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been the most serious riot in Victoria occurred in the

Eastern District at nine p.m. opposite the Grand Theatre and

Cinema in Queen's Road East. A large crowd collected there

and stoned the Police severely with the result that the

British Sergeant in charge of the picquet was compelled to

open fire on the mob with his riot gun (Greener gun). He

fired one round and the second British Sergeant fired two

rounds wounding three persons. The effect was instantaneous.

The crowd dispersed and as the news spread the crowds in

other parts of the Eastern District retreated also. Several

isolated raids on shops in Lockhart, Hennessy and Johnstone

Roads took place early in the evening, but after the Police

had opened fire in Queen's Road East all was quiet. Condi-

tions were sufficiently settled in Victoria to make it un-

necessary to call out the Military, who were standing by in

Wellington Barracks, at any time during Saturday night the

26th. September.

5.

It was far otherwise in Kowloon where conditions got

worse as the afternoon progressed. During the early after-

noon there were several minor incidents which were easily

dealt with by Police. At 6 p.m. however the situation be-

came serious. Simultaneous riots which appeared to be

definitely organised broke out in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kong Kak,

Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City Districts. The Kowloon

Emergency Unit which had been hastily organised on Friday

the 25th. September in case of trouble and which consisted

of fourteen Northern Chinese Police who had just completed

their training at the Police Training School and twelve

Indian Police withdrawn from New Territory Stations for

special duty was unable to cope with all these simultaneous

calls, the D.S.P. Kowloon therefore called upon the Command-