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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY: "JANUARY 22, 1947.

CHINESE CELEBRATE YEAR OF THE PIG

Yesterday was the last day of the Year of the Dog:

at the stroke of midnight it was the dawn of

another year--the Year of the Pig, and people this morning will once again be greeting each. other "Kung Hee Fat Choy" in the streets. This is the second Chinese New Year since the liberation. Unlike twelve months ago the Colony is once more, swimming in plenty. Gone are the austerity conditions of a year ago. The memory of the Japanese occupation is, well, just a memory..

It is therefore no surprise that the Colony has been bust- ling with preparations for the observance of this most im- portant event of the year. Shopkeepers and merchants have been storing up the necez- cities for meeting 'the' event. and busy housewives have been feverishly buying "the hundred

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Eve, when every household -held- its reunion dinner, when every member of the family was pre- scnt.

Last night, also, the gods were appeased, and offerings given by way of thanks for a year's spiritual guardianship: and this

a "also

went to the family cestors who, like the gods, were

offered a pre-taste of the food

and wine of the feast.

SAITO ADMITS SLAPPING

SENIOR OFFICERS

Altered

Date On Tickets

"A great deal of trouble is be-

for the course of his seventh day under examina- tion-in-chief by his defence counsel; Mr. Hase- gawa, Captain (Dr.) Saito, medical officer in charge of POW camps in Hong Kong during

Robbed Week

the Japanese occupation, admitted having After Escape

slapped a number of officers and men among the POWS. Among those Saito admitted slapping were Lieut.-

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Only one week after his res lease from Stanley following com pletion of a two-month term for larceny, Lee Tin, 43, allegedly lock part in the robbery with others not in custody of the in- mates of a hut in Kennedy Town on Nov. 28,

Coll Bowie, Major Crawford and Major Boxer. He had slapped Col. Bowie, Saito said, because as officer in charge at Bowen Road Hospital he had failed to keep POWs off the verandahs during air raids on Hong Kong:

He was tried before Mr. Justice? His reason for slapping Major | vestigations were made by him

into the incident after the suit-E. H. Willams, Pulsne Judge, at Boxer was because the latter had

эл thethe Criminal. Sessions yesterday argued with him that a Japanese case had been found was unlikely to sign a pledge that barbed wire barricade. It was for the robbery and was unani he would not attempt escape anal, discovered. Saito claimed, that mously convicted by the jury. therefore, he (Major Boxer)

A sentence of six years, hard Labour was imposed en him.

ing caused the Railway authori- ties by people, selling forged or re-dated tickets," declared S/I Askew when be prosecuted, Wong, Wing-on at Kowloon yesterday on the charge of defacing three third- class railway tickets on Jan. 20. LECTURES. AT

Giving the facts of the сабе, CATHOLIC CENTRES/ Askew told Mr. Blair-Kerr that three passengers entered the platform and submitted their tic- kets to the collector at 3 pm. on Monday. As the colour of the tie-would not. kets was green instead of white, the collector examined them care. fully and found that the date had been altered from 19 to 20. When asked where they obtained the tickets from the passengers point ed out accused who was there upon arrested.

A series of lecturer on sub- jects of a religious or educa- tional nature, some illustrated hy films or slides, will be held weekly at the Catholic Cen tre, 1st Floor, King's Building.

The first lecture is on Fri- day of 5.30 p.m. when Mrs. M. W. Bentley (Ozon) will speak on "The" Grail Girls in England." Subsequent», lec- tures will be on Thursdays cach week at 5.30 p.m. The lectures are free and are open to all.

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Murray from And taken the suitcase the ward in which Gill was He slapped Major Crawford, confined and had taken a watch Saito said, after being dissatin and gold ring from it. Further fied with conditions in a ward re-investigation disclosed that Mur- served for Canadian patients ray was selling articles belonging during the diphtheria epidemic. to the other patients through the

guards

ards and was taking Speaking of the latter incident,

a com Saito said: "I observed that treat mission.

the patients in this

"At that time POWs were prohibited froma Belling patient get

WAS

ment gives not very good. I db-sides and were prohibited from over, cholern typhus and · dysen-■

S/L Askew, informed the Courtved a diphtheria that white and green tickets were issued on alternate days by the up and wobble to a latrine bucket talling freely with the Barmosan

without any of

the nursing order-guards. I thought if nothing was paying any attention. Also I done about this matter, it would lies Accused was fined $50 or, al-, observed some food left over in continue. Because of

of this I siap- ternatively, one bour..

for the draft" they were segre gated in a separate place. would then be still about a week to embarkation and they would be quarantined. Stool Lesta would be taken and

cholera, typhoid terv patients would be excluded. Saite demed Major Crawford statement that only 10 por cent of the men selected were

At the time of the fifth draft 1943, a special phy- cal

was introduced. POWs were put through tests re- quiring ability to run 18 metres in under 30 seconds. 100 metres carrying a weight of 25 kilos. in under one minute, and to do 10 row.

month hard la mass ting which were not proper ped Murray, Mimari also slapped in Decenation was

In another case, Chan Wing was meet its obligations reflects the greatest discredit on a shop's charged with altering the date on 11 tickets which he sold at 7.15 reputation.

