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London Houses And Cottages Bombed
•E TOM DAGE ONE
October 22, 1940.
FIVE EVACUATION
APPEALS SUCCEED
The Chairman; I am sorry, Mins M. L. Everett brought an ap- FROM PAGE ONE plication on behalf of her sister-in- law," Mrs. A. G. Everett, who is now in England, for permission to return, on the grounds that she had no chil- Idren and was a qustifled A.R.P. in- Istructress,
to the London area after carrying out bold bul sinali scale uttuces on many we are here only to advise parts of Britain throughout the day. Governaṛ. huvlag succeeded in crossing the country to the northwest in the face of anti-aircraft barrages and fighting plane squndruns.
don and outlying areas.
Mr. Herbert Morrison, Secretary, said that adinfusion
to shelters will be [nated as' anex
of
Domicile Plea
the
The grounds that she had been a resident in Canton for 31 years, that The Chairman remarked that while she was now donlelled in Hongkong, Mrs. Everett's qualifications would I has been revealed that six Lon- that all her interests were here and no doubt have entitled her to stay
during don districts were bombed
that she had recently joined the in the Colony, the fact that she was daylight as the raiders swooped from
Auxiliary Nursing Service, were ad-now in England made it different. the clouds blanketing the capital.
vanced by Mrs. G.. M. Stratton in "Undoubtedly," he added, "If she had Meanwhile the Home Secretary and
been here during the evacuation she the Minister for licuith, have an her application for exemption.
In answer to the Chairman,. Mrs. would not have been sent away. She nounced measures for the relief congestion in air raid shelters in Lon-Stretton sold she had gone through is in England at the montent, and I all the lectures and was going in for am afraid we cannot grant the appli-
calion under such circumstances. Itomelier examination next week.
The Chairman: Attending lectures
There
Permission to enter the Colony was tickets
not enough.
arc three things that you must do. The first is granted to Mrs. N. M. Elson, whose periment In London..
first-ald. The second home nurs-application was brought by Mr. C. C. Mr. Malcolm Macdonald asked the
and ing in addition to that you have Roberts, of Butterfield and Swire.. In. reception
to arens authorities
You
Mr. Roberts said that the Company wc enforce compulsory billeting powers to undergo hospital training. where it is necessary to
Mrs, Elston, who was in use empty are only in the Brst stage, and
have refused to advise exemption in wished houses,
cases where the applicants have Shanghai, to look after the catering completed only that course. Thereof the passenger ships, which work was at present being done by a man fore, we cannot advise exemption in
who was urgently required for other Mrs. Stratton mentioned that some work. The Company had no other ilme ago she received an A.R.P. form, man to spare and Mrs. Elston, who sking her whether she would care to ad,been in the Shanghai office for take up such work, whether she had some years, was absolutely essential.
children,
whether her FROM PAGE ONE
any
and
Major Moody asked it the Coin- husband was willing for her, to re-pany could Bud any woman in the here, but had to disembark when onej msin in the Colony. She had
plled to that form, addressed to the Colony who could do the work, and of the children became 11.
He added that Mrs. Elston had no "We were housed in old barrocks Colonial Secretary's Office, and hadt Mr. Boberts replied in the negative. children and any other les, whic Fort McKinley under primitivel received no reply,
she had some nursing experience.
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"she said. "Nearly all) my mancy, 100. pesas (about £4), was stolen from my bag.
The Red Cross authorities con- with evacuation papers all the time trouble was that once Mrs. Aldereit me
when and I never heard of such a form. was allowed to enter the Colony, Mrs. Stratton: I have a witless other trms night make out as good sought assistance."
quite n case as that. Mrs. E. F. Jessop, who arrived that I signed that paper. with her sons John (6) and David understand what bombing is, having
Mr. Roberts replied that the Com- (9). confirmed, Mrs. Jordan's story experienced 1 In Canton. if I am
able to stand up to that I think I am pany had considered various other ther hardships.
alfe to stand up to what might hap-means before bringing Die applica-1-
Evacuation Premature'
Sir lleny Pollack, R.C.. member pen here, of the Hongkong Legislative Council.
evacuation of described the
The Chairman: They are hardly wo-exceptionni creuinstances.
men and eldren from Hongkong
premature." to Australia as
Still In England
Mrs. Stratton: What are exccp-
circumstances then?
"Those mot stand by the de- tional
he said. ision were the evacuees,"
Hundreds of wennen and children are still in Hongkong."
Sir Henry and Ludy Pollock are staying in Sydney for health reasons for a short period, and intend to re- turn in Hongkong.
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tion.
Remarking that it was very, very exceptional. the Chairman granted the opplication.
Why Another Successful Appeal
should give up my home to go to
The application by Mr. G. A. Har- some place where I don't know any-rimae for permission for his wife to
one.
dren.
The Chairman: That has been return was also granted. Mr. Harri- grounds that he wanted his wife, to done to quite # number of persons Tan based his application on the Mrs, Stratton: But I have no chil-look after his business as he himself had been fully mobilised as a mem- ber of the Naval Volunteer Reserve; wife that the maintenance of his and liree sons in Austinlin was a financial burden; and that his wife would take up nursing.
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Mr. Harriman said his wife had been acting as his Secretary, and in his business it was essential for a responsible person to be in charge all the time.
The Chairman granted the applica- tion in view of the fact that Mr. Harriman was fully mobilised and on the undertaking that Mrs. Harri- man would take up nursing. Professional Nurse
was
Mrs. I. K. S. Adam, whose appli- ention was brought by her brother- Ba-law, Mr. H. Brokenshire,
allowed to return to the Colony as she was a professional nurse. The Mrs. Chairman stated that when Adain's original application had been retused he was under the impression that there was no shortage of nurses, but he had since been informed to the contrary
The application by Mr. B. I. Levkovich for permission
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wife to return was refused for time being until the Director Medical Services had seen her quali fleation papers when the case would bo re-considered, Mr. Levkovichi said that Hongkong was his home since 1024 and that his wife nurse in the last war, receiving her medical education in St. Petersburg. Naval Officer's Application Lleut. A. C. L. Gasper, R.N., plied for permission for his wife to return on the ground that she was an A.R.P. warden.
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He said his wife had been secretary of the Women's A.R.P. in Hongkong for several months and had obtained on Air Raid Warden certificate. Shortly after that she went away on vacation to India arid during that time the evacuation came into being. Hongkong hils wife were in during the evacuation, he added, sh. would not have to go because of hur qualifications.
Mr. Burgess sald that u letter bad been received from Rear-Admiral A. M. Peters, suying that he had no ubjection to Mrs. Gasper taking up' the office of A.R.P. warden in Hong- kong.
The Chairman remarked that Mrs. Gasper's application was no more different than that of Mrs. Everett and dismissed the application.
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