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in the Colony which has for its Editor and Proprietor
young
ZZA
recently dismissed
from the Office of Clerk in
the Hong Kong
and Whampoa
Dock Company. In this weekly
paper which is known
as the "Hong Kong Daily Telegraph"
there appeared
a leading article which
alluded and
referred to the letter marked
M. Having obtained legal advice to the effect that this
article
amounted to a
libel
and feeling deeply aggrieved
by its production I forward
it for the consideration
of His Excellency the Governor,
together with the following
letter from the Harbor Department;
"Hong Kong 16th July
1881.
No 244.
I have the honor to request from His Excellency the Governor
permission to take legal proceedings against the Proprietor of the "Hong Kong Daily Telegraph" for gross aspersions upon me:
contained in a leading
article which appeared in the issue of that
Telegraph, dated 12 July 1881.
I now enclose for His
Excellency's information the
Newspaper of the 12th instant;
I am
legally advised that this article
amounts to a
libel, and
I desire to vindicate my character by
the same means
as those by which it has
been villainously assailed:
"Permission under similar
circumstances was
granted
to
the Hon'ble. Cecil C. Smith
to proceed against the Daily Press
for...