THE SERVICES
ROYAL NAVY
CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE
NORE COMMAND Captain P. E. Phillips, D.S.O.. has taken up the pest of Chief of Staff and Maintenance Captain in the Nore Command. This has been held temporarily by Captain E. J. P. Brind since the promotion of Reur-Admiral R.
Därke.
D.S.O.. on June 1.
Captain Phillips returned re- cently from Australia, where he was Second Naval Member on the Commonwealth Naval Board. He 13 a submarine specialist, and was decorated for service in command -of these craft during the War. As a captain he has been Chief Staff Officer to the Rear-Admiral (Submarines), and has command- ed the cruiser "Enterprise in the East Indies and the 2nd Sub- marine Flotilla, Home Fleet.
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KRONSTADT ANNIVERSARY August 18 was the eighteenth
Ր anniversary
raid the "Kronstadt by the, coastal motor-
boa:
flotila Operating in the Baltic as part of the British forces under Rear-Admiral Sir Walter
boats Cowan, Eight
made the raid. three of which were sunk. but they accounted for three large ships two battleships and a sub- marine depot-ship), and damgaed other units in harbour. Two V.C.S were awarded for the operation, one to the commanding officer of the Rotilla, Commander C. C. Dobson (now rear-admiral, re-
in the grounds, and any ofcer who wishes to bring his relatives with him should communicate with the House Governor.
Application for admission, which should be accompanied by A medical certificate from the off- cer's medical attendant, should be addressed direct to the House Governor, Osborne, East Cowes, Isle of Wight (Telephone, Cowes 251 from, whom particulars can be obtained.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
NEW PERSONNEL DEPOT.
From September a new depot for R.A.F. personnel was establish- éd at the former àirship station' at Cardington, Bedford. It will sup- plement the existing depôt at Uxbridge.
For some time. In order to re- Hove the pressure on Uxbridge caused by the expansion, there has been a Recruits Wing at the Home Aircraft Depot, Henlow. This wing has been renamed No. 2 R.A.F. Depôt, and will move to Cardington. On the same date the depot at Uxbridge will be renamed No. 1 R.A.F. Depôt, Wing Commander A. S. Thompson.. formerly second-in-command Uxbridge, was appointed to com- mand the new No. 2 Depot on July
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
1.
DONALDSON
at
Byn-
Flight Lleutenant E. M. Donald son, who was the leader of the tired), and the other to Lieutenant flight of four Pury aircraft which Gordon Steele, who torpedoed gave demonstrations of both the battleships after the chronized aerobatics at the R.A.F. captain of his boat had been kill- Display and at the recent Inter- ed. Lieutenant Steele is now Cap- national Air Meeting at Zurich, is Loin-Superintendent of H.M.S.appointed to duty with No. 1
at Greenhithe. Only
Worcester.
two of the C.M.B. commanders are still on the active list. Captain A. W. S. Agar (who had previously gained the V.C. In the Baltic) and Lieutenant-Commander พ. H.
Bremner.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:
Lt.Cdr.-S. J. R. Cornwall (Sept. 1).
Warrand, to
Temp. R.C. Chaplains.-Rev. W. H. Shepherd, to St. Angelo; Rev. C. Fay, to London (Aug. 27).
Lts.-M. F. Andrew, to Nept. 1); J. N. N. Synnott, to Birmingham
(Sept. 7).
Lt. (E).-R. A. H. Bartley, to Pembroke for M.T.E. Chatham
(Sept. 1),
Payr. Sub.-Lt.-R. P. 'Peter, to Resolution (Aug. 20).
Gunner-F. L' Macdonald, lent to R.A.N. for two years (Aug. 28). Siz. Bosns.-H. J. Harrison, to Victory for Signal, School (Aug. 23: H. Jukes, to Hood; A. E T Bartley, to Ganges (Aug. 241; P. Tinker, to Nelson Aug. 31); 8. W. Brookes. to President for duty with D.S.D., Admiralty (Bept. D.
PROMOTIONS
Lt.-B. C. Howe. J. Spencer, to rank of Lt-Cdr. (seny. Aug. 16).
ENTRY
Rev. R. Catterall, as Temp. R.C. Chaplain, and apptd. to. Victory, for R.N. Hospi.. Hastar (Aug. 27).
ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE Chaplains. Rev. R. A, Deane, to Courageous Sept. 1: Rev., A. Stainsby, to Ramilles (Sept. 2).
Surgn. Sub-Lt.-L S. Anderson, M.B.. promoted to Surgn. (seny, July 14).
THE ARMY
CONVALESCENT HOME FOR
OFFICERS
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1937.
CONVALESCING
DONATIONS
Ambulance Brigade
The Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following dona- tions:-
Per. S. C. A. Hon. Mr. R. A. Forrest Per. District Officer.
South. Mr. K. Keen Anonymous
Mrs. G. Vmap. (Per.
M. O. 1/c Cheung
Mrs. Moon (Per.
