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THE SERVICES

(By 'the Air Mail, London, Nov. 25)

·ROYAL NAVY

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS

The Shanghai Volunteer Corps, which has been rendering valuable service, has a new commandant in Colonel J. W. Hornby, M.C., and a new brigade major in Major C. J. Corbin, from the 1st Battalion, The

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS Mr. M. 8. Good has been Ap- pointed Admiralty · surgeon and agent for Aylesbury (November 12); Mr. E. Scoones for Hythe, and Mr. | wWelch Regiment. The new com- J. E Jameson for Moreton-in- mandant was in the 12th Royal Marsh, Gloucestershire (November | Laucers. He had charge of armour- 13).

The Rev. L Race Clough, of St. Andrew's Manse, has been ap pointed officiating minister' to the

ed cars in Egypt, and has been employed with the constabulary

Somaliland, the Egyptian Army. Sudan Defence Force, and the

HỒNG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1937.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

IN COURT

Sequel To Theft

Of $1,500

Sentence of three months' im-

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prisonment was imposed woman, Kwok King, formerly a servant employed by Li San-ain, of No. 200, Reclamation, Street, waen she was found guilty of the theft of a sum of $1,500 from her em-

Presbyterian personnel of the Roy-Camel Corps of The King's African ployer by Mr. K. Keen at the Kow-

al Navy at Southampton.

GEKENWICH HOSPITAL

PENSIONS

Shipwright Lt.-Cdr. W. Harris. retired, and Eng. Lt.Cdr. G. David- son, retired, have each been award- ed Greenwich Hospital pensions of £40 a year. Engr. Lt. E. Dawson, retired, has been awarded a Green- wich Hospital pension of £30 a year, in the vacancy created by the death of Lt. T. Baskerville, retired, on October 20.

REFITS OF DESTROYERS The destroyers Vimiera and Wryneck, from the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth, are ordered to. be towed to Portsmouth in time to begin refits early this month. They have been in reserve since 1932. when they were withdrawn from the 1st Flotilla in the Mediter- ranean.

NAYAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:"

Engr. Rear-Admiral.-H. W. WI- dish, to Pembroke for Staff of Com- mander-in-Chief, The Nore (Dec.

201.

Capt.-A. J. Power, C.V.O., to Ark Royal (Jan. 17)...

Surga. Cdrs.-A. "H. Harkins, M.B.. to President for course (Dec. 31); E. V. Barnes, M.R.C.S., LR.C.P.; to Victory for R.NB. (Dec. 23).

Surgn. Lt.-Cdra.-W. R. S. Panck- ridge. M.R.C.S., LRCP to Drake for RN. HospL, Plymouth (Dec. 23); H. L.. Belcher, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P.. to Drake for RN, HospL, Plymouth (Dec. 23); H. L. Belcher. M.R.CS., L.R.C.P., to Victory for R.N.B. (Dec. 29).

Lts. (F/Lt.. RAJ. C. Cock burn, to Ajax (Dec. 14); M. C. Hos - kin, to Victory for course at Oos- port (Dec. 17), and to Ajax (un- dated).

for Sheerness Dockyard (Dec. 14),

Surgn, L.-W. 8. Parker, M.B., to Penzance (undated).

Rines.

TARGETS FOR ARMY RIFLE MEETINGS

A Convertible Landscape

The new target which has been adopted by the Army Rifle Asso- ciation for both central and non- central competitions next year. is one of the series designed for the new musketry courses. It will re- place the old sít. (large) target.. It is a convertible landscape which can be used with or without an

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alming mark of the now usual "tin hat" variety. For ordinary instruc- tion and elementary classification "the aiming mark is placed on the hullseye. For more advanced work the aiming mark is removed.

The target is simply made and consists of a lft. white strip across the top, representing sky: The rest of the surface is sand-coloured. The landscape feature is provided by painting or pasting triangular brown and grey strips on this background. One of these strips, with a base of 4ft. 10in. and a height of 12in., is immediately un- der the white strip at the top of the target, with its highest part 12in.) to the left. A second browa strip has its highest part to the

right and its base 2ft. 8in, from the

bottom of the target. A third colour- ed triangle is at the foot of the 6ft. square. This is grey, and the base coincides with the target base.

The highest part, zrt, is to the

right.

Seen from the usual shooting distance this target looks like a desert country with hills and vales, It can be used in many different

ways. For instance, small marks

Lt. J. Atthold, to Pembroke, representing enemy can be placed on the tops of the brown strips for instruction in fire direction. For competition and classification pur poses circles are scribed as on the target it replaces: The bull is 2ft. in diameter, the inner 3ft. the magple 4ft., and the outer äft.

The corners outside the 6ft. circle count nothing in the score if hit.

Sub-Lt.—A, N. Young, to Achates

· (Nov. 27).

