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THE SERVICES

(By Air Mall, London, August 14)

ROYAL NAVY

CMBS IN THE OSTEND RAID

The retirement on August 12, at his own

request, of Lieutenant- Commander R. H. McBean, D.S.O.. D.S.C., with the rank of Com- mander, recalls the good work done in the raids on Zeebrugge

Payr. Lts.-J. M. Hogan, to Vic tory, as Sec. to Commodore W. E. C. Talt (Aug. 11); H. L. Cryer (proby.), to Norfolk (Aug. 18),

Sub.-L.--R. J. Thoresby, to Penelope (Aug. 17); C. H. Coldham. to Barham (Aug. 23).

ENTRIES

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1937.

SHANGHAI

REFUGEE'S WINDFALL

In 1903 a certain gentlemen took out an endowment insurance polley with the intention of providing for his daughter when it matured eighteen years later, but even the best-laid plans go astray and the payment of premiums was dis- continued after the policy, had been in force for only three years. Like many people, he believed ment meant complete loss of all that stoppage of premium pay-

benefits from the policy and he no further interest in it, regardless of a. notice from the insurance company that they had marked this policy on their records as being full-paid up for a portionate amount to be paid out at the date on which he had criginally intended his daughter to receive the money.

Messrs. H. T. Lewis, R. H. Dale, and Ostend in 1918 by the eqastat P. Carter, G. A. Hewett, as Sub-

Its. (E) (seny. Sept. 6) and 'apptd. took motor-boats, of which he COM-

to Victory for crse. manded No. 25. After the War he commanded the C.M.B. Flotilla at Portsmouth.

RETURN OF THE GLORIOUS

The aircraft carrier Olorious. Captain 8. Au Fraser, O.B.E.. A.D.C., 18 ordered to return from the Mediterranean in time to dis- charge ammunition and be ready to begin a rent in the first week o November. She will probably Tecommission" in January. DESTROYERS FOR

MEDITERRANEAN

ROYAL AIR FORCE

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE Group Captain K. C. Buss, O.B.E., who during the past two years has served on the headquarters staffs of the RA.F. in Egypt and Pales- tine, has been appointed Deputy Director of Intelligence at the Air Ministry.

He has been in the Middle East The destroyers Imogen, Lien-stace March, 1932, when he was tenant-Commander P. Skipwith. appointed senior equipment staff and Icarus. Lieutenant-Comman-officer, and later he commanded der C. D. Maud, left Portland to No. 4 Flying Training School at day for the Mediterranean, and Aba Sueir. Joining the R.N.A.8. In should arrive at Malta on August August, 1914, he served with units 21. This will make a total of five at Chingford and Plymouth, and of the new Intrepid class on the from May, 1918, was a staff officer station. the Inglefield, Isls. and at the Air Ministry A permanent Ilex having already arrived to join commission as squadron leader the 3rd Flotilla, from which the was granted him in 1919. Much "A" class destroyers were with- of his post-War service has been drawn in the spring.

as Intelligence officer in Egypt and Iraq. He is an interpreter in Arabic and other languages.

AIR STAFF DUTIES

Commander C. W. Byas, late H.M.S. Hermes (Squadron Leader, R.A.F.) has been appointed to the Ar Staff of the Coastal Command, R.A.F., Lee-on-the-Solent, which has not hitherto included a naval officer. Commander Byas. who was a cadet at Dartmouth during the War, took the air pilots! course 11 1925, and has Commanded flights and squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm at home. In the Mediter- ranean, and in China. He was promoted to squadron leader. R.A.F. in July. 1935, while com- manding No. 803 (Fighter) Squad- ron in HM.S. Hermes; and to Commander, R.N.. In December. 1938...

DETECTOR ALLOWANCES

Under Orders in Council of August 14, 1928, and July 3, 1938, allowances of 6d. and yd, a day respectively. were "äuthorized for ratings of the telegraphist branch when qualified and detailed to perform the duties of higher tele- graphist detector or telegraphist detector in vacancies in the com- plements of submarines. The Admiralty now consider that all telegraphist ratings duly qualified should be paid the appropriate allowance continuously while they remain in the submarine service, and sanction for this is given in a new Order in Council

APPOINTMENTS

CHINA SQUADRON

DISPOSITION

The following is the disposition of HM, ships in North China:-

Shangha!: Danae. Falmouth, De- fender.

pro-

Years passed and in 1931 the in- company wrote to the

surance

Let Mrs. 1. M. Pereira complete the story in her own words:-

Hong Kong. 25th August, 1937. The Manager.

Sun Life Assurance Co. of 1 Canada,

Gloucester Buliding.