Chau Hospital)
$ 300.00
100.00 25.00
5.00
Sir William Hornell, Vice- Chancellor of the University returned home yesterday from the Queen Mary Hospital
is now convalescing but it will be some time before he will he able to receive friends.
M. O. 1/c Cheung
Chau Hospital)
Mr. L. de Rome Anonymous
5.00
5.00
$5.00
Mr. M. Y. Adal'
3.00
Mr. R. W. Smith
3.00
He
Mr. S. Jarvis
3.00
Mr. S. J. C. Stanesby
2.00
Mr. H. N. Mehal,
1.00
Mr. A. R. Minu
1.00
Mr. G. Mohammed
1.00
Mr. Y. C. Chan
1.00
Mr. L Haroon
-1.00
Mr. T. All'
1.00
Mr. A. K. Minu
1.00
Mr. S. O. Bux
1.00
Mr. S. H. Bux
1.00
1.00.
0.50
0.50
has
the
ANY LETTERS FOR YOU?
Will anyone whose name appears below call at the office of the Shanghai Refugees Committee, 2nd floor. Pest Office Building, for let- ters and telegrams which have been left there.
LETTERS
Mr. Allabaste, Mrs. C. Belson. Mrs. Frieda Brown, Mrs. "W. B. Bryden, Mrs. L Buick, Mrs. H. E. Ulick Burke (A.F.), Mrs. Norman Burns. Mrs. J. Case, Miss Eva Collaco, Mrs. L. P. Gray, Mrs. Anita Harrison, Miss Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Loessoe, Mrs. F. Marcal, Mr.
Ewart N. Marriott, The Rev. P. C. Matthews, Mrs. J. G. McCairn. Mrs. (Fighter) Squadron,
W. S. Read, Miss Mary' Rogers, Mrs. Tangmere. which supplied the aircraft for A. Ross, Mr. Lillian Sia, Mrs.. these exhibitions. He has hitherto
Donald James Sinclair, Mrs." Es- been with No. 72 (Fighter) Squad-meralda Ritter Slater, Mrs. F. E. ron, one of the new formations, at Smith. Miss Margaret. Turner, Dr. Church Fenton Yorks.
Walmsley, Mrs. M. V. Walling. Mrs. Flight Lieutenant Donaldson entered the
A. G. Washbrook.
R.A.F. with a short-service com- mission in June, 1931.
SAILING POSTPONED
London, Sept. 2.
It was of elally announced at Portsmouth to-day that the sailing of H.M.S. Warspite for the Medi- terranean to take up duties as
flagship of the Commander-in- Chief has been postponed owing to defects in her machinery.- British Wireless,
TYPHOON HITS CANTON
Considerable Damage Done
Canton, Sept. 3.
The puter edge of the typhoon which struck Hong Kong yesterday hit Canton a little later. The gale uprooted trees, threw branches hundreds of feet, dislodged roof tops. By noon the passed.
storm had
A matshed on the roof of the National City Bank was blown onto- the big trees on Central Avenue. Shameen, and remained perched. there, almost intact, for some hours. Then it crashed to the roadway. Many other matsheds on the Shameen were swept away.
A huge tree was blown down in the French concession. All morning Lt. long fire engines were busy, clang" ing along the Shakee foreshore In response to alarms. In the sur rounding villages many houses were wrecked.
of Officers, the Militia, and Sup- plementary Reserve who require a
Shipping, forewarned, moved to safe anchorages. Junks and sam- pans sought shelter. The two night boats for Hong Kong were delayed,
All officers of the Territorial Army, the Regular Army Reserve delaying their sailings from 10
p.m. untul this morning.
No trains have arrived from period of convalescence after Hong Kong since the typhoon ness contracted. while on service
broke. The Britsh section of the
or the normal course of civil Kowloon-Canton railway
Te-
He are eligible for admission to ported to have been washed out in the King Edward VII Convalescent several places."
Home at Osborne, Isle of Wight, All telephonic and wireless com- as well as serving officers of the munication with Hong Kong and Regular "Army.
Shanghal are disrupted. A Reuter message from the north was the
Osborne House, formerly the private residence of Queen Vic- first intimation here of the havoc toria, was presented to the nation of the storm at Hong Kong. Later. by Edward VII in 1902 and, ex-calls for assistance were picked up. cept for the State apartments, by steamers in port from vessels which have been reserved for
in the Hong Kong area. exhibition to the public, was, at Reuter. the wish of his Majesty, adapted. in 1904 for use as a convalescent home far officers of the Services.
Each omcer is charged 6s, a day. to cover the cost of board and lodging and ordinary medical at-
GIRL GUIDES MEETING
guides, from the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council Public School for, Girls and the Cathedral School for girls gathered at Sandilands, Hüt
tendance. A small additional A company of Shanghai girl charge is made to cover the cost of special nursing or other, special attention when considered, neces- sary. A private hostel for rela- tives, excluding children under 12 yesterday. Mrs. B. W. Cressey, was years of age, has been established "In charge of the meeting.
TELEGRAMS Esmeralda Ritter Slater, William
son.
