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Soundness Of Philippine" Defence Structure To Be

Tested In March

The soundness of "the foundation spon which the defênce structure of the Philippines has been bullt will be put to a test with the coming annual active duty training of the reservists of the Philippine Army which wil be held this year during the inter half of March, writes Molses Buhain in the Manila Balletin. »

Annual active duty training of reservists is a feature of major

BRITAIN'S SKY importance in the plan for the

WATCHERS

development

ROBBERS WITH

DAGGERS

Four men, armed with daggers, gained entry into No. 5, Yuen Chau Street, first floor, the re- sidence of Chan Klu-hi, manager of the Kin Ring Steamship Com- pany, last night about 8 o'clock and after ragging and bindinged the inmates, stole money, clothing and other valuables to the total value of approximately $400,

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1941,"

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 4th MARCH, 1941, 9.30 4,4,

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend-

for persons other than the addressee.

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China. is temporarily suspended:-

IMMIGRATION PASSPORT An immigration passport was of defence forces

among the property stolen when provided for in the national de- fence act. Training along this same person entered the house of line was conducted in

Yu ̈Pak-beung, a dealer, living at 1938 and 1999 but was omitted in 1940 for No: 227, Queen's Road Central,

Clothing and

ม other

Contribute Much To reasons of economy. The normal yesterday.

Make Nation Safe schedule is being resumed this articles, worth $318, were taken.

Against Invasion Peacetime active duty training,

year.

Much of the important work beame relation to wartime mobilsa- it was pointed out. carries the

ing done to make Britain safe against invasion or air attack is tion as a cinema rehearsal" bears.

A series carried out by part-time workers, to the finished picture..

training The Observer Corps. which is of these active duty probably performning, tuore

periods is a necessary preliminary. tinuously vital work than

to any successful wartime mobiil- sation other of these bodies, is a typically British organization in that it re lles entirely on the voluntary ef forts of its members.

As a matter of fact, the Observer effort, with every individual help-

con-

any

Indian Technicians

To Britain

The defence plans of the Com-15,000 To Be Trained monwealth plate I

government contern-

national co-operative By March Of 1942

Yunnar

Szechuen

Kwelchow

Hunan

Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu)

Kwangsi (except Wuchow and Yunghsien)

North and East of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

From

Straits and Air Mail by "British Overseas Airways Service" (except London) by Sea from Singa-

Dore.

anton australia and Manla,

[dwałow

United-Kingdom and Manila.

Corps was in existence some ten ing cheerfully and efficiently to Msa Hydari, Secretary of the United-Kingdom and Straits,

years before the war and many of insure the successful realisation Labour Department, in a farewell Janton Its members today have years of of the country's great objective. speech to the first batch of Indian USA., and Malla-(San Francisco date, 8th Feb.) training behind them. They are the preservation of its national technicians going to England under Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct

security. Every officer, soldier, the Bevin scheme, said their quick vice San Francisco date, 2nd March, trainee or civilian who contributes and adequate response was a fur-Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Ser to the success of the national de-ther instance of a common feeling vice”-San Francisco date, 4th MarchTM fence performs a patriotic duty.

not full-time men. They huve their ordinary work to perform--they may be farm workers, bark of clals, shopkeepers, mechanics, etc.

—and carry out their duties in the Observer Corps in addition..

of comradeship.

Canton

Due

4th Mar.

4th Mar.

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sib Mar.

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Ser-

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Tith Mar

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17th Mar, 19th Mar.

He added that the scheme to U. s. A. and Honolulu (San Francisco date 21st train 15,000 Indian technicians by February!". March, 1942 was well under way. Sandakan, Technical training institutions Jandakan throughout the provinces

were Calcutta and Straits.

OUTWARD MAILS

CITIZEN ARMY All along the coasts, on hilltops

Because of the fact that the Inland and in the level Midland meadows, members of the Obser- Philippines cannot afford to main ver Corps are at work watching tain a big standing army, the na- and listening for the approach of tion's defence is entrusted to the rapidly being inspected and de- Rangoon

na veloped. The British Government enemy aircraft. They report their citizen army. In case of a information to the Fighter Com-tional emergency, the reservists was helping in securing instruc- r.and.

will be immediately called to the tors, the Bevin scheme being part

of this help. Sitting in a central Observer coloura Corps Post, to which the smaller

INTENSIVE TRAINING

Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than Heretofore the energies of the di.. posts transmit their information, is army have been devoted mainly to While

the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where maits" are the Indian

programme advertised to close at or before 9′ a.m. registered and parcel mate rather like listening to a broadcast the task of training soldiers and contemplates training of skilled are closed at 6 pm on the previous day. When malls are adver- of an Association football match officers in the technique of indi- technicians in thousands the Bevihtised to close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel malls ars closed and following the course of the vidual proficiency. Intensive train-scheme is aimed at more intensive at 5 p.m. game on a squared plan of the ing in discipline, weapons and training. Arrangements for select- field. The enemy plane takes the minor tactics has served to laying a second batch of 50

place of the football and as it pro- ceeds inland its movements are plotted on the squares of a map.

