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ANOTHER JUNK INCIDENT

TWENTY WARNED AND DISMASTED

Another junk incident in the vicinity of Mirs Bay OC- curred outside Hong Kong... on Monday when a fleet of over 20 fishing junks were rounded up by Japanese bluejackets.

The junks thought to take advant- age of British warships practising outside Hong Kong and left the harbour limits on a fishing expedî- tion to Tung Hai, believing that the Japanese would not attempt to mo- lest them

They were however, round- ed up and ransacked and told by an officer that the coast was un- der the control of Japan and that they would not be allowed to fish.

The junkpeople were warned that they would be shot should they be found fishing along the coast again. FISHERMAN'S STORY Kwok 'Muk-dai, on his return to Hong Kong, stated that shortly be fore noon on Monday a Japanese warship was seen steaming towards the junks. As it came nearer the number "13" could been on its hull. A-motor-launch was: lowered from the warship and at once ap- proached Kwok Muk-dar's junk and his brother's junk, which fishing together.

were

** The launch was mained by over 20 bluejackets and armed with ก machine-gun

Five of the blue-jackets boarded his junk, destroyed the nets and the sails after searching the boat. One of the bluejackets had an axe and he smashed part of the wood- en super structure on deck.

"BELONGS TO JAPAN”

An officer wrote on a pad (none of the Japanese could speak Chinese) warning Kwok and other fishermen that they would be shot if found fishing along the coast again."The coast,” wrote the of- ficer "belongs to Japan now.”

The officer added that he took it for granted that the fishermen did not know that the coast was under the control of the Japanese navy, and would therefore left them go "this time".

All the junks, numbering over 20, were searched and dismasted; after which the Japanese Jeft

Encountering no rough weather. the junks managed to reach Hong Kong safely

CHINA

OCTOBER

The people of Stamforth, a mining village near Doncaster, were given an impression of air raid horrorS when a dummy village was fired by bombs during a special demonstration. While the fire brigade fought the flames, ambulance men in gas masks and protective clothing sought our casualties. The villagers co-operated. Photo shows nurses in gas masks “rescuing” children during the demonstration (For Copyright).

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