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CALLING UP

UP THE MILITIA MEN

Pay To Be 1s. 6d. A Day: 17s. A Week For Wives

THE

first militia men will be called up on July 1. This will be a group of between 40,000 and 50,000 men. They will be required to report to their units a fortnight later.

This was announced in the Commons recently by. Mr. Brown, Minister of Labour, in a written reply. He said that on the assumption that the Military Training Bill received Royal assent before Whitsun, registration

· of all men between 20 and 21 liable for service under the Bill will take place on Saturday, June 8.

TWO DAYS NOTICE

Mr. Brown added that the medical examination of men registered would begin on Thursday, June 8, with at least two days' clear notice. The first group of men to be called up, consisting of between 40,000 and 50,000, would receive their calling-up notices on or about Satur- day, July 1.

Subsequent groups would be called up for training at intervals of two months. Subject to any variations, the necessary men will be called up in age order, the oldest first and the youngest last.

It was also announced that militiamen will receive 1s. 6d. a day, not 1s. as first announced, and that all Territorials will be equipped with uniforms before the summer camp.

Units would be called up to report

MR. BROWN also announced naval N entiing up plans. He stated on June 11, and the first group of that the Admiralty proposel to call Reservists on June 15. Into service the following Reservists

ns from June 15:

In the case of the R.A.F. it was intended to

call up

by groups

Half the Royal Fleet Reserve A.A.F. personnel of the London Class D (Immediate class) for squadrons of the Balloon Barrage, period of three months from June and the first group would be called 15, and the second half of this class up to report on June 11. of the Reserve in the middle of UNIFORMS READY September for a like period.

About 750 pensioners for three months from June 15, followed by a similar number for three months from the middle of September. THREE MONTHS'

SERVICE

BEFORE CAMP

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 29, 1939.

A dinner In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Shanghal Rotary Club was held at the Park Hotel recently when over 280 members attended. The gathering was presided over by Mr. U. S: Harkson, President of the Club (seen seated in the centre of the upper picture). At left is Mrs. Harkson, while at right is Mrs. G. E. Marden, Mr. C. B. Morrison and Mr. G. E. Marden. Lower picture shows Mr. W. J. Hawkings announcing the winners of the Rotary Golf Competition, while Mrs. J. W. P. Marsh is waiting to present the trophics to the winners.

Salvation Army Band Resigns

Because of a dispute with head- quarters over music and cap braid, Bandmaster W, B. Major, of Coven- try's Salvation Army band, and the bund secretary have resigned, and the deputy-bandmaster and forty-

Magistrate With A Kind Heart, Dead

I

FIVE years after saying "good-bye" to Marylebone police court, Mr. H. C. A. Bingley, for many years one of London's most Kensington, aged 77.

AMERICAN | EXTORTION ALLEGED

POLICY

Instructive Address By Dr. Johnstonc

An instructive address by Dr. Wil- Ham Johnstone, Professor of Poti-

Ten Police Scamen Appear In Court

to

Ten zestien and stokers attached the Water Police Force were brought before Mr. Himsworth at Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday charged with extortion and conspiracy to extort.

Sub-Inspector Mottram, who pro-

tieni Selence of the George Wash-cecuted, was granted 72 hours' renrand. Two of the defendants were also ington University, on "Some Aspects charged with having extorted $5 of the Far East War was deliver

the

ed at the Drst luncheon meeting of on May 23, by demanding a fee which Chinese-American Institute they alleged was due to them as Culturni Relations at the Hongkong members of the Police crow.

from-Lam-Kwok, in Woosung Street.

Hotel Roof Garden yesterday, Dr.

Johnstone was introduced to the

gathering by Sir Shou-sor Chow, War, but the depression had awaken- President of the Institute. Others] ed them to the dunger of being in- present included Mr.