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Sub-Lt. (E)-M. P. Roupell, to Rodney. (Dec. 15).

Bosna. (A/B).-F. J. ON. F. Gal- tagher, to Sapphire (Jan. 4); D. M. Frost, to Dolphin (Jan, 5); F. H. Gray, to Osprey (Jan. 6); F. H. -Hollands, to Kittiwake (Jan. 7).

PROMOTION

Act. Sub-Lt. (E).-H. P. B. Evans. to rank of Sub-Lt. (E) (seny. Dec. 1).

RETIREMENT

Lt. (E).-L. V. Edwards, placed on the Retd. List (Dec. 4).

THE ARMY

22 ADDITIONAL T.A. FIELD

AMBULANCES

Though flexible in its uses, the new target is cheap to make and represents a distinct advance in

loon Police Court yesterday,

Detective-Sergt. Forrest said that in August complainant gave the money to her husband to keep while she returned to country. The money was locked in a safe and during September ́defendant dis- appeared with the money, having. it was alleged, stolen the key to the safe. A report was made to the police and on November 25 de- fendant was arrested in a house in Shanghai Street.

DEATH AFTER

COLLAPSE

Alleged Fight On Ferry

KOWLOON INQUEST

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Following the withdrawal of the "manslaughter charge against' Lo Chi owing to insufficient evidence, an inquest was held at the How joon Police Court yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, La Chi-fùng, who died on November 18 after alleged fight with Lo..

It was alleged that on the day In question, the two parties, had a fight to settle their differences. In the course of the struggle Lò was seen to punch the deceased. twice and this caused him to fall down. Some time later, deceased collapsed, and died.

Dr. Kwok Chan-yao, medical officer in charge of the Kowloon Public Mortuary, who performed the post

mortem .cxamination

stated that deceased had died of

There was a bruise on the lower lobar pneunoris and heart failure. right side of deceased's abdomen. His nose was bleeding,

On entering the premises, Sergt. Forrest found half a bottle of brandy on the floor and apparent- ly defendant had been spending the money with her friend. The furniture was completely changed and pleces of gold ornaments pur-watching brief on behalf of de- chased with the money were found on the premises. Defendant had given a sum of $500 to her flancee whom she did not wish to marry.

Defendant's mother, Leung Tsat, who was charged with receiving a sum of $500 was discharged on the grounds that she did not know that the

money given her by her daughter was stolen. Her daughter had informed her that the money had been obtained from gambling.

SPY SUSPECT

Hong Kong Man Held

It was learned from the local

Police authorities yesterday that for almost a fortnight a British subject, Joseph

James Richards,

who gave his address as Hong

of

Kong, has been held in custody by Canton milltary and police au- thorities while investigations alleged espionage which he is accused, are being activities, of

pursued

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The Police, however, were willing to furnish any but the bare details.

pleaded ignorance of the whole The Colonial Secretary's Office

affair and it is believed that it is

military musketry training in that awaiting the complete report from

Canton before taking action.

It prevents the trained soldier from depending on a distinct aiming mark The Small Arms School ex- perts have for a long time been considering how to get away from this difficulty, and now they have solved the problem of designing a target that is useful for both com- petition and training purposes.

COLONY PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY

Enquiries from the Military Authoritics elicited the informa- tion that five observation posts are being erected immediately on the Colony's New Territory frontier to

The War Office announces that It has been decided to raise 22 additional field ambulances, Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army. These new units will com- plete the normal establishment of three field ambulances with each division (excluding anti-aircraft cover crossings into Chinese ter- divisions) which existed before ritory.

Mr. Hin-shing Lo, who held ̄ ̄r-

ceased's father, asked witness what had caused the nose to bleed;. also the bruise. Witness replied that they could have been carsed by deceased falling down or being struck by someone. Deceased had a touch of pneumonia before his death.

Lo Kam, married woman, who was on board the Kowloon City ferry launch when the incident oc- "curred said she saw the two parties having a fight. Deceased fell downi after having received two blows from Lo Chi,

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The hearing was adjourned till January 5.

JEALOUSY IN TRADE

Rivalry between salt fish dealers, resulting in an alleged attempt by

one to ruin the business of others, led to the appearance before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Ma- gistracy yesterday of Chan Chun, 29, managing partner of the Chun Kee salt fish dealers stail of No. 184, Des Voeux Road West, on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, Defendant had actually been brought up on December 13 and was on ball of $250. Detective-Inspector M. Mur- phy prosecuted,

Giving evidence. Chung Bul-hol, broker, said an December 6 he was walking near defendant's shop some time after noon when he re- ceived certain information" as the result of which he went to a shop and saw a fish and a piece of paper hanging under a signboard over the pavement, He read the notice, which interested him as he dealt in

Mr. A. P. Blunt, British Consul General in Canton, has been in- formed of the detention of Richards. It 1s belleved that Richards is accused of having South travelled in

Chiria and Canton while in the pay-of Japan that sort of business. That kind ese agents in Hong Kong. One report states he was arrested on

of salt fish came from Canada and

a train at 8hamchun when re-

be bought them from the Sam Woo turning to Hong Kong from Catz that as defendant did not deal in Hing shop. He was of the opinion

ton."

JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS

Judginent for plaintiffs for claim and costs was given by the Pulsne The posts will not be armed or Judge, Mr. Justice R.E. Lindsell, in 1922, when certain units were dis- banded. When this scheme comes manned at present and are noth- the Summary Court yesterday, in'

the case into force, however, all units willing more than precautionary con--

of the United Trading structions, One will be at Lokme-Company (plaintiffs) versus Look given a. somewhat smaller establishment than that authorized

chau and other at the site of the Chan-wal (defendant).

at present.

Canton-New Territories link road in Sumchun area.

be

NEW MAJOR-GENERÁL Colonel Henry G. Riley has been promoted major-general and a pointed. Chief Paymaster at the War Office and Inspector of Army Pay Offices, in place of Major- General A. I. Musson, C.B.. who held the posts for seven years. Major-General. Riley was born in 1884, joined the 3rd Battalion. The Border Regiment, in 1964, and The North Staffordshire Regiment two

The plainties claimed from the defendant the sum of $118 being This latter will be a blockhouse | balance due and owing by the de- manned by police to prevent in-fendant for expenses incurred 'in discriminate or unauthorised use. The bridge will shortly be com pleted.

that kind of business, he wanted to ruin it by saying the first was of Japanese origin.

Chan Wo-klu, fok of the Chit Fa-chan · Firm ¡of No. 227, Des Voeux Road West, testified to see- ing the defendant hanging up the fish and piece of paper.

Defendant denied the charge and culled a witness, but the lat ter could only say he saw him tak- ing back a fork from another man, His Worship decided there was no doubt that defendant had com-. mitted the offence. He did not think, however, that it came under the Disorderly Conduct Ordinance, and ordered a remand of 24 hours maintaining an office at No. 4 to ascertain whether another sec- Queen's Road Central, fifth floor. tion, under which the charge might Room No. 63, for the months of be brought, had not been $119- April to October (inclusive). 1937 pended under an agreement in writing dated April 1, 1937 and made be- tween the plaintiffs and defendant. The Rajputana Rifles, who have

Mr. F. Zimmern appeared for been encamped in the New Terri- plaintiffs and defendant appeared tories for some weeks on routine in person,

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There is also no truth in a fur- ther rumour that 16-inch guns are being mounted in Hong Kong's forts

years later. "He, was transferred to exercise, are returning to-day. In the APD, in'. 1910.

WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

the event of emergency, these Lieut. Col. Harold E. Pickering. troops would be called upon for frontier work. No arrangement M.C., promoted to command the

1st Battalion. The West Yorkshire for their return to India has been

Regiment at Becunderabad, was one of the senior majors in the

made and probably will remain in the Colony until the next Batta-

"HULLO HONG KONG" Booking for "Hullo Hong Kong" at the China Fleet Club is report- ed to be 'excellent ELE. the Gov- ernor and Lady Northcote are at

Army and received his brevet in lion; which is normally furnished tending Wednesday night's per-

1918 when G.8.0.2 of the 11th

Division in Fránce/ --

Lieut.-Cola Charles G. Phillips, D.B.O.. M.C., on relinquishing his command- in the« regiment, has

from India, arriver,

.....COLONY'S - HEAITE; During the 24 hours ended

formance.

WAH-TAN-COLLEGE

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been promoted colonel at 48. He midnight, December 16, 2 cases of It is understood that His Excel- small-pox, 1 case of diptheria. 1 lency the Governor will present the case of cerebro-spinal meningitis prizes at the amual speech day and 1 case of dysentery were re- of Wah Yan College, which in to ported to the local health au- be held at the Queen's Theatre thorities.

next Thursday at 10 a.m.

has been in, The West Yorkshire Regiment since 1909, and has com manded the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, The King's African Rizes

FAILED TO REPORT ACCIDENT

W. Harkinson, of Whitfield Bar- racks, appeared before Mr. E Keen at the Kowloon Magistracy. yesterday on & summons for fall ing to report to the nearest police station within reasonable time after having been involved in a Laichikox Road on November 27, traffic accident which occurred in

Defendant was stated to have knocked down a woman while driving a car.

Pleading guilty to the summons defendant stated that he did not- consider the accident was of such a serious nature that he should report to the police. The wo- man had sustained slight injury to her chin.

A fine of $5 was imposed,

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