(Continued from page 7) the spokesman concluded. Investigations, he added, were still being continued by the Japanese Military Police and the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party.
A pressman then asked if it was not correct that Mr. Lillie had proceeded as far as Garden Bridge and had been turned back. "He returned apparently from a little fullier than Boone Road," the spokesman replied. "Did the bus run into the car?" asked another pressman, the spokesman stating "There was a collision."
Pressing his point the questioner asked if ıt was not a fact that the bus hit the cer in the rear. In reply the spokesman stated that the car was running in a zig-zag fashion, the angle of collision being about 20 degrees. He added that the skull of the Japanese sentry had been crushed in and he had not been in a condition to answer any questions.
Replying to a questioner, who enquired if witnesses at the scene of the accident would be allowed to give evidence at the inquest on Mr.
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