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Entitled: "The History of Chemical Warfare*** on Friday, 29th March, Commencing at 6 p.m."

HONG KONG CLUB

NOTICE

Aupual The Ninety Sixth General Meeting of the Members of the Hong Kong Club will be held in the Club House on Friday, March 29, 1940, at 5.30 p.m.

By order of the Committee,. C. TRENCHARD DAVIS,

EDITORIAL

GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO WORK OF POLICE

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Annual Inspection And Presentation Of Medals

"Officers and men. I congratulate you very warmly on your re- cord for the year. Not one, but now two, wars are making heavy additional claims. upon your discipline but those claims are being splendidly met,”

These remarks were made by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, when he inspected the Hongkong Police Force yesterday and presented medals and awards.

The parade was under the com- Secretary.mand of Mr. L H. C. Calthrop

Superintendent of Police.

Hong Kong, March 18, 1940.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-FIFTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEET. ING of the Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong on FRIDAY, the 29TH MARCH, 1940, at 11.30 a.m., for the pur. pose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31ST OCTOBER, 1939.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 21ST MARCH, 1940, to FRIDAY, the 29TH MARCH, 1940, both days

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HONGKONG, MARCH 29, 1940

There Was large gathering present Including Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall, Hop. Mr. R. A. C. North, Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam. Mr. Ho Kam-tong and Mr. M. P. Talati.

GOVERNOR'S SPEECH "

H, E. the Governor said:- It must be wib vey great gratification that you have wit- nessed at this year's parade so great a number of your comrades receiving either medals or com- mendations for good services ren- dered by them. Certainly it sent. a glow of pride through me as I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting and speaking to each- of those who figure on the list of distinctions.

In the Police Force we have been awarded one King's Police Medal for conspievous bravery,

THE IMPORTANCE seven Colonial Police Medals for

OF TIN

TIN IS ONE OF THE MOST

important products of this part of the world, the mainstay of the prosperity of Malaya and the richest single item of the mineral wealth of Southwest China. With its commercial position, the for- General Managers.

tunes of Malaya, and, to a Hong Kong, 14th March, 1940. significant extent, of China's

wartime foreign trade, are! indissolubly linked.

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THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.

Notice to Shareholders

The Seventy first Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Thursday, the 4th April, 1940, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement of Accounts lor the year ended the 31st Decem. ber, 1939.

The Share Register and Trans. fer Books will be closed from the 21st March, to the 4th April, 1940, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

General Managers,

conspicuous gallantry, seventeen special commendadons för cour-

Detective Tam Chung, of the Chinese

the contingent of Hongkong Police Force, wear- ing the King's, Police Medal which was presented to him by His Excellency the Governor yesterday.

age and devotion to duty and realized. twenty-two Long Service Medals or

I am glad that a Httle bars thereto the District Watch Bght has fallen upon it today. has earned no less than eight medals for faithful service and

GREAT PLEASURE The awards to the good work. That is a magnificent record and I am proud to have the telling of it.

District watch Force are also a source of great pleasure. That body's steady and faithful performance of duty

High Honour For Chinese Detective.

An outstanding feature of the Police parade was the presentation of the King's Police Medal to Chinese. Detective, Tam Chung for conspicuous bravery.

Tam Chung is the first member of the Asiatic con- tingent to receive the high honour in the Hongkong Police Force, and, it is learned, is the first re- cipient of the medal in the Force for bravery.

SPLENDID

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940. Y.M.C.A. AMATEURS SCORE BIG HIT IN PRESENTING "THE HOUSFMASTER”.

"The House that Donkin built" withstood every shock at the European Y.M.C.A last night, the occasion being the Amateur Dramatic Club's first public performance" of Ian Hay's “The

Housemaster.”

Donkin sat complacently through to the final curtain,' with a satis- fed air about him, assured · now that Angela (or was it Rosemary?) would live quite happily ever after. even if it would be with the pecu- Har de Pourville.

QUITE A LARK Barbara Fane and her three nieces had made quite a lark of Ovington and his new system. One of the girls had made a diplomat of the wordly wise Flossie, and the youngest. Button, had even tried her hand at moulding the personality that was Crump.

