The coolies were escorted by the Police from their work at West Point. The evening Detective Inspector and Detective Sergeant, under my orders, visited all the masters of the various coolie houses frequented by Tung Soon and Sze Yap coolies, and urged them to settle the dispute between the two factions and induce the coolies to keep the peace. Most of the masters undertook to do so, but one or two of them returned very flippant answers to the Police officers, saying that what they were asked to do was their business.
On the following day (the 12th inst.), at 6 am, shops in the Chinese quarter were visited by Police, but it was found that hardly any sales of arms had been made recently.
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The fight was quelled quickly and order restored in the neighbourhood.
The following day (the 11th) however, about 3:45 pm, when the coolies were leaving work, the fight was renewed.
A man was taken by his friends to the Tung Wah Hospital. An arrest was made.
Another fight took place in Queens Road West, in which several people were injured and sent by the Police to the Government Civil Hospital. An arrest was made.
Extra Police were deployed from 4 pm to 9 pm.
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