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Purchase & Sale Of Sleepers Evidence
FROM. PAGE ONE
Kwong Hing, 3,600 to Lun Sang and 18,000 to Ho Fuk-cho, These are some of the big deniers. There were also Bules to small dealers but I do not think it is necessary to mention them.
Did you ever sell to Xin Leet-Wo have not sold any from this lot to Kin Leo,
Sold To Kin- Lea
I am not asking about this lot. I am asking it you have over sold ta Kin Lee? Yes,
That was after the 210,000 pieces, Yes.
That was during this year?-Yes. On March 27, you ald 10,000 pieces? Yes.
For $43,000?-$32,090. $43,000 was
pald
Bomber Fund Contributions
SUPREME COURT " BOMB'
September 23, 1941.
Savage Fighting In Progress
FROM PAGE ONE
Yesterday's Domber Fund collections official Italian news agency. wired were maded by splendid donation of to-night that Marshal Budenny bad 1556, representing the twentieth week's withdrawn most of the army that contents of the Suprema Court Bomb.
or Klov
From the Orippe came 300, being the escaped, encirclement east sum raised from a rame for a bottle of across the Donetz River. champagne, The Fund has now resched| The Soviot High "Command, the latest donation: a total of $2,822.10.12 The following are added, evidently hoped to establish a
new defence line on the cast bank. Supreme Court Bomb : (twentieth
donation)................................... $550
Hungarian Communique Hongkong flotel Qripps Baturday
LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)The Night Rama (Lucký Ticket No.
Hungarian General Staff to-night, BU Ball Table (ninth donation} 1930 Issued a communique saying: "N" (seventeenth donation) .... 10 Lodge St Jolin 018 8. G. ******* 100% Free French"V" Campaign,
100 labels......................... hits Lowes Campaign,
labels
300
23
10
100
10
Prosit of Poktulum per Mr Hogg fate of Shanghai R.A.P, Association "V" Badges (2 at (3)
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The Soviet forces that escaped en-- circlement east of the Daleper are
being pursued towards the cast. Their rearguards are attempting a counter-attack but liaison between the different units scems to have been
been broken and resistance suggests that the
wenkening. This
the cost price we for the ITALIAN LINERS Soviet Command lins renounced its
sleepers.
Did you ever sell any to Mors- man's?No.
"This National Finance Development: Corporation never sold to Mars- man's?-Never.
Did you ever approach Mr Car- man about the sale of these sleepers?
Yes.
SUNK
FROM PAGE ONE
efforts to continue the fighting be- tween the Daleper and the Donetz and in concentrating on organising its retrenting forces behind the latter river,
Pield works and fortifications still In being have been abandoned." was destroyed by the blast." Another
Advance On Odessa schooner was hit by bombs severali
VICHY, Sept. 22 (Reuter)-Italian Not Fit For A.R.P.
times and the crew. Imunediately Press reports siate that Rumanian alsandoned What happened when you op-
which was left in a troops have taken Ovidiopolis, 23 proached him?-We wrote to Mr moss of flames"
Hles southwest of Odessa, after Carinan and received a reply that
heavy fighting, and are now advanc the sicepers were not st for use in
ing to the coast towards Odesan. connection with ALP. tunnel work. They did not want to buy.
What happened to these sleepers afterwards?--I have to make this point clear. The National Finance Development
Corporation bought
210,000 Oregon pine sleepers which were only good for making Husulene boxes. At that time there was a demand for gasolene boxes in Hong kong and number of merchants here wanted
As a fluunce company, they
to buy sleepersed us
us
as
"On Saturday, one heavily laden merchant ship off Kerkenna was bonbed, set näre and left sinking."
Challenges Pres.
Roosevelt
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UP) Representative Hamilton Fish to-day challenged President Roosevelt "to
pre-
miles
Ovidiopolis Is at the mouth of the river Palester, which marks the old frontier between Rumanin and the U.S.S.N.
German Boasting
BERLIN, Sept. 22 (UP)-Com- petent German sources to-night re- ported the sinking or damaging of 27 and the "destruction of 30 27 Soviet
Ships
including 16 warships,
Soviet
do the only honest and honourable divisions of approximately 360,000 thing" and present a war resolution troops in the systematic crushing of to Congress. He said that the time
Fted armies. who are trapped to buy the whole stock and sell to
had arrived when the country must east of Kiev.t them in small quantities. After we
fave the issue squarely. He had bought the 210,000, we bought dicted that a war resoltition would rocket enst of Kley, a unit of the Informed sources said that in a anottier 201 of 98,000 hardwood
10 one vote in the German tank corpo destroyed twenty Tall by a two sleepers wh
classified which were
House,
Soviet tanks including six 62- decayed sleepers because of their
He declared that the President, toners, two- 44-tanners and ten 32- very deplorable condition; most of
The Jar unless ready to present a war issue, tonners.
• According to the official news 30 Soviet agency, approximately divisions have thus far been destroy- ed east of Kiev and the Soviet forces
20
claimed to be In n state ΟΙ
them were deterioration offered should clarify bls "shoot frst" orderi
stiue Engineering ine these sleepers. The
National to the navy to not mean to sink Axis Development Corporation warships wherever found. then still had 100,000 sleepers
Finance
Hand, They thought the purchase of
them was too much of a speculation so we refused to buy. At first we approached Marsman's and also Mr Perkins of the All.P. The latter repiled that the hardwood sleepers were no longer suitable for the pur- poses of tunnel work. Here are the letters. (Produced).
Letter Read Out Ilave you got the letter Marsman's here too?—Yes.
from
The Chairman then read the letter from the Director of Air Rald Pre- cautions to Witness, in which the Director stated that as the size of the tunnels had since been amended, the hardwood steepers were no longer suitable for that purpose and sug gested that Witness got in touch with with regard to the sale of Marsinan's the sleepers.
