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DEATHS OF VOLUNTEERS Evidence By No. 3 M.G. Coy. Personnel

Bayonetted After Stole 70

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Aviation Mission Arrives

The Barty of techuical representatives The Mintelry of Clyll Aviation, Ale Ministry at Meitleh, Overalya Airwass Corporation whilels an a tour of 6740 Far East examining merodroma and praw

Their recommendations regarding development, arrivel, in Hong Kong by R.A.F. sehrduled 'ervice Dakola yester day afternuts, and were met by fifina Captain E, A. Jones, Station Cummander, RA. Kai Tak, Mr. M. Oxford, Aetius Director of Air Horviers and Mr. A. D. Bennett, Aves Manner of 1.0.A.C.

Members of No. 3 Company, Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps, gave evidence of the bay- onetting of three of their comrades, after they had surrendered to the Japanese at Stanley Gap in the late afternoon of Dec. 19, 1941, as the trial continued before No. 5. War Crimes Court yesterday of Major-General Shoji 'To- shishige, commanding officer of one of the three Japanese divisions taking part in the as- sault on Hong Kong Island.

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said that he was captured with about 20 others in the late afternoon of Dec. 19. "We were as- sembled on the roadside and a Japanese officer was going through my pockets," witness said, "when a Japanese soldier caught sight of us and accused us in English of killing too many Japanese. He came across the road with his rifle lowered and made for some of the fellows' at the back of me. I heard slight groans but did not see the actual bayonetting of the three men. They were undoubtedly killed by the same soldier.

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"You have been very naughty girls and must beg

punished. You will have to pay complashant $25 each as compensation and sign a bond" of $150 to be of good behaviour for 12 months.” said Mr. Latimer to Pak-Lan and Pák, Ping, _taxi-dancers, at the conclusion of the hearing........ of the summons against these two girls and Hung Ling, Chow Lel-wah and Pak. Low, by Tsuf Suet-tsan, floor manageress of the Im- perial Dance Hall, Nathan Road, for assault on Feb. 19.

in a taxi,

In

Money Mart

"Convicted on a charge--pf- larceny by trlek, Lai Ki, 21, un- employed, was sentenced to 10 days' hard labour and two (years' police supervision by Mr. Sninabury at Central yesterday.

Ho Sun, 29, unemployed, In evidence. 'complainant ↑ being in the Lhumati Police charged with aiding and abet-stated that on Feb. 2 à party Station. She was later told, she ting. was bound over in the of four Cantoneso men called added, that she had been brought sum of $150 for 12 months. at the dance hall and asked to there in a rickshaw. When she For a breach of his previous be introduced to some hostess. regained consciousness, anid bond, Ho was fined $150, es. She presented Pak Ping, a complainant, she found that girl.. but was told | she was bleeding in the face and 49,46 am. on March 7, two Shanghal accused and a woman went to later by the same men not to that the watch and ring were Bank of Canton call her again as she could not missing. She was sent to Kow- room F21. Building, and wanted to buy speak.Cantonese. So, continued loon Hospital for an exomina. some calcium gluconate. During witness, a Cantonese girl called tion. bargaining.

intro- dis- Wong woman

Yuk-mung wna

Wong Yik-man. manager of appeared and later both accused duced the next time the men

the dance hall, and Chan Chun. left, after which the man who called on Feb. 14.

taxi-dancer, corroboratet com- Pak Ping, declared served them discovered that 70

Tsul, plainant's evidence.

Pak Ping. in the witness bottles of calcium glucunate went up to her and anked why

she was not called by the clients stand, declared that she aud were missing.

recovered and, on being told the reason, complainant had a quarrel over from a shop in Lower Lasear Rot into a temper and began the Cantonese clients choice to aweny at her. At 1 am. on Row and both accused arrested. the morning of Feb. 10, con- the first blow. She denied that and that it was Taui who struck PRAO standard with no exlimate of the

tinued witness. Pak Ping in her sister, Pak Lan, and herself time required for the wurk, available the 1 lalsur, plant and materiala, and to repo'l

FALSE PRETENCES tercepted her as she was about had ever been involved in here to the Minialty at Civil AviMLİ,

"All this time the officer was "We were kept there overnight

Before To Incorpionte, in the reports this pe

Mr. Sainsbury at to leave and, after repeating-fight in the Hoi Chun Cabaret devil brief note of existing buildings, going through my pcckets and and then sent to the Maryknoll

as to why she last year or in a brawl with some Lee Ming the question where we Central yesterday. avtalikotrgitive, domestle and techniest atmade no effort to stop this man..Mission in Kowloon

was not called, made as if to Portuguese dancing girls each drume ne sile. the extent In fact, he threatened me with his were able to obtain medical sup-33, and Lo Ping, 30, both strike her. At that moment, Hillwood Road on Feb. 22.

sword. Cpl. Zimmern, next to plies. Outside of the wounded employed, were charged with said witness, the manager ap- me, was also threatened. We were we took with a we only metabtaling $200 by false pre- later bound and led past these one or two. of the others we left tences from Missa Wang Yee-eared and persuaded the five

girls to go home of who came back to us some weeks three lads lying in a peol

which we ing, of Room 605, China Build- while complainant made ber blond, We were then taken up later. The hut. In

way home. to a small micas hut about 100 were kept the Brst night was so ing.

