District.
Time.
Date.
42.
Kowloon City,
13.00
Hung Hom and
to
Yaumati.
14.00
43.
Yaumati.
14.00
44.
Tsim Sha Tsui. 14.00
45.
Yaumati.
46.
47.
48.
14.00
Kowloon Police 14.00 Headquarters.
Kowloon City. 15.00
Kowloon Police Headquarters.
49.
Kowloon Bri-
p.m.
gade H. Q.
50.
Headquarters.
Kowloon Police 15.30
to 21.30
23.
11. 12. 41
38
A despatch rider from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, ordering evacuation of station and to No. 3 Pier Kowloon Godowns, arrived.
The station was finally evacuated.
L.S.A. 75 Jack was posted by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, at the junction of Nathan and Salisbury Roads to warn the latter if Japanese troops were seen advancing. He took action against looters in the vicinity.
Military lorries and guns were observed evacuating via the Vehicular Ferry.
Police from Kowloon stations began to arrive at the Kowloon Godowns via the Canton Road entrance and were placed on board the waiting ferry launch at No.3 Pier by the Senior Superintendent of Police,Kowloon. Station was finally evacuated.
On instructions from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, Chief Inspector Smith and party of Police took drastic action against looters, chiefly Godown coolies, looting rice and other goods from the Kowloon Godowns. After considerable delay the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, managed to get in touch with the Harbour Master with a view to trying to arrange removal of the food across to Hong Kong. The Harbour Master was however unable to arrange labour for the purpose and action against looters ceased on the ground that it was better for them to obtain the goods than for it to fall in the hands of the enemy.
By the time the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, contacted the Harbour Master, Major Manners, Manager of the Kowloon Godowns, had left the Godowns and crossed to Hong Kong.
Sub Inspector Brittain was informed of the intended evacuation of our troops.
The Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, met the G.S.O.I on the praya in the Godowns and he ex- plained to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kow- loon, that owing to heavy enemy attack on our left flank, i.e. the Castle Peak and Tai Po Roads area, covered by the Royal Scots, the original intention to evacuate the troops by the Vehicular and Star Ferries could not be carried out, but that the line would pivot and evacuation would take place from the Kowloon Docks, Ma Tau Kok Government Pier and Kowloor City Ferry Pier, commencing at about 17.00 hours that evening. He asked for Police assistance to keep approaches to the piers clear, agreeing that Police involved could evacuate with the Military. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, then called for volunteers and soon obtained them from the Europeans but some compulsion had to be used in the case of the Indians. The following parties were formed:-
(i) Kowloon Docks L. S.A.98 Mitchie, L. S. A.
107 Willison with four Indian Police Con- stables.
(ii) Ma Tau Kok Government Pier = P.S.A.32
Dowman and L.S.A.28 Hutchison with ten Indian Police Constables.
(iii) Kowloon City Ferry Pier P. S. A. 203 Groves,
P.S.A.45 Loughlin with five Indian Police Constables.
Each party was armed with at least one Thompson Gun. Party No.1 proceeded by car to the Docks. At Wuhu Street they encountered a mob of about 200 Chinese
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