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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE VOLUNTEERS.
ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK.
No. 278.-Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps.
Orders by Lieut.-Colonel L. G. Bird, D. S. O.
Administrative Commandant. Hongkong, Friday, 27th, May 1927.
1.-King's Birthday Parade. The Corps will take part in the above mentioned parade which will take place at 8.45 am, on Friday, 3rd June, 1927, at Happy Valley. All members who are willing to turn out will give their names to their Unit Commanders ny early as possible.
Happy Valley Rendezvous at Football ground at 8.10 a.m.
Special trams will leave the East Bound Stopping Place foot of Garden Road.
Dress, Review Order, Khaki, Helmets, khaki jackets, medals, shorts, putties, belt and bayonet, rifle and eling.
Scottish Company will, conform, dressed in the kilt, as for G.O.C.'s Inspection, wearing helmets,
Artillery and Armoured Car Companies will conform wearing
bandoliera, belt shorts. bayonet.
ROWING.
BROWN CUP WON BY
12TH BATTERY..
The annual race for the Brown Rowing Cup took place on Wednes day afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the 12th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, with the 23rd Heavy Battery a good second and the Royal Engineers and Signals third." The only other competitors were the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Bor- derers.
Licut-Commander Leveson-Gower, R.N., get the four gigs off to a very good start near Channel Rocks. The 3rd Battery early catablishod a lend and kept it until about two-thirds of the courao had been completed, when the 12th Battery came away and kept in front for the remainder of the dis- tance. The finish of the 2,000 yards course was a line opposite the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, and the 12th Battery crossed the first in the splendid time of D mins, 42 secs.," the 23rd Battery heing only another eight seconds behind. The R. E. and Signals tock 10 mins. 40 secs, and the Borderers 10 mins. 50 secs.
The winning crew was comprised of Bomb, Norris (Strike), Gunnor French, Bomb. J. Smith, Gunners Donny, Blanchard and Soy, with Llcut-Colonel Gunn, R. A,, hs ecx.
MAY 27, 1927.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
LLOYD TRIESTINO NAVIGATION COMPANY.
The Motor Vessel,
"ROMOLO,"
From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, PORT SAID, MASSAŬA, ADEN, KARACHI, COLOMBO, PENNANG and SINGAPORE.
Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- baing formed that all Goods are landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow- Joon, whence and/or from the wharven delivery may be obtained.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 24th inst.
No claims will be admitted after tha Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 80th inst. will be subject to rent.
All
„All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or before the ath prox. or they will not be recognized, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on tho 30th inst. at 10 am. by our surveyors Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,
H. E. the General Officer Command- anding (Major General C. C. Luard, C.B., C.M.G.) presented the Cup to the winning team and a small silver. replies to each member, the runners- up receiving silver mugs. He con- by, gratulated the winning crew on their the of Commodore and officials the fine performance, and thanked Yacht Club for their assistanco, Lt Colonel Gunn for arranging the race and S. Q. M. S. Steele for his work as sporta secretary.
Dress for Officers. All Officers attending the King's Birthday Parade on 3rd June as spectators will dress In Review Order Khaki.
Practice Parade :-Monday, 30th May, 1927.
of
Parade at the. Football ground, special trams will leave the East Bound Stopping Place foot Garden Road at 5.15 p.m. Dress: Uniform, as detailed above 3rd June, 1927.
2.-Recruits Parnde.
for
All recruits of the Corps will parade at Volinteer Headquarters Tat 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 31st May
for Musketry Instruction.
July 20'brg-8'hmpin July 5 July BC brg-Bhojito July 1 en Wathington July 13 Pinth-C'brg July 23 Chig Shapin July 28 P'uth-C'urg Aug 6 01
brg Shapta Aug. 12 hmptn Aug. 16 Aug. 2 Erpl. bpto Aug. 30 bayonet.
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Aug.
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Fattie Mauretania
Bun Brancines [Olympic
Aug. 10
Aug. 19
Aug. 24
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PRESIDENT MADISON Wednesday, June 1st 8 a.m.
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'PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Wednesday, June 15th
Wednesday, June 29th Wednesday, July 13th Wednesday, July 27th
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TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK.
VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID) - ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES
-GENOA-MARSEILLES,
Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.
PRESIDENT MONROE
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PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
PRESIDENT BAYES
PRESIDENT FOLK
Tues., June 7th, 8.00 a.m.
Tuesday, June 21st 0.00 a.m.. Tuesday, July 5th 8.00 .. Tuesday, July 19th 6.00 a.m. Tuenday, Aug. 2nd 8.00 bar.
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TO MANILA.
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May 30th, 6.00 p.m. June 7th, 8.00 3..
June 7th, 6.00p.m. June 13th, 6.00 p.m.' June 21st, 0.00 a.m.
