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IMPORTANT EVENTS:
WEDDING, FAREWELL DINNERS.
NO. 33322
ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
GEORGE WONG
Defence Questions Charge
Submission Is Overruled
THE TRIAL OF GEORGE WONG ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON COMMENCED YESTERDAY BEFORE A GENERAL MILITARY COURT COMPRISING MR. LEO d'ALMADA • CASTRO (PRESIDENT). MAJOR J.B. KITE AND MAJOR C.F. MILES.
MR M.A. da SILVA, ASSISTED BY MR. R.S. SMITH, IS APPEARING FOR THE PROSECUTION, AND MR. HIN.SHING LO, INSTRUCTED BY MR, H.L. KWAN, IS FOR THE DEFENCE. -
Flowing the r sting of the charge. Me... shin to maste anlaining that a fire of high gold be brought
bare amon
ON LEAVE BUT STILL IN THE ARMY
against Wong as he was not of British nationality.
kich treason
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1946.
London, Apr, 1:
CASE SIR MARK MISSING AIR LINER
YOUNG GOVERNOR
PETIOT
TRIAL IN THIRD WEEK
complices
Kong under the Japanese ee-) cupacion and submitted that the he had
The
none.
state
The following
announce-
mont, made by the Colonial Office, has been released by the official spokesman of the Hong Kong Military Admini- stration:
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which he rumes his duties.
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The crew of a plane scarch- ing for the missing Lan- castrian air litter, which dis- appeared on a Britain to Aus tralia flight, yesterday night- ed floating wreckage about 186 miles north-west of the Cocoa Islands, Melbourne Ro dio reported today.
The wreckage has not been identified, but the search has bcon intensified. Who Radio added-Reuter,
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AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE ALONG THE RETURN- ROAD TO PEACE-TIME CONDITIONS WAS PÅSSED -WHEN THE EMERGENCY POWERS (EXTENSION) „PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED BY BRIGADIER D.M. MACDOUGALL, C.M.C.) CHIEF CIVIL AFFAIRS OF- FICER, ON SATURDAY.
This 25
y
THIS PROCLAMATION. APPEARS' IN A CAZETTE EXTRA-
ORDINARY PUBLISHED YESTERDAY. AFTERNOON,
Sie Mark Young will be re-
The Defence Regulations were deals, with these. Defence, Raguin. Paris, April 1.
made under the posters conferri)|tions which are revalens, to be, Lurning to Home Kong to Te-
by the Emergency Powers kept alive in Hong Kong having sume his appointment as Gover- The trial of Dr. Marcel
(Defence) Acts. 1939 to 1945: regard to the particular condition nor and Commander-in-Chlef} Petiot starts its third and last towards the end of April. The
those Acts expired in England en prevailing hers and necessitated* Fab. 24,.1946. The Defence Re- by reason of the fact, that this week, today with the likeli- | Military arbortties will hand
gulations were
were kept alive in Hong Colony was in enemy occupation. hood that one of history's over the administratio of the
Kong in their entirety for a fur for the greater part of the dura Mark Yung
Wher
expiring er
on March 31, tion, of the Pacific War and her close with most of its myster- biggest murder cases would Colony to Say
bis arrival.
1946 by the
resources and amenities su
Krave! Tokyo, April 1
Pracam- Provisional Exciony Laws recharco
ly depleted in consequence, Th The King, his approved
General MacArthur, Supreme ation, No. 23. ከቦ
position now future polley with regard to re- applicability of i
Mr. Lo direussed in detail the ics unsolved.
extension of Sir Mark Young's Allied Commands in Japan, to-ly that the have been allowed to gulations kent alive by Fart III The outstanding „Petiol my-term of appointment as Gover day order the Jesange Chan lapse at midnight on March 31, will of course real with the civil charge to un alien in Hong stery was that of pessible ac- nor
Comunir-In-Chr.ment to return to
the British 1946, except in so far a specific government on its return, Government. two lire engines
All the regulations nte kopt in alleged Hong Kong, for such a period ich were neized at Hong Kong regulations have been kept alive
force for a period of six months The defence as will enable him to re for and presented 12 tte Empator for by this now Proclamation. | indictment was bei Itpally and
In England, the Supplies and after the return of civil govern- year from the late Dil the pr
protection that one of the evert nets laid claimed he and "cotrades."
