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The ambulance is one of the very Intest type, a streamlined Studebaker model, equipped to hold sixteen stretchers, and has a special body bulit on a special" choosis. Women's Club in the first association In Hongkong to present such a vehicle to the Red Cross, a fact of which the Club is Justifiably proud,

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After the ceremony of handing over, the officials adjourned to the Club rooms, where refreshments

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Inquest On Welder

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Sequal to a chopper attack on Sitting as Coroner at the Kowloon 19-year-old man named Chan Pui af spectators gathered at Magistracy yesterday, Mr. Q. A. A Bridges Street, Central, on the after- BUGLES! -

FLYING BULLETS CRACK TO THE BLARE OF Statue Square yesterday after- Macfadyen conducted an inquiry into noon of May 10 was

YOUTHFUL HEARTS POUND TO the appear- noon when the Chinese Women's the death of a man hained Chan San,ance of twelve men before Mr. T. J. THE BEAT OF DRUMS Club donated an ambulance to 21, who died recently es a result Houston at the Central Magistracy the National Red Cross Society. of No.

of an explosion on the ground floor yesterday..

300 Reclamation Street,

Defendants were Yu Ngan, 20, un Dr. C. T. Wang (late Chinese In evidence it was stated that the employed; Li Chok, 32, stall foki;

Hul Pc, Ambassador to Washington), Pre-explosion occurred whilst Chan was chcun 32, uhemployed; Li Kwok- sident of the Red Cross, received about to weld a large drum which 1B, unemployed; Lam Plu, 17, un 23, unemployed; Tat Chuit, the key of the ambulance from had previously contained sulphurie employed; Shum Po-yuen, 20, un- Mrs. M. K. Lo, President of the neid.

employed; Pang Kam-wah. 18, haw- Club.

Dr. C. C. Petrovich, of the Kowloon ker: Hui Chuen, 25, unemployed; Tsc Hospital, said that he had examined Chuen-lam, 17, student; Mak So, 18, Chan and had found him with in-hawker and Ching Kwan, 24, Juries all over the body. In his emopyled. opinion the cause of death was They were all charged with hemorrhage, Chan's wounds could dadgure or disable him or to do him multiple fractures, shock and wounding Chan with intent to maim, be consistent with the bursting of some other grleyous bodily harm, some metal object immediately be-Inspector A. L. Hopkins prosecut- fore him.

ed, and asked for a formal remand Dr. V. C. Branson, Government until Thursday, which was granted. Analyst, sald that on May 1 he re- He told Mr, Houston that he under- colved from Sub-Inspector Mottram stood Mr. C. A. S. Russ was appear- two steel drums, one intact and one ing for Hui Chuen, with the end removed. He examined It is alleged that the defendants, them and found that they were both with others not in custody, attacked Mrs. Ll Shi-pul, on behalf of the He washed them out and was Chan inflicted injuries to his arm and of the opinion that both drums had head. Chan is at present in the President, and Vice-Presidents (Mes-jat one time contained sulphuric acid.Queen Mary Hospital. James Li Shu-fan and Tso Sin-wan) Traces of the acid were still

present addressed the assembly and said: and there

evidence also of "Our members have been keenly sodium compound in the washings. its side. Suddenly something hop- Interested in securing the ambulance This was consistent with soda having pened and witness knew nothing else which I have the pleasure of hand-previously been used in an attemat until he woke up in hospital. ing over to the Chinese Red Crosa to wash the drums. In your presence to-day.

Cheng Tal-sung, 32, a broker, said The amount of sodium compound that about two nionths ago he sold The great work of the Chinese present was very minute. It appear-nome Iron drums to the Yee Li Red Cross has been well-known toed from this that the drums, if they Chemical Company of Kweilin Street. us for a great many years, especially had been washed with since the hostilities, and this it is washed with a solution which was pany had been informed

sode, were The buyer from the Chemical Com- that the meant as a small contribution to

insufficient in strength to neutralise drums had previously contained wards the relief of suffering,

the acid. A strong solution of soda sulphuric acid. "The President of the Chinese Red should ordinarily Cross, Dr. C. T

sufficient to Tsang Ho Kau, 32, of the Chemical T. Wang, who has ro neutralise any neld remains, in any Company, said that when the drums kindly consented to

to be present to empty drum. Even if the drums and were bought he had been told that day,

has achieved much domain of diplomacy both as Foreign necessary to refill them with water held. He had ordered the drums to een washed out with soda, it was they had once contained sulphuric Minister and Chinese Ambassador at get the full effect of the washing. be washed with a soda solution, and Washington. Now he is keenly in- Diluted aulphuric acid acted on the this had been done in his presence. terested in the organisation of war steel or iron of which the drums were He knew that the washing relief and we look forward to re-made, to produce hydrogen which.necessary precaution, if iron drums eelving valuable advice from him.

in combination with the oxygen in had contained sulphuric acid. He the air, formed an explosive which had ordered the

washing *merely was able to explode, particularly П measure of cleanliness and not TO - MORROW a naked light were present. Even because he had feared any explosion. as small an amount of hydrogen as Apart from this he had learned from 4.1 per cent was liable to cause an welders that they liked drums wash- explosion.

ed with coda before being sent for Previous Explosion

repairs, Two of the drums were sent Mongkok Police Station, testified to

Sub-Inspector T. H. Whelan of to No. 360 Reclaimation Street. an explosion occurring on the ground had worked with Chan on the day Li Ming-chau, coolic, sold that he

18. The explosion was similar to the front of the lid of one of the drums floor of 20 Shantung Street on April the explosion. Chan had been in

and in that instance and had a blow lamp in his hands. present one, several persons had been injured but He was suddenly

blown

into the none killed.

street. Ngan Chung. 18, apprentica worker Mr. Macfadyen said he was satis- of 300 Reclamation Street, said that fed that Chan's death

was due to: Chan San Had been hls master-misadventure, and that death was the| teacher. At 10 a.m. on April 29 he result of an explosion caused when went to work and saw that there Chan was welding on iron drum. were to be welded. Chan had been sulphuric acid, were two drums in the shop that which had previously contained

Person Interest

"I should like to mention that have a personal interest in the Red Cross as, during my tour of the South recently on behalf of this Club, I had opportunities of noticing the keenness of Overseas Chinese in all matters pertaining to war relief in Chini, especially the field work of the nese Red Cross. I was happy to been able to assist the publicity work on behalf of the Red Cross during my visit by lectures and per- sonal contact in conjunction with my propaganda work among the Over-. seas Chinese women in Salgon, Java and Singapore.

have

"I sincerely trust that the close relations already existing between our two institutions will be further cemented by future co-operation relief and social activities.'

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welding one of them with, a blow Before expressing his sympathy to tamp. Witness helped with the work Chan's mother, Mr. Macfadyen ad-

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Dr. C. T. Wong said that he felt the frat drm and nothing un-vised those concerned to take moe honoured to be present, and to have toward happene. Work later com- care when welding drums that once been asked to represent the National menced on the second drum, wilch contained Bulphuric acid. They

Its side. Chan Red Cross at the function in Statue was laid on

was should take the precaution of wash- Square.

the ld of the g them with a strong solution of The function was especially signi-drum and witness was standing by soda water. ficant, he said, because of the extreme urgency of the present war situation, when, instead of being on the defen- sive, the Chinese troops were de- finitely the offensive.--This meant more casualties and hence the need for more ambulances and more trained medical men and women for field work.

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Dr. Wang mentioned that the Red Cross have a total of 77 field units

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