ה
TYPHOON TAKES
HEAVY TOLL
Over two hundred lives. are re-
been ported to have
lost in
Mr. A. Hassan Mr. G.M. Butt Mr. J. A. Santos...
Mr. Alfred Mortis honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following dona- tians to North China Hospital Re- let Fund.
5,000.00
Already acknowledged....$18,250.00
Since received:--- The Hong Kong Chinese Rellet Association ....... Passengers & Crews of 8.3. President Pierce (Per
Mr. M. Y. Mok)
(S'ha currency) Mr. Kwok Chan. .... Mr. Ng Wai Kan (Per Mr.
Kwok Chan) Messrs. Tal Tack (Per Mr.
Kwok Chan) Anonymous
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Fung Keong Rubber Manufactory -84 pairs Rubber Shoes for the Nursing Unit.
MRS. LIAO ́-WANTED'
(To The Editor, The "Hong Kong Dally Press")
'
DESIRE
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The House of Quality & Service
RAILWAY SERVICE
The
SUSPENDED
allway service between Kowloon and Canton will be sus- pended from to-day until
BLS
Sir-This Consulate General has the terrible disaster which has received a message of some Im overtaken the village of Taipo--portance for transmission to Mrs.
Joshua Hul. Up to the time of going to
Liao and Mrs. Thomas September 13 owing to the fact press it has not been ascertained Liao, réfugees from Nanking. It that part of the tracks have been how the tragedy was caused but will be greatly appreciated if you damaged by the typhoon, accord- there is every sign that a tidal will publish a notice to this effecting to Major R. D. Walker. wave swept the village following is one of your editions. Thursday's typhoon.
Reports are still being received from all parts of the New Terri- tories regarding the toll taken by the typhoon but it will not be possible to form any idea of the extent of damage done for yet another few days.
A number of residents made 2 tour of the New Territories yester- day in order to see what damage had been done and according to one of them the wreckage in the vicinity of Taipo Bridge beggars description. At least 100 corpses were found piled one above the other, and they were evidently swept out of the village до the flood waters receded.
Harrowing scenes are being enacted at Taipo Market, where all the Police in the district are working. So far well over 100 bodies have been recovered and these have been laid out for Identification.
NARROW-ESCAPE
The European reddents of the Talpo district suffered consider- ably. It is stated that the Dis- trict Officer, residing in Island House had an extraordinarily narrow escape from death.
Yours etc.. HOWARD DONOVAN, American. Consul.
Hong Kong. Sept. 3, 1937.
room window. A car was washed out of a locked garage and is now Armly imbedded in the mud.
Bedding, shipping wreckage, torn trees, mud and confusion. have turned the district into 1. shambles and it will be some considerable time before repairs can possibly be effected.
Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Considerable damage was done to the tracks between Shatin and Talpo where there were a number of landslides.
Repair work is being carried out day and night but the damage is | so extensive that service cannot possibly be resumed before Sept.
13.
PASSENGERS FOR SHANGHAI
OVER 30 DEAD
The M. M., Line notifles that, on Apart from the death roll at instructions from its Shanghai the Connaught Road fire, the office, passages for Europeans will. collapse at Third Street and the be available by the as; D'Artagnan, disaster at Talpo. the land fatall- | which is sailing for Shanghai at 4
ties in the typhoon totalled 32.
p.m. to-day. No Chinese or Ja- panese passengers can, however, be accepted.
All roads on the Island have been cleared and are open to traffic but on the Mainland, the
This sailing will give an op- Ho Tung Bridge has been damag- | portunity to Shanghai people who ed and only light trafic can are anxious' to return North. proceed.
HEALTH RETURNS
· PONIES ́DROWNED Soon after the first typhoon signal was holsted on Wednesday, Mr J. Gill, vice-President of the Equine Sports Club, fearing for. Twenty cases of cholera, one, of the safety of the horses, took up enteric fever and one of dysentery residence at Shatin. Word has were reported to the health au- been received that three ponies thorities for the 24 hours ended at and went crashing down lo and a donkey were drowned in midnight on Thursday. within a few inches of-his-bed-the-washout...
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It appears that the huge typhoon mast snapped at the base
A striking view of the ss. An Lee, which 'crashed at the Luen Chong Wharf, the Fraya. (Photo, Cheng Studio).
FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS
The following forthcoming mar→ riages are announced:-
Mr. Andrew, Robert Kinross, i Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. and Miss Dorothy Helena Carey, commercial artist of No. 42 Ken-, nedy Road;, Mr. Frank
Albert White, Methodist Mission, Wuchow and Miss Maud Helena Johnston, teacher, Methodist Mission, Fat- | shan; and Mr. Chiu Ting Kwong, shop asistant. No. 15, Lee Garden Street, first floor and Yu Bo Ghúng, No. 23 Canal Road West,
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RETURNS LÁCKING
The weather report issued by the Royal Observatory at 5.30 p.m. yesterday: stated that returns are lacking from, all stations north of Formosa.
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