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THE

TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, HONGKONG

APRIL 13,

1938.

America Plans: ON

Completes Army Mobilisation

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Washington. THE United States War

Department has com- pleted mobilisation plans under which 1,230,000 troops could be placed in the field within four months, while private industry would swing into immediate action to supply guns, munitions, food, clothing and other necessary, war parapher- nalia.

BISLEY MEETING OF HK.B.A. this week Jenils interest to th's photograph, taken in Hongkong Hotel on occasion of farewell dinner to Major Steers, the retiring Hon. Secretary. Is Excelleney the Governor was present.-Ming Yuen.

The plans were drawn by the Personalities of Old Hongkong

Army general staff and are based on years of study of war- time strategy, particularly that the United developed after States was drawn into the World War. Specific details are being guarded carefully to pre- vent "leaks" to foreign powers.

The programme embraces 10,000 Industrial lants which have secre

Depart- agreements with the War

ment and which overnight can be transformed into important supply depots. They were selected from nmong 20,000 plants which were canvassed to determine what specifie tasks they could perform in event of

war.

TWO METHODS OF RECRUITING Two methods of recruiting troops One pro- re included in the plan.

The vides universal eonscription. other calls for creation of citizens' committees which, in co-operation with 10,000 American Legion posts. would campaign for volunteers.

While these recruits ure being en- listed the War Department would and thrust 300,000 regular army reserve forces into the field as shock troops. Further calls on both units can increase the total to 800,000 in 30 days, and, with the new recruits, to 1,230,000 within four months.

The plan does, not contemplate

government operation of the indus-

trial plants. Military

ofcials fre

said to feel that private operation under federal supervision is more efficient because there would be less break-down in the chance of economic structure. This difficulty

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arose during the World War with disastrous effects on some supplies.

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SIR PAUL CHATER WAS "GRAND OLD MAN"

OF H.K.: POVERTY TO FABULOUS RICHES

He Saw

Saw Colony Grow To Proud Position

By T. Paul Gregory

ROBABLY THE MOST OUTSTANDING FIGURE IN THE HIS. TORY OF THIS COLONY WAS SIR CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, WHO, DURING A CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE OF SOME SIXTY-TWO YEARS BECAME THE VERITABLE "GRAND OLD MAN" OF HONGKONG,

HIS CAREER OF SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT IS AS AMAZING AS ANY DEPICTED IN THE ROMANTIC FICTION OF HORATIO ALGER, OLIVER OPTIC OR GEORGE HENTY-THAT TRIO OF POPULAR AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS HAVE LONG BEEN THE JOY AND DELIGHT OF COUNTLESS JUVENILE READERS EVERYWHERE.

Sir Paul Chater was born, in Calcutta, India, on September 8, 1846. He was the scion of an old Armenian family which had for generations settled in India. His a clerk in the father, Mr. Chater Paul Chater, was Government Service, and Sir Paul was the youngest of a family of thirteen.

SIR PAUL CHATER

Member of the Executive Council, the Colony; for his appointment as

was

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SOME STUDIO ITEMS

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencles of 845 .c's. 9.52 m.c's. per second.

H.K.T.

12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service from St. John's of Intercession Cathedral.

12.30. Rate Da Costa at the Piano. Butterflies In The Rain (Reaves and Myers): Everyone Says I Love You (From "Horse Feathers'); Truc (Samuels and Whiteup); A Thousand Goodnights (W, Donaldson).

Ils Orchestra. 12.40 larry Roy and His Memories Of You; Rain: Goodbye Blues; It Don't Mean A Thing: floppy My Baby; I but also of the Justices of Peace of

Feet; Everybody LOVCH Nos. Got Rhythm;

Fox-Trot Medicy J. P. dated back to January 1, 1882.

Intro: 'Ro 3 and 4; 'Robert-e-Ice': I want Mention, too, must be made to be happy'; I ain't got nobody'; trea- Birth of the Blues; Chloo'; 'Shine So heurtened was Sir Paul by the of the fact that he The loss of both his parents |

Intro:-Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life: estate venture that he purchased the Queen Victoria Jubilee Commi-Falling in Love Again': 'Charmaine' In addition to what the mobilisaat the age of nine thrust him successful outcome of his first real surer and afterwards Chairman of on Harvest Moon'; Waltz Medley:

world of

further property on the Island and tee, and in 1897, he was furthermore tion plan calls for, Assistant Secre-early Into the harsh

Jubilee Committee. I was at of tary of War Louls Johnson has reality, but owing to the kind-afterwards on the mainland in Kow-nominated Chairman of the Diamond Ramona'; 'Missouri Waltz'; 'What'll

recognition advocated a programme that would ness of the family physician, the loon. Kowloon became a source

from nothing the Crown! for his innumerable was enabled to enter La great interest to him; for although time that he received

place at that day was keep a six months supply of reserve lad equipment on hand at all times..

