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Wednesday,

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 26, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

AND I'LL TEACH' YOU THIS ONE

SOME

TIME!

Appeal For

136) by United Pasture Sendlerie, Tre,

B. 1, J. Pat O§and) Hahl marted

Recruits St Andrew's

For Police Reserves

Speaking in Chinese last night in a broadcast appeal, from the local studie, for more inen to John the Hongtong Police Reserve, Dr S. W. Two sald:

notice.

Church Meeting

Election Of Officers

win

also

elected

Street, they will be supplied with application forms and directed as to how to all in such forms. After cer

Mr A. C. Jeffreys und Dr K. 11. tain enquiries have been made, their applications will be submitted to the Ulley were elected representatives Board of Trustees of the To-night I am going to tell you Hon. Commissioner of Police for ap- to the something about the Hongkong proval and enrolment. When their Church of England in the Diocese, Reserve Force. The idea of applications are approved they will at the annual meeting of St Andrew's Police haviny such

a Force constituted was be informed. I'rocedure subsequent Church last night. The Rev II. A the outcome of the great strike which to enrolment will be explained by Wittenbach, Acting Vicar, presided.

Mr Jeffreys broke out in the Colony in 1925 when

Chinese in free China have won the a Chinese Special Constabulary was golden opinion of the whole world Vicar's Warden and Mr G. S. P.

by their willingness to make sacri Haywood People's Warden. organized to help the Police coping with the emergency. At that

The income and expenditure ac- time I was appointed by the Gov-dices for their liberty, freedom, hearth

I will not count showed a balance of income ernmnt to be Chinese Labour Con- and home and country. troller working in conjunction with suffer myself to think that Chinese over expenditure of $11.50. Messra T. Te-elected Mr Young of Messrs. Butterfield and in Hongkong are a whit less public. A. Martin & Co. were

their compatriots in nulitors. spirited than Swire, the Chief Labour Controller,

Controller free China. I took responsibility over

this

Not Beneath Dignity Special Constabulary Organisation. There may be some who, on ne When the trouble was over,

this count of their abilities or position in Special Constabulary was disbanded, life, feel that it is infra, dig, to art but its members kept together and as a common Chinese Constable.

The proposal of Christ Church for expressed to me their willingness Here, I must tell them an incident

Christ Church, St Andrew's and St become Police Reservists. I thought which I know of my personal know- joint Church magazine sel by up Inasmuch as ledge. During the emergency in 1925, John's was discussed and it was de- this was a good idea,

will have a

a trained Force Justice Compertz, our late Puisne cided that as far as St Andrew's was Hongkong

Mr ready to cope with any emergency at Judge, sto

stood

over the Supreme Special Constable. Many

concerned there was agreement in once instead of cafting up Special Court as

and I

After Miss N. Eliot, of the Church Social Centre, had given a short talk on the Centre's activities, Mrs M. Bird

the Church's was elected representative of the Centre,

a

Constables at a moment's notice. I notables, too, in the Colony acted in principal, but the matter had yet to was requested to approach the Hon. the same manner. One should realise, be further discussed with the Coun- Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, then the Inspector

that

service to the public cil of St John's to render General of Police, on the subject, is an honour in self. and Mr Wolfe completely spreed with the suggestion,

acquired

the

in services a

with

BUSHMILLER,

EYE SAFETY-British girl wears these rubber and metal gogglas to shield her face from flying shrapnel fragments. She can close large eye-holes and still seo her way through slits.

Bitter

Conditions

In

Albanian Operations

I DID not fully realise how bitter the Greek-Italian war is

vices of intercession in connection cartridges, rifles, and wrecked Air Marshal

At one end of the battlefield torrential rains had swept scores. of bodies into a heap against

of

some trees.

we

Speaks Of U. S. Planes

In his report, Mr Wittenbach said: One more point I would like to

"Since I commenced duty in the mention here. In giving to charities, Parish only on January 2, I cannot Discussions took place as to what there is a saying that "He gives be expected to make a report on the the powers, duties and status of the twice who gives quickly." Similarly work of 1940. I have therefore, in- new force should be, and when these one who renders his services promptvited the secretaries of the various until I walked across the Klisura battlefield to take these messages

double value aliens connected were clearly defined and agreed upon ly gives his

St to the nearest telegraph office across the Greek frontier, writes the Government, Please therefore and approved by

gentlemen, come

to present reports, were a correspondent of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." the Police Reserve Ordinance

During 1940, Thus the long-ckly and join the Police Reserve

180 services 1927 was passeth

Italian dend were sprawied out Take your proper places under

and Sundays

Holy conducted on Reserve Force

and prove sun as good citizens kong Police

ser-in mud, amid scattered heaps of, its legal status. In the meantime, the yourselves true and worthy, sons of Days and there were weekly Chinese Company had already been Cathay wherever you may reside. formed and ready to function,

