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2 year old, eight-year experienced Mr Bawlinson. I understand you have not tried to get substitutes because it in- volves communication, with the Head Office.

Mr. Ross THOMSON-It involves a num ber of things...

H.E. THE GOVERNO-There is another question I would like to put to you. Is it not a fact that one of your what we inight call senior staff is about to go on leave?

Mr. Ross Towson. I am not aware of anyone about to go on leave.

H.E THE GOVERNOR-I do not wish to anention nanzes. Is there anyone on leave ut present?

Mr. ROSS THOMSON-Not that I know, in addition to Mr. Edkins and Mr Nuttall

H.E. THE GOVERNOR-Perhaps the third member is going on transfer somewhored else.

THE BONGBONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 28TH. 1918,

of control and want of discipline. That THE MURDER OF SERGEANT in all nonsense. They have done excep- tionally well. A woman can do anything;

man can do."

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (to Mr. Rose Thongo) How does the work of the China Navigation office now compare with the pre-war work?

Mr. Ross Thomson-Roughly, as the staff is now from five to four.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-And in the Cuern Steamship department?

Mr. Ross THOMSON That is ladly under-manned. I should say the work his not boon" reduced. We are doing so much Government work..

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-With regard to the hours worked, of course it niny be that the hours worked formerly do not allow of any increase," I should like to know what is the case.

GLENDINNING.

CORONER'S INQUIRY.

THE RESCUE OF MRS. GLENDINNING

$

and the fire was getting gradually worse. We then went round and broke open the eastern gate. · We went along to the front

Glendinning was standing with her child of the station, opposite to where Mrs.

day, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, in his enpacity houses and piled them up till we were At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester in her arms. There was no ladder, so we pulled cut some old boxes from the out- as Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances Aurrounding the death of able to rench her. Police-Sergeant T. Glendinning, who was The Coroner-Her retreat was absolute. murdered at Tai O on July 17thly cut off from the stair-case?-Witness: Simultaneously an inquest was held on Yes; the only place that was onfe she was the body of P-c. Bhiga Singh (the constanding in. Mrs. Glendinning then stable who, it is stated. shot Sergent went into the village with

a Chinese Glendinning.)

woman. We went along to the Indian The following were the jury:-Messre, quarters and discovered the Indian con H. J. Rowe, A. M. de Soares, and D. Estable lying dead in his bed. He was the M. de Souza.

only person in the room. Pc. Cassios

charge-room. I did not see anybody else went into his room and I went into the

at the time. The place was getting thick with smoke. I then found Glendinning The Coroner, addressing the jury, said sitting, dead, in an upright position with that on July 10th, an Indian constabloy | his head hanging down. An open book B18, Bhiga Singh, was produced before containing the morning reports was on him (the Coroner) by Sergeant Glendia the table. This was covered with blood. ning and charged on two county-one. I looked round the room and noticed with larceny of some property belonging the safe open, and its contents money, the Police Station; and the other with etc.-in disorder, I called the men to get the larceny of property belonging to the bodies outside. There were three Employés at the station.

Indian policemen, the Tai O interpreter, Following on the charge, he was allowed out on

and a augber of fisher-men. One of the personal bond and was permitted to go to Indian constables was supposed to be on Tai O to get his effects, as he had been guard at the Police-station, but I found

Mr. Ross THOMSON The great bulk of the work in a shipping office has to be done in business hours, but the men in the office do work overtime when the business requires it. Almost any even thin-Buperintendent of Police) and Mr Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse (acting Cap ing if you were passing through late you would find one or two men there. I pass.T. H. King, A&. P., were present on ed out something after six last night behalf of the Police. and naen were working there. But over time, work is bad work and if you make the men work overtime they are not fit to do proper work in regular office hours. It has to go on, but the less we see of it the better.