Martiniere School as a founda-more than a mud-int, Sir Paul, great services in behalf of the community, visionary that he was, perred into and was created a C. M. G. In 1002 "That means," he said, "that wetioner. should always have an adequate At the completion of his education, the future, and no doubt foresaw the King Edward VII bestowed wonderful possibilities this area in the honour of knighthood, supply of guns, anti-tank and anti-

afforded. aircraft guns and light and heavy he took the examination for the in- dian Survey Department, but being artillery, together with all types of persuaded by one of his sisters de ammunition, long-range guns, Kas

cided to come to Hongkong, with the masks, airplanes and other equip-hope that in the Colony he might be

maintain

able to build up a career for himself. ARRIVED PENNILESS The fad, now

to

ment necessary efficient war.

The former cornmander

a stripling of American Legion emphasised that he hoped the United States would never eighteen, arrived in the Colony on

of the

this

I Do?'

1.00

upon

Time and Weather. 1.03 Elsie Carlisle and Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.

"Anything Goes-Selection (Cole

Elsle Car-

Urked with his name. So unbound-Order of the White Elephant, Arst chiarom the Flim); There

It

ins

Rugby

have to utilise its preparedness pro- April 1, 1804. His worldly posse has to his credit the main share Master of the English Grand Lodge, Weather and Announcements.

of

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Porter)... Orchestra; He's An Angel (Hodges);

s); With All My Heart (From Her Master's Voice')....Elsle In addition, he was a member of lele with Orchestral Accomp.; CONFIDENCE IN COLONY

the Legion d'Honneur, and posessed bye, Litle Dream, Goodbye Fox- From this time onwards, the deve- a number of decorations from foreign Trot (Cole Porter); When A Woman

Smiles-Pox-Trot (Vivian Ellis).

This'll Make You Whistle lopments in the Colony are largely monarchs, amongst them being the ed was his confidence in the future class, of Siam.

is of importance to state here Isn't Any Limit To My Love- $1 TIFFINS

This li make you Trot (From interested of Hongkong that he was always

Orchestra. the cause of freemasonry In the Whistle)....

Press, Reuter and development. | gress and economic

horn Colony, and Was District Grand mooting great schemes for its pro- that he was greatly

1.40

Tchaikovsky Nutcracker gramme but he pointed out that sions were limited to a chiothing. In carrying to successful completion Mu

He was.

Sulte, Op. 71A. President Roosevelt had called for drawers, a few articles of coke those two vast Reclamation Schemes in which he held various

Thus, like

for twenty-one years.

treemason to Played by the Philadelphia Sym- stops in this direction in his recent and a number of books. national defence message. He said Benjamin Franklin who at the same one of which, the Fraya Reclamafor

with

tion carried put between 1889 and moreover, the only that Congress also should take age set foot in Philadelphia,

Point to the

2.03 Orchestral, no more of this world's 1997, ove an immense area of build-receive the 3rd degree outside the phony Orchestra conducted by Leo-

to the United Kingdom, and was likewise pold Stokowski. vouring land from cognizance of the need for modernis- scarcely

Divertissement ing seaconst and harbour defences, goods, young Chater's first endeavour Western end of the Naval Yard. The the Provincial Prior of the Knight

employ- hasten expansion of the air corps,

was to secure some sort of and enact the Administration bill to nent. A sister in the Colony took ther-from the eastern end of the Templars.

a vast tract now occupied by a whole create an organised reserve of 150, him under her roof, and he even-Naval Yard to East Point-provided

No article upon the life of Sir 000 former soldiers.

tually secured a humble position as

of structures attesting the series clerk in the long since defunct Bunk

phenomenal

of advance

modern Paul Chater would be complete China

0.00-7.00 Chinese Programme. of Hindustan,

and Japan.

without mention of his benevolence, Hongkong.

7.00 Dance Music. The young man continued in the

Sir Paul was the chief advocate of and his numerous gifts to charity, to the Church, to the University of

Fox-Trots A Sweet services of this institution for nearly

the New Terri- Hongkong two years, and at length, surfeited the nequisition of

and to other public insti- Like This....Leo Heisman and The with the monotony of the work and tories, which have added some 37tutions. In fact, the amounts subs Piccoline (From Top Hat') His Or- the obvious dearth of ultimale pro-square miles of territory to the cribed to different causes are so vast chestra.....Fred Astaire with Lea

difficult to apects, decided that he would go into Colony. Indeed, it was largely due that they are

fully Reisman and His Orchestra; Tango business for himself as an Exchange to his agitation that the Government enumerate, and as a criterion of his Venetian Moon (From Invitation to ultimately consented to the proposal unbounded philanthropy these of

Geraldo and Waltz')..