WILT

I would also like to add my appen with the war. There have been 2,035 machine guns. and was appointed by the Gov- to heads of all business Arms, both Individual nets of Communion. In ernment the Honorary Cooner

European and Chinese. Many Chi- spite of the large number of people thereof. Starting with

nese are employed in your flims as evacuated, this is only 195 below Inst with this

them to: year." Company, the Indian Company was clerks. Pleaso encourage

"These represent the services soon to fallow and then the Flying join up and give them every

facility Unil.

the Church. I trust, however, Squad and the Envergency These four Units are, at present, thef for training. As time is pressing shall be clear in our own minds that the bodies of men

training must commence as soon

our our, parochial activities,

The Greeks are able to move their contingents of the whole Reserve they join the Force. The present all

retreat the By everything he didn't say, Force, which Is under the direct control of the Hon. Commissioner of arrangements for training start at clubs and organisations, are equally dead, but is disordered

p.m. and four times a week subject, our avenues of service through which Italians leave everything.

I came on one fine-looking, beard- Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Police, and its services

ed Italian who, I thought, was alive, the man responsible for the appreciated by the successive of course, to changes. Any intelligent are a city set on a rill and our Right greatly

man can pass all his tests within two must shine forth to brighten

We 115. that he darkness

surrounds heads-of-the-Police-Department.

is over, weeks. After the training

live are a city set on a hill-and-our-light He seemed to be smiling at me.! Increase of Population

be called to perform active

up

to brighten the showing his fine white teeth, eight guns of the R.A.F.'s Spit- During the

past three years, the may

duty by The Hon, Commissioner of must shine forth

do darkness that surrounds us. We there was a puzzled look in his deep fires and Hurricanes, criticised population of this Colony has been

some say, by Police, Generally these duties

fle was dead. nearly one million.

He was just one of the men who, and abnormal increase in the except when an emergency actually to-morrow, God grant that His fight mule to have a further look at him,

of occurs. In that case, of course, even in us at St Andrew's may never population,

responsibility

the office work may have to be suspend- blacked-out."

according to the Italian Foreign Mini- ster (Count Clano), was going to keeping peace and good order

of

take part in a triumphal march Colony falls very heavily upon the ex

I earnestly hope shoulders of the Regular Police. Al- though the strength of the Reserve firms will give our Force this most

through the streets of Athens. Increased considerably valuable help. With since its inception, the present num-marks, I bid you all good-night.

have been

The

A ravine I crossed was choked with

increased enormous this sudden not interfere much with office work, commence three nights of black-out blue ryes, no I dismounted from my the armament of U. S. war

Force

the

the

ber is not considered to be sufficient

five

to cope with any emergency which may arise under present conditions. A further increase of another hundred men is deemed necessary, and the Government has now au- thorised this increase, and directed be made that such Increase should mainly in the Chinese Company.

As the Honorary Commissioner of the Chinese Company, I consider t to see to it that my bounden duty

car-

this order be carried out, and ried out quickly, as every man who

that beads

these few re-

Price of

Firewood Controlled

Following rapidly on the appoint-

is enrolled in the Force must under-ment of a Firewood Controller, the

go various courses of training before Government has

Axed the price of he can be expected to perform his firewood locally, and n Gazette Ex- traordinary issued yesterday after- duties eficiently.

In order to facilitate recruiting of noon declares that the maximum new members for the Chinese Com-prico at which, until further order,

be

It was decided that the reports of the organisations be printed in the next issue of the Church's magazine The following were elected for the Church Council-Messra A. H. Dibbs, R. Dormer, G. S. P. Haywood, A. Jeffreys, C. Mathews. J. Ramsay, Phelps-Gardiner, T. G. Gould, D.

E.

Plans And Reality

planes, reports Leonard Engel in "PM.”

Sir Hugh, who looks more like a schoolmaster than the tough- minded customer who hended Britain's home nir defence until Plans for this march have been a few weeks ago, studiously re- frained from direct criticism. The plans even show

W. Sharp, E, Thomas, G. found on several dead officers.

where the

Joyce, Dr S. G. Kirkby-Gomes, Mirst various units were to assemble for He had warm words of praise for U. S. planes in general, for E Gibbons, Dr K. H. Utley, Miss W. the great entry into Athens,

Count Ciano is reported to have Robinson.

