CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 441

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reported a crowd of men were likely to assomble, "hen he get thore he noticed a large orewd of people which, he says,was composed mestly of Chinese house-boys and coolies. They were discussing the situation and from the convorsations hoard → ■ Chinese detective

was there as well as Sergeant Derling some were advising that ewing to the reads being guarded it would be unwise to go forward: others said that they were going on. The crowd increated in numbers and at 5,30 en the merning of the 3rd it bagan te march from this ground at the Pe Hing theatre towards Yaumati along Coronation read. Sergeant Derling followed the crowd and when he got to Yaumati he telephoned the infermation, acording to instructions, to the Deputy Superintendent of Felice,Mr.King. Sergeant Berling then went on to Spamshuipe with his side-car. He took with him Sub-Inspector Field and at Samahuipe he picked up Inspector Pitt and Sergeant ürey. The latter was drepped near the junotion of the Castle Peak and Taipe reads,by Mr.MoMurray's heuse,

with instructions to watch the orend and see which direction it

took.The three other s Pitt, Field and Dorling precoated,

according to instructions, to the inter-works, When they were about half way up the hill they passed a crowd of seme 2000 Chinose. Tho

Police get as far as the later-works there is a mall police post there and Inspecter Pitt turned out three Indians. With these and with Pub-Inspector Fisiä and Sergeant Derling he went to meet the crowd and tried to persuade then te ge back. The three Indian polico

- shortly afterwards reinforced by five Indian pelice from Senshuipe were ordered to fix bayonets, charge magazines and tako up a post on the road and provont the crowd ooming through. Inspo oter

Field and Sergeant Derling harangued the crowd, trying to persuade them to go back and telling them they could not leave the Colony

without a permit. They held up the orewd for some short time.

crowd then began to get nasty and threatening and the three pelico

officers fired their reveivers into the bank as a varning. Tolephone

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