POPULAR SCOTS RESIDENT.
LEAVES FOR HOME TO-DAY,
ENGINEERS DINE.
GATHERING AT VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS,
ides had been given of the esprit
de corps which runs throughout the Corps of the Royal Engineers,
*** IS EXCELLENOY'S REPLY. Roplying on behalf of the guests, The Colony to-day loses one of] Over a hundred members and His Excellency the Governor, after thanking them most sincerely for its best known and most respected guests of the Engineer Company the manner in which they had residents, in the person of Mr. J.
the Hongkong Volunteer drunk the toast to his health, B. Ross, of the Mercantile Bank of of India, who is proccoding Home on Defence Corps sat down to the added that he had a special reason furlough and will possibly not be annual dinner of the Company, for doing so. He had a touch of returning to Hongkong for some which was held at Volunteer Head-but, thanks to their good wishes, influenza and ought not to be there, considerable time. Both in the social and business life of the quarters on Thursday evening, and he expected he would be as fit as Colony, and especially in Volun, a most enjoyable time was spent.possible in the morning. He was teering circles, Mr. Roan will be The gathering was honoured by the afraid anything like speech-makirg greatly missed,
presence of His Excellency the was beyond him, but he did noti Mr. Ross came to Hongkong in
wish to sit down without telling August, 1920, as accountant to the Governor, who is the Honorary them with what pleasure he found Mercantile Bank, which position he Colonel of the Corpa, and all the himself again in that hall. held until January of last year, Engineer officers of the local Com-also thanked the dinner committee
He
of
when he was promoted to the rank mand were invited to attend. for the excellent meal they had of Manager. He is now being suc ceeded by Mr. C. L. Sandes, who During the evening His Excellency
of
provided. His knowledge enginereing was not sufficient for has been Manager of the Bank here distributed shooting prizes won at him to understand the menu on two former occasions.
Prior the company annual shoot on (Laughter). He wished to tell to coming to Hongkong, Mr. Ross↓
them that, so far as lay in his served with the Bank in Calcutta March 28th, at Stonecutters. and 'Coylon.
The gathering was presided overpower, he would do everything he A keen Volunteer, Mr. Ross has by Major R. Melville Smith (Acting could to promote the welfare of the Administrative Commandant Company; and he felt sure he could for many years taken a prominent the Corps, and formerly Officer speak on part in the movement, and it is Commanding the Engineer Com-Engineers when he said that they Interesting to note that whilst in any) and the official guests were: would do the same-(Applause), Calcutta he raised the Calcutta E. the Governor (Sir Ceil Scottish in 1914. Here in Hong-Clementi," KC,M.G.), Capt. H. B. kong he has been particularly Dowbiggin (Hon. A.D.C. to Identified with the Scottish Com- H.E the Governer), Colonel silver cups to the winners at the pany of the Defence Corps and hasTrevelyan, Major Chevenix-Trench, annual shoot as follows:
behalf of the Royal
THE PRIZES.
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His Excellency then handed the
done much to bring the Com-Major Alabaster, Col. C. Russell Francis Cup Competition.With pany up to its present strength Brown, Lt. Col. Mackintosh, Lieut. handicap.-First, Major R. M. He Was for
Home Lime Pipe Whyte, Lieut. Ryecroft, Capt. L. Smith; second, Sappor Lockhart. Major in charge of the band, and, . Joll (Adjutant of the Corps), Without handicap. First, C.S.M. at the request of some of the Capt. Brown-John, Corps S.M.Everest; second, Sapper Dovey. senior Scottish residents of the Westlake, Reg. Q.M.S. Hollands, Musketry Competition (Fired as Colony, he took command of the C.S.M. Pitt, Q.M.S. Turner, Sgt. Blake Shield)-With handicap,-- Company Home eighteen months Foster, Q.M.S. Roberts, and Staff First, Lance-Corporal Salter; ago, with a view to reorganising Sgt. Hawkins, Lieut. Syme-second, Sapper J. J. King. With- it, the results being in every way Thomson (O.C. Engineer Company) out handicap. First, C.S.M. satisfactory.
was also present, as well as Lieut. Everest R. H. Skelton and Lieut. Foster Doyey. Turner, both of the Engineer Com- pany.
(C); sceund, Sapper
200 Yards Snapshooting-First, Major R. M. Smith; second, Corpl,
Mr. Ross has also been a most enthusiastic golfer during his re: sidence in the Colony, and in 1924 he was both "Hon. Secretary and A bright and original menu was Stephens.. Captain of the Royal Hongkong provided, in which the various 300 Yards Rapid-First, Cor- Golf Club.
dishes were given appropriate poral Stephens; second, Corporal Recently, Mr. Ross was the re- technical descriptions, starting Wooley.
cipient of a parting gift from the with "Tuning-in Mixture" and end- Scottish Company of the Volun- ing with "Heavy Lubricant."
teers, whilst on Thursday he was entertained to tigin at the long-
HOME FOOTBALL.