of the Imperial Services (Transitional Powers) ment but with provisions for their Palace during bombing raids, againat Accused praognited to Another mystery is the means)
Act, 1945, which has been extend further extention. of slaying. There were no signs him freason
*** Sir Mark Young arrived inually new at the time of seizure;} Colony Broys that certain De- the authority empow
The engines, which were vired by Order in Council to the able HE: the Governor, puoi Following a long argument, of violence on the bones, though the Colony in August, 1041, to which Mr. M. A da Silva Petlot said the victims were take
have been identified by Brigadier fence Regulations may be kept Order in Council up his appointment
to General P. Tansey, Chief of the alive to maintain control and re-life
prolong in succession to Sir Civil Property Custodian Office au
of the replied, the defending counsel's clubned, or shot. No slaying was Governor,
regulations covered by Andrew Northente. Ho Was In
and Services so 38 gulate Suppites submission was overruled by the witnessed, one of the victims Hong Kong during the Japanes and
Parts I and II of the Proclama London, April 1. President of the Cower and Ac-¡were seen entering
such Onlara with the house, attack in December that vear, and
tish Govammantive of the Bri- to secure sufliciency thereof for tion, tu muke 9904,
equitable distribution at yard to
to them as he
Th consid Men and women on relcase cused was asked to make his No parts of the remains had
signed the surrender terms in the At present housed in the fm. the wellbeing of the community
80 for as
as Part leave from the forces are un-
plea. Wong pleaded "Not been traced to any of the, alleged Peninsula Hotel on Christning perial garages, they will be trans-an
concerned, for the mccessory Guilty."
'victims. dcr
of him until after V-J Day, werred to Kure, Japanese navali fair prices, to facilitate the demo-
bilisation and rerettlement of per- Ingislative authority to bo obtain. service law until "the
for shipment to Hong Kong. sons and the readjustment of in-ed from the Legislative Council In his submission to the leave
expires. This ruling Cart, Mr. Lo said, in part:
Bet the sheer. weight of num-
The British of several leading
Government has hers of the 27 charges and hin, guris freed from a prison cams further requested General Mac- quirements of the community insulations which ought still to be dustry and commerce to the re- for the continuance of those ro- was given by A Kirkwall "Mr Proet, Sir, with your own failure to provide any cre in Manchurin.
Bruzes
Arthur', Headquarters to expe time of peace or to assist the re-kept in force for a farther perip).- Court-martial,
permission, I wish to explain dible explanation lay heavily on Educated Demobilised last "December, a
the position of Counsel for the the strange defendant under the College At Eton and King'a dite the return of a huge lathe, lief of suffering and distribution Mark valued at £25,000, which was also of supplies in countries that ar Sir 29 vear-old ex-soldier. Gunner defence and then make my sub- Fresch legal system based on Young was in the Ceylon Civil seized in Hong Kong but was in grave disiacas as a result of David Hay of Allan Street, mission on the legality of the prolability rather that "rea-Service from 1009 to 1923. He found at the Mitsuf shipyards. in war Kikwall, was reentled to his recharge of
doubt. Associated was Colonial Secretary in Sierra Okayama-Reuter. and court-Buainst the accused,, giment in January martialled Just work on two charges relating to incidents that occurred when he was in civier.
་་༢
treason preferred sonable
Prese
MacARTHUR George DENIAL
the charge of treason alust the accused is a scutel to Japanese.occupation of Hong Kong (which is associated with{ Today he was atpitted of as merous and notorious acia off saulting an officer. Cattained. II. | brutality, inhumanity and bar- Powell, R.A.S.C.. at 4: daifee, barism) the case of The decision will be promulgat-Wong has aroused great public ed on the second charge of tak-interest and even hostile feeling ing part in a disturbance. against the accused in the Co- Gummer Hay-was back-ut his lony and among Chinese patriota old job as baker when he went everywhere.
to a dance on Jan. 12. He had been a civilian exactly a mouth.
British Justice
He was arrested thers by the ei-
" any criminal trial of any vilian police and released on £1 bail early the next day to ap-accused of any nationality which pear at a local court on Jan. 31. involves capital punishment in It was revealed at the court ease of conviction, unless the ne- martial that when he answered cused provides his own Counsel the summons on Jan. 1, he was for his defence, the Crown in taken before
(Continued on Page 4).
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magistrate,
given back his bail of £1 and
- told to go.
.
Open Arrest
Next day he received ́n tele- gram from the Army stating that he had been "erroneously derpilled last December." Later he received a letter con- firming this and received orders to report back to the Army in Orkney. When he returned to the Cameron Highlanders in Orkney on Feb. 18, hè was pine-
to
Day. Nothing further was heardi
was
Cambridge.