Despite still unsettled con-a.m. yesterday. The tickets, ori- ditions and widespread poverty ginally dated Jan, 20, were alter. and distress, this Chinese New ed and sold to 11 passenger who, Year holds out much brighter on being questioned by the col hope than twelve months ago, lector, pointed out accused as the in so far as Hong Kong is person drom, whom they purchase concerned. Everybody is there ed the tickets.. fore in a happy mood spending lavishly.

and

God Of Wealth The New Year was ushered in by a general firing, off of fire- crackers—immediately after

When defendant was brought midnight and by the shouts of street urchins announcing the

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claimed that they paid Chan-$10 beun imposed by the Government for each ticket, said S/I Askew. the Chinese

Sentence of six months Hard characters of Taingtao against arrivals from "choi shan." These were dis Hong Kong an account of small-labour was passed by Mr. Blai

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money and edibles as well as in firecrackers which they will be firing off all day long. ·

Settling Day

Quarantine restrictions

have

Counsel's Question To Inspector

his

actually

15 washed. In another part of the diphtheria ward patients did not uniformly keep their things together.

Therefore I asked Major asked

Him and Sgt. Ito slapped him with a piece of leather. He was con- fined one night to the guard- house and released the following day."

chin-ups in

samme of

down t

Crawford about this and

Picking Drafts him alao if the patients were re POWs suffering from internal ceiving any serum.

He replic

"The result was not very that he had not received any and, infectious diseases were ex-

Saito

said. About 30 per cent person concerned would influene. diphtherin serum yet. I thought cluded from the drafts for Japan, Saito concluded. "The will at

the end of Sen. this queer as at tember 700.000 units of diphtheria

more than the number required the resalt very greatly. Because for the draft were selected-and-of-this, while running serum had been issued to the POWs. I went with Major Craw were subjected by him to a "ver the POWs would discontinue the

by

throwing would sta ford to

speak

matter. In the PO

POWS W

and required weight on purpose or paraded Rose aluto Major Ashitur bal and optical examination. The effort, presence of Ashton-Rose I handed to do light physical exercises in the midst of the chin-ups. Thi some of the serum over to Major Those who could not move their form of examination, was there Crawford. I asked him why he joints or do their physical exer- fore, stopped and the former typ had not received any serum and cises freely were excluded fran of verbal and optical examinatio Of 200 POWs examine he did not know that any had the draft. The 20Wa were then used.

asked verbally if they were dis only 10 or 10 did not pass." been issued.

The trial continues this morn gathered all the

cased or not. medical orderlies under Major Crawford

ing land lined them up in two rows.

asked them if they were really' doing their best in treating their patients. If anyone thought be was doing his best I asked him to step forward one pace, They all stepped forward.

Slapped Orderlies

"I said. I had just inspected the diphtheria ward and found neither clean nor in good' order. The mess tins were notelean and w patient had to hobble to the intrine because there Was ne

nebody

to escort him there. How can you say you have done your 'best un- der such circumstances, I asked them. If anyone still thought he was doing his best he should step pace forward. Nobody step- one pace ped then.

I am going to put to "Inspector Buckingham.

you a very straight question and that is that these men (accused) were made scapegoats to white-wash a white man and that man is Sergeant McDougall. Is that a fact?" To their elders the p.e-New Year period is often a head- This question was put by cise account of what ache, with accounts to settler. d' Almade Remedies in the happened on Nov. 7?" and money to find to meet the course of cross-examina-

Re-examined by Mr. Smith, expenses of the celebration. To tion of Iwp. Buckingham. Insp. Buckingham admitted that the shopkeepers in particular RNYI.at the continued hearing,

he was in charge of all investi. the New Year settlement is the before Mr. Latimer at Kowloon gatione up to the time of the most important as failure to yesterday, of the case in which arrests of the accused, on Nov,

To improve their treatment of seven Chinese coolies and three 7, and that he handed all the the patients I slapped them all. I also slapped Major Crawford be- Indian constables were charged evidence in his possession to

he did not supervise the with breaking into and enter the elvil police only.

on the actions staff under him well and ing Kowloon Naval Dockyard

latter date. In reply to another neglected his duty by refusing La victualling stores on the morn-question witness said. that he accept serum from Major Ashton- ing of Nov. 7 last, and attempt was surprised that IPC 182 did Rose because of

Il-feeling ing to steal therefrom various not challenge the boat when it

Speaking of the incident with articles of naval, stores,

"drew alongsido the Naval Lieut.-Col Bowle, Saito said: Dockyard.

