Date.
District.
Time.
24.
11. 12. 4 l
39
51.
Western.
52.
Hong Kong.
53.
Water Police.
54.
armed with rifles who tried to stop the car. Police had to fight their way through. They then held the main gate against the same mob and snipers. The eva- cuating troops, Canadians, arrived between 21.00 and 22.00 hours and Police withdrew with them. Parties Nos. 2 and 3 proceeded in No.17 Motor Boat in charge of L. S. A.188 Summers and landed at their respective piers. Party No.2 assisted the R.A. O. C. to load am- munition in lighters though it was subsequently dumped as the Military decided they could not take it across as there was not sufficient craft, the lighters being already overloaded. The R.A.0.C. from the Ma Tau Kok depot were evacuated from this pier. Party No.3 took up position at the Kowloon City ferry pier having dealt with some looters in Kowloon City Station, Sai Kung and Prince Edward Roads and shortly afterwards Indian troops commenced to arrive. At about 18.30 hours P. S. A.203 Groves telephoned the Senior Superintendent of Police Defence and was told to proceed to Wanchai and at the same time a Major informed him that Police ser- vices were no longer required. The motor boạt with L. S.A.188 Summers on board had remained at Kowloon City ferry pier the whole time. Sergeant Groves then proceeded to Ma Tau Kok pier in the motor boat and picked up the Police party there, taking on board also 3000 rounds of .303 ammunition. A call was also made
at the Kowloon Docks to pick up party No.1 but it was found to have already left with the Military evacuating from there. The Motor boat crossed over finally to Hong Kong arriving at about 21.30 hours.
16.00 Heavy shelling of the district, and the godowns on
the water front in particular, began and continued during the remainder of the day and during the night. Godowns in Belchers Street and Kennedy Town again suf- fered severe damage. A shell landed in Connaught Road West near the Tung Shan Hotel killing thirteen and wounding thirty-nine. Police in a dispersal house in Hill Road evacuated to the Tai Ping Theatre.
p.m. In connection with the evacuation of Kowloon the Star
and Vehicular Ferries stopped running and had to be forced back into service by Police in Hong Kong.
16.30 The Divisional Inspector, Water Police, reported to the
Harbour Master that there were still many lighters and launches on the Kowloon side.
Kowloon Police 17.00 The main Police party left Kowloon Godowns on a Star Headquarters.
ferry launch and evacuated to Hong Kong. The ferry was bombed on leaving the pier but the bombs were all misses.
55.
Emergency Unit,Hong Kong.
56.
17.00 Two squads under L. S. A. 142 Kinlock proceeded to Kowloon with Mr. Fay, Assistant Superintendent of Police, P. S. A 25 Gowans and P.S.A.169 Forrest on a Star Ferry vessel to help to round up European evacuee straggler's. Sgts. Gowans and Forrest returned on the ferry with evacuees while Mr. Fay and Sgt. Kinlock proceeded to the Penin- sula Hotel and offered passage across the harbour to
Several more Europeans in the lounge, a few accepted. ferry loads of evacuees were taken across the harbour. Tsim Sha Tsui 18.00 Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, with
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Inspector Cunningham patrolled Kowloon in a lorry. 19.00 They observed looting taking place in Sai Yeung Choi Street and Hung Hom by organised gangs wearing white arm bands and travelling in lorries. In spite of re- ports received at 13.00 by the Assistant Superinten- dent of Police, Kowloon, from some British soldiers that Japanese troops had penetrated the town and reached the Alhambra Theatre none were seen. They also proceeded to Prince Edward Road to escort a certain Chinese family to Kowloon Godowns to cross over to Hong Kong.
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