CHAIRMAN APPEALS TO MEMBERS

SPORTS CLUB AND

BROKEN RULES

An appeal to members to observe

The play ends with Donkin, deeply the rules of the Clab more closely contemplative, sitting, at last, alone at was made at the annual meeting his desk, a Headmaster. The man

HARP, SONG vid portrayed by Leonard Starbuck, presided, supported

RECITAL

"A"splendid harp and song recital was given last night in the Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel in aid of the Foreign Auxiliary to the 06 Cross Society

National China

Red

Solange Renle (Mme. Siguret) accompanied by a string orchestra under, the direction of Mr. J. R. M. Smith, rendered a number of harp solos while Angelika Messier Steinschneider. (mezzo-soprano).. accompanied by Mr. E. O'Nell Shaw, sang two groups of songs..

Solange Renie's programme in cluded Garden after the Rain. Siciliana (18th Century), La Melo-

who made men out of boys had sur- of the Sports Club yesterday.

Major C. M. Manners, OBE.. by Messrs. Donkin ia quite a character. He finds Lam Ming-fan (hon. secretary), F. always the right thing to say, the a. Maunder (treasurer), M. H. Lo right thing to do, right up to

the fiual satisfied sit-down.

and W. T. Stanton,

In

Mr. Starbuck must be awarded a scroll, citing the complacent manner said:- about him that carried the play through to the final curtain.

ACT OF THE EVENING

his report. the chalman-

The accounts show that the Club's. financial position is quite sound. You will notice that Rentals have increasett Geoffrey Eastgate's portrayal of the y 8521; Repairs and. Renewals are. reformer Ovington was, I am sure, the rather larger than usual owing to the act of the evening: A more self act that we spent quite a lot of money centred Ovington would have to be in painting and redecorating. This bred in appropriate surroundings.

was done very cheaply owing to the Next, we must mention Button and generosity of our friend Fung Kwok- Bimbo, otherwise Sylvis Bous and wa, and we owe him a debt of gradti- tude for his assistance and also to H. S. Peter Sale, the tomboyish niece and very much schoolboy nephew of the Yung for so ably supervising the Both repairs and painting. The Furniture imperturbable Barbara Fane. entered with gusto into the spirit of and fixtures have been kept in a good the play and remained believable all ate of repair, thanks to the hard

work of our House Committee. through.

During the year, a new bottle co-

Sir Berkeley (W. J. Ashton), and dieuse (18th Century). and Deux de Fourville (Bill Colledge) did no-ler was installed and it has proved Chansons Populaires, Clair de lune, bly by their reies. The former, his very satisfactory. We have also coa- hair greyed by some process known to tructed a shower bath room in the Serenade, and La Source.

Ever Gentler Grows My Slum-Victor Mamak, and with a cigar toen's lavatory which has been found

add to his impressive appearance, very convenient. ber. In the Church Yard, Arla de appeared every inch a titled politi

COMMITTEE THANKED Dallla and Air de Salome were cian, and mereover one who could I would take this opportunity of among the songs sung by Angeliks have had something to do with the expressing my thanks to the General sehoolbuy oddity that was Flossie, Committee for the assistance they Messler-Steinschneider.

hin nephew.

have given me during the year; De Pourville was properly meck, most particularly thank our Honorary a character who had quite a ring Secretary. Hon. Bar Conveners and

is of very great value to the YOUTH RESCUED

Colony and the aware given today are most well deserved.

Officers and men, I congratulate you very warmly on your record

There are one or two points which call for special comment,

PROUD ENTRY

Tam Firstly, Police Detective Chung is the first Chinese police- AS A STRATEGIC MA- man to receive the King's Poilce for the year. Not one but now TERIAL, tin has come into Medal. That medal, as you know, two are making heavy additional much greater demand since is but rarely given and only for claims upon your discipline but the outbreak of war. Early very highly distinguished conduct. those claims are being splendidly in November, all internation- The devoted

WITHIN THE

courage of Police met. I wish you all success dur-

That there should be no less

conduct throws

than seven Colonial Police Medals for gallant

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LIST OF MEDALS

AWARDED, 1939

IN HARBOUR

Jumping into the harbour from the Mengkok-Hongkong ferry, Mar Cheung, in an attempt to commit suicide about 2 pm. yesterday, an 18-year-old youth named Li Kin was rescued by a seaman, Lam

Artificial respiration was applied when the youth Was brought aboard the ferry, and when the launch reached the Island, Li was

Tong.

sent to the Queen Mary Hospital He was described 23 suffering from shock, otherwise his' condi- tion was favourable.

2

King's Police Medai-Det.. P.C. C623 Tam Chung-For conspicu-

he. together with the late Det. which befall the Hongkong Police. PC. C612 Wan Man, strong light upon the varied duties ous bravery on June 3, 1939, when All were earned under fire, six of personal risk, tackled two armed them by disregard of danger and robbers. Shots were exchanged with the armed robbery at the devotion to duty during the fight- and Wan Man was fatally injured.

thira point-and ณ

mendation

List

at great

tong. Service

of the armed robbers in connexion

Wing Cheung Goldsmith's shop.

