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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934.

POLICE RESERVE

COTTON, WHEAT AND SILVER

LAND OF ANCESTORS.

PARADE

HIGH EFFICIENCY PRAISED

The annual inspection of the

Dr.

LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS

and

GAS DISASTER INQUIRY

MÉTHOD OF PATCHING CRITICISED

BAND CONCERT.

EAST LANCASHIRES TO ENTERTAIN

The Band of the 2nd. Battalion.

of the Enat Lancashire Regiment

THOUSANDS OF BODIES ARE EXHUMED IN HONGKONG

An ancient Chinese custom ordains that the bones of the dead should be returned to the land of That a delnite explosion oc- will give a band concert at the Hongkong Police Reserve by the have received the following quota-ind of death is Australia, America situated near the gas container, Sunday, June 24, at 9 p.m. by kind Mesara, Swan, Culbertson and Feitz their ancestors, and whether the curred in the watchmen's hut, European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, on Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Inspectortions on the New York cotton General of Police was held yester-wheat and silver exchanges for yes or any other country in the world, wan the belief of another engineer-permission" of Brevet Llout.- day afternoon, when awards wore terday.

the custom is faithfully observed.

Ing export, Mr. J. G. Charlton, also presented. The Hon.

Each year, the bones of hundreds .. MECHA.M.I.N.A., M.L.ME., Colonel H. B. D. Wilcox, .8.0.. June 20 of Deceased. Chinese are brought Assistant: Government Marine M.C., and Officers. Closing back to China from oversens, while, Surveyor, called to give testimony

Ilango

throughout China, the same pro

nt the Inquiry into the West Point A hoarty welcome is extended 11.07-11.98

cess goes on.

disaster, which was to the Services and their families, garworks :12.24-12.25

und their 12.00-12.87 In Hongkong Inat year, accord-resumed before Mr. E. W. Hamil Y.M.C.A. members

Central Magistracy friends. 1242-32.42 lng to statistics issued by the Head ton at the 12.62-12.62 of the Sanitary Department, no yesterday afternoon. 12.02-12.02 less than 16,029 exhumations were 12.20

carried out at the various ceme- teries in the Colony.

5. W. THO.

Honorary Com-

mlasioner of the Police

Reserve

accompanied the 1. P.

G.

Owing to the inclement wea-July, ther, the parade, which normally December would have been held in the

Cotton

June 19. Close

12.17

October

12.40

12.52

Mr. C. Champkin, Deputy Superin- tendent. and Mr. 0. Eager. Assistant Superintendent.

January Central Police Station compound, March WILD held in the Gymnasium. May There were 113 men present under

12,61

12.71

1181

Spot

12.36

Chicago Wheat.

June 10.

The

Closo

DAM

I. J. Hunt,

05%

20%

Winnipeg. Wheat.

June 19. CLOBO -

7864

$10

parade was under Sub-Inspector

July The inspection was followed by September

December the presentation of awards, dar- ing which the Inspector General announced that It was ble Inten- tion to present a cup for revolver competition between the Reserves daly And the regular Police,

but October through some misunderstanding| Tecember only the Chinese Company freil and they won the trophy. Be con- gratulated them on their victory.]

LG.PH Speech.

Addressing the parade, the Hon. Mr. Wolfe add that it bad bern sonte considerable time since he fund the opportunity of Inspecting the whole of the Poller reserve, He had been large numbers on duty on various ucensions and had from time to time inspected the; different companies. He took this opportunity

Jily September December January Marel May........

Total malen:

80%

Silver.

June 10.

Close

46,36

46.00

40.05

48,07 40.31 16.56

3,000,000 424 (120 contrnels)

seam

Band Programme.

"Symphonic March" Mancini, Grand Ovorturo, "Robespierre"

Litolf,

Vivre" Cole. Piccolo Solo, "Le Joie de Soloist:-Bandsman J. Sale.

The Golden Valse,"

arr. Winter. "Finlandia"

Sibelius.

5. Tone Poem.

Witness was of the opinion that there was a good lont of corrosion 2 June 20. On the Island 7,000 graves were going on Inside the tank, and, Closing

exhumed by the Tung Wah Hos with regard to a vertical Range

pital, and 1,342 exhumations were which had opened up between two 8. 18-24 carried out at Kai Lung Wan East. of the plates, said that putty was 024-821 On the Mainland, the largest nuni- not the most satisfactory method 93%-935

ber of exhumations were carried of repair. He found 62 patches out at Ho Man Tin, where the on one side of the tank, June 20remains of 4,136 bodies were dis Closing Rango

interred for removal. Relatives of 20%-70% dead Chinese also carried out 2,776 78-78% oxhumations, of which number 704-707% 1,045 were made at Ho Man Tin.

