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Thursday, → HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 25, 1941.
PWD Foreman Who STOCK EXCHANGE TERRIFIC BATTLE QUEEN'S
Forgot To Initial Markets Mostly Firm FOR LENINGRAD
FROM PAGE ONE
LONDON, Sept. 24 (Router)-The Stock Exchange continued to he cheerful to-day with markets, again mostly firm. Fair investment In- quiry was evident but the shortage retreat by "Russian Cossack tanks,”
which are mentioned for the time.
first
FROM PAGE ONE ing report would be written out, is that George Tsang would not check until after I have put it on in the morning report.
So the morning report was pre- bared from your, report, hot fromtials. American issues in ells were the 130th and 137th German Alpine
George Tsong--That is so.
If you purposely put down in the morning report
more work done than had been done, the workmen would get more pay? We connot do that. We cannot measure more work done than what had actually been done, because there is a plan.
What was that?We were never so dishonest
to D than the actual work done,
The sub-contractors pay the work men dally
don't they?-DI wagen, that, I have no idea.
measure
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The sub-contractors are paid ne cording to the length of tunnel they excavate, so much per foot? That I don't know. It is the work of the No.1 foremaa.
Doesn't Know Arrangements You don't know what the arrange Iments with the contractors are?-
don't know.
Which of these small books con- tain the numbers of the sub-contrar- 1org workmen?
Witness sorted out a number of books and said: These books are not entered up in regular form except for this one (produced). In the top part, it contalus the contracted work which shows how many workmen are employed by the sub-contractors and the lower portion shows how many workmen are employed by Kin
Lee.
The Chairman: We want the books which contain the numbers of the sub-contractors' workmen.
Witness, looked through the ple of books
and produced the required ones.
Another book also was produced which showed entries from July 17, 1941 to date of number of workmen employed in the improvement tunnel, shifting of sand, etc. at site
No:
in
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Chairman to Witness: Who is that book kept by? These entries made by the foreman on day' duty.
of stocks restricted business.
Gilt-edged securities and Indian loans gained further ground while breweries and heavy industry stocks were good fantures among the indus- also good.
Heavy losses are claimed by the "Red Star to have been infileted on Regiments during an attack by Ger- Argentina rafle improved on local and Finnish, troops on the
Murmansk front. political development but Brazilian
"Between September 0 and 15, bands reflected disappointment in German troops lost 2,000 men in connection with the coffee loan re-killed alone," states the newspaper,
which adds that all attacks were re demption of tender acceptances,
Komrs were speculative and re- pulsed. sponded well to Capo demand.
Wall Street was firm.
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The effective work of the Soviet Fleet Air Arm finds a place in to- day's Soviet broadcasts. A supple- ment to the Soviet communique states that the Soviet Baltic Fleet Air Arm during Monday brought down 13 enemy planes and destroyed ten more on enemy aerodromes.
At the approaches to Leningrad, Air Arm bombers
ist destroyed 11 enemy planes on their
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Sept. 24 (UP)-It is revealed that a Ming Dynasty white porcelain elephant, formerly placed close to the Imperial throne Soviet Fleet as a seat for one of the State Minis- destroyed two German anti-aircraft 11 anti-aircraft and tera in the Ming Palace at Peking, baiterles,
entered the portals of machine-gun emplacements, 14 arm- recently Wellesley College at Wellesley, Mass., oured cars and cight guns.
honour
The Black Sen Fleet Air Armi Chinese student, Madame Kai-shek.
The supplement also refers to bold It is said that "the antique was
German troops by a presented by Miss Caroline Hazard, attacks on President of Wellesley College from guerilla detachment commanded by schoolmaster operating In the TBD9 to 1010 in recognition of work n "nobly done" by Madame Chiang for Odessa district.
Miss Hazard the Chinese people. recently sent a telegram to Madame Chiang informing her of the gift
aerodromes.
British Planes In Action VICHY, Sept. 24 (Reuter)~~ "Squadrons of British planes, are now participating in the defence of
British Red Cross Leningrad, according to a Stockholm LONDON, Sept. 24 (Reuter). The dispatch to a Vichy news agency.
With the aid of British aircraft, the British Red Cross has allocated
Air im-dispatch snya, the Russian Force £230,000 to deal with the mediate needs of Russia and Britain's has caused serious losses to the Ger
mans. The Russian Fleet is also other Allies.
helping the Leningrad defenders,
Lord Iliffe, Chairman of the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St John Fund, is issuing a special ap- peal to meet the urgent needs of the Polish Army and the Czecho-Slovak Legion being organised an soll.
Russian
German movement on this front has been greatly hampered by rain, and in addition the nights are in- tensely cold,
On the former Estonian Islands of Desel and Dagoe, Russian troops are still flercely resisting attacks by Nazi
Did these funnel improvements Survivors Rescued planes, parachutists and infantry,
start before July 1771 cannot say.
They only started shifting sand on July 17-Yes, the purpose of shift- ing sand was to Rave Government money.
System of Payment Questions Mr. Bellamy to Witness: You told us that sub-contractors workmen are not paid regular day wage, but are paid per cuble -yard, did you say that? Well, I cannot say. The Kin Lee contractors pay these labourers employed by the sub-contractors, so I don't know.
