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IMPORTANT EVENTS:

WEDDING, FAREWELL DINNERS.

NO. 33322

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

GEORGE WONG

Defence Questions Charge

Submission Is Overruled

THE TRIAL OF GEORGE WONG ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON COMMENCED YESTERDAY BEFORE A GENERAL MILITARY COURT COMPRISING MR. LEO d'ALMADA • CASTRO (PRESIDENT). MAJOR J.B. KITE AND MAJOR C.F. MILES.

MR M.A. da SILVA, ASSISTED BY MR. R.S. SMITH, IS APPEARING FOR THE PROSECUTION, AND MR. HIN.SHING LO, INSTRUCTED BY MR, H.L. KWAN, IS FOR THE DEFENCE. -

Flowing the r sting of the charge. Me... shin to maste anlaining that a fire of high gold be brought

bare amon

ON LEAVE BUT STILL IN THE ARMY

against Wong as he was not of British nationality.

kich treason

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1946.

London, Apr, 1:

CASE SIR MARK MISSING AIR LINER

YOUNG GOVERNOR

PETIOT

TRIAL IN THIRD WEEK

complices

Kong under the Japanese ee-) cupacion and submitted that the he had

The

none.

state

The following

announce-

mont, made by the Colonial Office, has been released by the official spokesman of the Hong Kong Military Admini- stration:

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which he rumes his duties.

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The crew of a plane scarch- ing for the missing Lan- castrian air litter, which dis- appeared on a Britain to Aus tralia flight, yesterday night- ed floating wreckage about 186 miles north-west of the Cocoa Islands, Melbourne Ro dio reported today.

The wreckage has not been identified, but the search has bcon intensified. Who Radio added-Reuter,

Hirohito To

Lose H.K. Fire-Engines

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Emergency Powers For Hong Kong

AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE ALONG THE RETURN- ROAD TO PEACE-TIME CONDITIONS WAS PÅSSED -WHEN THE EMERGENCY POWERS (EXTENSION) „PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED BY BRIGADIER D.M. MACDOUGALL, C.M.C.) CHIEF CIVIL AFFAIRS OF- FICER, ON SATURDAY.

This 25

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THIS PROCLAMATION. APPEARS' IN A CAZETTE EXTRA-

ORDINARY PUBLISHED YESTERDAY. AFTERNOON,

Sie Mark Young will be re-

The Defence Regulations were deals, with these. Defence, Raguin. Paris, April 1.

made under the posters conferri)|tions which are revalens, to be, Lurning to Home Kong to Te-

by the Emergency Powers kept alive in Hong Kong having sume his appointment as Gover- The trial of Dr. Marcel

(Defence) Acts. 1939 to 1945: regard to the particular condition nor and Commander-in-Chlef} Petiot starts its third and last towards the end of April. The

those Acts expired in England en prevailing hers and necessitated* Fab. 24,.1946. The Defence Re- by reason of the fact, that this week, today with the likeli- | Military arbortties will hand

gulations were

were kept alive in Hong Colony was in enemy occupation. hood that one of history's over the administratio of the

Kong in their entirety for a fur for the greater part of the dura Mark Yung

Wher

expiring er

on March 31, tion, of the Pacific War and her close with most of its myster- biggest murder cases would Colony to Say

bis arrival.

1946 by the

resources and amenities su

Krave! Tokyo, April 1

Pracam- Provisional Exciony Laws recharco

ly depleted in consequence, Th The King, his approved

General MacArthur, Supreme ation, No. 23. ከቦ

position now future polley with regard to re- applicability of i

Mr. Lo direussed in detail the ics unsolved.

extension of Sir Mark Young's Allied Commands in Japan, to-ly that the have been allowed to gulations kent alive by Fart III The outstanding „Petiol my-term of appointment as Gover day order the Jesange Chan lapse at midnight on March 31, will of course real with the civil charge to un alien in Hong stery was that of pessible ac- nor

Comunir-In-Chr.ment to return to

the British 1946, except in so far a specific government on its return, Government. two lire engines

All the regulations nte kopt in alleged Hong Kong, for such a period ich were neized at Hong Kong regulations have been kept alive

force for a period of six months The defence as will enable him to re for and presented 12 tte Empator for by this now Proclamation. | indictment was bei Itpally and

In England, the Supplies and after the return of civil govern- year from the late Dil the pr

protection that one of the evert nets laid claimed he and "cotrades."

of the Imperial Services (Transitional Powers) ment but with provisions for their Palace during bombing raids, againat Accused praognited to Another mystery is the means)

Act, 1945, which has been extend further extention. of slaying. There were no signs him freason