That

tonic we anyards slightly uphill from where crowded

Go'd advanced to $276,60 a tacl we wore assembled where about standing and sitting."

at the close of business yesterday. Alleged Bite Io. 1.K.. Australia and UK/Por Essi 200 prisoners were crowded in. In reply to questions from the tentet to four months hard Inbour. "Lo was discharged but

It had opened at $273, and after That

evening a Japanese

defence

started. counsel. Mr. Takano,

relapsing to $272 in officer paid us a visit and told us witness said that the main Jupan was sentenced to fix months for

At, about 7.30 p.m. the same steady climb right up to the end. of hls fe-term de- we were guests of the great ese attack came from the direc. breach

Sevenlug, said Tsul, she return. Plastres were steady, upening Japanese Empire und

und should do on, of Stubbs Rund and Blueprtation order.

agad at $10.65 per 100, and closing at as we were told. We asked if Poor Ramt. He could nor say if On March 2 both accused to work wearing

finger ring. purchased on dan$10.00 quite the Japanese camt from The went to Miss Wong and obtain 10 last for $82.80) and a for medical supplies, having

Chinese National Currency was a number of wounded in the direction of M. Nichelson. They

yed $200 by producing a letter wristwatch purchased on Oct. cents and spot at 48% cents (for ! again qulet with futures at 37:4 o, but

forthcoming d were

hod overrun the position from

bon Paying that her friend, Miss 24, 1940, for $45. At 8.15 p.m. CNE Next morning, about seven or behind. His position had

CN$1.000). s stand to few Luk Po-ngan, was very til.

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Pak Ping came into the dance'; U.S. dollars reinpsed, to $480, eight o'clock we heard a lot of ordered

Suddenly minutes before midnight on the

hall. said witness, and explosiona

Im- and Sterling eased off slightly to cutside.

Between 2 and 3 a.m. # Only two cuses of smallpox mediately trench-mortar shell

went came through 18th.

up to her, $14.40. Australian pounds were, runner had come in from one of were reported to thu Health The balance at credit of Proft the roof and exploded in the

the week ending caught her by the sleeves and again unchanged at $12.62. and Loss Account is $2,924,041.39 room, causing 20 or 30 casualties, the outposts at Jardine's Lack- Authorities in

"We

fer out to say that the position had March 8. Three death occurred asked her to xo out into the Immediately asked after allowing for depreciation:

from smallpox in this period. street "to talk things over." After deducting the debit on Pro- medical supplies and for a doctor, been attucked and wiped out.

Replying to questions frotn the Sixty-six canes of tuberculosis it and Los Appropriation Ac-We

obliged to strip on count amounting to $2,178,073.23 shirts and use these with towels Court, witness, said that the "Q" were reported, with 37 deaths. ain amount of $740,508.10 is left as bandage. We were then told Store where he was stationed had for appropriation.

we were going to be moved. We been under shell fire fram trench

ACL une morturs throughout the dog all aged 10 startling next to me and The Directors recommend that asked for stretchers.

wounded there had bean one direct this balance be disposed of as fol- and took away what

were in bayonetted him, On my 'extreme We were Most of the company could with us, Plows To Provision for Contin- we

licies $700.000,00; To carry for- taken to North Point, the Journey shelters when the Japanese sp-left was a Chinese Lance-Corpor-

peared.

al of the Volunteers. They pushed ward to 1947 $46,508.16.

occupying about three hours.

him over and three Japanese Prisoners Lined Up

atamped on his head until ho died. The next witness, L/Cpl. James Two other Volunteers were also We were Winyard, guid that he had bayonetted to death." been stationed as local defence then tied up in twos and led of Pak Lan then ran out from be-

11 little over

hind the manager, alleged the fa few essentials, would be a bet for the 5th A.A: Battery, his pesin shed. There were

ter and less complicated way of that covering Wong Nei Chong a hundred people crowded into a

complainant, and gave her a re- raising the necessary revenue Road. When the Japanese over very small hut!!

For removing four cuble yards Sr-In the course of the next

but than the proposals made by Gavran the past son of Sir Cecils, counsel, witness said there were whereupon Pak Ping got hold of sand without permit by lorry.