Hong Kong. Dear Sir:-This letter is parti- cularly to express to you my very grateful thanks for 'the cheque re- ceived yesterday. To you it may zeem just another small claim-

but to me, the very receipt of the cheque was as welcome at that particular moment as a drop of rain would be to a lone traveller lost in the arid sands of the Baharai Without exaggeration, I want you to know how very wel. come this money came to me, as I was one of the unfortunate, re- daughter to inform her that they fugees who, like the rest, had to had a sum of money for her and

abandon our homes and leave asking for instructions regarding Shanghai at a moment's notice, payment. No reply being received,

with hardly any cash on hand. investigations were set afoot, only

therefore, you can well imagine to discover that the lady was no

my feelings when I arrived on longer resident in

Thursday Hong Kong. Further enquiry showed that her penniless, and

the "Rajputana," was told by my parents had both died many years brother who was at the dokto before and no trace of the policy

meet me that you had got In itself had been found

touch with him only that very amongst their papers.

day and informed him that you Notwithstanding this, continued

had some money to pay me, which efforts were made to locate and

money I was told was due on a obtain some response from the

policy, which my father had taken payee but all to no avail and the

out on my life when I was a child, policy eventually went on the list

and which, frankly speaking. I of those unclaimed items

did not know which

a thing about. I year after year come up for re-

must tell you that when I came view in the faint. hope that some

to your office the day after my clue may in the meantime have

arrival even the dress I had on been found,

was borrowed!

Some strange chance arranged that on Thursday. August 19th, 1937, while a lady member of the insurance company's Hong Kong Once happened to be inspecting the list, the name of the payee under this particular policy should strike a chord of memory. She telephoned to a friend bearing the same name to ask if by any chance this was a relative of her Tsingtao: Eagle, "Dainty.

family and was told that she was Welheiwei: Medway. Adventure, Indeed a connection, but they Wescott, Duncan. Grampus, Ror-believed she had long ago qual.

been married and was now residing in Shanghai; she did, however, have a brother who was in Hong Kong and attached to a certain well- known firm. A call to the brother Decos, confirmed the information, but

Putu: Cumberland.

Cheloo: Diana,

Chinwangtao: Sandwich. Tangku: Folkestone.

Nanking: Capetown. Woosung:

Orimsby.

Lowestoft.

WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR

The following warships were in the port yesterday:—

North Arm: Suffolk. North Wall: Delight.

South Wall: Thracian. East Wall: Rover. Orpheus, pro- teus, Pandora.

West Wall: Daring, Diamond. Dock: Odin, Otus.

FOREIGN MEN OF WAR Chinese Customs Cruiser: Chun Hsing..

Siamese Training Ships: Tachin. Maeklong.

Siamese Torpeco-boats: Klong- yal, Takbal, Kantang.

H.M. troopship, Elephanta, sail- ed from Calcutta on August 24. with the 5/6 Battalion. Rajputana Rifles on board, en route to Hong to Kong.

The following appointments have heen made by the Admiralty-

Capt.-C. H. L. Woodhouse, to Ajax. In command (Oct. 9),

Engr. Cdr.-J. J. Ronson, Drake (Sept. 9).

Payr, Cars.-C. O. Neeves, to Fresident for duty as Sec. to Capt. LE Holland, Admiralty (Aug. 11). Payr. Lt.-Car-R. L. Cole, to Glorious (Aug. 15).

RUSSIA DOES NOT KNOW

H. M. S. Defender has left Chingwangtao for Shanghai and her place is being taken by the Sandwich formerly at Tangku.

H. M. 9. Delight has arrived here from Swatow.

PRIVY COUNCIL MEETING

on

I could look up the dictionary and dig up all the adjectives and superlatives to describe the happy surprise that was mine, yet 1 would be inadequately expressed." Anyway the shock I got was like the one I received when a bomb- shell burst before me while I was in Shanghai-only this was very different as the latter shock lett me with a severe shaking, and made a big ugly empty hole in the ground-while this one left me feeling happier than I ever felt since I left Shangha!! If you want to make use of this letter in any way I shall be happy for you to do so. I feel that this wonder- fal true story should be told to everyone.

he added that to the best of his knowledge his sister was among

Yours very truly, those who were being forced by

(Sgd.) L. M. Pereira." disastrous happenings in One is tempted to wonder. by Shanghai to abandon their homes what strange direction of provid- and flee to Hong Kong for refuge.ence this money was, allowed to The first refugee ship from Shang- remain unclaimed for nearly 16 hal, the P. & O. steamer years, only to find its owner at a "Rajputana," was expected in moment of greater need than is Hong Kong that night and heever, would be among those meeting her again

we hope, likely to occur her lifetime. Truly, in the hopes of finding his siste fiction itself could hardly conceive safely aboard.

a more remarkable little story.

ANDREW MELLON Entire Fortune Left To Charity

New York. August 28.

Apart from $180.000 to personal formerly U.S. Ambassador in Lon- employees. Mr. Andrew Mellon, don. left his entire fortune to his educational and charitable trust.

The will says that Mr. Mellon's children have already been ade- quately provided for.

The value of the estate has not yet been estimated, but is stated to be very large. ---Reuter.

15.5.

London, Aug. 28.

JAPANESE. DEAD AND Moscow, August 29.

WOUNDED A routiuc meeting of the Privy Replying to enquiries concerning Council was held this morning at the Tokyo report that a Non-Balmoral Castle, where the King Shanghai, Aug, 28-The Aggression Pact had been conclud- at present staying.

