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DON'T BE PENSIVE.

· SHIRLEY

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1936.

1915 MUTINY RECALLED

Shirley the world's most lovable film star lonks pensive in the photo graph above.

Mystery Of The East Ham Mace

SINGAPORE MEMORY

A PAGE FROM HISTORY OF GREAT WAR

By A Correspondent

August, 1914, saw Singapore totally unprepared for the out- break of a world war.

Har garrison consisted of two regiments, and the King's Own Yorkshire and the other the Fifth Indian Light Infantry, a native regiment of very old standing and with traditions that were envied by many other native troops.

This regiment had the distinction of being one of the vary fow Indian regiments to remain loyal during the Indian Mutiny, and, at a favoured body of troops, had been honoured by the responsibi- lity of guarding Singapore.

Immediately on the outbreak of Singapore took much longer than had bestilles, the Yorkshires were trans-been anticipated, and the Europeana portef home for service in France, whe comprised the Shugapore Volun and the Straits Settlements Govern-teers had time to arm and Join forces ment immediately commenced enlist with the Malay hattalion. Previous ing volunteers for the garrison of the to the meeting other Isolated Euro- forts and other duties. Early in 1915 peans had been shot, and the alarm Singapore's defendors consisted of the had been flushed around the island. Fifth Indian Infantry, a Malay bat- When the two forces met a sharp talion, and the newly formed Euro-encounter took pines that culminated. penn Volunteers,

In the retirement of the mutineers, ! suspickin in leaving a mumber of dead. They re-

tired on two bungalows and im mediately set up machine-gun posts that successfully repulsed the attack of the Volunteers and Malays Kurtle from the bungalows forced the

There

rel

Wen

that

the

India

| were contemplating mutiny. To this day I do not think the details of the THE Mayor of East Ham says miting have been made public.

ities.

Australians Killed

BRITAIN'S FIREMEN:. 1996 TYPE

in

A new protective dress for firemen has been invented in England.

de of asbestos and besides protec

entirely against fire is enough to allow its bearer to ride on a bicycle.

clastic

Reorganising Infantry

The reorganisation of infantry that he does not know of the

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brigades of the Regular Army is The time, All reports loyalists to retire. present whereabouts of the

to be taken in hand this year. of the rising were rigorously censor-| mace-symbol of mayoral au- | ed, and very few Internationul papersi ever heard of the trouble. It came

As stated recently, the clunges thority.

In the antime, the other party involve conversion to mechanisa Many people are asking why it as a complete strprise to the author

has advanced on Keppel Harbour. Lion of eight cavalry regiments, was not carried in the civic pro-

attacking and killing several Ausand the conversion of rifle batta The Yodian were in barvneks at tralians at the cable dipot before lions to machine-run battalions of cession to church on the day of

Normanton, which lay a few miles continuing their advance, King George'a funeral.

from Singapore rity, and commanded minutes inter they came into contact 12 regiments and two battalions

Twenty The mace has had a chequered, most of the runds into the town.

At with

detachment of 80 men who had of the Foot Guards. 3 p.. on February 16 a shot rangg been landed from the HMS, Cadmus, history.

out, the guard on the ammunition de- and in the spirited fight that followed future; be composed of three rifle The Infantry brigade will, in Eight or nine years ago 260 past fell dead, the guardeum was bro-lasting six hours, over 40 mutineers burgesses offered the mace to the kes itu, And all the ball cartridges were either killed or captured, the battalions and one machine-gun

the amorg Corporation, but at a meeting in distributed

rebellious remainder, however, retired in good attalion-a reversion to the camera the gift was rejveted, and | troops,

order, and joined forces with those infantry organisation obtaining late leccessive mayors declined to ne-

in the bungalow,

in the Great War. cont it.

The Mayor of two yearя ngo received the piece of regalla and placed it on brackets in the mayoral parlour.

there

and п

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Close Down.

Besieged In Bungalow

Women And Children

The primary objects of the The first vietim Wan Major

change are: To reduce the size 2. Maclean, of the Malay battalion, who

That evening motor cars semized

of the Division and increase the was visiting Normanton, few minutes later Captain Bayce was Island; bringing in women and child compared with infantry: to

all the outlying parts of Singapore Proportion of arms of support mhat dead. The

im- nxt of the officersren who for safety, were placed out prove tactical co-ordination, and Last year it enme down and was had sought refuge in a nearby stone in the stream on board the Eastern to put in a glass case. It remained bungalow,

and,

facilitate in company with a

the adoption ot antil the present Mayor, dozen Malays, put the building in Telegraph ('ompany's cable boat, the special natures of armament and Not-so-Jong-ago,

