The question of better accom modation for troops in China still engages attention here on the lines indicated in my notes on Shanghai. With regard to Hongkong improve ments are in hand to remedy defects. The Indian Infantry Battalion is quartered at Kowloon on} the mainland, There is a great shortage of accommodation for all ranks, but British Officers can find rooms in a certain number of Government quarters, available for bachelors only. Married _officers have to make their own arrangements in hotels, flats or boarding houses. The best hotel in Kowloon Jat the present time is the Peninsula Hotel, the daily, rate for front double rooms being $15 inclusive, 'The Neuralia leaves Southampton lon September 22, with droits. for China and picks' up Malta details for Hongkong, and Singapore d fails and RAF. drafts. for He kong. The "2nd Worcester Regiment will be taken on at Malta on September Shan October ivi is vessel will leave Shanghai, on November 1, with the 2nd East jeashive Regiment for Hongkong, arriving November 4, she. then returns to Shanghai to take the 93rd to India on November 14 and do+ tails to Singapore, Ceylon, India land home, including R.A.F.
The Neuralia's second voyage will begin on January 6, from Southampton with the families of the 2nd East Lancashire for Hongkong and drafts for China, She will be at Hongkong on February 9 and Shanghai on February 12, leaving Shanghai on February 19 (Hongkone 23) with details for Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar and home, arriving March 29.
The Somersetshire will make a naval "voyage from home on February 22, with crews and army details, Her dates are Hongkong March 29, leaves, Hongkong April 5, arrives home May 10, with crews and troops.
The Ast, Bu. 8th Punjab Regiment leaves. Calcutta in October to relieve the 3rd Bu. 9th Jat Regiment at Hongkong,
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