CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 524

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20 NOV

518°

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 21st. September, 1918.

Gou

Sir,

In continuation of Sir Henry May's

46021 Despatch No. 223 of the 29th July, 1918, I have the honour

Fondlosure

to transmit a copy of a local press report, containing the verdict returned by the Jury in the Coroner's enquiry into the death of Sergeant Glendinning and Police Constable B. 18,

at Tai 0.

2.

I enclose a copy of a minute by the Captain Superintendent of Police which details the manner in

which the Indian Police concerned have been dealt with, and the steps which have been taken to provent a recurrence of the tragedy.

3.

I also enclose a portion of a previous

minute by the Captain Superintendent of Police which shows that certain persons concerned acted promptly and courageous- -ly. The coxswain of the ferry launch and the shopkeeper in

question have been suitably rewarded, while the Chinese

Sergeant Interpreter has been promoted to Fourth Grade.

The enclosed copy of a letter from the

Sikh Comunity of the Colony expresses in a gratifying manner

the feeling of that body.

4.

5.

In the Estimates for 1919, provision is

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M.P.

&c..

&c.,

&c...

being