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EVACUATION 2 (NEW MATERIAL)
THE EVACUEES ALLEGED THAT POLICE PROTECTION FOR WHICH MR R. HALL, THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL, ASKED AT AN EARLY STAGE OF THE DEMONSTRATION TOOK TWO HOURS TO ARRIVE, IN SPITE OF THE FACT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WAS ONLY HALF A MILE AWAY.
THEY SAID THE MOB HAD SUPPLIES OF PETROL AND PARAFF IN READY TO SET FIRE TO BUILDINGS IN THE SETTLEMENT. TWO BUILDINGS WHICH WERE APPARENTLY THE NEXT TARGET FOR THE RIOTERS WERE SAVED, AFTER THEY HAD BEEN STONED, BY THE ARRIVAL OF
POLICE.
THESE WERE THE PREMISES OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK AND THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY.
MRS JOHN WILLIAMS, SECRETARY TO MR J L MURRAY,
THE BRITISH PRESS ATTACHE, SAID SHE WAS IN HER FLAT ABOVE THE BRITISH CONSULAR OFFICES WITH HER HUSBAND WHEN THE DEMONSTRATORS ATTACKED. REUTER MF
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