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I asked Hodge and he said that Wong had
put a bond to a firm of solicitors for $10,000. Wong was once a Government servant.
Interpreter at the Botanical gardens.
Did you inform Mr. Melbourne that Wong
was a man of substance?
I can't say whether I did. I believed it myself. I understood that he had property at
Kowloon city.
Did you keep the small record book of
auction sales?
Yes. It is in my handwriting.
You would be referring to it frequently.
Yes. Every few days.
Should not cash be paid in almost imme-
diately after sale?
Yes. Within 7 days of sale.
Did you not notice early in 1926 that great delays were occurring between sales and the
rendering of accounts?
I noticed a few times that cash was not being paid in. I saw Wong Fung Sek and he said that he had paid the money into Court. Afterwards he saw me and paid he had run short and asked if I could help him.
I then helped him. I gave him $3,000. This would be in about March, 1926. I never got it
back.
When Wong said he had paid in by cheque
did you look into the matter?
I found that some of the items which he
said had been paid had actually been paid and had
been entered up.
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