*** Sir Mark Young arrived inually new at the time of seizure;} Colony Broys that certain De- the authority empow

The engines, which were vired by Order in Council to the able HE: the Governor, puoi Following a long argument, of violence on the bones, though the Colony in August, 1041, to which Mr. M. A da Silva Petlot said the victims were take

have been identified by Brigadier fence Regulations may be kept Order in Council up his appointment

to General P. Tansey, Chief of the alive to maintain control and re-life

prolong in succession to Sir Civil Property Custodian Office au

of the replied, the defending counsel's clubned, or shot. No slaying was Governor,

regulations covered by Andrew Northente. Ho Was In

and Services so 38 gulate Suppites submission was overruled by the witnessed, one of the victims Hong Kong during the Japanes and

Parts I and II of the Proclama London, April 1. President of the Cower and Ac-¡were seen entering

such Onlara with the house, attack in December that vear, and

tish Govammantive of the Bri- to secure sufliciency thereof for tion, tu muke 9904,

equitable distribution at yard to

to them as he

Th consid Men and women on relcase cused was asked to make his No parts of the remains had

signed the surrender terms in the At present housed in the fm. the wellbeing of the community

80 for as

as Part leave from the forces are un-

plea. Wong pleaded "Not been traced to any of the, alleged Peninsula Hotel on Christning perial garages, they will be trans-an

concerned, for the mccessory Guilty."

'victims. dcr

of him until after V-J Day, werred to Kure, Japanese navali fair prices, to facilitate the demo-

bilisation and rerettlement of per- Ingislative authority to bo obtain. service law until "the

for shipment to Hong Kong. sons and the readjustment of in-ed from the Legislative Council In his submission to the leave

expires. This ruling Cart, Mr. Lo said, in part:

Bet the sheer. weight of num-

The British of several leading

Government has hers of the 27 charges and hin, guris freed from a prison cams further requested General Mac- quirements of the community insulations which ought still to be dustry and commerce to the re- for the continuance of those ro- was given by A Kirkwall "Mr Proet, Sir, with your own failure to provide any cre in Manchurin.

Bruzes

Arthur', Headquarters to expe time of peace or to assist the re-kept in force for a farther perip).- Court-martial,

permission, I wish to explain dible explanation lay heavily on Educated Demobilised last "December, a

the position of Counsel for the the strange defendant under the College At Eton and King'a dite the return of a huge lathe, lief of suffering and distribution Mark valued at £25,000, which was also of supplies in countries that ar Sir 29 vear-old ex-soldier. Gunner defence and then make my sub- Fresch legal system based on Young was in the Ceylon Civil seized in Hong Kong but was in grave disiacas as a result of David Hay of Allan Street, mission on the legality of the prolability rather that "rea-Service from 1009 to 1923. He found at the Mitsuf shipyards. in war Kikwall, was reentled to his recharge of

doubt. Associated was Colonial Secretary in Sierra Okayama-Reuter. and court-Buainst the accused,, giment in January martialled Just work on two charges relating to incidents that occurred when he was in civier.

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treason preferred sonable

Prese

MacARTHUR George DENIAL

the charge of treason alust the accused is a scutel to Japanese.occupation of Hong Kong (which is associated with{ Today he was atpitted of as merous and notorious acia off saulting an officer. Cattained. II. | brutality, inhumanity and bar- Powell, R.A.S.C.. at 4: daifee, barism) the case of The decision will be promulgat-Wong has aroused great public ed on the second charge of tak-interest and even hostile feeling ing part in a disturbance. against the accused in the Co- Gummer Hay-was back-ut his lony and among Chinese patriota old job as baker when he went everywhere.

to a dance on Jan. 12. He had been a civilian exactly a mouth.

British Justice

He was arrested thers by the ei-

" any criminal trial of any vilian police and released on £1 bail early the next day to ap-accused of any nationality which pear at a local court on Jan. 31. involves capital punishment in It was revealed at the court ease of conviction, unless the ne- martial that when he answered cused provides his own Counsel the summons on Jan. 1, he was for his defence, the Crown in taken before

(Continued on Page 4).

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magistrate,

given back his bail of £1 and

- told to go.

.

Open Arrest

Next day he received ́n tele- gram from the Army stating that he had been "erroneously derpilled last December." Later he received a letter con- firming this and received orders to report back to the Army in Orkney. When he returned to the Cameron Highlanders in Orkney on Feb. 18, hè was pine-

to

Day. Nothing further was heardi

was

Cambridge.

Leone in 1928 and Chief Secre- lary, Palestine, in 1930, in 1833, he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Barvados, being made a K.C.M.G, the fol lowing year.