·.·PLOTTING BOOM -

were

For

TUESDAY

the foundation which was mainly going forward. If the experiment personal and not collective. The succeeded others would follow. second task will be accomplished Msa Hydari has been appointed when these men assemble, in their by the Government of India as The Plotting Room of the corresponding reserve units, with representative of the 'Eastern Fighter Command thus nas a cun- the comrades. who will be with Group Supply Council. The In- Ale Mail by sea to Singapore to connect with tinuous moving picture of the them in case of war. activities of enemy ralders and can instruct both the fighter aero-

dromes and the anti-aircraft guns accordingly..

dlan ‹ technicians, aged 18 to 35, comprise-electricians, fitters and The necessity of teamwork, Ithacksmiths from all classes in was pointed out, is one of the car-india. dinal principles of the conduct of war.

successful This teamwork

OF REFEREES

The Observer Corps men nave made themselves familiar with

can be achieved and infused to all MONTHLY MEETING the various types of German air-reserve units by means of calling i craft, and besides informing the these men to an annual active Fighter Command of the position. duty training where they will un- height and direction of the planes, dergo a certain period of refresher they also indicate the types and instruction numbers, Each post is equipped with field glasses, sound Iccater

machine.

TACTICAL UNITS

Hongkong Football Referees' Asso

The Monthly Meeting of the

elation will be held at the Hotel Cecil today at 8 p.m. Amongst

the "British Overseas AirwayM.” Straits, Ceylon, India and East Africa. Canton

WEDNESDAY

Holhow

the several important items on the Mania, Australia and New Zealand via Brisbane Agenda, will be a talk given by Haiphong

Mr. T. G. Stokes, Hon. Life Mem-Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco Marques, and ber or the Referees* Association South Africa via Durban, ... and Councillor of the HKFA., on

THURSDAY

telephone and special plotting The much-discussed principle of the PA national defence program- These men of the Observer me as outlined by Field Marshal Corps are, of course; direct dea-Douglas MacArthur, military ad- cendants of the men who watched viser to the Commonwealth, calls "Certain Aspects in regard to Re- Britain's coasts when

invasion for the location of tactical

units fereeing without touching upon traits and Calcutta. threatened in earlier days.

in geographic areas where the the Laws of the Game." " The badge which they wear, in members composing such fact, shows a coast watcher of normally reside. Queen Elizabeth's time putting a

In accordance with this plan. torch to an Armada beacon,

And many of the posts which the Philippines is divided into ten were used along the South Coast military districts. This d.vision 30 that

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units

UNCLAIMED

TELEGRAMS

of England by

Unclaimed telegrama lying at anxiously has been accomplished scanning the Channel waters for the military population in all dis- Cable & Wireless Ltd., Hongkong the flat-bottomed boats which tricts is more or less the same. branch, Feb 27, 1941.

Via Cable. Oriental Company Boz were to propel across Napoleon's Training centers have been estab Invading army, have been convert-lished in suitable localities in all 1182 from Capetown; Michael Fien- ed into modern Observer Corps the military districts of the coun-ness care Bwire Hospital, from posts.

ry, chosen for their strategic Hunton; Orient Trading from Cal- The principle is the same, but location with reference to the cutta.. Instead of the warning being given [existing conditions in each dis- Via Radio: Ginn South China by beacon fires, the news today is trict.

Trading from Shanghai. flashed over the telephone wires.

EARTH SAID DUE FOR 65-YEAR DRY, HOT SPELL

Atlantic CityPrediction tuat the earth in for a 65-year dry, not spell was put forth here by Halbert P. Gillette, Chicago engi- neer-geologist

GREEKS SILENCE

ARTILLERY ATHENS, Mar. 3 (Renter)~~A communique stated that there were restricted engagements between contact forces and the Greek artil-' lery silenced enemy artillery in. some sectors, and exploded an am munition dump.

An 85-year-old man, Cheung

| Yuk-yusar Jumpad into the char- bour from the Hunghom terry yesterday evening in an al- leged attempt to and his life. Be was rescued and sent to the Row- loon Hospital,

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