Recorder: Martial law was proclaim-equipment in the infantry to simp- two days after his election, had it | rough

state

of defence. Here they fed, and every available man was carried in the Armistice Day pro-were besieged by 50 of the mutineers, called up for services. During the lify training.

while the rest of the Indian regi-night preparations were feverishly cession, it was used on a num

The Division's offensive power) mest divided into two badies and rushed ber of subsequent occasions.

forward, and vurly

next had become comparatively weak commenced the advance B Singa- orning a party composed of the 80 in relation to modern weapons of Letter of Congratulation pore. On the way the net and shot Mr. men from the Cadmus, 21 from the defence. The Mace Bearers Association CV. Lyon, district Judge, Mr. Margarrison artillery, and 60 of

Armament, too. had the beetme increasingly complex and was pleased, for East Ham and shall of the China Insurance Co.,

Co., volunteers advanced towards the and Me, B. Woolcombe, of the mutineers. A1 5.50 nm. an action siteult to handle. Hence the are observed by Daventry. West Ham had been the

only Mr.

Eastern Extension boroughs in the county of Essex Co. and later 3 more Europeans, jup by fierce and accurate fire of the weapons in separate units. for

Telegraph commenced, but the attack was helt grouping of certain supporting. which had been without

maces, including women

and children, be- Indian, and the Association sent the fore they met with any opposition by armed civilians had meanwhile been tion in their employment.

Reinforcements of greater flexibility and concentra- Mayor, Alderman Pope, a letter armed forces.

rushed up. and this fresh body of inen performed an outflanking move | It is proposed to convert the re on the rebels and poured in such a Kular infantry in the United hot fire, that a second attack by the Kingdom during the winter of not to use it any more during his party of Indians surprised the garri-30 rebels were killed or taken.

At Tanglin Barrucks the second combined force achieved success, and 1936-87;-excepting those proceed- year of offee. It has been banish-sm and practieally every afficer was ed from the mayoral parlour. killed without a chance to defend

of congratulation.

Owing to opposition to the use'

of the mace, the Mayor resolved

Garrison Surprised

Mutineers Retired

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Armanent and equipment to be isaued to the infantry will

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"I do not know where it is," himself. The gates of the nearby

ende said the Mayor when asked what internment camp were thrown open,

The rest of the mutineers retired the 5-inch and-tank rifle, on had become of the mace.

and the German prisoners of war in- in fair order and later on in the scale of one for each platoon, ind The mace-bearer, Mr. M. J. O.vited to join forces with them, but morning launched a determined attack ja 2-pr. anti-tank gun on a wheeled not one prisoner availed himself of on the Orchard Bond police station; errriage towed behind the truck Hutchings, smarting under this the chance to regain his freedom. but the pollen there had been carrying the loss of dignity, declared, "It is in Owing

by the EL failure of trasportmented

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plass, the mutineers' march Japanese residents,

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Transmission 1

(G.S.N., G.S.D., G.S.D.)

2.15 p.m. Big Ben. An Orman Revital by Buy Welta from the, Concert Hall, Broadcasting legas... 2.65 m. "Exceping for Living."

3 p.m. "The Music Makers."

Greenwich Tips Bianki at 3.15 p.m. 3.30 p.m. "The Fear of Us," Bob and Ali Pears (Bongs at the Plano- forte), and ke Haworth and Dennia Redhead (Entertainers) in an intimate cabaret. The News.

Xun

í tripod

el

4

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sive battle took place at Pasir Pand- The Bren light machine-gut is jang: the

fortunes of the fight also to be supplied, and first-line wavered for an hour, but finally, the transport of regular battalions at combined forces inflicted a heavy de-

feat on the rebels, and many were home is, to be mechanised,

killed

There will be 12 rifle battalions

and captured, those who ex- caped setting up small machine gun in the brigade. The machine-gun posts in different bungngows, and battalion provides the brigade defying all attempts at capture.. commander with n reserve power, Euch man in the rifle platoon will 'carry a rifle. The platoon has three light machine-guns,

Cruisers Arrive

Early next morning saw the arrivals in Singapore of the French cruiserfall men of the sections being 1 Montealin and a regiment of Shrop-trained to use the light machine- shires from Bangkok, but their agun. sistance

not required. The Singapore muting was almost al un

unk

Wax

Sixty-two men of the Indian Britain Bars Claim

The ground defence forces end have perfected an anti-aircraft Light infantry had been killed

over 400 were prisoners. Lively snip.

gun which will fire 1,600 two-over ank wine for the next fortnight, to Falkland Islands pounder shells' a minute.

but all the stragglers were eventually

A battery of these guns can rounded up, and -elther surrendered; put up a screen in which it far were killed. The most remarka- virtually impossible for a plane ble thing regarding the rebellion was to survive.

