Owing to the terrific press! duty in the first ten days of present trouble, the full tale of the services which the S. V. C. have rendered to the Settlement can never be adequately described. In addition to holding the S. V. C. sector of the line until relieved by the Royal Welch Fusiliers, all sorts of extraordinary and unusual jobs of work were most cheerfully undertaken by different sections of the Volunteer Corps right from the commencement of the trouble, The V. C., of course, figured conspicuously side by side with other municipal departments and various organizations in the heart-rending work caused by the Palace Hotel, Vu Ya Ching Road and Sincere—Wing On corner tragedies. The Transport Ca, has rendered heroic service throughout in expediting the work of clearing-up.
In addition to these major jobs, the Corps has had scores, if not hundreds, of appeals: for help in evacuating all Sorts and conditions of people from all Kinds of sticky corners." When these appeals for assistance have come in, the Volunteers have wasted no time but have gone into action straight away and finished the job in ud first—leaving the question of the red tape adjustment of the details of the appeal to develop after successful accomplishment.
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