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COLONEL WHO RESENTED CRITICISMS.
MAJOR LAKE AND THE K.O.S.B. MUDDLE.
CORPORAL HENDRY'S ALLEGED SLACKNESS."
REGIMENTAL CUSTOM TO TRUST
CLERKS. i
Major Lake informed the President of the Court Martial sitting in Murray Barracks yesterday, that when he made certain criticisms and suggestions to Lieut-Gol.' Comyn, the Officer Commanding the 2nd Batta.. K.0.8.B., they were resented.
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"All criticisms and suggestions were ́resented, always by the 0.0.", ha declared.
Major Ogilvy, the 2nd-in-Command of the Battalion, is facing charges of negligence whilst acting as President of the Regimestal Instituto.
WHY MAJOR LAKE RE-ORGANISED
THE OFFICE.
At yesterday's sitting, the cross- examination of Major Lake, the present President of the Regimen
JUNE 14, 1929.
ANGRY VICTIM'S REVENGE.
ALLEGED ROBBER BEATEN
WITH SHOVEL.
SEQUEL TO KOWLOON CITY RAID.
An interesting story in which a smart youngster of 7 and an angry man armed with a shovel figured prominently was told yesterday when three Chinese were charged before Mr. T. 3. Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magistracy with partici pating in an armed robbery at an annumbered matshed in Ngai 'Chi¦1 Wan, Kowloon City, and with un lawful possession
clothing of suspected of having been stolen. Detective Inspector Fallon was in charge of the ease and the defen- dants pleaded not guilty.
Qutlining the case, Inspector Fallon said that on May 16 at about 9.13 p.m. five men guined admittance to Am unnumbered
matshed at Ngau Chi War, Kow- loon City," and, after holding up the inmates trussed them up.
A Simple Question. The President: Why don't you give the proper" answer? Cannot tal Institute, was resumed by you understand my simple ques- Major Miles, the defending officer. ¦ tion What did you expect would In reply to Major Miles witness be the position when the Colonel said he had had considerabic | returned ?—I should have resented experience in organising and keep- | haring to give up. If the Com-boy about 7 years of age who ing accounts before he took over manding Officer bad- the duties of P.R.I. on October 17, as he had on a previous occasion reorganised officers' mess accounts. He had also had experience of „registering correspondence.
Major Miles: My point is this. When you came into the P.R.I. office, I suggest your ideas of run- ning the office were very different to those of the accused and that you came in with the intention of reorganising Yes.
**Trusted Like a Brother." Witness went on to say that he found there was no postage book. The lowest he had spent on postage in a month was 80 cents and the highest 880.
Major Miles: Do you agree that you did find in the account book, entries in relation to postage ex- penses? Yes.
When you arrived in the office was there a safe there 7-No.
carried on with the system which You have told the Court you you found to be in force 7-Yes.
Do you agree that that system was based on implicit trust in the P.R.L's clerk?--Yes,
Asked by Major Miles to give a reason why the system should be based on that trust, Major Lake said he had never worked other wise. He had served with his clerk, Sergt. Bardell, for 20 years and trusted him like a brother.
Major Miles: Du you agree it is, and has been, the custom of this Regiment to trust one's sub- ordinates until one finds they can- not be trusted --That is true.
A Crossed Cheque. · "Asked if a cheque produced was crossed when he signed it, witness said he was pretty certain" it was because he had given orders to Corporal. Hendry that cheques
were to be crossed,
Major Miles: Can you swear that this cheque was crossed before signature? I am afraid I cannot. Whose is the handwriting on the cheque !-I Can only gave- an opinion. I think it is Corporal Hendry's.
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"Please, Major Lake, give me a simple answer to a simple quer tion. It is nothing to do with the Commanding Officer. How long did you expat to take office for About three weeks 1-Well, yes.
Judge Advocate: And then, if you were asked to give up
the P.R.I. duties there would have been trouble 1-That's right.
President: Are you going to answer my original question 1-1
cunnot.
A Bright Youngster. However, they forgot a 'small
managed to slip out of the houst and ran over to a matshed where some workmen lived. A stone was heard to hit the raided house; a pre-arranged danger signal from
confederate. The robbers im mediately left their victims and ran out of the house. One of the inmates, To Hai, who was Dot bound securely managed to free himself and gave chase. He for- lowed the third defendant and called out for help.
Beaten Up With a Shovel. A P.W.D. employee who was coming from Kowloon City in a 'bus was aroused by the cries and got out. He met the pursuer whom he recognized as a friend. Both gave chase and overtook the defer-
Judge Advocate: The question I just put you have answered in the affirmative. Is that correct 1. You are sure 1-Oh, shsolately! dunt..
0.0. Not surprised,
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То Hai WAS armed with a
President-If you took all the shovel which he used to advantage soon as he got within reach. trouble you said in going into The defendant was knocked to the the question of re-organising the P.R.I.'s offer, you must have ex-ground, "and," Inspector Fallon pected to be in office for a consider continued, "how much further he able time I should have-resented
was assaulted" is not known; but he was sent to hospital where he
taken from me. Very much indeed, it very much if the office had been
as a matter of fact!
reinained for six wêcks!??
