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APPOINTMENTS TO THREE SERVICES

Recent appointments notified by the Admiralty include the

following to the Chinn Station:

Lt. G, P. Darling to Medway (June 18).

ADMIRALTY SURGEONS

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The appointment of Rear-Admiral | Engineer Commander McCartan was Ralph Leathern, c.D., as Rear-Ad-{promoted to commissioned rank mirni, 1st Battle Squadron, Mediter-mate (E) in 1010. raneun, in succession to Vice-Ad- miral Thomas II. Binney, c.R., D.A.O., is to date from June 14, on which date his flag was holsted in H.M.S. President, R.N.V.I. drillship at Blackfriars, and struck at sunset He is regarded na on leave of ab sence until he arrives at Malta on July

4 to take up his appointment. The appointment of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Layton, C.D., D.9.0., to suc ceed Vice-Admirat Andrew B. Cun- ningham, c.D., D,B.O., as Rear-Ad- mirul Commanding Battle-Cruiser Squadron is to date from July 23. His tag will ikewise be hoisted

sunset the President and struck at Rear Admiral Layton will take pus- Bage to Malta in the ss. Rajputana, leaving London on August 12 and arriving at Malta on August 21 to falte up his appointment.

11,849.

Surgeon Lieutenant E. C. Johnson. M.n.c.S., L.R.C.P., B.N.V,R., hon been appointed Admiralty Surgeon and Agent for Walton-on-Naze, Essex: Mr. P. B. L. Nicholas, M.R.C.5.. L.M.C.P.,

for Truro, Cornwall; and Mr. H. D. Lander, M.R.C.O., L.R.C.P., for Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

M. P. 's Cure

for Tired Drivers

When Lt-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, ML.P.,

ploneer in motoring and aviation, feels sleepy at the wheel of his car he sniffs a cough cure to keep himself

wake.

He told the House of Lords Seleet Committee on Road Accidents so re- cently, when he gave evidence on behalf of the Order of the Road.

NO. 825 SQUADRON

"But the general remedy," he Lieutenant-Commander J. W. Hale (Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F.), after added, "is to talk to yourself. A long.

At Gosport, will refresher course Jan H.M.S. Glortuus in the Mediter-tight rond is always a sleepy road.", Recommendations the colonel made ranean 14 command No. 823 (T13¬

pedo Spotter Reconnaissance) Squad-Included: con of the Fleet Air Arm in sac- resslun Alan Bruck

TUESDAY,

JAPANESE TO EXTEND WAR AREAS

Pakhoi Now Within Danger Zone

The

Cast

JUNE

1938.

Reformation Celebrated

A large and representative gather- ing attended at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday to commemorate the gift

the Bible of

to the English

the Reformation.

an

360 LIVES LOST WHEN FLAGSHIP GOES DOWN

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distance was to be eight and not six cables,

5:

RADIO BROADCAST

(Continued from Pape 7.) 9.50 Varlely and Dance Music. Fox-Trois-Fox-Trot Medley: In- tro-I can't give you anything but Love, Baby; Driting and Dreaming; So Gilford returned to the cabin Lonesome and Sorry; If You knew Susle; Are you from Dixie?; Happy people, and the fourth centenary of And reported to the Admiral what ne Days are here again....Harry Roy's hnd just been told by Hawkins

planos Smith. Moreover, Bourke, who was Tiger-Ragamuffins on two standing by, put in, "You certainly with string bass and drums; Vecai salt it was to be more than sixWhat Have You Done To My Heart cables." But the Admiral refused to Serenade; Intro:-Love's old

(From "Cafe Collette'); Twilight sweet alter the order." Leave it six cables,"

Song: By the Fireside; I'll see you he said,

la my dreams.Clarrie Wright After Gilford had up on deck and The Twilight Serenaders; Plano again Bourke ventured to reman-Solos-Charlle Kunz Plano Medley Those present also included Lady strate, and reminded the Admiral No. R. 9: Intro: Love is Everywhere; Northcote, I. E. Major General A. that the Victoria's turning circle was Ev're Single little tingle of my W. Bartholomew and Mrs. Bartho- eight hundred yards. The Admiral Heart Roll Along Prairie Moon; The lomew, Bishop, Ronnid Hall, Hon. replied, rather Mutply, "That is all Wheel of the Wagon is Broken; Love L. Sinith, Ills Honour right; leave it at six cables." And Me Forever, It's an Old Southern Mr. N. Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell and so al six cables it was left. Mrs. Lindsell, Commodore E. B.

