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The inquiry was continued on Tuesday, March 14th.,at II a.m. "r.Shont on put in copies of the Government Gazette containing Ordinance 5 of 1922, the Order of the Governor-in-Commoil relating to persona leaving the Colony and the Freclamation onlling out the
Veluntoars.
Villiam Pitt, Sub-Inspector of Folice, then gave evidenco, He said: On the morning of the 3rd of Her oh I was in Samshuipo Police station. At 6.10 I receive i certain instructions from 'r.ing by telephone personally, I was to proceed immediatoly,with all availsbla assistance,to the Kowloon Water orka. I was also to inform Sergeant Greig, who was on duty at "amshuipo, to proceed with mo to the cross roads of Cheung Sha Wan and Taipo and report to Mr.King as to the direction the men attempting to leave the Colony were taking. These orders wore complied with. I telephoned to Sergeant Dorling, of
arks in his motor Yaumati, and asked him to tako mo to the Water side car. He arrived about 6.30 a.m. with Sub-Inspector Field. Sergent Greig and I got into the side oar. We proooeded to the Taipo road and at the junction wo dropped Sergeant Greig. We then proceeded through a large crowd on the Taipo road, arriving about 6.45 a..at the Water orks. I turned out the three Indian Folio0 constables who are stationed thore,with rifles, with magazines charged
with ten rounds.
Higorship. When you turned out these Indian constables, had the
crowd passed this point?
Sub-Inspector Pitt. While I was turning out these men the head of the crowd was coming round the bend, ab-Inspector Field and Sergeant Dorling were on the road, I was above the road getting the Indians together, and while I was doing this I heard two shots fired. I wont to the road with the Indians, and I myself fired two rounds into the bank from my revolver. This was to frighten the crowd and to let them know we were armed. I then posted the three Indian constables across the road about 40 yards from the station nearer to the crowd. I remained with them. Sub-Inspector Field, who speaks Chinese fluently, went towards the crowd and among them and spoke to them. They