Shanghai Street, on May 30, 1939.

al production restrictions Detective Tam Chung and of ing the current year and am con- were removed, and the, quota his gallant comrade" Wan Manfident that you will achieve It. was raised to 100 per cent. who fall in the execution of his It is certain that, with the duty. will always be a proud entry passage of the months, many in this Colony's Roll of Honour. new mines will be opened, workings previously consider ed to be unprofitable will be exploited, and the industry will enter a period of great prosperity-the prosperity, in many cases, of the armament

ing which took place on our bor-One of the robbers was shot and maker and war profiteer.

BRITISH ders in November 1938; and the killed by Tam Chung. With assis. At the August Criminal Sessions, EMPIRE, tin will find many seventh by a Chineese detective tance, he arrested the other rob-frs accused was sentenced to life new uses and recover some who though wounded, bravelyber who had a loaded revolver in imprisonment, second accused to old ones, in which it had stuck to the chase of some armed his possession.

five years' hard labour and third previously been superseded robbers in Kowloon and helped to Colonial Police Medal (for con- accused to ten years' hard labour. by other metals-metals a rest them."

spicuous gallantry)-Chief Insp. Insp. AE. Carey, Sub-Insp. B.

Booker, very F.E.E.

Insp F.D.B. which will now be devoted to A

Barniole, PS. A198 N.B. Fraser, more urgent needs. For in-zra ifying one-is that the Com-Tuckett, P.S. A190 GC. Taylor,

LS, A147 C. Pope. Interpreter Ip stant, tinned iron is likely to

contains the P.8. A36 WS. McHardy, LS. A30 Hol-to, Interpreter Chau Ying-sze, come once more to the forenames of six members of the C.8. Pile, Coxswain W112 Chan Interpreter Lo Fuk-chuen, Inter- in the manufacture of mil- civilian Interpretation and Trans-, Hing and Det. F.C. C108 Tang Ka

lation Baff. For the best ofj Colonial Police

Chan Tat-chol and Translator Man itary equipment that requires

LR. Whant, Insp. reasons very little is known by Medal-Insp a cheap, non-correstve, and

Tuckett, Sub-Insp. B. the public of the heavy and F.D.B. plentiful metal. A recent responsible work undertaken in Thorpe, Sub-Insp. WH. Nolloth, survey indicated that, should the Special Branch so that the sub-Insp. G.W. Moreton, Sergt. this equipment be made of debt which the community owes Major Hasse Khan, P.B. B149 Teja stainless steel, 15 per cent of to these able and Industrious Khan, P.S. B14 Chanchal Singh. the raw materials for it would

public servante is all too little. LS. B207 Fatteh Khan, P.S. C188

Insp. F.D.B. Tuckett-For the have to be imported, if of

Lau Iu. P.B. C402 Wong Tat-ming exemplary manner with which he PS. C400 Yim Ki, LS, C51 Mak brass, copper, or nickel, an

carried out his duties as DIN. THE HONG KONG AND

Blu-po, P.C. C283 Lam Man, P.C.during the period Feb. 14, 1933, to average of 10 to 25 per cent,

shafts, compasses, torpedo C599 Lam Yee, P.C. C422 Lin Puk. Jan, 25, 1940. KOWLOON WHARF & if of tinned Iron-only two

tubes, and other purposes. First Bar to Colonial Police Long P. 8. A150 R, R. Ellis-Highly per cent. In many ordinary GODOWN CO., LTD.

Medal.Acts. Sub-Insp commended for ability and zeal uses, such as canteens, cook- The increased consumption in Service ing vessels, etc., the metal wartime of tinned foods is Arjan Singh, PS, B318 Hazara Notice to Shareholders.

will replace Its most formid- also likely to make inroads Singh, P.6. C136 Ho Flu, PB, C540 able rival in these flelds into national reserves of the ip Chak, PS, C123 L1 Bung.

Second Bar to Police Long Ser metal.

vice Medal Sergt. Major Kwan THE FIFTY. THIRD OR. aluminium, because alumin-

AS A RESULT of this post-ing-nam. DINARY ANNUAL MEETING ium, is needed. for planes.