Addison

E volved in future wars and this had Southard, American Consul, and Mr. led to a review of the neutrality - S. T. Bitting, vice-President of the attitude. During discussion of the Institute.nld that it seemed and up to the passing of the last Neutrality Act in its various forms,

Dr. Johnstone

to him that it did not need much Act in 1937, little consideration had to promote good relations between been given to the effect of the Act the Chinese and the Americans, be- upon conflict in the Far East. tween whom there had always been "When the Far Eastern war broke n friendly understanding. He was out it was quite obvious to every- placed in a rather difficult position one that the Neutrality Act was not in discussing Far Eastern relations, designed to further American inter- In that after 15,000 miles of travel ests in the Far East," he said, "If through Japan, Manchuria and China e

the Act was enforced we would -be he found the more he studied the helping Japan a great deal and deny- situation the more confused It being to China the things she wanted came. He felt that what was es- to buy, because Japan controlled the sens. Consequently the Act was not pecially needed for the promotion of

feeling between America and enforced, which resulted in a de- China was that the Chinese should mand for a revision of the Act" understand the problems which the Change Should be Made United States- was facing, inter- The speaker recalled that any ac nationally and at home, just as tion taken by America in the Far Americans should understand China's East had always been in collabora- special problems.

tion with other nations; she had

"It is with this in mind," he con- never made any gesture of force by tinued, "that I think. I might to-day herself. It was difficult for the best give some of my own Ideas American people to abandon their concerning American policy in the wish to keep out of war, and to Far East. When one travels in the change, their long-standing policy of Far East, the questions most fre- refraining from action in the For quently asked of an American is: East by themselves, though it must What about American isolation? Is be evident to most people that some Amerien if interested only in change in American policy with re- keeping out of other people's trou- gard to the Far East and Europe bles, or do the American people feel should be made. that it is time that their polley of Isolation should be given up?"

Annexation of Philippines

the end

The idealism in the American character was leading, he believed, to the development of a new Amerl- con polley towards the whole world, which went beyond the mere pro-

·rea-

nounced earlier in the House by Me four of the ofty players have decided popular magistrates, has died at his home in Thurloc-square, quired these Islands they felt they sunable settlement of International

le resign.

All Territorials, it is hoped, will be fitted with uniforms before the summer camp period. This was an-

Hore-Bellsha, War Minister.

The music of which headquarters Hore-Belishu Mr.

added

that disapproved was "The Works of Mr. Brown added that about 50 1,500,000 Territorial uniforma

were Great Masters," a selection of Wag- wireless and signal ratings of the now on order. R.N.V.R. and

the R.N.V. Wireless The matter was now being treated ner, Gounod and others arranged by would be called up for three as one of prime urgency, and 25,000 an Australian Salvationist, and "The Reserve

Three Spires," composed by Mr. months from June 16, and a similar to 30,000 uniforms were being issued Minjor. number for subsequent

4-

three every week. months; about 300 men of the R.NR. 19. GD. A DAY Patrol Service for three months from June 16, and a ke number for a subsequent three months.

The necessary number of retired and Reserve officers would be called up for a period of six months from June 15.

ARMY "AND AIR

FOR MILITIAMEN

The alleged breach of regulations concerning the cap braid is that the Coventry bandsmen wear caps with Instead of red, and on the peaks, which

During their six months training.black stripes the pay for militiamen will be 15. have braid od, a day-not is, a day as was should be plain. originally announced, it was stated by the Army Council,

Wives of men culled up will re- ceive an allowance of 178. a week on the condition that their husbands In the case of the Army, the first) ullot, In addition, not less than 3. group of Territorial Anti-Aircraft dd. a week from their pay.

FORCE PLANS

EMPIRE NEWS

INDIAN RAILWAY CRASH DEATHS

CALCUTTA.

Allowances for children will be on the same scale as for the children of men serving in the Regular Army,

The Rev. John Faithful and Mr. and there is also provision for de-3. N. Majumdar, Chairman of Dacea pendents.

Municipality, were among the 32 killed in a railway crush at Majdla recently. Majdia 00 miles from Cnicutia.

U.B.BEER

UB

Prefer!