Short Bey. Frank Dicken, R.N.,

Bible 011

The Very Rev. J. L, Wilson, Dean

John's Cathedral, gove of St. address on "The influence of the

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English character literature and was thanked by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, who presided at the fune

man

and

*

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Custom....Charlle Kunz (Piano); Vecal-Musketeers Melodics (No. 1): Intra:-Dinner at Eight: Good-

Tokyo, June 20. Foreign Minister, General Ugaki, to-day addressed official notes to foreign diplomatic representatives in Tokyo, drawing their attention to the

probable extension of hostilitica

tion. territory to that part of the Chinese south of the Yellow

and River of Stan, Ichang and lengyang well as

and asking foreign concerned to take more powers measure to protect the lives and pro- perties of nationm residents there.

A Foreign Ofee spokesman Lasued statement that with the expansion and Mrs. Short, Rev. D. Rosen- We come back to the original ques-night little Girl of my Dreams; Don't of the war there was great danger

Mrs. Rosenthall, Rev. tion. How came Admiral Tryon to blame me; I've found the Right Girl: that hostilities would spread to these thall and

Macs give so impossible an order, to per- Trouble in Paradise: Yvonne The of the K. MacKenzie Dow and Mrs. areas, with the exception

I. Gipperich, Ger- sist in it desplie the representations Last Round Up... The Four Mus territory under the Japanese occupa-Kenzie Dow, Mr. H.

Consul

und General,

Mrs. of his staff, and not to see its Im-keteers (Vocal Quartette) Mabel tion, foreign concessions and foreign Gipperich, Capt. Fabris of the Italian pleation union

wns too late to Pearl at the Plane; Fox-Trot-Where leased territory.

The World Ends; Waltz-Must you of the avoid a collision? The statement says that prompt. liner Conte Rosso, members ed by the desire to minimise damage Legislative Council, senior members of the Government, and many heads to lives and properties of third Powern in the aren

the Japanese of business houses and their Indien, Government asked third Powers con- H. E. the Governor proposed the "To be drunk in charge of a vehicle

their nationals Loyal Toost, and when that had been cerned to instruci was one of the most unsocial crimes

and those taking care of their pro-honoured, the Dean was called upon

to speak. possible.

penalties should be perties in the area affected, not to The

approach Chinese military establish- ments, to put clear marks on foreign "Accidents in London occur at

property and communiente their Beris

30 m.p.h.. and 1 position to the Japanese authorities, and not to allow Chinese troops to would aweep the lait away and

utilize or approach foreign property. tighten up dangerous driving."

The Japanese forces, said the state- "Turd-class roads should be leftment, otherwise might be compiled property and could il you try to make all roads to attack such

not take responsibility for its pro muy ruin the truly of the

tection. countryside. People he driving round rural England "

40 Lieutenant-Cominnnder "Red lights should mean danger. I would stop advertisements with red lights in some places."

THE ARMY

FLOTILLA COMMAND Captain C. M. Blackman, has relinquished comand of the

Foilla. 1st Destroyer

In B,MS Grenville, which he has held

will take v He wil ze suc creded by Captain G. E. Creasy, M.VO, who has been Assistant Direċ- |

tor

Plazas Jet the Admiralty

over two years.

of

f+x

for two years and now takes up his first commund as a captain.

Colonel T J. Hallon, M., ut pre- sent 0.5.0.1 of the 1st Division a Aldershot, who has been selected to

District mtrated the Halvelustas

his new appointment The but the middle of August.

violent earlier on to Major-General

with

vaforced.

TRANSFERS TO LA.O.C. Rules have been issued at Siml COMMANDERS NEW POSTS

for the admission of British NCOs

the Indian Army alone sergeants Commander T R. Buck, trom the as

Ordnance Comp Applicants must safe Tretten Schvol, Portsmouth, is op- pointed to H.MS. Warsplus for duty, have the fist-chieve education verti- English on the staff of Admiral Su Dudley Drate and be under 30 years of age, Pound, Commander-in-Chief. Medi-, Selection will be governed by merit

Commander Bark, who terranean. complete 30 years in the Navy last January

in a torpedo perialist, and attended the Staff College course in 1031. Commander CR, 1.. Parry

succeeds him

anger

the

marks Rwarded for tank and service, turntion, languages, campaigns, in- structional awards, worthand, chem- draught situatyslaap. and trade istay.

