Date..
12.
District. Upper Levels.
Time.
13.
mergency Unit
ng Kong.
14.
Aberdeen.
15.
Eastern.
16.
Aberdeen.
17.
Eastern.
40.
23.12.4l
65
12.30 A Police Reservist was murdered in Caine Road near
Peel Street whilst on Street Fountain duty. 14.00 Assisted by Naval Officers the Unit searched the Butterfield & Swire building for two hours in an attempt to find a sniper who was engaged in sniping the Naval Yard and had nearly hit the Commodore. It is possible that the firing came from Bowen Road. 14.00 Three houses were gutted at Aplichau by fire. Several
persons were injured by shelling directed at the fire. 14.30 Sub Inspector Scrim was wounded by a bomb splinter
in Jaffe Road outside the Station whilst engaged with L. S. A. 6 McVey in repairing a bus.
p.m. A volunteer Police party consisting of Mr. Fay, Assis-
tant Superintendent of Police, Sub Inspector Taylor, L. S. A. 54 Hewitt and L. S. A. 83 MacDonald proceeded to Aberdeen in a fast car to make a third attempt to ob- tain hand grenades from the Military Magazine at Shouson Hill. Information had been incorrectly given that a Military convoy could be picked up at Aberdeen but the convoy was not there and the Naval Authorities would not allow the party to proceed further than the Industrial School as it was consider. ed too dangerous to advance without a Military escort. (See Aberdeen 00.30 to 04.00 hours on the 25th for 4th and successful attempt, Entry No.1).
p.m. Col. Stewart reported that some Portuguese Volunteers
had abandoned the pill box at Stewart Road. He request ed Police to form two water front patrols, the first from the Station to the Military post at the junction of Gap Road and Percival Street and the second from the Station to the pill box at the junction of Glou- cester Road and Arsenel Street Patrol No.1 arranged on 21st December was discontinued as a result, No.2 patrol was split up as described, and No.3 patrol arranged then was maintained.
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On instructions from Mr. Calthrop, Senior Superinten- dent of Police, Mr. Luscombe, Assistant Superintendent of Police, with a volunteer police party consisting of himself, P.S. A.53 Brown and L. Ss A. 109 Taylor, A. 136 MacPherson and A. 113 MacKenzie, proceeded the Dairy Farm Cold Storage plant at the junction of Great George Street and Pennington Street near the Imperial Chemical Industries' Godowns, with the con- sent of the Military, and evacuated several Europe an employees isolated there. The operation concluded without incident though Col. Stewart subsequently stated that the Police had passed a Japanese light automatic Post at East Point Terrace and were for- tunate not to have drawn their fire.
21.00 Called to MacDonnell Road in connection with a com-
to plaint received from the Military that sniping from 02.00 Fifth Columnists was taking place in the area. After
contacting the Military, the Unit searched houses in Bowen Road and MacDonnell Road without result. 21.00 Further reports were received of Fifth Columnists
signalling. Police carried out special patrols under the Officer in Charge without result.
22.00 The enemy were rumoured to be in the vicinity of the
Dairy Farm Pokfulam. Police patrols were sent to the scene to verify the report but nothing was found.
18.
Eastern.
19.00
19.
Emergency Unit Hong Kong.
20.
Upper Levels.
21.
Western.