Under examination by defence sounding slap across the face, few weeks, Wc

Luxury good's

fem direction hear from lending private indivirtament.

be more tide, and iners by Jardine 129 people from his-unit stationed of her head and pressed it from Gloucester Read to No. duals and public bodies much cri-heavily taxed, and the imposition! Lookout from the side of the in three pill-boxes at Jardine's the ground., 'The other three, 189, Shaukivan Road, Clicing" Licism of the Government's in of a poll tax would not be unfair, mountain. facing Kowloon. At Lookout. There were other pill-. tention regarding taxation, and

FIAT- LUX. the time

surrender he was boxes to the right and other units defendants joined in the affroy. Tal-hing, 41, unemployed, wax declared witness, Chow Lal-wab} fined $200 by Mr E. X. with C.Q.M.S. Fincher in one of on the left. The Japanese attuck bit her on the loft wrist, Hung d'Almada at Central yesterday. the shelters.

was strongly resisted. He said at Ling twisted her arm bohlm!! He would place the hour of the least 20 had been killed and

Summoned at the instance' of surrender at about four o'clock, wounded when a shell exploded in her

of.the. The prisoners were the hut where they had been kest punched her on the back with the Price Control. Office

S.T.I. Department, Chan Cheung Conmerce, who apart from urg- sirani concelt, the like of which said.

up by the side of the road prisoners overnight. One of the ner fist, asserted complainant. ity Government to postpone the I never remember to have seen with others who were capture two Volunteers bayonetted ha

Defendant's Story

of Hung Cheung Electric Shop, introduction

394 Fortland Street, Kowigon, of Income Tax. previously.

elsewhere and collected that also been standing by his side. After being subjected to Rich was fined $50 for selling a "Nox" ollers nu suggestion,' as to how

On I was passenger

a, train

when the incident occurred. It

an assault, complained Tsui. 100-watt electric bulb at $3.20, or the Government are to raise aroceeding in the direction of the

were made to kneel for appeared he was pushed from be

she felt faint and, later, must] $1 above the controlled price. *fic. money to carry on the adminis- Western Market, the tram being about half-an-hour ofter which hind and then bayonetted. trotion and essential rehabilite- not unduly overcrowded, con we were asked in stand up again,"

Hearing of the case continues lave lost consciousness for the was further fleed $25 for failing tion work, except to make pro. sidering the seemingly inexhaus- Winyard said. "One or two Jap this morning.

next thing she remembered was to have a price tog on the bulb. posal that Government should is fible capacity of the normaal Honganese at that point started bil- rue bands and account for these Kong tram. There were a num-ting people with sword scabbards taking reparation from Japan. ber of Servicemen standing on and entrenching tools. After that It has already been announced the lower deck, and some in the we were led off in small groups that Government will have to driver's Cabin."

with our hands tied. Before this enise money by a Rehabilitation With a very convincing roar of happened one of the loun to balance the deficit in the engines a jeep drew

Japanese, alongside for no reason at all, came up to' budget. It will be years, it ever, and the

military one of the people standing behind me lightly to the left and Ju-

The H.K. Electric Company Bave issued a Statement of the Company's Accounts for the period fat September 1945 to 31st December 1946.

Wern

Readers' Letters

Income Tax

is to be hoped that such cri.! Jelsa will be of a constructive, i int not only destructive nuture. 1; bave read the views of the Chair- man of the Chinese Chamber of

anustments" "should

.

Incident On A Tram Sir-On Sunday night I was witness to a piece of the most

occupants.

10.

point.

and

before substantial reparations policemen, peremptorily ordered can be obtained from Japan, and the men off the running board jitsued him. Another Japanese there are many parts of the East- and to establish themselves well then cante up. One of our men Chinn, the Phillippines, Java and down the car. After some pha was hit with a pick-handle and Malaya, that will justly require sengers had alighted at the next then bayonetted." the major part of these reparaston the servicemen contrived to tions. Surely it is not the sug- move slightly nearer the interior

Saw Bodies/ estion of a financial expert like of the car.

Questioned by defence counsel, The Chairman cf the Chinese ti

were about Chunber of Commerce that the ment therefore, when,

a matter of axtonish-Winyard and there

few 100 Japanese in the party that budget of the Colony should con- yards farther down the line, the captured the post. They had re- tinue to remain heavily unbalan red, and the defelt increase dolly executing a truly Herculean leap

said Jeep again pulled-up- Kisted the enemy for two or three,

and,

hours. He had gläneet behind him Does he suggest that this should

As the Japanese threw the first- be balanced by the process of ins one of the MPs jumped out of

mentioned prisoner uver hig and, ! 10 Jeep

on to the car lines, a shoulder. He had actually told: flatlun, and the system we have arma akimbo like a Roman seen in China develop in the

him to stand up. He saw another Colony? Surely. no

one in the ladiator, held up the car, and

essaying to conceal his natural prisoner, with his head bleeding

currency

The

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head

Colony except perhaps the many bovine and vapid expression un-but with a steel homt er hit professional

gamblers der cloak of oleiousness, or glanced away and did not see Wishes to see an unstable Hongdered the men off

helmet. had

Kong dollar. The alternative t

what happened further. Later This was done, without. argu-

when being marched away he saw

a

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