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Yesterday, 11th September, 1925, I went with Captain O'Callaghan of the Punjabis, to show and explain so him the Sha Tau Kok frontier. We intended returning by the 5 p.m. train from Sha Tau Kok but, shortly after our arrival there we were informed that the Strikers

in Chinese faa Tau Kok had arrested the regular and spare drivers and stekers, who had gone, as was their oustem, to partake of food at a house just inside Chinese Territory. The four men arrested were Drivers Ip Pui and Li Yun, and stekers Li Cheung and Mak Yeung, I at once sent for Mr. Barriera of the Customs and asked him if he would endeavour persuade the Strikers to release the men. It was evident, however, that Mr. Barriera, to use a common expression, had "the wind up", and all he did was to talk vaguely of sending for one of the Cadets to act as intermediary. As it was useless for Captain O'Callaghan and I to attempt any action ve proceeded to the Police Station, meeting on the way Lance Sergeants Knowles & Clarke, who had heard of the

trouble. I suggested to Lance Sergeant Knowles the

possibility of intercepting the Strikers taking their

prisoners over the Lin Ma Hang Gap, as is their

invariable custom when making for Sham Chun. The two

officers at once started off by the shortest route

for the Gap, taking with them a Thompson Gun and rifle.

Captain O'Callaghan and I then went on to Fan Ling,

where the Station-master informed me that one of the

Stokers, Mak Young, had escaped and ran to the Sha Tau

Kok Police Station.

Shortly before 8 p.m., Lance Sergeant Knowles rang me up at Tai Po, saying that he and Clarke reached

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