Praffic teney The sports will also tracks for cyclists tests

embl

Mr. H. Herbert Stancer, of Cyclist Touring Club, sold that the chah was not in favour of svyatate

It was also op

posed to the rear red light

The Japanese request, continued

the statement, was not designed to be coercive, but to prevent unfortunate incidents.

The statement

STOCK MARKET REPORT

The Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary, issued at 3.15 p.m. yesterday, reads:

A belter feeling pervaded the market during the day, buyers being more in evidence, though owing to the disinclination of holders to sell, the turnover was somewhat restricted.

VAN out that

reported in (Old) at $17% and (New) at $10%. closing with offers of $17 for the New. Lands were dealt in at $334, Troms at $18.8 and China Lights (Old) at $10.35/10.40. Offers

Business pointed some marks of foreign properly had not been clear enough for pikits, and more kert foreign Powers to pay attention to them.-Domet,

MAY SEIZE HAINAN i SIR WILLIAM THWAITES PLANS DIVISION STAFF

Tokyo, June 20. SI Willium General

Thwater. I Commander P. W W Woollen,

RAS.C of the Northumiwan Divis. A sparkesman of the Foreign Office KU.3, K.C.M... brings his long ser- promoted at the New Year, after

son, Witn with the York and Dur announced that the Japanese could commission

vir is a close by relinquishing the senak! heutenant-

He ob- he contended that it would not cun- commander in the batte-cruiser Re-; sppointment of Colore! Command-hom Brigade Company, R.A.SC.. at vepy Halman Island if necessary us (which he has held see Hult, when the Wat began pulse, in to join the Plans Division. It a of the Naval Staff, and will succeed 1929), an attoming the age of 70 tained command of the luli wat intravene the Franco-Japanese Agree- 31 years ago, 1930, and was made a brevet culonel ment of 1907 and it would not be Commander J G. Rape Comman- He joined the RA

Chought meessary to Inform France before

action But tulan such der Wootten graduated at the Staff and his petheipal appointsients have three years ago

included those of Commander of the Major G Thompson

Japan muy do so and it is claimed College in 1931.

48th and 470 Divisions. Director of

that such possible occupation would Military Operations and Intelligence,! Commander-in-Chief on the Rhine, The command of the 2nd. Battate completely unrelated to French and Director-General of the Terrion, Seaforth Highlanders, Glasgne, help to China-Beuter.

was G.O.C. has just changed hands. Lieutenant forlu Army. Malaya til 1934, when he went to Colonel George Lammie, M.C., from the retired st

ADMIRALTY ENGINEERING

In summersSOF

SEAFORTHS' COLONEL

The

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STAFF Commander (E) CG. Proctor joins the Engineer-in-Chief's Depar! inent. Admiralty, for service in me

Major and Brevet Lieutenant- ccasion to Commander (E) J. L..

Colonel, 1st. Battalion. Hongkong. Befale. who has been six years in COLONELS' APPOINTMENT'S

having been promoted to substantive the Department. Commander Proc- į

tu succeed Lieutenant-Colouet Wor The

Oflice announces that rank Ator has been in the aircraft-carrier

have Sir John F. Laurie. Bart., B.X.O. appointments He entered Os- the following Furious since 1933.

new commanding officer of the old burne as a cadet at the sume tune berfi approved by the King:

from the D Colonel M.

Gambler-Parry, | 72nd. was commissioned us the King, In January, 1909, and

four M.C., from General Staff Officer, ist ranks of a mobiilsed Territorial bat- passed out from Dartmouth

in the ranks of which he to be Commnn- tulion, years later at the head of his term. Grade, War Omice,

der, Singapore Infantry Brigade, shouldered a rifle for a month, from As a tem- AIR MATERIAL DEPARTMENT Malaya, with the temporary rank of the declaration of war. Engineer Commander P. H. Mcbrigadier, with effect from August porury subaltern he served till 115, when he was gazetted to the Royal Cartan, from the Submarine Depot | next. at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport, has Colonel W. C. Holden, D.s.o., Mc., Scots, and was promoted as Major been appointed for duty in the new from Air Material Department at the Ad- Grade, to Deputy Director of miralty, and will be succeeded by Staff Dulles, War Office, with the Engineer Commander H, Moy, frnin temporary rank of brigadier, the submarine depot-ship Maidstone. effect from November, vice Colonel

ALHAMBRA

TO-MORROW

'A GRIPPING GANGSTER DRAMA WITH A GRASP-A MINUTE THRILL

RIVALRY IN

GANGLANDI with a killer museling in on

* social lion

who was under-

cover wolf of

the rackets!

LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD

CHESTER MORRIS

ANNE SHIRLEY EDUARDO CIANNELLI WALTER ABEL

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General be

Staff

1st Officer,

in to his present regiment

1030. With his battalion he was in France Was Twice and Belglum, 1915-18,

mentioned in despatches. wounded, with

and given the Military Cross for his (temporary Brigadier) G. N. Mac- conspicunts courage in retion. ready, C.M... 1.8., E., M.C., who had a great deal of staff experience Gen at home and abroad, states Our Own is being appointed Brigadier

British Troops in! Correspondent. ernt Staff. the Egypt.

Station,

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HANKOW NOT ALARMED

Flood Menace No Greater Than

In Other Years

Hankow, June 20. Speculation has agalu been arous ed here regarding the prospect of floods in the Yangtse Valley. the which are of even greater signi- deance this year than formerly,

It is pointed out in Chinese circles here, however, that the Yangtse flood scure an annual affair and although ROYAL AIR FORCE

the high water mark at liankow to- Lieutenant-Colonel K. F. D. Gal-

Is a few feet Squadron Leader W. J. H. Lind- day is 43 ft. which tie, D..o., M.c.. The Queen's Royal

than the average Agure, it Restiment to be Commander, 2nd ley, who has been promoted to that higher

hus long way to go before the (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigadler, rank from June 1, is among the M- India, with the temporary runk of cers commended by the Air Councl! threat becomes serious.

The water must reach the neigh- brigadier, with effect from about for their services in the relief opera-

tions at Quetta after the earthqunke bourhood of 58 11. before flooding December.

He served in the city. The situation at present Lieutenant-Colonel R. L Mc on May 31, 1935,

and has is identical with that during 1033 Creery, M., M.C., 12th. Lancers, India from 1932 to 1937,

4 Armament when the highest level reached was to be General Stuff Officer, 1st since been at No.

West Freugh,

only 47 ft. Grade, Ist Division, with effect from Training

The average date for high water is August, pice Colonel T. J. Hutton, Stranreer. Squadron Leader Lind

0s a cadet around the first weck-in August and M.C., who is being appointed Com-ley entered Cranwell

trom Russal School In September, since the rains have already fallen mander, Baluchistan District, India.

this year at a time when the river Major and Brevet

1924, Lleutenant-

was able to absorb them there ap- Colonel 5, Collingwood, M.C., Royal

pears to be every hope that a repeti- Artillery, from General Staff Omer, 2nd. Grade, Staff College, Camber- Squadron Leader G. H. H. Proc- tiun of the 1931 and 1935 floods will

be avoided. ley, to be General Staff Officer, 1st, tor, who has been employed on en-

Hankow is protected from possible Grade,

War Office, with effect from gineering duties at the Aircraft De-

floods by wall along the Band, for three years, has December, vice Colonel W. C. Hol-pol, Karnehl,

air staff duties which was heightened by a few feet den, D.s.o., M.C., who is being op- been appointed pointed Deputy Director of Staff at No. 3 (Indian) Wing Headquar- during the 1935 threat by the au- Dutles, War Office.

at Chaklala. He passed out thorities of the various special dis- from Cranwell in December, 1927, triets and concessiona NEW LIEUTENANT-COLONEL He was promoted to Squadron leader Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Cardew,irst December, who has just been promoted to that;

ters

STAFF SERVICE IN INDIA

The huge Changkung dyke en- clrcles the rear of the city and guards against overflow of the river.

Reuter.

HEAVY RAINFALL.

Shanghai, June 20. Following the heavy rainfall of the last few days the waters of the Yangtse River have risen consider- ably and are beginning to overflow the banks.

runk in the Corps of Royal En- ANTI-AIRFRAct co-operatION gineers. Is 43, and has served since No. 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation 1014. He has served in the Balkans, Unit will form in the Far East Com- Russia, and Waziristan; and has been mand on August 1 at Seletar aero- technical officer on the staff of dirome, Singapore. This unit will the Engineer-in-Chief in India and provide alreraft for target practice a staff officer at 1oona. Since 1038 by naval and military forces in the he has been Assistunt C.RE. at Far East, as No. 3 A/A Unit does There are Madras District Headquarters, Ban-in the Mediterranean. galore.

two such units at honic, No. 1 at Soul Farnborough for co-operation with the Army and No. 2 at Lee-standing in water up to the waist. D., on-Solent for co-operation with the of the Flect.