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.
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Best Score of Day Over Whole Range With "handicap, Supper Dover (B); without handicap, G.S.M. Everest (A).
Cup (A) was presented by Major
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The proceedings were enlivened occasion on which the Enginest by popular selections on the piano Company had had the privilege of and vocal solos, the contributors itting down to dinner with the being Sapper Speary (piano), Hon. Colonel of the Corps. "I Carpl. Best, Sapper Bishop, and the Baat," said Major Melville Mr. Labrum (songs). Later, The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Smith, "I think the whole Corps impromptu items were given by
'GOOD FRIDAY RESULTS,
'London. April 2nd. Division I.
Aston Villa Bolton Burnsley Everton Manchester C. Notly C.. Tollenham West Ham
Blackpool
Chelsea Clapton Oldham Portsmouth Preston N.E.
S. Shields
Stockport
3 Arsenal
☐ Liverpool
1 Newenstle
1 Bury
2 Birmingham
0 Manchester U.
3 West Brom.
1 Leicester
Div. II.
2 full
⚫ Southampton
0 Notte F.
+ Swansea
0 Fulham
0 Darlington
1 Wolves
2 Middlesboro
Division III (South).
Brentford Brighton
Bristol R.
Crystal P.
Gillingham
MAAWRI
Plymouth!
Q.P.R. Swindon
5 Norwich
2 Northampton
·
4 Reading
11
3 Southend
2 Newport
1 Charlton
3 Watford
2 Bournmouth
Bristol C.
2 Exeter
Division HI (North).
Accrington
Ashington Barrow Crowe
Doncaster Grimsby
N. Brighton Southport Tranmere
2
is agreed, the powers-that-be have members of the company. treated us handsomely. Whenever A ashlight photograph was
we have wanted equipment, gear, taken during the evening. 1ur funds, the essential expenses
TO-DAY.
The arrangements were a.ade by entalled for manoeuvres or field the following Committee C.S.M. days, have always,-or nearly R. J. Everest, C.Q.M.S. T. Bolt, always, been forthcoming, But, Sergt. G. T. Padgett, Sergt. T. Gentlemen, we have sometimes Care, Corpl. H. J. Best, Corpl. F. felt that we were, nobody's child, Plascott, and Lec.-Corpl. 8. Jones. certainly we were nobody's darling, (Applause.). I don't think we wisted to be anyone's darling but we have our own peculiar trials
troubles-I suppose
many volunteer units in the world have them. more particularly overscan [volunteers, and a sympathetic ear
has a wonderful way of smoothing] out difficulties. It is said that n grain of sympathy is worth a pound of pity. I don't think that pity comes into it in this case except as a means of comparison, but re-
2 and
1 Rochdale
3
2 Hartlepools
0
1 Wigan
2 Wrexham
1 Lincoln
1 Chesterfield
G' Coventry
3 Bradford
3 Halifax
In the Second Division, the re- sult of the Port Vale v. Bradford City match is missing-Reuter.
FRENCH FINANCES.
garding the sympathetic ear,
1 feel, Gentlemen, that the corps has perhaps reached a turning point in its career."
The Chairman went on to say:- "There is one very minor matter which I might appropriately men- tion now.
A suggestion has ré- cently appeared in the Press that His Excellency should sample the beer supplied by the Volunteer Cunteen. (Laughter.). This is `n matter which touches the Engineer Company very nearly. (Laughter.) The Engineer Company is supposed to be a body of specialista (laughter) and on one occasion at least when they were in camp at Lyemun with the 40th Co., R. E., learning the rudiments of a BK- pension bridge, something in the nature of a tragedy occurred be cause the supply of hear turned out |to be considerably short of require- An unfavourable impression has ments. I don't quite like to infor been caused on the stock market that the Engineer Company is com- by the weekly balance sheet of the posed of beer specialists and his- Banque de France, showing antory doesn't relate how far their increase of a milliard-and-a-quar-IR.E. collaborators were responsible ter francs in the Banque advances for the shortage. Bat I am sure) to the Treasury and over 625 mil- that the Company would like to lens increase in the fiduciary dir-turn the suggestion into an invita- caulation-Reutor.
BIG TREASURY ADVANCES.
Paris, April 2.
CUSTOMS INCREASED,
Hon, and I can assure Your Excol- lency that you will find in the Canteen two British beers and one Paris, April 2.
German, and I have every reason The Chambor has passed by 211 to suppose that the quality is all votes to 39, a Bill fncreasing by that it is supposed to be. thirty per cent. the Customs
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