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Saturday 28th May
Sunday 29th May
From Macao 8.00 a.m.
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Return saloon passage fare $5.00 (Saturday to Monday inclusivo).
Dress: Uniform optional, belt. braces and pouches, rifle and
3.-Signal Class.
p.m. on Friday, 27th May for Lewis Gun Instruction, Dress: Mufti. Overalls to be drawn from Store,
Musketry Part I. will be fired by
No Fire Insuranco has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned
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DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agents. Hongkong, May 24, 1927.
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. And
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
Consignees por Company's Steamer, "SARPEDON" From UNITED KINGDOM vis SINGAPORE.
bo discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow- the above Company at Stonecutters are hereby notified that the cargo will Range Officer: 2/Lieut. S. Jarvis,loon, where it will lie at Consignes's Rauge on Sunday, 5th June, 1927,
tions of storage at Holt's Wharf. M.C. All trained men and re-risk and subject to terms and cond!- cruits who have fired at Kennedy The Cargo will be ready for delivery Roador Penk Ranges will attend.
Launch will leave Murray Pier at 9 a.m. and call at Kowloon Pier at 9.10 a.m.
Trained men of No. 4 Platoon
Dress: Uniform or mufti op- and those attending Signal Class from other units will purnde attional, but ride, bayonet, pouches, Volunteer Hendquarters at 6.80 braces and belt must be taken. p.m. on Thursday, 2nd June, under Dress: 2/Lieut. M. G. Noll, Mufti.
4.Artillery Company, Except Corps Parades-as order. ed for 30th May and 3rd June in- connexion with the King's Birth- day Parade, no parades for the Artillery Company will be held till further orders. The Winter in the Training will commence first week of September, 1927..
5-Armoured Car Company. Motor Cycliat Section. A tac- tical ride will take place in the New Territories on Sunday, 29th May, 1927, All members' are re- quested to attend.
Parade at Railway Station, Kowloon, at 10 a.m.
Dress: Tunics, breeches, putties, helmets and belt.
All N.C.O.'s will parade at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, 2nd June for Ma chine Gun Instruction.
Dress: Mufti..
6. Infantry Company. On Friday, 27th May at 5.30 p.m. All N. C. O.'s and other ranks as detailed by O. C. Company will parade at Corps Headquarters for a special N. C. O.'s Courge of training in Vickers Gun. The Classes will continue to assemble every Friday at 5.30 p.m.
Arms will be drawn from Corps Headquarters on Thursday, 2nd June, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, or 2 and 4 p.m., or 5 and 6 p.m. and on Saturday, 4th June, be- [tween 9 a.m, and 1 p.m.
9. No. 4. Platoon, Parade at Miniature Corps Headquarters on day, 1st June at 5.30 Musketry Instruction, Mufti.
Range at Wednes- p.m. for Drosa:
10. Strength. The following are taken on the strength and posted as under:
No. 1248 Pte. P. Castilho, No. 9 Platoon, dated 20.5.27,
No. 1249 Pte. J. C. Remedios, No. 10, Platoon, dated 20.5.27.
No. 1250 Pte. F. H. F. Swayne, A. Car. Co., dated 26.5.27.
11. Promotion and Transfer. The following extract from the Hongkong Government Gazette No. 21 dated 20.5.27., Notification No. 298 is published for information
"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the fol- lowing promotion and transfer in the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps --
Captain Christopher Willson, O.B.E, V.D., to be promoted to the rank of Major and transforred to the Reserve of Officers, Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from Gth. May, 1927,"
7. Scottish Company. Sunday, 29th May. Teams from
12. Command and Company. all platoons will compete for the
2nd. Licut. T. A. Martin takes "Dyer Cup" at Stonecutters Range.
over command of Artillery Com- Firing commences at 10 .m.
Range Omeer: Lieut. K. S. Mor-pany as from Gth May, 1927, vice rison. Launch will leave Murray Major C.. Willson, O.B.E., VD Pier at 9 am, and call at Kowloon transferred to the Reserve of
Officers. Pier at 9.19 a.m.
Dress: Helmets, tanles, shorts; flashes, khaki hose, short putties, boals, belt, bayonet, braces, pouches and rifle.
י
Judge: Major R. A. Wolfe. Murray, D.S.O., M.C.
Conditions: 8 men from each. platoon fire Part II. Musketry, 8 men from each platoon fire Attack Competition, 1.N.C.O and 2 men. each platoon fire Lewis Gun Com- pétition,
Tuesday 31st May. Special Vlekers Gun Class. The follow ing Officers, N.C.O's. and men will parade every Tuesday, at 5.30 p.m. at Corps Headquarters for class Machine Gun Training. This will be the commencement of a course
13. Transfer.
from Godown.on and after 26th May. be Optional
will not cargo landed here, unless notice has been given prior to steamer'a arrival, but carried
from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
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All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godown, whore they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10,45 s.ro: and noon within the free storage period.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining un- delivered after the 1st June will be subject to rent.
