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THE DEFENCE OF HONGKONG.

THE

I hope, have enough left over to kill the criminal that mado, thin coffee! (Jaughter).~

We have to defend ourselves or to rely on Providence for our defence. We pray for peace in our time, but what good claim have wo on Providence for protec- against the desolating

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HONGKONG,

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1932.

who make our coffee don't matter, but the Armenians and the Land Investment Company expect us to defend our hearths and homes (laughter)— otherwise they will rulse our rents. Wo must do something.

CHINESE WEDDING.

LOCAL JOURNALIST MARRIED YESTERDAY.

(Continued from Page 2.) but to others. Nothing is koly

A pretty Chinese wedding was Volunteers Needed.

solemntsed yesterday Afternoon to happen to us here. Nothing M

The old China Fleet and the when Miss Tang Chiu-lan became ever does happen in Hongkong!: We have so many Societies for the heathenry of high explosives? old Regular Forces-stiffended by the bride of Mr. Wel Kwok-lun, the Enemy airmen also are godly the old whiskered warriors--- | secretary of the Renaha Nowa Ser- wore a safe standby in the old vice, who is well known in the local and with the inestimable

have to fight now forces from the air and I am here to tell you that we want volunteers to man the

In the Anti-Aircraft Light Automatic Company wo work on rather novel, though not entirely original linen. Those of you who havo read Nicholna Nickleby will remember that Mr. Squeers an educational method peculiarly his own. Quoting from the book,

Prevention of Things Happening i „ith an equal claim on prove days, but times have changed. Wa Chinese journalistic circles. Thei

that we sleep soundly in our beda. į We know that the nude culturiate can only come when the lights are Lage of being ten thousand feet out daughter) and that an air nearer heaven than Bishops Lodge, (Laughter). Surely a gleam of raid can never come at all.

We are as fortunate in our Im that it were better

almple intelligence should indiente we should munities as we are blest above all

leave

to Providence the holding of the scales, and in the meanwhite ant to be want

to face

realities. That's the guns that our ungodly the whole volunteering problem in authorities tell us we need. a nutshell.

Attack Possibility.

peoples in our egregious, but we

don't

guns.

win, der, der, winder,, a case ment. When a boy knows thin, Nickieby, he goes and cleans the winders."--Laughter).

Goodbye Ice Home Street! if we admit the necessity for Let us take it out of a nutshell defence wo munt at least admit and put it in a bombshell the ponsibility of attack. Note go upon the practical mode (Laughter). Lot as, when we only have we to defend this Colony, of teaching. Nickleby; the regular feel disposed to thank whatever but we have to protect a peaceful education system. C-l-e-a-n, clean, gods there be that Hongkong fs and industrious people, whose co-ver

verb active, to make bright, W-i-n, different somehow, consider as operation in our plans we do not clearly and as corently as we can invite, but whose confidence in what would happen if Hongknog ur power of protection we have was raided from the air. Let every right to expect and every Us consider that the weapon of duty to encourred to take any the first warplane was an aute- matic platol and that today riska. All that we have is at bomber takes off with ahent two stake in the Colony-or owned by tons of stuff that, with great good the Hongkong Bank.--(laughter) luck, would blow Tea House Street All our overdrafts are here, and to blazes (laughter)—and

still, some of our wives! The people

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bride is the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tang Kwel-pok, while the bridegroom is the fourth son of the late Mr. Wel Min-ting. Miss Tang King-chen, the sister of the brido, Shin-wel performed the duty of was the bridesinald, and Mr. Koo best man."

A large gathering of friends and relatives was entertained at a re- ception given at the Hotel Cecil after the wedding ceremony.

Mr. Shum Hip-tong, the well owner of Chinese news- known papera in Hongkong and Canton, proposed the toast of the happy couple and briefly referred to the successful journalistic career of the bridegroom and the academic accomplishments of the bride. He wished them both happiness and prosperity.

The honeymoon will be spent in Conten.

than have studied and I understand it has proved highly successful in the Girl Guides.—(Laughter). We have, therefore, adopted it to a volunteer of the truth modified extent in the Anti-Air-need has been entrusted to me, craft Company. Our scheme is

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to allocate meh as far as possibleartly, no doubt, because I am an to the defence of their own part of these things, but principally. old volunteer and know nothing eular interests. The Talkoo men defend their dock works. The think, because the truth in nover Hongkong Electric men defend really convincing unless told by their electric works. The water an experienced liar (Laughter).

defend their waterworks.

An Existing Need. Conforming to the same iden, gentlemen, what about the good enough to give me an

Mr. Chairman, you have been works?(Land neghter). Importunity of telling the truth to op- seriously disturbed about the gas- works? Can I hope to-day to this representative assembly of forty-nine men to join me in the business and professional men of defence of my particular interest? What more is there to say to all Hongkong. The need exista It'a for you to decide.- (Laughter).

good citizens-to all who hold in proper honour the public spirit The need is for men now. We and patriotism of those who, in To MARSEILLES via Saigon, don't want to be reminded by let-the early days of this Colony, Singapore, Penang Colombo,ters in the newspapers that there laid the foundations of its great- Dijbouti, (Adon) Suox.

are hundreds of men in the Colonyness and counted as the first of who will roll up when the Port-Said.

war their obligations and the proudest starts. provided it doesn't start be-of their privileges a place in the fore they roll up. The habit of front of ita defences? (AD- rolling-up, of which I am a warm plause). and enthusinalic supporter, has much to commend it, but it wouldj be more commendable if air raids were subject to a month's notice It gives us a comfortable sense of security to know the rollers-up are there wherever they are but we should be happier to know that they were keeping their hands

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