S'pore Change-Over

&

MILITARY COMMAND

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Poland Worst Off Nationis

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Former US. Presidante#Herbsit Hoover arrived her day from Warsaw to indy, Finland's

IN GREECE

Part I of the Proclamation kis: in force certain Defence Re Cairo, April 1. gulations for these purposes. The The British Middle East Com-Act under which these powers are mand, of which General Sir exercised remains in force for five Bernard Paget is Commander-in-years but may be extended for a Chief is to take over the British further period of one year in the Singapore, April 1.

Military Administration in Greece, event of Addresses being present Tokyo, April 1.

it was officially apnounced here. As fifteen guns hoomed in

ed by both Houses of Parliament food situation.

Hoover bald the heitum Until the latter stages of the General Douglas MacArthur, salute, the

civil administration European War. Greece came with

The Emergency Laws (Transition in Poland is desinking the Supreme Allied Commander came into being in Singapore fo- in the orbit of the Middle East tional Provisions) Act which i ly bad and the worst that bahay yesterday said "there is absolute day.

also applied to his Colony by encountered so fan his tours ly no truth" to the report that ke

Air-Marshal Sir Keith Park, Command from which

Order in Counell, extended certain head of the.. afterwards transferred

American commission had large holdings and commer- representing the Supreme Com-

the other Defence Regulations for a which is investirathirobeat Central Mediterranean cial interests in the. Philippines mander, read the proclamation of

1047. period expiring Dec. 31,

conditionals bluu huts or that his staff officors had been the termination of the military

These Regulations are required to fwhat folgend soedd yn business operation:

administration and Mr. P. A. B.

bridge the gap between the counrelated to hata ha Patan engaged in

McKerron. Colonial Secretary, there.

A mission is shortly proceeding from try's establishment on a war time will get hery sharp d took the oath as Officer Adminis- the United Kingdom to Australia under basis and the complete, return to to make trating the Government.

the leadership of Lieutenant-Generat Evette peace time, organisation. The pro-Vent an amin ay Porn Mr. G. Simeon. Governor-to investigate the potentialties of setting visions with regard to this time of designate of Singapore, who ar-up an establishment in Australls to aalat Regulation are contained in Part said..sldrtivou 19, +

must make rives tomorrow, will be installed in the development and undertake the II of the Froclamation, on Wednesday.-Reuter,

Part II of the Proclamation

His office said his statement was made in reply to a query on arti cles which recently appeared in some United States papera- sociated Press.

Most Pessimistic

Race

In Whole Of Europe

+

(By Dougles Brown)

London, April 1.

ed under open arrest and The Portuguese, spared the worst horrors of war, are yet charged with disorderly conduci

perhaps, the most pessimistic of all Europeans.

"Pravda" On Iran

Moscow, April 1

* Command.--Reuter.

In the first Sovlet comment on

the UNO Security Council dis. cussions, leading to the

with drawal of the Saviot representa- dan

Andrei Gromyko, the "Prayda" in Its International re-

between Soviet and Iran have led to

today: writes toda Folations

It

WOB

to

Fores

London, April 1.

ing of long range rockets,—Reuter,

Hong Kong Residents Stuck In Sydney

news forrence in that Breadsbaff?" „akl stock WALLETɑleven over bat thigromelilligt onlyinnkikliain

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then 4 0,030,000 EMidringhould A“! | Bade Akke Footstunderår sødequainih UT TooBior 31 ARMA"nourish

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are in Hongkong and Shanghai, aro stranded to Austin-

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lia with no prospects for months of obtaining pi plissent)| Valdkonna kisWambɔ oilw gor ship to take them home.

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Families, broken up before the in Sydney for controlabidad Dim-m Premier

James me

mono in gibanjerabne quon Filistella Vanakicon | cukurútubo sotheɛngin) yaldmihr: di · (To my childritesti Ediglänsal Goalhiem whvamment hind the harpus tirq|Bla{9w||w}#csfánsoatigışıher Parolanthe panese internmen: camp.) Do you Bentoni¥¤¤ów with

happy crica

You

at a dance and with having na- As they emerge from the first, between 200 and 300 per cent. saulted Captain Powell. At post-war winter, they are firmly: Salaries and

wages, smail the court martial he was defend-convinced ed by a civilian solicitor, Lleu-things are gettiru wotse

that, economically, fanonth in any case, hove in-

mutual understanding-regarding Pacifle War, still have not been vice from her wudeme rolpunt micin Miko for creased only 15 - 38 per cent. the evacuation tenant-Colonel Fred Buchanan, them instead of better..

of Soviet troops reunited.

naval stores shippy the For some people this is catas-from Iran and have mado

Men who were P.OW, and in- first. dia- who objected to the trial on the "Poverty in the midst of trophic, but only for me. The cussions of this question in the tornees in Hong Kong, and who