Steamer All claims against the must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 15th June or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agents. Hongkong, May 25, 1927.
LAWN TENNIS.
DISAPPOINTING EXHIBITION
MATCH.
the
threa After being postponed on
the éxhibition previous occasions match in aid of the Indian Recrea
on Club fund was played on Hongkong C. C. ground yesterday afternoon, the Rumjahn cousing win- hing by the odd set in five 64, 15, Bunch, 4, Ont.
to 17
ex-
Although the match went
21, kwong won the play throughout only games, of which Honda and Ng Sze- was almost featureless, with
who occasional flashes of anything like sparkling tennis. Those peeted to see any spirited play were little surprised and not a appointed at the exhibition of the two pairs.
The Chinese player was, the out- Standing of the four but was given little support by his partner. He .nost of the was responsible for
the more spectacular strokes while Rumjans were dashing without be ing really bus took the first set at
brilliant; The No. 1163 Pte. R. L. Stewart, is, and absolutely gave the second transferred from No. 1 Platoon to set away. They were leading 5-1 than win the set at 6.They were the Artillery Company, as from in the third but could do no better down 42 in the fourth and only 19th May, 1927.
won two more gas losing the set at 6. The score was more even and Chinese The following are granted leave in the final set, the of absence from the Corps:- Japanese leading at 3-2 and 4-3. No. 536 L/Cpl. J. B. Milne, M. I.The Rum jahus took the next three Co, from 24.5.27, to 28.5.23.
games and match. No. 1043 Pte. T. Addis, No. 7 Platoon from 23.5.27. to 27.5.28..
No. 976 Pte. J. H. SutclifTM, A. C. Co. from 21.5.27. to 20.5.28.
No: 1102 Pte. E. M. Bryden, No. 7 Platoon from 19.5.27. to 20.6.27.
No. 576 Cpl. H. R., Forsyth, No. 7 Platoon from 28.5.27. to 27.2.28.
14. Leave.
of special classes in Vickers-Ma-No. 886 Pte. M. K. Lo, A. C. Cor
chine Gun Instruction.
from 22.6.27, to 22.8.27.
Headquarters: Capt. D. C. Le- No. 857 Pte. J. L. Aderas, A. gan, M.C. and Lieut. K. S. Morrico, from 22.5.27. to 4.6.27.
son.
No. 5 Plutoon: Pte. G. R. Mas- kell, and J. A. Watson.
15. Holiday.
Friendly Game.
A friendly game of lawn tennis between teams representing tho Kow- loon Cricket Club and the Kai Tack Aerodrome took place on the K.C. on Wednesday evening, the iors winning by 10 games--11 to
61.
Lieut. J. H. Dale and Lieut. J.-M. Healing (Aerodrome) beat E. Abra- C.hem and C. H. Atkins R-3, bent N. Ross and E. J. Gill 0-2, beat J. C. Lyal and F. E. Lawrence 8-3, 25-8 Lieut. C. G. Trencham and Lieut. A. M. R. Keene (Aerodrome) lost to Abraham and Atking 1-10, bent Ross and Gill 7-1, lost to Lyal and Lawrence 4-7. 12-21.
Monday, 6th June, 1927, will be
No. 6 Platoon: Ples.. J. Came- observed as a holiday, no parades ron, H. G. Cooper and C, R. Logan.will be held on that day.
No. 7 Platoon: Cpl. T. P. Saun- derson, L/Cpls. R. O. Sutherland and D. Lyon and Pte. D. Harvey.
All Pla Thursday, 2nd June.
toona will parade at Corpa Head- quarters at 5.30 pm. for Arms Drill and Squad.
8. Portuguese Company, The Company will parade at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30
R. A. WOLFE-MURRAY, MAJOR. ADJUTANT, H. K. V. D. Conrs.
Notice.
No. 2 Platoon Rifle Club. Third Meeting will be held at Peak Range on Sunday, 5th June, 1927, at 9.30 am.N
It is hoped that all members of the Rifle Club will endeavour to be present.
Lieut. K. W. Beard and Lleut, C. G. Couper (Aerodrome) lost to Abraham and Atkins 2-9, beat Rosa and Gil 8-5, bent. Lyal and Law. rence 05.14-10.
Lieut. N. R. G. Munro and Leddra. (Aerodrome) beat Abraham and At- kina 6-5, beat Rons and Gil 8-8, 66. beat. Lyal and Lawrence 2018.
Total: Kal Tack Aerodrome 71; Kowloon Cricket Club 61-
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