You said they were paid by results, what we call plece work?—I have no Idea, glr.
You don't know whether Kin Lee pay sub-contractors by results or that sub-contractors ny their workmen by results? I have no idea, I cannot
say.
Mr Blake intervened to say that he thought that Kin Lee-paid sub- contractors piece work
wage, and
ne their
thint 'sub-contractors Inbourers so much a day. They were
all daily paid workmen.
Witness Recalled
Li Lin-sbing, foreman of P.W.D. was recalled.
The Chairman then asked:
You
were told yesterday to produce all books in which you entered the num ber of workmen checked off.
Witness: They are all here. These are, the same books as brought by the previous Witness?—— Yes.
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Have you any more attendance books to produce? That is the only attendance book we have.
We will and in those books every- thing you have done in connection with your work since the
work started? Yes.
Do you sign your name under- neath when you make entries?- YCA,
Cheng Fung-tung, foreman em ployed by the Walerworks Office of the P.W.D., who was examined yes- terday, was recalled.
Uninitialed Vouchers
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-Battering At Leningrad SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Sept. 24 (UP)--An au- NEW SMYRNA, Fla. Sept. 24 (UP).--A const guard rescue boat thorised German military spokesman: arrived here to-day with thirteen to-day claimed that Field Marshal survivors of a small freighter which Ritter von Lecb's northern armies The are hammering the iron ring tighter is burning off the Florida coast. name of the vessel or its nationality and tighter around the beleaguered is not known. The boat was seen fortress at Leningrad, compressing yesterday by a naval patrol bomber its population of millions into a con- and the survivors were picked up in centrated larget for German bombers a life boat 35 miles at sea. They and guns. included a woman and two children
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many at a time but did not ask for
assistance.
The system of checking was that after your initials are on, then Mr Buchanan put his Initials on too, is that 17-No.
Mr Buchanan did not Initial these vouchers? Yes, he initialled them.
Asked For Explanations Am I not right in saying that the system was, you being the man to check the vouchers on the spot, put your initials on them, then send them to Mr Buchanan who is in the Hong kong Office, and he seeing your inl- OK them, and then money way
by Government? paid by in every one of these vouchers Mr Buchanan always asked me explano- tions about them, before he would " initial them.
The Chairman asked: We have here all the so-called vouchers sub- mitted by Kin Leo with a summary of the amounts on which they receiv ed tele money from Government. You told us yesterday when I asked .if had checked all these vouchers
you and you sald you believed you did nol mlas nny.
Witness: Yes,
finis, til bo
T
understand that the largest town be- Competent but unofficial sources
fore Leningrad, Peterhof, 10 miles from the heart of Leningrad on the Bay of Kronstadt, has been captured.
Neutrality Act May Scon Be Amended
FROM PAGE ONE
chantmen and revise the Neutrally Art, Mr Stephen Early, the Pre- sident's Secretary, told the press. "
Early said that the White House had received no hints that a a libuster might be used by op ponents in Congress to prevent revi- slon of the Act. -
Sufficient Guns WASHINGTON, -Sept. 24 -- (UP) Naval and Congressional sources to- day said that the Navy Department has sufficient gans to arm "a great many" United States merchantmen which are sailing under the Pana- |manian flag and also suficient funds
to arm all vessels
In the United States merchant fleet,
The
testimony of navul oficials before the House Appropriations to-
Committee which was published
day revealed that $75,008,002 has been requested for arming the merchant fleet if an emergency re- enter dangerous quired them to waters.
Pending the delivery of the new five-inch guns, a quantity of the old three and four-inch guns are avail- able.
Gayda's Warning
To Roosevelt
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY ROME, Sept. 24 (UP).—Writing in the "Giornale d'Italia" to-day, Signor Gayda warns President Roosevelt The vouchers
were produced for And you would go through each that arming of American mer-,
any the Witness to examine, These one with Mr Buchanan?-Every one chant, ships will be met by counter" vouchers did
not bear Wilness of them.
measures by the Axis. If you had time to do that, why! He declared: "United States mer- The
"Chairman: What explanation didn't you have time to put your chant ships are going to be trans- have you to offer for that (the omis-initials on them in your Office Informed into war craft and take an sions of initials on the vouchers)?-Hunghom?--I was wrong in not hav-aggressive attitude which necessitates I have forgotten to initial.
ing Initialled them, simply out of defence measures by Axis chips if understand can
forgetfulnesa...
they meet them on the sea routes."
Initials.
that
We
your doing on one or two occasions, but what we cannot understand is why you failed to initial on hundreds of occasions. What explanation have. you for that, was It because you were too busy?I have simply for- gotten.
Did Not Perform Duties You admit then that you did not perform the duties for which you were paid? ndmit that, sir, I have forgotten to sign and that was a miss
take.
apo pald to check off these ouchers, are you not?-Trit is so.
of
You are the Government repre- sentative in the Kin Lee Office to look after the interest of. Government by checking off the vouchers they submit for work done? Yes, though have forgotten to initial, but I have checked every one of these vouchers you went to the trouble ot checking, why didn't you also the trouble, of putting year. Inilals on. They are only: E.T.Cit lakes only a fraction of a second to do that. didn't you? Ahink I was too What were you Because
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