Leone in 1928 and Chief Secre- lary, Palestine, in 1930, in 1833, he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Barvados, being made a K.C.M.G, the fol lowing year.
S'pore Change-Over
&
MILITARY COMMAND
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Bridging The Gap
the
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Poland Worst Off Nationis
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Former US. Presidante#Herbsit Hoover arrived her day from Warsaw to indy, Finland's
IN GREECE
Part I of the Proclamation kis: in force certain Defence Re Cairo, April 1. gulations for these purposes. The The British Middle East Com-Act under which these powers are mand, of which General Sir exercised remains in force for five Bernard Paget is Commander-in-years but may be extended for a Chief is to take over the British further period of one year in the Singapore, April 1.
Military Administration in Greece, event of Addresses being present Tokyo, April 1.
it was officially apnounced here. As fifteen guns hoomed in
ed by both Houses of Parliament food situation.
Hoover bald the heitum Until the latter stages of the General Douglas MacArthur, salute, the
civil administration European War. Greece came with
The Emergency Laws (Transition in Poland is desinking the Supreme Allied Commander came into being in Singapore fo- in the orbit of the Middle East tional Provisions) Act which i ly bad and the worst that bahay yesterday said "there is absolute day.
also applied to his Colony by encountered so fan his tours ly no truth" to the report that ke
Air-Marshal Sir Keith Park, Command from which
Order in Counell, extended certain head of the.. afterwards transferred
American commission had large holdings and commer- representing the Supreme Com-
the other Defence Regulations for a which is investirathirobeat Central Mediterranean cial interests in the. Philippines mander, read the proclamation of
1047. period expiring Dec. 31,
conditionals bluu huts or that his staff officors had been the termination of the military
These Regulations are required to fwhat folgend soedd yn business operation:
administration and Mr. P. A. B.
bridge the gap between the counrelated to hata ha Patan engaged in
McKerron. Colonial Secretary, there.
A mission is shortly proceeding from try's establishment on a war time will get hery sharp d took the oath as Officer Adminis- the United Kingdom to Australia under basis and the complete, return to to make trating the Government.
the leadership of Lieutenant-Generat Evette peace time, organisation. The pro-Vent an amin ay Porn Mr. G. Simeon. Governor-to investigate the potentialties of setting visions with regard to this time of designate of Singapore, who ar-up an establishment in Australls to aalat Regulation are contained in Part said..sldrtivou 19, +
must make rives tomorrow, will be installed in the development and undertake the II of the Froclamation, on Wednesday.-Reuter,
Part II of the Proclamation
His office said his statement was made in reply to a query on arti cles which recently appeared in some United States papera- sociated Press.
Most Pessimistic
Race
In Whole Of Europe
+
(By Dougles Brown)
London, April 1.
ed under open arrest and The Portuguese, spared the worst horrors of war, are yet charged with disorderly conduci
perhaps, the most pessimistic of all Europeans.
"Pravda" On Iran
Moscow, April 1
* Command.--Reuter.
In the first Sovlet comment on
the UNO Security Council dis. cussions, leading to the
with drawal of the Saviot representa- dan
Andrei Gromyko, the "Prayda" in Its International re-
between Soviet and Iran have led to
today: writes toda Folations
It
WOB
to
Fores
London, April 1.
ing of long range rockets,—Reuter,
Hong Kong Residents Stuck In Sydney
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are in Hongkong and Shanghai, aro stranded to Austin-
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lia with no prospects for months of obtaining pi plissent)| Valdkonna kisWambɔ oilw gor ship to take them home.
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Families, broken up before the in Sydney for controlabidad Dim-m Premier
James me
mono in gibanjerabne quon Filistella Vanakicon | cukurútubo sotheɛngin) yaldmihr: di · (To my childritesti Ediglänsal Goalhiem whvamment hind the harpus tirq|Bla{9w||w}#csfánsoatigışıher Parolanthe panese internmen: camp.) Do you Bentoni¥¤¤ów with
happy crica
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at a dance and with having na- As they emerge from the first, between 200 and 300 per cent. saulted Captain Powell. At post-war winter, they are firmly: Salaries and
wages, smail the court martial he was defend-convinced ed by a civilian solicitor, Lleu-things are gettiru wotse
that, economically, fanonth in any case, hove in-
mutual understanding-regarding Pacifle War, still have not been vice from her wudeme rolpunt micin Miko for creased only 15 - 38 per cent. the evacuation tenant-Colonel Fred Buchanan, them instead of better..
