K 12
In addition to cases treated in Hospital for Fever or Dengue Fever, the cases treated for Fever in the various stations in the New Territories without being removed to Hospital were :-
Europeans 19, Indians 50, Chinese 357.
WATER POLICE.
Details concerning the Water Police are contained in Annexe A.
RECRUITING.
Details concerning recruiting and the Police Training School will be found in Annexe B.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
The first Wei Hai Wei Contingent arrived in the Colony on the 21st March and were posted to four Stations in the New Territory, viz., Lok Ma Chau, Au Tau, Ping Shan and Castle Peak, thus relieving Indians who had previously done duty in these Stations.
On 3rd May a serious Armed Robbery was averted through the presence of mind of L. S. A156 Dowse. The facts briefly are as follows:-L. S. A156 was patrolling along Hollywood Road at about 10 p.m. and when he arrived at Shing Wong Street he noticed a small crowd who all seemed to be looking in his direction. He went down to investigate and not noticing anything unusual turned back to Hollywood Road again where he stood for a few minutes. The crowd in Shing Wong Street was still looking up towards him, and being suspicious that something was afoot he went down a second time. On his approach the crowd began to disperse, and when he got as far as the stone steps which run down from No. 7 Shing Wong Street two men emerged from a small gangway overlooking the steps who appeared to be trying to make a get away. Sergeant Dowse sprang in front of the first man and caught hold of him, but he managed to wrench himself free from the Sergeant's hold, and whipped out a revolver, firing at the Sergeant at point-blank range. Sergeant Dowse was hit above the right collar-bone. His assailant then bolted. The Sergeant who must have been in severe pain fired two shots at his assailant as he fled. The assailant who was subsequently arrested was sentenced at June Criminal Sessions to 20 years hard labour.
The S. S. "Tai Shun" which left Hongkong for Shanghai at 6 p.m. on 11th May carrying two Europeans and 170 Chinese passengers, most of the latter having embarked at Canton, was pirated off Breakers Point at 9.30 a.m. on 12th by about 35 Chinese who represented themselves as passengers and who were armed with revolvers and daggers. They held up the ship for about 19 hours and left in a fishing junk taking with them treasure valued at $10,100 and one case of Ginseng valued at $300. They also searched the passengers and crew from whom they stole
K 12
In addition to cases treated in Hospital for Fever or Dengue Fever, the cases treated for Fever in the various stations in the New Territories without being removed to Hospital were :-
Europeans 19, Indians 50. Chinese 357.
WATER POLICE.
Details concerning the Water Police are contained in Annexe A.
RECRUITING.
Details concerning recruiting and the Police Training School will be found in Annexe B.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
The first Wei Hai Wei Contingent arrived in the Colony on the 21st March and were posted to four Stations in the New Territory, viz., Lok Ma Chau, Âu Tau, Ping Shan and Castle Peak, thus relieving Indians who had previously done duty in these Stations.
On 3rd May a serious Armed Robbery was averted through the presence of mind of L. S. A156 Dowse. The facts briefv are as follows:-L. S. A156 was patrolling along Hollywood Road at about 10 p.m. and when he arrived at Shing Wong Street he noticed a small crowd who all seemed to be looking in his direc- tion. He went down to investigate and not noticing anything unusual turned back to Hollywood Road again where he stood for a few minutes. The crowd in Shing Wong Street was still looking up towards him, and being suspicious that something was afoot he went down a second time. On his approach the crowd began to disperse, and when he got as far as the stone steps which run down from No. 7 Shing Wong Street two men emerged from a small gangway overlooking the steps who appeared to be trying to make a get away. Sergeant Dowse sprang in front of the first man and caught hold of him, but he managed to wrench himself free from the Sergeant's hold, and whipped out a revolver, firing at the Sergeant at point-blank range. Sergeant Dowse was hit above the right collar-bone. His assailant then bolted. The Ser- geant who must have been in severe pain fired two shots at his assailant as he fled. The assailant who was subsequently arrested was sentenced at June Criminal Sessions to 20 years hard labour.
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The S. S. "Tai Shun which left Hongkong for Shanghai at 6 p.m. on 11th May carrying two Europeans and 170 Chinese passengers, most of the latter having embarked at Canton, was pirated off Breakers Point at 9.30 a.m. on 12th by about 35 Chinese who represented themselves as passengers and who were armed with revolvers and daggers. They held up the ship for about 19 hours and left in a fishing junk taking with them treasure valued at $10,100 and one case of Ginseng valued at $300. They also searched the passengers and crew from whom they stole
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