BEER AT ITS BEST

UB

W.R. LOXLEY & Co., (China) Ltd.

Old lugs, poor folk, and court

officials read the news with sad

*nces.

During his seventeen years on the bench at Clerkenwell and at Maryle bone, he became known as the friend of the "down and out," and was

he

The speaker related how towards

of American interests: The tection the of the last century struggle over Cuba gave the United American people realiced that the Slates possession of the Philippine world which could best serve the b- Islands. It was their desire to have ferests of America and other nations commercial base in the Far East was a world based on recognition of that primarily motivated their tak- International Jaw, recognition of re- ing the Islands. When they had ac- ciprocal economic relations, and disputes without resort to force. needed no further

this possessions in

"Recent actions in the United part of the world and engaged, from 1900-14, in a campaign

said, "make me feel that of

invest States ment in various parts of the world. American foreign policy has now During the period from 1914 to taken a defaite direction based on these principles....There are a great her entrance into the War in 1917,

United States was very little many Americans, I feel, who now interested in Far Eastern events.

believe that the United States has.

ing that these principles are ICS- pected by other nations." the part of the people of the Unit ed States would influence the Gov- one could say, went on the speaker. ernment in its foreign policy,

the

"We

described as "soft hearted, but just "neutrality attempted to enforce a cerinin responsibility towards Gee-

NOT AN

EASY JOB

"You might think a magistrate's job an easy one, but it is a very painful

one," he declared when placing on probation a young house maid who had stolen from her cm- ployer.

Another woman brought before him had been selling matches to carn a night's lodging.

policy, which most people recognise now as an impossible polley for any nation to follow in such clr

cumstances.

neutral nation, and because Britain This policy did not make us n

and France controlled the seas, our

How for the changed attitude on

-ou

"It seems to me," he concluded, trade was mainly with them. It is "that the thing which may perhaps notable that we made as many pro- come out of any relations between tests to Britain and France against Chinese and Americans may be a the seizure of our ships as we made

ade personal

of understanding to Germany. The real difference other's problems. was that the British seized only tributed, even a little, "I have no sympathy with these material supplies, whereas the Ger- The Dacca mail crashed into the North Bengal express at full speed prosecutions against poor-people who mans were, of necessity, compelled while the express was

have matches to sell," said Mr. to sink American ships, resulting in standing at Bingley. "If I wanted

box of the loss of many lives. the station.

Among the injured were members matches I should take one, but if 1 of the Legislature coming to Calcutta guve her a penny and didn't want any matches so much the better for for a niceting.

ber."

He discharged the woman. ATTITUDE TO

The European driver of the Dacca mail had a nnrrow Escape. The Anglo-Indian guard, Rayneau, was killed:

The Bengal Prime Minister, Mr. Fazi

ul Huq, and Cabinet Ministers _were_returning to Calcutta in the train behind the Dacen-mall and were held up.

IETTY THEFTS

He disliked having to punish Inds for small thefts. "I seem to be doing it every day" he once said "punish- loy boys for petty pinching: mine is a miserable job.”

Mr. Gandhi Mobbed.-Mr. Gandhi In court he looked more like a was mobbed by a large crowd on his schoolmaster than a stipendiary. return to Rajkot, the scene of his re- PLEA FOR cent fast. Black flags were waved TOY SELLERS and slogans shouted by the demon-

When,

at the end of the year, strators. The crowd comprised land-Itinerant traders selling mechanical owners and Moslems, who were not toys on the pavements were charged represented in the list of nominations with obstruction, he turned to the for the reforms committee submitted prosecution and said:

to the Ruler of Rajkot by Mr. Gandhi, NEW ZEALAND

IMPORT LICENCES

DELAYS

AUCKLAND.

"Cannot you overlook this sort of thing at Christmas? Is it such crime to sell sham policemen waving their arms on the steps of Martin's Church?" REMARK TO

UNEMPLOYED

St.