Diocesan Conference.- All Council had a special Creek "Governor's uni- their navigating and blind-flying instruments and for their bomb the exception of farm made for himself. members with Messrs It. Dormer, G. S. P. lingwood,

sights,

Money For Bomber Fund

in

But this man's body was a symbol

Too Few Guns

A. C. Jeffreys, C. Mathews, D. Joyce, of the reality-Italions dying vainly the bitterest campaign in history. The Italians know they Bre пи

But every time he was asked "how mountain match for the Greeks In

The snow, mud, about their guns and armour?" fighting, where driving and murderous ascents make warfare started a lengthy discussion of the in- trieneles of guns and armour plate in a hideous experience,

The

Greeks

performed general. He implied that guns are bave miracles In transporting supplies and too few on the American planes and armour plate not adequate exactly uns over these mountains.

Every man is fighting and working what Ralph Ingersoll reported on his by n cowardly aggressor,

A total of 91,585,078.60 was reaches yen-

pany, I deem it advisable to make firewood may be sold in the Colony terday by the War Fund Inaugurated by fanatically for a freedom threatened return from London.

10 the

publie, retail is $1 for 40 catties.

announced, already shipment

As

known our needs especially to the Chinese community, by way of an appeal, and I have ob- tained permission to do so by broad- from chating on the radio a few words to urge our

has of frewood

it is understood Borneo, and

shipments are on the that further way to Hongkong.

The price of firewood on February

the S. C. M. Post, Ltd, with the following a large donations: arrived, L. D. Brough. 2 R/S (third

donation R., E. Stattery) .............................. EP in memory of the late Mr Mr E. J. t. Michel (in memory

of Dick Treasury

ended 12.2.4 forward and join the Reserve Force. 19, just a week ago, reached the re-

cord local price of $1 for only 17.K.C.C. "Ducks

nese to come

young Chinese

Chinese Mainly Affected

Κατα

Grecks Go Upwards Night overtook me as I descended the mountains, slipping; and sliding in mud which at times reached the 524 mule's belly,

22.40

120

10

10

Dox" (week

and Butterfin-

In doing so, I would like to place cattles. A few weeks ago the price before them the following facts:

1-The population of this Colony was 22 cailles to the dollar, and then Mary Edmondson forventi dana- consists of more than 07 per cent.ose to 19 and later 18 estties fer a cottage

dollar.

Should any Chinese. breake

out, the Chinese suffer

disturbance community

would to help in keeping and mail STOCK MARKET

taining peace and good order in the Colony is the duty of every good citizen. The Chinese, being the largest section of the community, should take the largest share or part in performing this duty, as it really means the protection of their hearth and home and their business und

properties.

own

feel sure that the Chinese fully realise the above facts and are mi- xious to come forward and do their bit. But what they may not know is that the Chinese Company is having recruiting campaign or how to get themselves enrolled. Now I will toll them. If they will call

Com-

the Police Reserve personally at pany's Headquarters

Chic

on the Drst floor of Prince's Building, No. 5 Ice

or at.. the House Street,

on the first nese Company's Club Boor of Pedder Building, Pedder

REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange ofMelal summary Isstted yesterday, says: The market continues neglected,

Buyers Bank of East Asia $76 Canton Ins. $215

Union Ins. $411 I.K. Firen Ins. $170 Providents $6.75

Lands 4% Debentures $97,50 Trams $17.50 Lights $6.15

Sellers

Hotels $3,00 Humphreys $7.03 Nealties $3.40 Trams' $17.75

Sales Electrics "O" $41.75/50

50

Bookic (second

tion) M Club donation) Mr 3. Crylch II.K.V.D.CNo. 1 Machine Gun

"Cincina Allow"

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PRISONERS OF WAR

The S. C. M. Post has received

following donation to the Relief Fund

British Prisoners of War:

Mr R. D. Gillespie $100,

SALVATION ARMY

235

the

over

Asked directly whether U. S. planes were seeing irst-line action England, Sir Hugh replied that every one of our cruft was being used in the job for which it was best suited,

turret

He said that the Lockheed-Hudson bombers were "outstanding"-after In the sleet and snow 1 had finally each plane had had a EUR to

the mule. Yet added to give it protection att-and abandon

descent dimcult through

that the RAF. would continue to use passed endless lines of Greek soldiers them in constul patrol work. tolling upwards.

this

There are no railways in this part

of Albania, few roads, and little motor transport.

Present At Taranto

A Glenn Martin bomber, he said,

All these men had been walking was present at the British raid on for many miles dally for weeks, with the Taranto-photographs

worst of it all at the end,

the

The S. C. Af, Past has received following donation to the Salvation Army In memory of the lake Mtr 1. E. Slattery: Frida and Bob, 10.

Planter Killed In Flying Accident

were taken from

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