Mr. Bloss TROMSON-Do you refer to Mr. Fisher? He is going. Mr. Taylor fins comes out to relieve him. Certate transfers have to be inade in the business from the port to another. These trans fers are arranged between August and November in the previous year and are sally carried out in the Spring. It WIN then arranged that Mr. Fisher should go to take up certain duties in the Shanghai office. Mr. Taylor, who was at Home on leave, was to come out in the Spring to take up the position Mr. Fisher held here. He was delayed by illness and only arrived a week ago. Ho takos Mr. Fihser's duties, and Mr. Fisher was at once to go to Shanghai to take up duties there, but in the meantime our agent in Swatów has broken down and ns to leave the port. Mr. Fisher is to go temporarily to Swatow to relieve the agont there and upon the agent's return Mr. Fisher will proceed to Shanghai.happen to how at the present moment. That is the position with regard to Mr.

ning the bank. One of these women is a staff left. There are 36 women now runing morning at 10 a.m., when everything Glendinning's body was put into a coffin,

Fisher.

H.E. THE GOVERNOR--You will find id very hard to convince the Attornoy Goeral on that matter. There is only une other point. Do you happen to know anything about the Dominion Bank of Canada.

Mr. Russ THOMSON-I cannot remember having had any transactions with it.

1.E. THE GOVERNON-It is a very large bank and employs a very large staff.

that that bank has only four of the senior

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transferred to Hongong On the follow-dimmings body was Diin. Bu gen MOSQUITO NETTING. SHEETING, QUILTS, ICE young git-Miss Pybus-daughter of old was quict, he is alleged to have gone into and the Indian's was put on a stretcher. BLANKETS. SCOURERS. GLASS AND PANTRY

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found out what had occurred. In giving their verdict, the jury were at liberty to record any opinion on the conduct of any of the officers concerned in this matter and also on any other points, which they

Mr. Hoss THOMSON We have been sending to Canada for women in our basiness. We are the only firm that has done that as far as I know. These train-wished to bring forward. ed enable women are very valuable.

and got Mrs. Glendinning and her baby, took them on board, and proceeded to Hongkong,

Mr. King Did you send a message from Castle Peak to Hongkong for assist. nnée ?-Witness: I shouted to the coxswain to proceed to Castle Peak and telephone to the Police.

H.F. THE Govenkon-What you have said shors the vast difference between My Taylor's importance to the firm and Captain Pybus, who was well-known to the guard-rom, dressed in mufti, and They were then removed to the No. 2 this young man's whose case we are now fall of na She has risen in that bank there shot the Sergeant. About four launch. I left Pc. Cassim in charge at considering. I can well understand the in nine months to the position which is Ministry of Shipping facilitating the called in Canada a teller-the principal granting of passports to a man of cashier of the whole bank, a very respon years of age and who may be described; sible position. That shows you what can as one of your senior staff. But un be done when stern necessity drives. as certain AM I am that I am sitting here that it had been a question of obtain ing pass ports for any of these young man they would not have got them. The uly ather remark that I have to make is that it was extremely interesting to hear your valuable statement of your ease, but although more detailed it does not really contain any essentials that were not before the Tribunal, and the Tribunal, at the request of the Chamber of Commerce, who asked for this con scription, has upon it no less than six experiented business men, men who know thoroughly, or who are supposed to know thoroughly the ins and outs of all sorts of business in this Colony. And yet there six men, with onanimity, decided that these three young men could be spared without any exemption whateser. would add to that that unfortunately we had not tonnage to take the people who were enrolled straight away to their destination, but far as India is con-

cerned to which some of these inen with have to go there will probably be a con- siderable interval before they leave this plate, if they do leave it. Finally I would į

The Council, then considered the matter

Dr. H. Macfarlane deposed that he private and, subsequently H., the made a post mortem examination of the Governor, addressing Mr. Ross Thomson, body of the Indian constable. There was Mr. King here explained that Castle said-We have carefully considered the representations made.

a bullet wound below the abdomen which Peak was the nearest telephone station tô The decision of the Govenor-in-Council is to uphold the passed through the liver and out as the Tai O. It was only a matshed station decision of the Tribunal. In the case of side of the spine Mr. Rawlinson, I will just mention that

The cause of deathguarded by Indians. there will be no opportunity for him was haemmorhage. Witness gathored Mr. King-When you landed how many teaving the Colony for at least a month from the nature of the wound that it was of the station Indians did you find with and probably six weeks.

