurely old days

of Hong Kong.

AN INSTITUTION

Sir Henry is not merely an in- dividual member of our communis

FUNERAL OF BABY ELMS

Francis Bruce, the 18-month-old

ty; he is an institution. Sir Henryson of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Elms, can show half a century of unia-whose death occurred on Monday terrupted and unselfish public ser- morning, was buried in the Roman vice of which anyone here or else Catholic Cemetery last evening, the

Bir Henry continued:-A favou rite amusement in my early days ROYAL NAVY

was bathing from steam launches which, with a party of ten or so, Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse was a cheap amusement, as laun- ches then charged only $3 the first R. Ir. Fus-Capt. A. Solly hav-

Fleet) and Admiral Sir Dudler nour and $2 an hour afterwards I where may well be proud. Bat funeral rites being conducted by #ing attained the age for retire-Pound (Commander-in-Chief, Me-

understand that the present day pride is not to be found in Sir ment, is placed on ret. pay (Mayditerranean) had the honour of hire is considerably more than Henry; he is content if he can

being received by The King, when double those figures.

serve his fellow-men.. His Majesty invested each of them In 1889 mixed bathing was start- with the Insignia of a Knighted, and curiously eriough was then Grand Cross of the Royal Vic- considered a very daring innova torian Order.

NAVAL YARD EXTENSION

*175.2

Royal Army Service Corps" Capt. J.. F. Metcalfe, 'A.ML Mech, E.,"retires on ret, pay (May 17).

Queen Alexandra's Imperia] Military Nursing Service Star Nurse Miss M. D. Colling- wood resigns her prov), appt. (May 5).

Establishments

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the Rev. Fr. D. Page.

The chief mourners were the

parents, and friends of the family were also present at the graveside.

Floral tributes were sent by the following:

We are proud of him; and in thanking him for his absorbingly interesting reminiscences, I wish at the same time to express to him

Mum and Dad, Aunty Louise, our gratitude for having so materi-Uncle Jim and Aunt Aida, Aunty About 1893 the local Naval Au-ally helped in making the history and Uncle Gibson, Mr. W. Ayock.. by The King, when His Majesty thorities obtained the permission of of Hong Kong. (Applause). conferred upon him the honour

tion

Blake

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey. bad the honour of being received

of Knighthood and invested him

Mech Board-Maj. J. D. Inglis, M.C., R.E from Vice-President with the Insignia of a Knight the First Lord of the Admiralty. (CL Z) to be Member (Cd. Z) (Peb. Commander of the Most Honour. Minister in Attendance: 13); Maj. (OME., 2nd CI) R. J.,able Order of the Bath (Military Merrell,

A.MIMechE, RAO.C.,

"Division),"

Captain Victor Brodeur, RCN.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Iraq Aircraft Depot: (H. M. Canadian Ship. "Skeena"),

Mrs. Engel and Trudïe, Mrs. 'Capell and family, Mr. W. Allen, Mr. ́árið. Mrs. M. Babbar and Messrs. W, R. Loxley & Co., Ltd.

KRA CANAL

~ Vice-Admiral · Gerald Dickens Captain James Rivett-Carnac, RN. from Instr., RA.O.C. Sch. of In(Commanding Reserve Fleet) and (HMB. "Leander, New Zealand M.C., D.FC., AFC, who was pro- will be cut through the Isthmus of Group Captain EO. Grenfell, Rumour persists that à canal srn. to be Member (CL, Z) (May 3).

Vice-Admiral Dudley North (Com- Division, Royal Navy), and Com-moted in January last, has been Kra in Siam. Whether it will be Mémoranda

Lt. W. Swanton, ret. pay (late manding His Majesty's Yachts) mander Arthur Rattray, R.LN appointed in cominánd òt the Air done by Japanese engineers re- -

Rife Bde) resigns his commn. (April, 13).

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THE ARMY Changes At Home And Abroad

Major-General Guy C. Williams,

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With a short cut through Blan the journey to Europe will be shorter by at least week

RMA DELPHINUS

also had the honour of being re-EM Indian Ship Indus”). craft Depot at Hihaidi, Iraq, where mains to be seen, but whoever per celved by The King, when His Ma- The following Masters of the he succeeds Group Captain A 6 forms this engineering feat will do jesty conferred upon each of them Merchant Navy and Skippers of Morris, O.B.E.

great, service to those living in the the honour of Knighthood and in the Fishing Fleet had the honour

Balloon rested them with the Insignia of of being presented to His Majesty

very Far East. Collins Group Knights Commanders of the Royal by Admiral the Earl of Cork and Croup Cablain W. C. Hicks, Victorian Order.

Orrery (First and Principal Naval AFC., Hitherto in command of Rear Admiral George Edward Aide-de-Camp to The King) Gosport Station, will be the trat Collins (Chief of Star, Mediter- Captain Thomas Coombs, Royal Senior Air Staff Officer of the new ranean Fleet), Rear Admiral St. Naval Reserve Aide-de-Camp to No. 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group, Leger Moore (Chief of staff to The King (in attendance), Cap-which began to form in March to the Commander-in-Chief, Porta-tain R, Irving-Aquitania, Captain control the units of the new bar-The RMA Deiphilius azíved: ac mouth), Commodore Henry Moore W. Branthwaite Royal Eagle, Cap-rage for the defence of London Kal Tak from Penang. There was Lieutenant-Colonel Allster (Chief of Staff Home Fleet) and tain E Milton-Bauvity, Captain | The barrage will include: 10 special 50 passengers but the plane carri- Ransford, CLE promoted to that Captain Wilfrid Patterson (Chief R. Camplon-British Fame, Captain units, organized on Auxillary ed 16500 kilos of freight and rank with effect from: Friday, is of Staff. Reserve Fleet) had the R. Large-Isle of Sark Captain Force lines, Group Captain Hickline as TER

282.380- kiflbs (or mu? 42 and has been in the Royal En gineers, since July. 1914.

Major-General Arthur B. Haig, C.B., M.C., has assumed charge of the Staff College at Quetta,

C.B., C.M.C., D.S.O. assumes com- mand of the 5th Division at Cat- ferick Camp this week.

General Sir William Bartholo mew, KC.B. CMG., DÃO., in due

honour of being received by The King, when His Majesty invested each of them with the Insignia of Commanders of the Royal Vic forlan Order,

The following had the honour of being presented to The King by

Percival-City of Simia, Skipper was formerly in the Navy which Alfred Blake-Mulford/-

Countes be entered as a cadet, at Dart- -l981 be returned to his branch na skipper George Florence Mary mouth in 1905. He learned to, by Director of Altahip Development, White, skipper Thomas.

as a lieutenant RN,, at Hendon that kince the absziagnment of the Telesia, Skipper Jos

in 1913, served in naval airships airship progame has held Ocean Pioneer, and Bipper during the War, and commanded station commands at Henlow, Up- Richard Brown-D'Arey Cooper. several of them, including R-34. In per Heyford, and Gosport.

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