VICE VERSÃO zobai grounds that lay was a civilian plenty" fg their universal com- Black Market, in a country of Security Council unnecessary. came to Australia le recuperato, i and that he held a certificate of plaint. Relatively, the poverty go-betweens like Portugal, "However, despite the clarity are unable to get back to jobs transfer to the renorve. There may not be so

extreme as they |brings queer rough justice of and soundood of Gromyke's pro-waiting for then fore he was a reservist and not think, and certainly the plenty is its own. It maker a few people nosal, it met with opposition on Most of the British are in à serving soldier, Anther plen illusory. But when the windows inordinately rich, and they the part of the American and Sydney. They have registered was that Hay, having been clt-of every suburbar grocer are spend their cichen the Black British representatives, and was ed for a civilian police court and full of bottles of Scotch avhisky Market. This in turn is so crojected. It seems strange that with shipping companies, and the charge there having been while bome larders are

Dome mentbere

with the Hong of the Becurity keep in touch often ganised, as to previes picking Council take a mere irreconcilepio Kong Government Liaison Off- dropped, he could not be tried again for the same offences. But empty even of the humble aar- for thousands of people, includ-attitude 'than the Iranian Primecer (Mr. Reeves), but no trans- the court-martial turned down raised in protest.

dine, volces are, certain, to be ing many of its worst victim Minister, who considered, it pos-port can be found..

Rentor.

sible to postpone discussions, all objections,

Everyone complains about the

"It is necessary to state that The solicitor proteated that high cost of living. Omcially,

the Iranian "problem, has been Hay had leat more, than £30 in it has risen 50 por cent since be-

particularly turned into a stam wages: na baker through the

But this figure

bling block on the way to a suc era ful" and fruitful session."or"] Array recalling him for the war. him in custody. Evidence of is based on the askumption that everyone gets hie veential ra- character revealed that day htions which. In Portugal, means!

GREEK PREMIER. RESIGNS

Athens, April 1. The Greek Prime Minier, Sopholls,

an excellent army record, He olive oil, urled--cod, chopped tendered bla eralanation, to the Rerent this holds a gallantry cerificate from macaroni and broad. In point of Lord Montgomery for rescue fact. small na these rations: are, ofte until the formation of new work in a French micefield. the poor seldom succeed in aemment. The Regent is expected to

Reuter

quiring them a

Black Market

ORPHANAGE FIRE

Fairdpur,April '15 Grocers are

are often dishonest, Two children: lost their lives and the Corporative State of and eight others are missing in Dr. Salazar provides the very a fire at a state orphanage here frame-market of the all-embrac during a gale:

|ing Plack Market, butt burg A he orphanage was destroyed It Is:th this Black Market that rely by fire and partly by the the essentials of life have to be The local prison and bought, even by the poorest, so cobarracks, and a number that popular batulates based on louses ware, also damaged by hard exterionce, put the real rise in the cost of living, at anything Bouter.

» The. Begant”, saked 'hini to-continue in

“Tin comaultations tomorrow, with the Exe

eutire. Conquistee of the Popclist, Parts, witch a leading the Polis, for the form

ton of new Obfaat-Basta. PAGE ONE FILLER Adobe De

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the Security Council."Reuter

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They were interned by the, Japs, but when rabecued, agreed.

placent huna

to stay in Hong Kong, to flags to the

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Jobs essential to rebuilding civet for dr abdul spanning Catholics Han-life in the city: 54) jul (last nur zaven ditpiness?. Balies ebnailpoite blog BekkyyóráBýv The Bombay polico have so tain transport

Bombay, April 1. Now they are unable stayeb id thinkel understands for some wholidatzikoj Brasschen

for thesalfdeninį | Jasllavtās Brow sół mi haly egosuai fasted smintigos! far inade 65 arrests since the los

Who pass-mutstöabilstndayalı clash last night between real Converting Charges followishlargal is of donis of the Worli antouchables, Occasionully, a man bouda, ör colony on the outskirts of the Hong Kong or Shögghn MIKLA A city and members of the Sche-berth on a caryo croUS PIE duled Castes Federation (un prospects of obtaininiton Aldo touchable political organisation) suitable for which and A United States Embassy who had demonstrates against dren, are grimad A spokesman here sald that reports Gandhi's decision to stay Fare from Table Indicated the Brian Fifteen perrons, including nemy lamaking preparationg" t

to evacuate that city. Ale chuird of three members of the police asemautonomous Iranian pro party which was attempting to Aberbalas Ausonlated a nejporate the contes nts, : „were rinds

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