army? You have mentioned one Indian caused by a bullet.

station guard. Had they any arms on Mr. Woodhouse--Gould it have been inflicted by a 303 Service carbine Withem 7-Witness: I did not notice them ness: It is difficult for me to say, as the here; only one of them was armed, and bullet spreads. I concluded the shot How many Indians did you see alto-

he ought to have been the sintion guard, fired from close-quarters.

gether? I cannot say; I think three as first and more later on. After we arrived at the station the Indians returned and attempted to save their kit from the fire

Hon. Mr. POLICOR-I think it ought to be reported that the Assessors in the cases of Mr. McIntyre and Mr. Rawlinson do not agree.

H.F. THE GOVERNOR YES.

Assessors were desirous that the men re- It was subsequently stated that the ferred to should have three months exemption.

The Council then adjourned.

ask am, as far as I am peremially con- GENERAL MILITARY

veraed, to get the authority of your people

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or to draw upon this excellent list

of substitutes. It contains the name of u

somewhat prominent Civil Servant. I do

SERVICE TRIBUNAL...

TO-DAY'S AGENDA.,

Bergeant Major Bhagat Singh, of the Hongkong Police Force, gave evidence of identification.

Dr. C. W. McKenny deposed that there were two bullet wounds in the body of

You are quite positive that there was no-one inside the gate at the time you

the deceased Sergeant Glendinning. That broke it open --There was no sign of any which caused death was the wound, in the one there. I looked round but did not

not suppose you have been influenced by 3.30 pm-China Light & Power Co., right side of the skull, slightly above theses anyone the slender published against him to under-valve him.. I am quite sure he

could replace anyone of these three nien.

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G. Stark medically fit.

Hon. Mr. POLLOCK-Mr. Ross Thousan (No unit men of military age in

substitution. Perhaps he firin.).

objects to

this

would tell us what those objections are. 340 pn-Hongkong & China Gas Co.,

Mr. Boss TwoиSON-They are numer- ONS. I understand that the men on this list are all over-age men or unfit It would be very difficult for an over-age

man to go into a subordinate position in

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such an office as ours. For instance, let us suppose Mr. Johnstone was unfit and was remaining in the office. An over-age: man would have to come in and work under him. That does not conduce to smooth working. Some of these men, you tell me, are highly trained business men and what I may does not apply to them. There others without commercial experienc We have had a good deal of experience of trying to use that class of For instance, at the hearing of the case by the Tribunal reference was mindo to Mr. Herbert who left us recently. I wish you to clearly understand that I have nothing to say against that young man. He was a very nice fellow. He had been to Charterhouse and to Oxford or Cambridge from where he had taken his degree. He had been a schoolmaster for some years, had an excellent know- edge of Latin and Greek and spoke Preach almost like a Frenchman. tried him from department, to depart ment, but owing to his lack of early busi moss training he could not fit in with our requirements and in the end: he realised at himsell.

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H.E. THE GOVERNOR On the fist are men and women. We would particularly bring to your notice one who is a highly. qualified and certificated school-mistress. She does not want to teach. Her ambi- tion lies in a different direction, and at this juncture, Mr. Ross Thomson, these men and women want to take the places of men who can be released to go and Fight for their country. If I had time I would do anything break stones on the road, if I could release by so doing a stone-breaker to go and, fight. These are people who unfortunately cannot go to fight. They are either unfit or are of the female Bax. KARN

Mr. Ross Tromson-We have already shown Dar willingness to employ wonen wherever we can. We employ 11. I do not think any business in the Far East

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temple. The skull was fractured at this

spot, and the brain matter was protrud- ing. There was another wound on the right side of the chest There was no evidence to show that the bullet was fired at close-range. The bullet appeared to have been fired from a 303 Service carbine. Sergeant W. Pitt stated that he identi- and the body of Sergeant Glendinning at the Government Civil Hospital. ·

Sergeant J. Perkins said-At 1.45

m.

on July 17th, I was on the No. 1 launch at Sun Chun, and I heard the Tai O ferry, U-sang, blow four blasts. I pro ceeded in her direction-that is to Tai O. The Indian Sergeant from Tai O who was on the launch informed me that P-a. A48 Glendinning had been shot by Po B18. I then proceeded to Tai where I arrived at about 2.20 p.m., and saw that the station was on fire.