Mr. Anthony Edeo, the Foreign

the manner in which the full and Secretary, announces that the

..

4.13 p.m. Close down.

7 p.m.

Transmission 2

(0.8J., G.B.G.) ·

By Ben. "How's Thai7" 7.15 p.m. Pianoforte Bolo 7.45 p.m. Quentin Maclean, at the Organ of the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Challe.

Greenwich Time Blynat at 8 pm. 1.15 D.. The B.B.C. Empire Orchestra. 9.15 p.m. The News.

9.30 p.m. Mantent Interlude. 1.45 p.m. Close down.

Transmission 3

(G.S... 0.5.F.)

10 p.m. Bl Ben. "Songs Out of the West." 10.45 p.m. Muskent Interlude. 10.50 pm. A Pianoforie

Ernest Lash.

Interivde

by

1.15 p.m. The Bournemouth Mancipat

Orchestra.

Greenwich Time Bigual at 12.3. 12.30. The News.

12.45 .. Jan Berends and he Orchestra.

Close days.

1 .

SHANGHAI ELECTION

RESULT

More than 2,000 new planes are day the result of the Inquiry. Inte the question by Lord Apsley (C., which experiments have

recently been conducted is al

to be built.

Sea Defences

in

New searchlights, more power- well-tralund Indian reginight broke British Government cannot admit BRITISH TRIUMPH ful than anything that has ever before the determined attack of the the claim

of the Argentino been devised, have also been de quickly organised European volun- Government that the Falkland Malays and the partly-trained and signed and tested.

teera. These combined forces were Islands are Argentine property, Their speed is closely guarded

This new equipment, which is to hopelessly outnumbered, and it was

They are British territory, the secret but they are faster than be provided in the course of the only the strength and the bravery of any fighter machine in the world. next few months, will call for an, the men from the Cadinus that turned Foreign Secretary adds,

the tide that saved Singapore and its} The declaration is made in n Another type of fighting plane additional £20,000,000 this year.

inhabitants from massacro. To this written answer to a Parliamentary

Shanghai, March 24. cause of the mutiny has never been Bristol), who asked whether the on the Shanghal Municipal Council The Japanese bld for three seats machine carrying guns which;

made public but rumour has been Are small calibre shells.

So far as sen defences are con-rife. One thing definitely established Government had taken any steps falled and the following candiater

to object to the postage stamps were elected: These guns would blow any cerned, more than 25 new war-was that neither German money issued by the Argentine Govern

no ships will be launched this year. nor Germany herself Was enemy machine to pieces, matter how heavily armoured-

Bost of them are already in an any way concerned. Not long after ment on which the Falkland Islands Brigadier General MacNaughton 1021

Mr. Kerwick wards Kassim Mansoor, a fabulously are shown as Argentine property. Mr. 11. Porter plated it was,

advanced state of construction,

rich Indian merchant and a prominent Mr. Eden states that the Argen Mr. Calhoun The Elaborato Estening apparatus.

Arst, the .cruiser public man, was arrested and con- tine Government are well aware of Mr. C. so delicato that it will pick up the

Southampton,

Franklin Is due to be victed of high treason.

the views of the Government on the Mr. H. E. Arnhold noise of approaching aircraft

launched next month.12. while it is still many miles away,

Another four cruisers, · aj

41 Executed

subject, but the British Ambassador Mr. Go has been instructed once more to Mr. T. Yamamoto have been installed at points along flotilla leader, eight destroyers,

At the court martial 41 mutineers draw the attention of the Argentino the coast lines of Britain.

ono submarine, six sloops, and were sentenced to death and the re- Government to the fact that "no one aircraft carrier will be mainder to various terms of imprison- useful purpose can be sorved by Although raiders might be up-

Iaunched during the year.

ment The execution took place in such actions as the issue of the proaching at a speed of more than

These are all replacement ships, pubile, an a deterrent to any other stamp in question, which can only 200 miles an hour, this apparatus designed to take the place of ships natives who might have ideas of dia- be detrimental to good relations would enable the defence force to which are obsolescent, and have no loyalty. The Indians met their end between the two countries.

bravely, have its machines in the air, wait-relation to the big £200,000,000 Bindfolded, and standing as impas- every man refusing to be

The Falkland Islands are a Crown The record number of 2,482 vot- ing, at a great altituds, to swoop naval programme which is to be sive and rigid as if on the parade colony situated in South Atlantking papers word returned, of which down on the invaders before they announced in the next few weeks. ground.

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