Mr Tinson: May I have the date of that
letter?
The Chairman: It is dated Octo- ber 18, 1940.
to
The Chairman (to Witness); On October 21, you wrote Marsican's and you told them what you had in hand and the quantities and you also said that you had a stock of Oregon pine sleepers for sale. What price did you mention? The hard- wood sleepers $2.90 each and the Oregon pine sleepers $3.20 each.
Did you sell any
Marshian's at any time? We did not sell direct.
Do you know If Marsman's sub- sequently purchased these sleepers? Marsman's The situation is this. offered to purchase 2,000 sleepers as
trial
order,
but we thought the quantity was too small. After that the Tal Lee Lumber Company bought from us and we turned the order over to them.
a
How much did you sell to Tul Lee? ~80,000 pieces:
At how much per sleeper?-$1.00. These were the sleepers that Tai Lee subsequently sold to Marsman's and to Kin Lee. Correct?-Yes, in small quantities
Were these the same sleepers you offered Marsman's and which they | said they could not use?--Yes, I think
$0.
Did you offer the same sleepers to Kin Lec-Not the same sleepers. I know nothing about Kin Lee at all.
On this same day, October 21, Marsman's replied to your letter and Informed you that they found the size ef these sleepers not suitable for tunnel work and that was why they did not purchase from you and you sold these to Tai Let
aubach ?—Yes.
at $1.00 Now
Mr
NOW! Leqng, what did you pay for, the sleepers that you sold to Tai Lee for $1.99%--The whole lot
Lord Mountbatten greatest confusion. Although the
At Honolulu
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Uman.
of
names of places are locking in the German reports, they outline a pic- ture similar to those after the com- pletion ol the encirclement HONOLULU, Sept. 22 (UP).-Lord Bialystok,
Minsk, Smolensk and Louls Mountbatten, Commander of the British aircraft-carrier Illus-
Other German quarters indicated trious, arrived here to-day by Clipper that operations east of Poltava are and will spend ten days to a fort-progressing and Inferred that the im- night Inspecting United States naval portant military and industrial centre bases and confer with Admiral Kim-of Kharkov might soon be directly mel, Admiral Block and others,
threatened.
Is Lordship made no comunent re- garding the International situation.
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That can be used for tunnel work? -I don't know.
Stock On Hand You still have a large stock in hand?--Yes, ubout 60,000 pieces,
That concluded Mr Leong's evid- enec, and the next Witness called was Mr Taz Chan, Proprietor of the Kwong Yick Company.
The Chairman then esked: When did you form this Firm?-Witness: About ten years ago.
Authorised circles stated that the ring is drawing steadily tighter. around Leningrad and other actions are progressing along the whole front.
The
Island Landing - Claimed STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22 (UP)—|
Bladet." newspaper "Afion quoting a Russian radio station said that after the occupation of Arens- burg, German forces landed on Dagoe Island. It is reported limt bitter fighting to going on both Dagoe and the greater part of Oesel where the Germans so far have not succeeded in heating the desperate Soviet resistance.
Wants Neutrality
Act Altered
FROM PAGE ONE
men but to send them into the c0= called combat zones.
The American Navy can protect British and other foreign ships crossing the Atlantic, shoot at Ger- man craft on sight but cannot escort American merchantmen in those same waters. Many Americans sec in this an absurd anachronism,
Moreover, there is afteling In some circles that it is an even greater anachronism to send American-
ships to
10 places like Jceland Panama and that they should be What did you supply them?-sailing under undisclosed colours. Ilardwood.
Carry Much Weight
Arc timber merchants?--Yes,
I understand you supplled railway owned and operated the flog of
sleepers to Marsman's and to Kin Lee, is that right?—No,
Were they not sleepers?—No.
Mr Hull's views, which carry Where did you get them from?-much weight, will be brought out in Sandakan.
the country and in Congress where When was your inst sale to Kin already there is apparently a move- Lee?-On May 20 this year, we sold ment for the repeal of the Neutrality
Act.
them 13 cubic feet of wood,
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When Was your last sale to Replying to 3 question, Colonel Morsman's? On August 14, 1041. Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, NEXT CHANGE: We sold 33 7 in, and the amount also said that no shooting had been was $99.56.
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Company was the next Witness call- was 08,000 pieces and they were es timated at the price of firewood, asThe Chairman asked: When did they were not going to be used for
you form the Arm?-Witness: About tunnelling work. I paid $1.15 for
10 years ago. I am also a broker, the 90,000 pieces and I could only
Broker of what?-Broker in wood. deliver 00,000 to Tal 'Lee, because
Railway sleepers?--I did only one some of them were not suitable.
Profit. Made
transaction, and that was on February 11, 1941. Have you calculated the profit you mado on that transaction?-Yes, about $22,400.
Were you prepared to sell the same timber to Maraman's and Kin Lee for $1.007-Yes, if they bought the whole lot from me."
Before you went into this huge 'deal in sleepers, had you ever been connected with the timber trade?- No.
Your first excursion Into the trade was with Jardines"-Yes, and the Arst transaction was for making box- wood.
For A.R.P. Tunnels
Is this not the truth: Did you not know when you entered into this deal that they were going to use sleepers In ARP.tunnela?—No,
You Just made the denl to make boxwood? Yes, but I want to make this
clear. We have three point kinds of steepers, one
Oregon pine, which cannot
be used for tinnelling work. Secondly, some are classified as sleepers, but only a certain percentage,, are good- ones,” and thirdly, the best kind of hard", wood sleeper COMO HE
You sold 3,500 sleepers at $3.90 cach to Marsman's? Yes.
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