Except Mrs. Glendinning ?--Yes.

As you landed you found some of the Chinese with arms?--Yes, they were fisher men who had armed themselves and gone to the assistance of the interpreter.

The Coronior-From where did they get the Gre-arms?

Mr. King-There are licensed aros issued to junks.

Mr. King (to witness)-Did you ex- mine. the body of Bie at the station - Witness: 1 examined the body and found bullet wound in the left side of the chest.yah

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Was the body warm-Yes. Were the limos stiff-No. The foreman of the jury wished to It was recently dead 7-Yes.

know whether the room which the witness replied in the negative. Indian was found dead had been locked.

Was there any trail of blood, as if the deceased indian had walked into the room after shooting himself! No.

Is there no direct telephonic, of other communication between the Tai O station and Hongkong, or some other larger telephone at Tai O station. There is only station, say Castle Peak 1-There is do

leav-one at Castle Peok

What is the distance, roughly 1-About 14 to 15 miles by water.

The Coroner The station was quite a landmark was it not 7-Witness: There is to other building near by. I landed at Tai O with an armed party. After lea ing the launch I met the Chinese inter- preter of Tai O and he informed me that he had not heard anyone moving in the station for a long time, but that he had heard shote, at the station, the bar old another detective to go to Cistle Peak at light and ring for assistance, but when I met the interpreter I counter-manded the order. We then advanced towards the station, and found the gate locked. We senttered out and wont round to the back of the station.

Mr. King Did you see Mrs. Glendin Rejected as anfit for service: R. Hing before that time!--Witness: Yea, we Cousins, C. C. Nelson, J. McCormack, J.

saw Mrs. Glendinning waving from the A. Hunter, J. Maclachlan, K. E. Greig, window as we landed. 7. Russel, A. Hamilton, A. Stalker, A. B. Ramsay, J. W. Paton, G. E. Brown, F. Soutar, J. P. Middleton, P. WR Ramsay, A. Aitchison, J. T. Green, J. Millar, J. E. Allen, W. Eldridge, W Lyle, P. Anderson, N. McArthur, W. J. Clarke, J. Grimshaw, D. Lyle, W. R. Oswald, W. H. Prowse, C. Dickens, A.

Bhe was in the section of the verandah of the window which was not en fire Yes:

Mr. King stated that the who station Was surrounded by a barbed wire fencing containing two gates, both of which are

station building itself.⠀⠀⠀

DIY. Ress THOMSON-We have done it. R. Osborne, and E. A. Gibbs, not nearer than 40 or 50 yards to the H.E. THE GOVERNOR,So have I. I The following men of military age in have sent II schoolmasters to fight and this firm have not yet been medically I was told that to replace these men by examined:-A. F. Goldfinch and J. C. women would lead to all sorts of want "Ferguson.

Witacas, continuing, said-e could not see anyone moving from the back,

is there any other nicans of communica tion from Tai 01-There are rockets and signals of distress from Tai U. There are also flags, Aflag signal is flown the day and a red light is shown

signals be seen?-Witness: The nearest The Coroner-From where can the point is from Cheung Chows about 4 or miles distant. A police-launch visits the place once in 48 hours.

Mr. King mentioned that there was a sub-station as Chung Ting

Mr. King also added that he was await discipline and duty in the part of anyone ing instructions regarding a breach of connected with the station. Then the Police would be able to decide the ques tion as to whether they should put in Certain witnesses or hot. The usual strength of the Tai O Policentation was eleven, but on the morning of the murder. there were twelve men present. That was to say, one, man--an extra man had left ning as a relief to B18, who was ordered From Hongkong with Sergeant Glendin- back to Hongkong. He did not think, the inquiry would be finished for two or three days more.

The Coroner the adjourned the inquiry till 2.15 p.m. to days and be mad

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