"Lieut-Col." Bowle

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Doesn't, ZBW want to please Its listeners? An ad in the paper asking the public to vote for what it likes best would show right away the percentage to be alloted to dance music, operas, plays, lectures, etc.

Mr. R.S.Smith, assisted by DSI Collins appeared for the Crown, Mr. Marcus da Silva and Mr. Remedios for for the seven Chinese accused, Ilam

in and Mohamed Shufy. Ali Sher, IPC 234, was not legally represented,

Witness, who gave evidence

and

charge of Bowen Road Hospital at the end of October; 1842, đur- Flimsy Report

ing the first air raid. Patients at The hospital watched the air raid Questioned by Hia. Worship, and when the Japanese anti-air- Insp. Buckingham said that the craft guns did not hit the aircraft reason why McDougall was dis. they

clapped. their hands charged was due to his being were very happy, about it. absent from duty for two days from the Naval Detachment just There was a communications at the previous hearing, was McDougall, admitted witness,

by Mr. Silva when he reentered the stand yesterday, and stated that after he had received reports of the alleged planned robbery he kept a special watch. In reply to a further question, witness

cross-examined

below the hospital about the was not reprimanded by him Pow clapping. When I received for failing to produce the two this communication I telephoned elips of paper given the former to Lieut-Col. Bowie and asked allegedly by All Sher.

him to see to it that such clap- ping of hands should not be per- mitted

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into his confidence, respecting his plans, with the exception of he could prefer any charges Indian constable IFC 133 who was on special duty.

"About two days later thera was another aeroplane. The pa- tients came out on the verandalı but this time they did not elap. They were soon by the guards at against IPC: 180 and IPC 182. the hospital and also by the Proceeding, witness stated Naval Detachment. After the air- Still Employed that, acting on instructions, he raid I went to investigate this. I

bind Col Bowia come with Inspector Buckingham, on be interviewed All Sher at the

me and on Dec wards. I asked him if he had we went together to the ing questioned by Mr, Remedios, Water Police Station

patients admitted that IPC 180 and. IBC10 and, not being satisfied with

cautioned, the patients and he 152, the two Indian constables the replies to his questions, said he had. I asked the patients. whose numbers were given in crutioned and charged Sher, if they had heard the caution and the slips of paper handed to Witness was about to repeat they said they had heard the first McDougall, are still in the em- the statement made to Him by caution.

Major Boxer

play of the Naval Dockyard: fle Sher at that time when His further auréed with, Mr. Worship intervened and Remedios: that IPC 182 was, the ruded that until the writ" asked the patients if they coustable on duty at the time ten statement could be pra had been cautioned not to go out

to the verandah during eir mids.. the boat moored alongside the duced the Court could not admit They said they had heard the Naval Dockyard plor, and that DEI Collins' version as evidence, caution. I asked them why, hay no challenge was made to the Mr. Smith thereupon lodged in deard the caution, they came Boat people. Those two men, a protest against Hla: Worship's out to the verandah. I slappat continued witness, had not yet ruling, aqbmitting that as wit the 'been dealt with departmentally, ness was acting in the capacity Bowls had also Ldent-Col although they have been book of an investigating officer. the same occasion, Saito said. He He had slapped Major Boxer on ed as "suspected abettors." wae entitled to give evidence as

had been instructed by the Camp. Sergeant McDougall, said to what accused said to him. Commandant to get Major Boxer [witness; sent in his fo-On his being over-ruled by

to zig

the pledge not to escape. signation about a week after His Worship, Hr: Smith asked I explained to him," Salte said, the arrest of the accused. A few for a written ruling as; he asthat he was the only one who days after, McDougall went to sorted, it was of great im- had

and sea the Superintendent and portance for future cases. He that this was improper him. I

ex of him. If

the pledge Withdrew his resignation and further maintained that it he refused to sign was permitted to resume work, was the law that investigating did not like him to suffer such. I

might be put into prisort and but was dismissed two or three officers are entitled to give tried my best to encourage him

Patra to: days later. At this stage, Mr., evidence as to what was said to sign but he steadfastly refused. I Remedios put it: to witness that them by an accused person. sked him to explain the reason the defendanta were being made His Worship: "Most certain- why he would not eigu and he bald scapegoats to white-wash ly, Mr. Smith. You shall have he didn't think

would McDougall who, said counsel, it"s »

sign "such. pledge. Finally! slapped Major Boxer.

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