Witness accompanied him to the hospital where a Japanese doctor attended him. "He just staunched the flow of blood, put some iodine in and stitched some of the bayonet wounds." he continued. "He also fixed some bandages around Tinklers waist." After this Tinkler was put into a room while witness left with his clothes. At this point a pair of shorts and a white shirt were produced. covered in blood on the left trouser leg and on the left side around the waist, respectively. These, he stated. were the clothes which had been worn by Tinkler.
He stated that he had armed himself as there did not appear to be any attempt by the Japanese to stop the strikers. Having had experience of what strikers could do he had armed himself for self preservation and to protect the propert:
The inquest was then adjourned until 10 a.m. on Monday.
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