His the Broker.

The courage of the youth in this and the land was leased from the

-No Other One....Little Jack Little decision was remarkable; for he had Chinese Empire, It was his firm beure six years previous to his death Gaucho Tango Orchestra; Fox-Trot

and His Orchestra;

stra: Fox-Trot-East His honesty lef that the area was rich in mineral are given below:

Of The Sun; Slow Fox-Trot-When no capital of his own. and perseverance, however, had im-wealth, and whilst success did not La Martiniere School,

the Lady...La Calcutie

Rs. 1,100,000 You Grow Up, Little pressed the senior partner of Sassoon attend. his efforts in this direction,

250,000 Stone and His Band; Slow Fox-Trot 250,000 I'd Rather Listen to Your Eyes 250,000 (From Shipmates Forever'; Fox-Trot I'd Love To Take Orders From 300,000 You (From 'Shipmates Forever') 100,000..Jacques Renard and Ilis Orchestra; Fox-Trot Rendezvous With A (Continued on Page 5.)

Port Darwin's Empty Hopes

Lonely Darwin, Australia's gate way on the Imperial air route, is in a quandary about its large and growing collection of empty bottles. It doesn't quite know what to do with them.

METEORIC RISE

was

them

$

Rs.

Union Church, Kowloon $ Unton Church ........ Ex-Service Men's Asso-

clation Missions to Scomen ... Masonic Endowment

Fund more Dr.

Jordan Memorial War Memorial Nursery.

Home

London

00,000

A recent offer by a Melbourne mer- and Company, who determined to the future history of New Terri- St. John's Cathedral chont to pay 3d a dozen for them aid him in his enterprise. The faith tories may ye! uphold his contention St. Andrew's Church.. raised hopes of a profitable export of Mr. Sassoon was amply rewarded; that the mountains some day will University of Hongkong of mineral Armenian Church, Cal- industry, and led nlmost at once to a for Sir Paul started off nuspiciously yield their treasures.

cutta wave of collecting enthusiasm on the enough and in the first month of wealth.

DIRECTED 20 COMPANIES part of small boys and even the business earned over $800 ns clear formation of a syndicate by some of profit,

The versatility of Sir Puul'a achieve. their elders. Large reserves of

Henceforward, the rise of Sirments affords material for many bottles quickly materialised without

Paul Chater was meteorie. About Looks, and his manifold activities in difficulty.

this time, too, he joined with Hor the Colony can not be adequacy But on sober examination of the musice Mody, a Parsi youth of un- discussed willin this brief article.

the director of position both the enthusiasm and the usual talent, and the two young men He syndicate have melted. Darwin is under the firm name of Chater and

and than twenty companies, and many something over 3,000 miles by sen Mody were destined to carve out ofly said his babies" Two of from Melbourne, and it is found that eminent careers in the

here, such St. Matthew's Church, freight and handling charges would world of the Colony

them may be men and Kowloon amount to dd a dozen while costs at

Paul was twenty-three years ns the Hongkong Melbourne would bring the total to of age when he made his first Inyees- Wharf and Godown Company, which Supreme Council. 33 £

More

than 600 cases of bear alone, prove for him the foundation of akong Land Investment and Agency

800 CARES of moment in land, which was later to was started in 1884, and the Hong-Lord Mayor's Armenian each containing 48 bottles are lund vast fortune. The land, was a plot Co., which owes its inception to his ed, each month, at Darwin, and the of groon hillside on what is now gulding genius. emplies have been scattered outside Caine Road, Here he built aro the town far a matter of years, says sidence which he occupied unu! 1805, Sir Paul was also a leader of the was prominently Austral Neon. ***

when, owing to the steady encroach Community and

No one better deserves the title by Hot So now, what?" ruk the residents ment he tendments in the locality, he identified with every pubile move-

ofa Derving as they add to the decided 16 and a more congonjal rant "himbet, since his arrivale He which he was so fondly known→→ "marine growth of the district, pavironment for his home became not only the Senior Unofficial Hongkong's "Grand Old Man."

were,

上地

offen

Fund

* 55,000 50,000

60,000 -25,000

$ 25,000

: 2,600

A

2,000 1,000

Sir Paul Chaier died on May 27, 1926, at his residence "Marble Höll in Conduit Rond, "it, the'?'age,”óf eighty.

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