THE STRATEGIC IMPOR- tion, the United States is now D.W. FORCE MEDALS OF SHAREHOLDERS will be

TANCE of tin is seen from one of the greatest importers held at the Office of Messrs the fact that the Special of tin from British Malaya,

First Class (for long and faith Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

buying a quantity of the ful service and good work)-Asst Sub-Committee on Foreign on TUESDAY, 2nd APRIL Affairs of the

metal far in excess of its or-Head D.W. 109 Wong Yu. American 1940, at NOON, for the purpose House of Representatives re- dinary peace-time require- Second Class (for long, and of receiving the Report of the cently devoted a section of its

faithful service and good work) Directors and the Statement of report to the possible serious THE REPORTED NEGO- Det. D.W. 34, Wong Ching-k! and Accounts for the year ended 31st effect of the shortage of this TIATIONS covering the ex-Det DW. 110 Lau Shun.

metal in the United States, change of tin from Yunnanı

Co., Ltd.

The Hong Kong Fire Insurance

Hong Kong, 14th March, 1940.

December, 1939.

149

ments.

41

FOR 1939

Third Class (for long and faith-

preter Fung Xiu-tong. Interpretes

Bal-kwong-For zealous industry and ability in work connected with a complicated case of breach. of the Tele-Communications Ordin ance in premises at 771, Nathanı Road, on Sept. 28, 1939.

sincerity, in his voice as be spoke Hoz. Librarian for all the hard work of the piano on which he had just hey have put in on our behalf and played his last instalment and the to the benefit of the Club. In this duelogues he was wont to conduct Club, these positions are honorary with the musical instrument in his in the real sense of the word, and alt their duties have been carried out moments of seclusion.

MINOR FAILINGS

with no thought of anything but The two girls, Rosemary and Chris, the welfare of the Club and its me- otherwise Olive Starbuck and Lillian Thei

The international spirit of the Club MeFarlane, sported each aming is well exemplified in the harmonious failing. Rosemary was too tragic relations which always exist on the Chris too exuberant. Both failed badly General Committee; and I am sure in the bedroom scene, about the most the continuance of these friendly unbelievable of the play as enacted relations between members will always by the A.D.C.

be one of our prime objects.

The report and statement of accounts were unanimously approved.

Crump, Bimbo and Button alone remained natural through the, "house- warming" scene.

The play, produced by John Burley under the Stage Management of Jubiri Anderson, will be continued at the European Y.M.C.A. to-night and to morrow night.

THE CAST The following is the cast

characters:

of

RULES BROKEN

Dr.F. Bunje observed that there were certain rules of the Club which were constantly being broken. He thought that there ought to be a time limit. when the Club should be closed at night, and that the Visitors' Book should be signed by members when- ever they introduced a visitor to the Club.

Donkin, Leonard Starbuck; Bimbo, Peter Sale; Beamish, Hobert

Dr. Bunje also referred to the "badly Bonney; Hastings, William Robertson; cooked tripe which he said made up Button, Sylvia Boas, Ellen, Phyllis large part of the Clube thorament Barbara Face, Dora. Lanchester, Colledge; atron, Rita Cole.

good library would add to Chris, Lillian McFarlane; Rosemary, ities of the Club, he suggested that Olive Starbuck; de Pourville, William small committee be appointed to supervise the purchasing of better Colledge; Flossie, John Greenberg books, and to remind members to Ovington, Geoffrey Eastgate; Sir Berkeley, William Ashton; Crump Mr. F. W. Shaftain suggested that

return books borrowed. Henry Smits; Travora Bryan the incoming Balloting Committee Benchley; Pop, Tony Cole--V.V.K.

should make a point of being present at the Club on certain days so that:

Persons, when members desired to put

up for membership, could be introduc- ed to them.

OFFICERS ELECTED

INSPECTION OF H.K.N.V.F. BY ADMIRAL NOBLE ing year. Mestre M. M. Watson,

The following were elected to serve. on the General Committee for the

W. T. Stanton, C. M. Manners, E. His Excellency Admiral Sir Percy Abraham, H. C. Macnamara, FW. Noble, Commander-in-Chief, Ins- Shaftain, M. H. Lo, U Sze-wing, Wong pected the Hongkong Naval Volun- Sik-chug, Horace Lo, Fang Kwok-wa lunteer Reserve under the com- and Lam Ming-Lan

The following were elected to serve- mand of Commander J. Petrie,

on the Balloting Committee:-The D.B ̊C., on Wednesday afternoon.

