It's the first anniversary of the evacuation of women and children, and the 'bachelor husbands' hold a lively protest meeting at the Peninsula Hotel.
There are five hundred of them there, and speeches are constantly brought to a halt by prolonged applause, or by bouts of booing (whenever the Government is mentioned). Nevertheless, the Telegraph reporter assures its readers, the meeting is 'orderly and good natured'.
Most of it is taken up by a report by the Chairman, J. P. Macgregor, of his meeting with the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, who held out no hope of an early 'rescission' of the order by the London Government. The Governor told Macgregor that about 1800 women had been evacuated while 900 remained in Hong Kong.
Source:
Hong Kong Telegraph, June 30, 1941, page 3