Ancestral worship was also res-! June 20,1ponsible for many exhumations at Closing Christian cemeteries in the Colony, į Range Two hundred and forty-two bodles 45.30-45.30 were exitumed from the Roman 46.50-5.60 Catholle cemetery at Sookuspon received

45.85-4595 1 *** 46.05-40.05

ten from the Roman Catholle

RUBBER PRICES

LATEST SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS

Messrs. Benjamin & Potts have the following Straits quutations #buyers)

4416-48.45 centery. 12 from the Kowloon currency 46,85-46.88 Tong Christian Cemetery, and one from Singapore to-day for raw

cack from the Colonial cemetery rubber: 1,460,000 ozs and Chinese Protestant cemetery (58 contracts) nt Pokfulam.

in

Spot 22 cls. unchanged. July/Sept. 23% ets, up 1/1. Oct./Dec. 24 els, up 3/8. Jan/March 242% cts, up 3/8. Market: Quiet,

FIRST SINCE WAR.

BRITISH DESTROYERS VISIT GERMAN NAVAL BASE

Interval,

G. Trombone Solo. "Lend me

Your Ald" Gounod. Soloist:Bandsman F. W. Coward. 7. Handel's celebrated "Large." 8. Selection- from the Opera.

"I Pagliacci" Leoncavallo. Excerpts from the Ballet Music "Hiawatha" Celeridge-Taylor

Regimental Marches:

9.

.

"The Attack." "Lancashire Lad." God Save The King.

ATTACKS NAZIS

VICE-CHANCELLOR ON THE

WAR-PATH

Berlin, June 20.

Hongkong Cremations, During 1933, a total of 42 bodies enngratulating them not only on their numbers work done by the reservists who were cremated in Hongkong, of but on their marked increase in turned out to assist the regular which number 18 were Japanese elelency. He also congratulated Police on thirteen occasions. He and 24 Sikh. In these cases the Air. Tau on the manner in which took the opportunity of thanking remains are also sent back to the he had brought up the numbers them for work at the Gas Works land of birth. of the Chinese Company.

explosion on May 14. The list of The number of internments The Chinese Company had awarda was proof enough that the Colony during 1933 was 17,715, grown very much during the past members of the Police Reserve of which number 10,727 were made two or three years and their keen- were wide awake. He made par-in public cemeteries and 7,924 in ness abould be a healthy stiran- ticular mention of the work done; private cemeteries, Sixty-one Int to the other companies. Hej by R263 Mohammed Ahsan, boltes were buried in the Colonial

London, June 20. congratulated the Indian Company In conclusion, he thanked them cemetery. 134 in the Roman

The German Baltie Naval Base on their irrense in numbers and for their splendid turn-out

and Catholic cemetery at Happy Valley, at Swinemuende yesterday Kave a sincerely hoped they woull follow added he looked forward to, their and 87 at the Kowloon Christian cordial reception to the Fourth Agriculture, and Herr Rochm, the the example of the Chinese Con- support and loyalty in the main cemetery. Fifty-eight Mohum Destroyer Division, which arrived Flow on the Lenance of law and order in the medians were buried at Happy there from Seapa Colony,

Valley, and there was one Parsee British naval visit since the War. Prior to dismissing the parade, funeral.

The town was hung with flags Mr. Champkin thanked the Hon

The largest number of burials and many thousand Germans in Mr. Wolfe for presenting the cup were carried out by the Tung Wahed the wharves when the five for revolver competition between Hospital at Kai Laag Wan where British vessels arrived. They the reserves and the regulars. It bodies are buried for two or three will remain until Jane 27. was just another example of the years before being exhumed for An extensive programme practient help and interest shown | despatch to the districts of the festiviting has been arranged

British Wireless,

Hopes For 300 Men, Continuing. the Juspector Gen- eral said there was a time when he hoped for a membership of 200 and thanks to the energies of the Hon. Dr. Tso, the present mem- bership was over 200. bition was now 300.

Je referred to

1

IIIs

am-

excellent by the regular Police.

ancestors of the dead.

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the

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