THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 22, 1940
EVACUATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARING
FIVE APPLICATIONS FOR
FROM EVACUATION, FIVE FOR PERMISSION TO ZEAL OF THE
RETURN TO THE COLONY AND ONE FOR PER-
MISSION TO ENTER HONG KONG, WERE HEARD BASUTOLAND
BY THE EVACUATION ADVISORY. COMMITTEE,
COMPRISING MR. JUSTICE E. H. WILLIAMS,
MAJOR R. E. MOODY, MR. C. BLAKER AND MR. C. B. BURGESS, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER THIS MORNING.
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The application was rejected by the Committee.
Mrs. L. H. Coates, was allowed Appearing for her mother, Mrs. exemption on grounds that she A. G. Everett, Miss Everett ap- was attached to the Air Raid Pre-plied for permission for her to cautions Department, while Mrs. return to Hong Kong. Her mo- A. Zaitseff was exempted from ther was a qualified A.R.P. War- evacuation, subject to the sending den. She was granted permis- of her child out of the Colony. slon to return to the Colony but
An application by 'Mrs. M. Ma- this was revoked. son for exemption was refused. "I shall write to the Governor to- day." remarked Mrs. Mason leaving the Council Chamber.
Mrs. D. G. Frost who went to Shanghai with her two children on July 12, and returned with the children on August 12 under the impression that she had obtained exemption, this morning asked for an extension of time after her application was rejected. The Committee declined to grant an extension,
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CHIEFTAIN
THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF BASUTOLAND WAS SO EAGER TO SERVE BRITAIN THAT HE
ASKED TO BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES. THIS HAD TO BE REFUSED AS HE HAS TO RULE HIS PEOPLE.
He has now instructed his banker to pay £20 a month to the British war fund.
The
District Commissioner says the Chief, if he had tis. way, would raise an army Im mediately andˆ head. It' against the italians.
On Saturday, Basutoland sent a gift of £100,000 to buy Spit- fires for the R.À.F. - Reuter.
FRENCH GIFT OF
Mr. J. F. Robinson, of Butter- field and Swire, applied for per- mission for Mrs. Ñ. M. Elson to enter the Colony from Shanghai. Mrs. Elson, said Mr. Robinson, was needed by the company to take charge of general supervision of catering, a position left unoccu- pied by the evacuation of the wo- man who was formerly in charge.
AN AMBULANCE Mr. Robinson stated that company could not spare a
The Free French community of to take charge and
Kenya yesterday handed over to they had been unable to find
the East African Force a. .com- а person capable of doing the work. Mrs. pletely equipped ambulance. The Elson has been with the
ceremony at Nairobi was attend- previously refused exemption, this pany for 10 years, was experienced by the Governor and the Bel- morning said she had gone through experience in nursing. The ap-
ed in such work, and also had gian consul.--Reuter. several Auxiliary Nursing Ser-plication was granted. vice lectures and was about to take an examination. She had been în Canton for 21 years and was now domiciled in Hong Kong.
A.N.S. Training
Mrs. G. M. Stratton, who was
Business Reasons
com-
Mr. G. A. Harriman applied for She disclosed that some time permission for his wife to return ago she received a form from the from Australia. He said he had Colonial Secretariat. She answer- been mobilised in the Naval Vo- ed the three questions on the lunteer Reserve and had no-one form and, signing it, sent.it back to take care of his business. His to the C.SO. Later, it was den- business was such that a res- ier that the form had been re- ponsible person had to be in the ceived. The letter was: not re-office. He had made preparations turned to her through the post. for the protection of his wife in Asked what the form contained, the form of a dug-out at his re- Mrs. Stratton said that the first sidence. question asked her whether she was willing to serve in a certain service. To this question she re- plied "Yes."
Previously, when he went on business trips to Manila and elsewhere, his wife took charge of the office. The application was
The second question asked granted. whether she had any children, Stating that his sister-in-law, and to this she answered "No." The third asked "whether her husband was willing for her to remain in the Colony.
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Mrs. I. K. S. Adam, was a pro- fessional nurse, Mr. H. Broken- shire applied for permission for her to return to Hong Kong. It was granted.
Mr. Burgess, intervening, said that he had been working in Mr. B. J. Levkovich applied for connection with the evacuation, permission for his wife to return but had never heard of such to Hong Kong. She was a train- a form.
ed nurse. Her certificates were Mrs. Stratton said that she received in Hong Kong this was in Canton when the Ja-morning. The Committee indicat- panese bombed the city. "Ied that the case would be re- have been through all that and considered when the Director of can stand up to anything and Medical Services received the I have no children," she said. certificates. Remarking that the Committee Application for permission for saw no exceptional circumstances his wife to return, by Mr. G. In her case, Mr. Williams, re- Gasper, mobilised in the Naval fused the application.
Volunteer Reserve, was refused.
SMASHING R.A.F. ATTACKS IN MIDDLE EAST
SMASHING R.A.F. attacks on Italy's Libyan naval base of Tóbruk and aerodromes in Eritrea,and Abyssinia from which Italian aircraft have attempt- ed without much success to menace British traffic. were made before dawn on Sunday, it was announc- ed in Cairo yesterday.
Bombs unloaded over Tobruk straddled the waterfront between the barracks and naval fuel tanks, causing one explosion of particular violence, the flash of which lit up the cabin of the raiding air- craft, in addition to other minor explosions.