Hon. Mr. M.K. Lo, Mesara. J. Lowrie, His Excellency was met at the Kenneth Chan, J. K. Ross, T. E.. G.. gangway of HMS. Cornflower in Brayfield and Tang Shiu-kin. in the investigation and report the Naval Dockyard by Commodore

on a complicated case of breach A. M. Peters, DS.C.. RN. Com RECONSTRUCTION

of the Tele-Communications Or-mander J. Petrie, DS.C., HKIN, dinance in premises at 771, Na V.R., Commander Officer, Lieuten- than Road on Sept, 26, 1939.

IN CHINA

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Prof. 8. 8. Lien, of the Lingnan. University, gave an address "Economic Reconstructions in China" at the weekly meeting of the Hong- kong Y's Men's Club at St. Francis Hotel yesterday.

ant-Commander RJ. Vernall-1st LS. A147 C. Pope-For exem- Lieutenant and Paymaster Lieu- plary courage and devotion to tenant-Commander B Grossman duty in that, whilst searching on Accountant Officer. the Ho Man Tin hills, together. Divisions, under the command C263 Lam Man, he saw three rob with Det. C354 Ho Fook, and Det, of Lieutenant-Cominander J, C M Grenham, were inspected by His

Prot-Lian said that prior to the fall bers crouching in a hollow and, ¦ Excellency the Commander-in-of Bankow the most important factor- at great personal risk, jumped Chief. Into the hollow and seized one of Officers, under the charge 01 the robbers. The second and third Lieutenant H. W. M. Dulley. men, in escaping, fired at Bergt Warrant Officers, under the

arresting these two men.

The Transter Books of the where It is not domestically for materials for the confus service)-D.W.. 10 Wong Shui Rope, who subsequently assisted in charge of Lieutenant B. J. Swetcerned, the speaker said that just

Company will be CLOSED from ed out that "tin is essential Burma railway are an indica-

produced. The report point struction of the new Yunnan-wah and DW. 13 Chan. Ping, and

D.V. 28 Chin Lit. SATURDAY, the 23rd MARCH, in the manufacture of cer- tion of the ways in which good work during the past five, Third Class for exceptionally 1940, to TUESDAY, the 2nd tain munitions and certain China's overseas trade is be-years)-Det. D.W. 51 Yip Wai. APRIL, 1940, bath days in clusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

C. M. MANNERS,

Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 11th March, 1940.

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HLE. THE GOVERNOR'S › COMMENDATIONS

Chlef Insp.AH. Elston For

Branch,

"

ordnance" and listed among ginning to benefit from the its uses by the army, machine- rise in the value of this guns, pistols," rifles, gun-material which, with its re- mounts and carriages, mil- serves of the rare metals excellent work in the Special itary vehicles, fuse-setters for tungsten and antimony will bombs and shells, helmets, help the country to maintain Insp. A. E. Carey-For zeal and even * keel financially resolute action in organising and range-finders, cameras, etc. an The navy also requires it, be through the long struggle for conducting a search party which, aldes the uses mentioned its independence which still led to the arrest, in dangerous above, for engines, propeller Hes ahead.

circumstances, of three out of five

land.

in the communications of the country was its railway system but since then-- the network of highways has come to. the fore.

Insofar as foreign trade was con-- before that fateful June of 1937, that Det. C283 Lam Man-For bra- European Seamen Ratings, under year promised to be a "bumper" one

ing one of the armed robbers who very and devotion to duty in the charge of Sub-Lieutenant Lont two months after bostilities had broken out China's imports and searching for finding and arrest-D. M. Beattle,

"Chinese Beamen Ratings, under exports suffered a sharp decline.

At the conclusion of his talk the... had connexion with the armed the charge of Sub-Lieutenant speaker was thanked by Mr. W.Y. Lee.. robbery at the Wing Cheung R. L. Carey, Goldsmith's shop, Bhanghal Communication Ratings, under Street, on May 30, 1839.

the charge of Sub-Lieutenant. A. teer Reserve. Det. C354 Ho Fook--For bravery C. Eardley.

His Excellency addressed the and devotion to duty in assisting i The officer of the watch was members of the Force and con-2 in the arrest of three robbers after Sub-Lieutenant L. P. Ralph

gratulated them on the very valu- an exchange of shots in connexion His Excellency then inspected able work they are carrying out in with the armed robbery at the the ships and crews of the Aux- the defence of the Colony and ex- Wing Cheung Goldsmith's shop, Hary Patrol Vessels Flotilla operat-pressed his appreciation of the Shanghai Street, on May 30, 1929, ed by the Hongkong Naval Vorun- loyalty and keenness of the Force