Once the Marylebone court was

Delays in obtaining import licences have caused manufacturers in some instances to abandon their plans. In filled with unemployed who marched spite of the Assurances by. the in and occupied the whole of the Government that raw materials from space allotted to the public. overseas will be made available for "When you gentlemen have taken manufacturers, dificulties are still your scats, after having no doubt being experienced in obtaining nde- queued up outside as if it is a cinema, quate supplies.

perhaps We con proceed," he said. Some manufacturers believe that | LIKED TO Impart restrictions will be more pro- nounced in the second half of the A youngster from Birkenhead charged with loitering came before Governor's Confidence, Viscount him. Mr. Bingley was told that the Galway, the Governor-General, sald boy find a previous conviction of four lix a speech at Pleton recently that he months for stealing a few eigarettes. believed if the European war clouds

"How did that heppen," asked the burat: the Empire would again stand

magistrate. together for the principles of liberty

"I think I got the senience for and justice. If others attacked Eng-smiling," the lad replied.

year.

Iand they would find her as strong as In the past and keeping to her path.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA

SCHEME FOR WAR- --TIME PRODUCTION

+ SALISBURY.

SEE SMILES

each If I have

to a better ahall feel well repaid." understanding of American policy. I Mr. Bitting thanked the speaker. His remarks were endorsed by Mr. Southard, who said that he heartlły approved of the purpose of the In- Dr. Johnstone said that the Ameri- stitute and hoped to be of some prac- can people had given little thought tical use in furthering that purpose. to their neutrality policy after the in the future.

Polley After War

Smoke SKIPPER

BRAND BRITISH NAVY CUT

MILD, MEDIUM AND

FULL STRENGTIT

PACKED IN

1, 2, 4 and 8 oz. AIR-TIGHT TINS

NEW PARLOPHONE RECORDS.

Orchestra. Mascotte..

Joe Venuti a Ed. Lani.. Frederic Hippmann & His Orch..

„Frankle Trumbauer & His Orch.. Orchestra Mascotic..

R2042.

Volces of Spring. Waltz,

Autumn Murmurs. Waltz,

R2032.

Goin' Pinces. Rhythm, Style.

Doin' Things.

12030.

"I like to see a smile in my gloomy court," was Mr. Bingley's comment, and the boy was bound over.

Kisses In The Dark. Serenade,

Kiss Serenade.

R2026.

GAVE HER

Futuristic Rhythm. Rhythm Style.. Get Happy.

A CHANCE

R2828.

A woman, aged 77, came before him for shop-lifting, she had been in prison for 23 years. off and on for almllar offences.

R2020.

Third Waltz Medley, (obrecht.) My Dream Tango. Tango.

By The Black Sea... Tango.

F1389.

Morch of the Herald.

Sons of the Brave..

Jolly Brothers

Baby's Sweetheart.

F1390.

Veleta.. St. Bernard Waltz

F1905

To maintain production in time of War and also to release as many men. "Mir: Bingley, referring to the list F1807 as possible for active service, the of previous convictions, remarked Agricultural Department is organising that nobody had ever tried the Pro-F1300 co-ordinated efforts in re agricul- bation of Offenders Act upon her.

The Court Missionary offered to tural industry.

Locul Farmers Associations have take her under his care.

been asked to set up committees to That is very kind: while there's survey the man-power in mapped life there's hope to said Mr. Bingley, areas. Groups of farms will be agreeing to this, course. worked under 'skilled; supervision

from one centre, and the fullest van tumilies of farmers going on active will be, made of men unfitted for service. In some enses the wives will wish to remain in charge of the contemplates farms, and will need women' com-

nctive service.

"The"" schèmé

also

| arrangements" for the tate of → the pullons-

George Boulanger & Ills Orch

Philip Green, & IIIs Orch.. Victor Silvester's Harmony Music..

Park Parade, Sequence Dance (with Dance Instruction )

Victor Sifventer & His Balloons Orch. Tutti Frult. Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots In "Drainnatio Mutiny In The Nursery, C.F.T. MASASA AD

ETC., ETC., ETC.

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