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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1940.

Evacuat'n Advisory Committee Hearing Complaint

Sir, I Send you here with copies of correspon-

KEY-OF-THE DOOR

dence regarding the appeal on behalf of my wife SQUAD

which was heard on Saturday, 2nd November.

In view of the publicity given to the statementAT WORK

made by the Secretary to the Advisory Committee regarding my inability to support my wife I shall be obliged if you will publish these letters in full.

Britain's first "hospitality squad" is in action in a Norfolk village.

It is the advance guard of a new army which has started a "key of the door" scheme for lonely sul- diers.

The scheme--entirely organised at making

The "apology" submitted on be-ed that you accepted my implica- half of the members of the Com- tion. mittee and at once withdrawn by I must assure you that the their secretary bears the hall-Committee has made every effort mark with which we are all be to avoid embarrassing members by housewives aims coming so familiar these days. of the public who have appeared soldiers "one of the family.

Yours faithfully, before it and that this particular A member of the squad invites misunderstanding is regretted by a soldier from a near-by encamp- all the members. At the same ment to visit her home. time I do not feel justified in ac-

He is given a hot bath if he a choice of cepting responsibility for an in- wants one-offered terpretation of a letter written on good reading and writing facilities. After that comes a good supper your behalf which you let pass and then he is driven back to join without question or. comment.

I am, Sir,

his unit.

G. B. S. THOMSON.

The Chairman,

The Evacuation Advisory Committee,

Colonial 'Secretariat, HONG KONG.

Sir-On Saturday last, during the hearing of the Appeal lodged un behalf of my wife, the Secre- tary to your Committee in his preliminary summary of the evid- ence stated--

"On 2nd August last a letter Messrs. received from was Johnson, Stokes & Master, Soli- citors, applying for permission for Mrs. Thomson to return on the grounds that you were un- able to support her in Australia and yourself here."

This was the complete reference made to that letter.

Your Obedient Servant,

(Sd.) C. BRAMWELL BURGESS, COSTLY CAP

Secretary,

Evacuation Advisory Committee.

OUTBREAK FOOD

THEORY

MILD CASES OF PARATYP-

-£21 FOR SPITFIRE

An Irish international cap be- longing to Joe Bambrick, which its owner

gave for auction for Ulster's Spitfire Fund, was sold and resold and eventually realised

£21- 15s.

+

an-

The last bidder, Mr. William HOID HAVE BROKEN OUT IN Black, paid ten guineas for it and As you are well aware at no LANCASHIRE, AND A NUM-

shortly afterwards it was time during the hearing did IBER OF PATIENTS, BELIEVED nounced that he would offer

the mention the question of main-O BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30, cap for ballot at the next Linfield-

BEEN REMOVED то tenance of my wife, but unfor- HAVE

Celtic match on behalf of the unately the above statement was HOSPITAL.

fund. At Farnworth, near Bolton, given wide publicity in the Press

During the auction a. soldier your where 11 cases have been notified, walked in with a as my main submission to

parrot from committee, and was in some cases one of the patients is a Roman Captain W. Stewart, of the Royal attributed to me.

Catholic priest, and four members Ulster Rifles.

As the bidding proceeded, "Polly" kept shouting "Hurrah." and it was ultimately sold for

£25 10s.

The letter in question is as fol- lows:-

"The Honourable The Colon- ial Secretary,

of one family are also victims, Dr. A. G. Glass, the Medical Officer, states that the patients are doing

well.

The most likely cause of the Sir,-We are instructed by our client, Mr. G. B. S. Thom-outbreak, he states, is food infec-

accountant of son,. the

The tion, but he does not overlook the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf possibility that the movement of & Godown Co., Ltd., to write British troops, back from France this country, might be the to you and ascertain whether to there is any objection to his cause. Seven cases have been noti- fied in Manchester, where investi- wife returning to the Colony.

When the instructions of the gations into the cause of the out- break are being made. Cases have. Government were originally

also been notified in the Horwich given for the, evacuation, our client arranged for his wife to and Leigh districts.

ད་ proceed privately to Australia and she left on the 5th ult, and is at the present time in Syd- ney, As her continued -absence from the Colony will involve our client giving up his pre- his sent home and dismissing staff he would, if it were pos- sible, be glad if she could return to the Colony and, as we have mentioned, he would be glad to know if there is any objection to her doing so."

TWO WOUNDED IN

MOCK FIGHT

Two soldiers, Frederick White and Charles Lear, were accident- ally shot while exercises in street fighting were taking place on the

East Coast.......

JEWS' WORLD

ARMY

"We are quite willing to fight under British leaders if only we can get the permission," said an official.

"In the last Great War a Jewish legion distinguished itself under Allenby in Palestine. It was led by Mr. Vladimir Jabotinski, who first

the started working on scheme for a 1940 Jewish legion. Unfortunately he died before he could complete his work.

"Thousands of Jews in America have already made it known that People watching the manoeuvres they would be willing volunteers We may add, as far as help to be given here is concerned, saw a soldier carrying a Bren gun, if permission can be had," added she is the holder of an A.R.Pfling himself down at a corner, the official. Warden's Certificate which she and as others came charging down | "If we can get permission then

a hill opened.fire.

we can make use of the training Evidently live cartridges, had 'facilities which the Canadian Gov- got in with the blanks, for two,ernment have already offered us. of the leading men fell wounded. Many recruits could be got from

to hospital the aliens in this country

and They were removed suffering from bullet wounds in many thousands more would come the legs.

ob.ained in London.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servants, (Sd.) Johnson Stokes & Master, I cannot see how it was pos- sible to construe this letter as was done by your Committee.

You will appreciate that a press statement to the effect that I am unable to support my wife in Australia is, greatly resented by me, and I must request some ex- planation for this gross, mis-re- presentation of fact.

I shall be obliged. If you will favour me with an early reply.

Yours faithfully,

the

(5d.) G. B. S. THOMSON.

Sir, The Chairman of Evacuation Advisory Committeo has asked me to reply to your letter of 4th November.

In preparing the notes on your case, I assumed that the words 'As her continued absence from- the Colony will involve our client giving up his present home and dismissing his staff

which

were used by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master in their letter of 2nd August, were intended to imply that your appeal was based on financial grounds."**

It my remarks, which express- ed this assumption, were incor- rect, you were quite at liberty to contradict them. I presume that since, no contradiction 'was forth- coming the press reporters assum«

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