CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 105

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Captain Superintendent of Police,

Sir,

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Shooting of Chinese Women at an Kam To Ferry.

Many and various stores have been circulated

regarding the above incident, the last information received by me and reported to you being to the effect that one woman only was shot. This information as reported appeared to be correct

but, having caused further enquiry to be made, I find that the

real facts are as follows:-

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About 3 a.m., 16.7.25, eight Chinese women went

向西

Terry, from Heung Sai, Chinese Territory with the

object of crossing over into British Territory. The reason for

their crossing at that hour was to carry away some baskets of

lichess which had, the previous evening, been conveyed to the

British side of the river and there left.

The women, on arriving at the river, went and untied the ferry boat which was moored on the Chinese side of

the river. Some of them got into the boat and others were

engaged in pushing the boat off when they were hailed by a

Labour picket and ordered to return.

The women refused to obey the order, whereupon

the picket fired, killing instantaneously one woman and

mortally wounding another, The latter was subsequently carried

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to Heung Bai Village, by her daughter (also in the party and

who escaped injured), and there died. Two other women jumped

into the river and were drowned, their bodies having not yet

been recovered. The remaining women, three in number, were

arrested by the picket and sent next day to Canton. They were

西 subsequently released, one women returning to Heung Sai on the

20.7.25 and the two others on the 22.7,25.

The reason for delay in securing an authentic

account of the foregoing is due to the action of the Labour

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Party at sham dhan, who threatened the persons concerned against

divulging