Choyo Maru is scheduled to leave ed between China and Soviet

The Premter, Mr. Neville Cham-here this morning loaded with Russia, the latters: officials de bertain, who presided at the meet- Japanese wounded and approxi- clared that "we have no informa-ing, is staying at the Castle as the mately 1,000 bodies of Japanese tion of 1. Sino-Soviet Pact."— į guest of His majesty.—

soldiers killed in the Shanghai: hostilities.

Reuter.

Reuter

Another Nanking Road scene after the bombing, (N.C.D.N." Photo),

The vessel a flying the Red Ross flag at its masthead, and the same insignia is painted on the funnel-

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Thirty-eight cases of cholera, one of small-pox, one of enteric fever and one of dysentery were reported 24 hours ended at midnight on to the Health Authorities for the

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AT THE JOCKEY CLUB

List of "Empress of Canada" residents at Jockey Club Refugee

Centre:-

S. Ablad. Mrs. M. Baker and 7 children, Mrs. F. Boyle, Miss Shir- ley Boyle, Mrs. J. B. S. Bonar and two children, Mrs. S. Cohen and 5 children. Mrs. M. Cohen and children, Mrx. C. K. Cooper and niece, Mrs. E Chalk, Mrs. F. Cohen, Miss E. "Cohen, Miss R. Cohen, Mrs. W. M. Demee, Miss Kathleen Demnee, Albert Demee, Mrs. L. Elahi and 3 children, Nrs. D. M. Ghzal and 6 children, Mrs. E. K. 8. Gazal and 6 children. Mrs. V. Gazal and 6 children, Mrs. A. Ghazal, Mrs. A. children, Mre. F. Hussian and 3. E. Hutton, Mrs. P. O. Hydman and

children, Mrs. D. Hale and 5 chil- dren, Miss V. Imtshanhetzkay. Mrs. F. Ilhat, and 3 children, Mrs. R. Jacob and 3 children, Mrs. B. Knox and two children, Mrs. J. T. Kwouk and 2 chlidren. Miss R. Levy, Miss Known to the police as having a

H. Levy, Mra. B. Norman, Miss bad character, Ning Ping-ki, was Annie Norman, Mrs. de P. 0. brought before Mr. W. Schofield on

Pelayo, Mrs. A. Rose and 3 chil- Saturday when the Crown alleged dren. Mrs. H. 6. S. Saleh and 2 him of committing a larceny of a sult of clothing and a mah-jongg children. Miss F. Saul, Mr Y. D. set by false meals.

Yung and 2 children.

In passing a sentence of tour months' imprisonment with hard labour his Worship ordered the defendant to be placed under police supervision for two years.

SOVIET ARMY

"ON GUARD”

children, Mrs. E Stuart and 4

REFUGEE CENTRE

Central British School

ARRIVALS ON AUGUST 27

Mrs. A. C. Barton and 2 children. Mrs. A. M. Brown, Mme, B. CoB- Moscow, Aug. ZI.. tides, Mrs. G. L. R. Cauderim and The annual military manoeuvres 1 child, Mrs. G. O. Dreggs and 3 of the Soviet Army have begun children, Mrs. G. 8. Forrest and 1 and special regard is being paid child. Mrs. Griffin. Mrs. A. 'J. to the Far East forces and the Hayler and 2 children, Miss Mary military districts of the Ukraine. Hills Mrs. H. Howard and 1 child, The Far East Army is on Mrs. F. Howe and 1 child, Mrs. A. guard on the Socialist frontier and Janne and 2 (wards), Mrs. W. Jar- main, Mrs. C. F. Livesey, Mrs J..F. Millar. Mrs. G. Mitchell and 2 children, Mrs. H. Morgan, Mrs. R. Morgan, Mrs. W. J. Patterson, Mrs. A. Quinnell, Mrs. J. Rees and 1 child, Mrs. W. Robertson, Mrs. Amy Taylor.

The Colonial Becretary presents will aunihilate any dhe daring to his compliments to the Editor, | violate the US.B.R.." the Hong Kong Daily Press. and comments.

directed to state for general in-Reuter.

formation that Government ser- vants have been notified by clrcu- lar that the General Order zes- tricting the occupation of govern- ment quarters to persons in Gov- ernment service has been temporar- ily relaxed so as to allow the ac- commodation of bona fide refugees from Shanghal. In no case has a request to accommodate sich rew fugees in Government, Quarters been refused.

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TRIPLETS IN KOWLOON- Mrs. Dorothy Shinn, wire of captain W. L. Bhinn, of the China Navigation Company, gave birth to triplets at the Kowloon Hospital on Baturday.

Mrs. Shinn and her three daughters are reported to be do- ing splendidly.

DEPARTURES ON AUGUST 27. Mrs. L. Martin and 1 child to Mrs. Hudson, Prison Qrs.," Stanley; Miss Mabel Money to A. Deansfield, 20 Broadwood Road, Happy Valley: Miss Angle Blow to Mr. Fraser, 101 Wong Net Chong Road, Happy Valley.

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