COLONEL C. WALKER Drevet Colonel C. Walker, who has vacated command

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According to the Chinese reports on the southern. bank of the river near Kwelchib Chinese troops

At the time a number of theories Say Goodbye? (From 'Burgtheater) Memories ...Swiss Ensemble were neither generous nor particu- Orchestra-Happy Swles were put forward, some of which...Eugen Wolf and His Orchestra: urly intelligent, and are therefore (Arr. G. Betz)

conductor G, Betz: Fox-Trot-The beat ignored.

..Nat Gonella and An explanation better worth con- Sheik Or Araby,

10.30 sidering than most of the theories His Georgians with vocal refrain.

London Relay='Gibraltar." pronounecd is to be found in what

A dramatised historical survey

by we may term the "blind spot" salu- tion, which at least appeals to some- Toffrall (Captain Taprell Dorling. thing that a familiar experience D.S.O., R.N.): Capture of the Rock 711 by Tariq ben Zald-The build- w many of us.

ing of the Fortress Occupied by the British under Sir George Rooke in 1704 The Great Slege 1779-1780- Inouguration of the Keys by Sir

Elliot, George

afterwards Lord during the little Heathfeld-Gibraltar

Great War and lo-day. Produced by

us to take It may happen to particulor walk every day, from our home to our office, or from our offler to our club, or from the station to

our home.

tut moke Each day wo journey in precisely the same way:

We

route, We follow an identical cross the street at exactly the same Then one day, for no reason point. Docks that we

con explain, we make n change; we take a different turning,

ms point.

In

Leslie Stokes.

11.00 Close Down.

Even a muching, which has been running smoothly for weeks, will sud- ***** or we cross the street ut a diferent denly and for no apparent reason go suddenly and as in- Some tiny change, of which we wrong, and were made of were quite unconscious, has taken comprehensibly recover. And men's $3.10 and $3 for Old and New Pro-place in the mechanism of our brains, brains are not machines,

and jolted us, as it were, out of our vidents, without business resulting.

famihar groove.

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K. Docks (New) 817 Providenta (Old) $3.10 Providents New) 83 Yenz. Goldfelds $3

..otals $0.40 TIK Ltd 3%

IK Lands 4 Debentures 3101 H.K. Trainway's $15,00

Peak Trams (Old) $631

China Lights (Old) $0.40 1.K. Electricn557′′

H., Govt. 33 Loan 97% pru, Consol. Ch. Prov. (Old) şalza Consol. Ch. Prov. (New) $5

Sales

1.K Docks (Old) $17 11.k. Docks New) $16 Providenia (New) $2.00/93 H.K. Lands $30%.

I.K. Tramway $16.83

China Lights (Old) $10.35/40 Entertaininenin 1

Consol. Ch. Prov. (New) $3.80/00 Antamoks P.

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Benguet Connol 10.10

Coro Grove 415)

Son Mauricio 47%

Or again, most of us have known what is to add up some simple Amaren, and fail to arrive at a cor- reet total: to add them up again and to tail again: and even a third time, with the

In the end same result. we find, perhaps, that we have been

together adding

eight and seven, and making the sum 13.

eight

*

मं

May not some accident of this no- ture be the true explanation of the order which caused the sinking of the Victoria? The whole tragedy, long as It

Wa5

may appear in the felling, took place in a very brief space of time.

At 2.30 p.m., or thereabouts, the order being discussed in the 3.30 p.m. the Admiral's cabin. At Victoria was sinking, and Admiral Tryon was not only deeply conscious

We know quite well that and seven do not make 13, but by of his tragic error, but was dealing. come curious mental kink we have in a cool and rational way, with the for a while made and persisted in terrible situation which had arisen.

Or, in the same way It is not possible that during the the mistake. it may happen that someone will early afternoon of Thursday, June 22, put to us a perfectly. simple and he suffered from one of those queer obvious propusillon, and for a few mental lapses of which many of us minutes we are stricken with an ob- have had personal experience? That tuseness which forbids our compreis at least a possible theory, which In the absence of any better explana~ hension.

tion we may be inclined to accept.

The order was Admiral Tryon's "blind spot."

A ittle later we cannot understand how we could have failed to see the point at once.

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