On the - memorable afternoon of October 24 three teachers, namely, Messrs. Fei Vu-chiang, Oong S-juh and Bau We-paring were duty at the Keswick Road defence sector when the thoroughfare was sprayed with machine-gun bullets and several fatalities resulted. On that occasion Teacher Oong S-juh had his hat shot off his head, but remained calmly at his post with his companions until relieved at 5 p.m. On another occasion Mr, Tseu Yui-s, Clerk of the Chinese Studies Department, while returning from the Translation Office where he helped to put through a rush of wi had his trousers torn in, two places by shrapnel from a shell which explode ed on the road at the entrance of the Administration Building: his escape from injury was miraculous.
The major part of the Interpreters Corps was: stationed at the defence sectors of the perimeter for duty chiefly in connection with the influx fugees; later the men assisted in the heavy work of rice distribution, At present the Corps has been disbanded and the men have returned to their prosaic functions.
Translation Office In this department there is nothi special to report except that creased efficiency of the machi has made it possible during the pi year to readjust arrangements and reduce the Staff by two men; the work has continued to augment in volume but it goes on with the same regularity and punctuality. Increased ficiency as a rule, calls for higher remuneration; this has also been ble to meet without extra expenditure through reducing the personnel; in fact a effected in' salaries, One would imagine that with all the fighting going on there would be less translation wor to this, however, was not the cas some directions correspondence dropped off, but in others there were enormous increases so that on the whole the office is now actually busier than ever. The dislocation of various Chinese activities, the many questions arising out of the handling of refugees, rice distribution, hosthe casualties suffered en route lying dead on the pontoon.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.