Kal Tack Takes a Hand. Why don't you answer these The Chinese gardener employed questions? Why did you take all by Mr. H. Summers, of Ngau Chi this trouble if you did not expect Wan, was also roused by the cries to be in office for a long period and informed Mrs. Summers of The re-organisation of the P.R.I.'s office was done by ane in order that should be more able to resent losing the job.
Was the C.O. surprised when he returned and found you doing the duty -No, I told him the next day
Did Not Tell Colonel,
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How did you know he would not wish to become P.RI. 1-In view of the fact that you had found certain things out of order, did it not occur to you that the whole of the accounts were in a most unsatis factory condition?-I found they were in that state, as a matter of fact, when I went to see Major Ogilvy after I had been in offlec about a week.
the robbery.
He suggested that the Police at Kowloon City be Summers telephoned, but Mrs. sent him direct in the car to the
Station where a report was made to Inspector Phillips The Kai Tack Aerodrome was also got in touch with, and asked to keep a look out for suspects as their line of retreat lay through the landing field. Later two men-the first and second defendants were seen to cross the Aerodrome ground and were challenged and arrested by the Indian guard. One of the de fendants was wearing a wet pair of trousers inside out, while the other had on a jacket which was too small for him.
When did you report it to your stated.
also
Before To Hai, the pursuer, had seen the clothes he told Inspector That was before the C.D. came Phillips that he would find Eng- back and, of course, before Majorlish letters on the back of the Ogilvy went on leave-Yes, we incket. The jacket was examined discussed it together.
and the letters were found Clue to Fraud.
The clothes were Major Lake said he remembered C.0.1-I did not see him on the identified as his property by To
Hai. the cheque very clearly because it day he came off leave but I reported was through it he discovered Corit to him the day after.
The defendants totally denied poral endry's fraud. He dis- You tell me that in all serious-any complicity in the armed rob-
the mess! You knew the accused was bery. covered the cheque about middle of November, probably going home on leave on the day the November 8 or 9, when he was C.O. returned yet, despite this fact, checking the October
accounts. you did not report it until after he He could not remember the exact had gene, and you knew he had day when he discovered the fraud. gone There was no reason why Major Miles: When you took Major Ogilvy should not have gone over the duties of P.R.I did you on leave. There were muddles in Well, I don't know. I think I
the amounta of rebate
the counts certainly, but which the N.A.A.F.I. had to pay thought I could clear that up.
know
and how often they had to pay 1—
No.
A Serious Matter.
The case was adjourned.
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Easy to Destroy Letters,
Did you open all the letters.—
I opened a few. Corporal Hendry
opened most of them, I believe.
If that was so, then it was a
Did you subsequently discover Did you not think such a serious ample matter for the P.R.L's clerk to destroy or concent any letters that rebate had been paid on nuntter should have been brought November 20, to Corporal Hendry, to the notice of the C.O. before he did not wish you to see --Oh, which amounts
were not entered accused went on leave 7-If there
yes. into the account? Yes.
had been evidence of fraud, yes, criticisms to
You have racntioned making a few the Commanding Rebate for the month of but there was no evidence of Officer which were resented. Way October --Yes.
Actual fraud. Muddle,
yea. did he resent them -He always don't think, when I first reported dia taken of the matter. it, that a very grave view
A Possibility,
WIS
is
Am I to take it that your answer that the C.0, resented all criticisms and suggestions? Yes.
Is that quite right1-The Judge Advocate in to make a note of that answer Yes....
Witness went to resume his seat and then hesitated.
Is it possible that Corporal Hendry, when he found you be coming suspicious,
How came you to take over from created the": muddle in the office in order to Major Ogilvy 1-He was Command-. conceal his actions in the pasting Officer at the time and he said I think it is quite possible..
to me, I want you to take over After some discussion witness R. or words to that effect. agreed he meant that after he had The accounts appeared to have been been in the office for some days he before an audit board. I went into Can I just amend my statement, asked for the correspondence and the office, had a look round and all air?" he asked the President. he thought it was possible that that sort of thing, and gradually Col. Stewart: Yea. What is it Corporal Hendry had then created took over. I did not go into the you wish to have written down 1- Accounts-with-Major Ogilvy,............Perhape, sir, I had better say that Were you a member of that audit te invariably appeared to resent
them. board?No.
the muddle.
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President. For how long did you think you would be P.R.I. when you took over the duties? Did you take over any money or Again witness resumed his seat What was the impression on your cheques from accused Only the and then, when the questions and mind I realised that if I had key of the safe which was then in answers were read over to him, said been asked to give up the duty the guard room.
that he would like to add the when the Commanding Officer Did it not occur to you earlier words, until a comparatively re came back off leave, I should have that Corporal Hendry might have cent date.!' • resented it!
been up to something dishonest? Sergt. Alfred Bardell, the pre- On Wednesday foreign natale D T L clark was the next wit that accused intimated that the thought he was getting slack and nesa called and said that he took Colonel himself would take over wanted pulling up badly. T'gave over the duties from Corporal P.R.L duties on return from him a strong talking to
Hendry. He discovered certain die (Continued on nézt Columa). crepancies thortly afterwards.
leave.
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