of Soviet troops reunited.
naval stores shippy the For some people this is catas-from Iran and have mado
Men who were P.OW, and in- first. dia- who objected to the trial on the "Poverty in the midst of trophic, but only for me. The cussions of this question in the tornees in Hong Kong, and who
VICE VERSÃO zobai grounds that lay was a civilian plenty" fg their universal com- Black Market, in a country of Security Council unnecessary. came to Australia le recuperato, i and that he held a certificate of plaint. Relatively, the poverty go-betweens like Portugal, "However, despite the clarity are unable to get back to jobs transfer to the renorve. There may not be so
extreme as they |brings queer rough justice of and soundood of Gromyke's pro-waiting for then fore he was a reservist and not think, and certainly the plenty is its own. It maker a few people nosal, it met with opposition on Most of the British are in à serving soldier, Anther plen illusory. But when the windows inordinately rich, and they the part of the American and Sydney. They have registered was that Hay, having been clt-of every suburbar grocer are spend their cichen the Black British representatives, and was ed for a civilian police court and full of bottles of Scotch avhisky Market. This in turn is so crojected. It seems strange that with shipping companies, and the charge there having been while bome larders are
Dome mentbere
with the Hong of the Becurity keep in touch often ganised, as to previes picking Council take a mere irreconcilepio Kong Government Liaison Off- dropped, he could not be tried again for the same offences. But empty even of the humble aar- for thousands of people, includ-attitude 'than the Iranian Primecer (Mr. Reeves), but no trans- the court-martial turned down raised in protest.
dine, volces are, certain, to be ing many of its worst victim Minister, who considered, it pos-port can be found..
Rentor.
sible to postpone discussions, all objections,
Everyone complains about the
"It is necessary to state that The solicitor proteated that high cost of living. Omcially,
the Iranian "problem, has been Hay had leat more, than £30 in it has risen 50 por cent since be-
particularly turned into a stam wages: na baker through the
But this figure
bling block on the way to a suc era ful" and fruitful session."or"] Array recalling him for the war. him in custody. Evidence of is based on the askumption that everyone gets hie veential ra- character revealed that day htions which. In Portugal, means!
GREEK PREMIER. RESIGNS
Athens, April 1. The Greek Prime Minier, Sopholls,
an excellent army record, He olive oil, urled--cod, chopped tendered bla eralanation, to the Rerent this holds a gallantry cerificate from macaroni and broad. In point of Lord Montgomery for rescue fact. small na these rations: are, ofte until the formation of new work in a French micefield. the poor seldom succeed in aemment. The Regent is expected to
Reuter
quiring them a
Black Market
ORPHANAGE FIRE
Fairdpur,April '15 Grocers are
are often dishonest, Two children: lost their lives and the Corporative State of and eight others are missing in Dr. Salazar provides the very a fire at a state orphanage here frame-market of the all-embrac during a gale:
|ing Plack Market, butt burg A he orphanage was destroyed It Is:th this Black Market that rely by fire and partly by the the essentials of life have to be The local prison and bought, even by the poorest, so cobarracks, and a number that popular batulates based on louses ware, also damaged by hard exterionce, put the real rise in the cost of living, at anything Bouter.
» The. Begant”, saked 'hini to-continue in
“Tin comaultations tomorrow, with the Exe
eutire. Conquistee of the Popclist, Parts, witch a leading the Polis, for the form
ton of new Obfaat-Basta. PAGE ONE FILLER Adobe De
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the Security Council."Reuter
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Bombay, April 1. Now they are unable stayeb id thinkel understands for some wholidatzikoj Brasschen
for thesalfdeninį | Jasllavtās Brow sół mi haly egosuai fasted smintigos! far inade 65 arrests since the los
Who pass-mutstöabilstndayalı clash last night between real Converting Charges followishlargal is of donis of the Worli antouchables, Occasionully, a man bouda, ör colony on the outskirts of the Hong Kong or Shögghn MIKLA A city and members of the Sche-berth on a caryo croUS PIE duled Castes Federation (un prospects of obtaininiton Aldo touchable political organisation) suitable for which and A United States Embassy who had demonstrates against dren, are grimad A spokesman here sald that reports Gandhi's decision to stay Fare from Table Indicated the Brian Fifteen perrons, including nemy lamaking preparationg" t
to evacuate that city. Ale chuird of three members of the police asemautonomous Iranian pro party which was attempting to Aberbalas Ausonlated a nejporate the contes nts, : „were rinds
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