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Number 12834/3361/10.
FROM Colonial Office.
No. 54000/59
Confidential.
15th Dec. 1939.
Dated
Received in Registry
18th Dec. 1939.
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Tel S'hai No
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189 1
DEC 1000
Proposed Bill to amend Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1899.
Refers to Foreign Office letter of 7th July (F 6570/3361/10). No. 510 of 25th July reporting on the case of the
Transmits copy of Hong Kong despatch s.s. "Dholera" in connexion with which a conference was held at Hong Kong and a recommendation was made for certain amendments in the Hong Kong Shipping Ordinance. Subject to Foreign Office approval, Colonial Office propose to inform the Governor of Hong Kong that for reasons already set out, they prefer that the draft bill for the amendment of the ordinance should not be proceeded with.
Copy Ministry of Shipping.
(Minutes.)
In F6570 Sin. a. Clark Ken
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it was dearied not
asked for authority; the themes anturition
to issue the bill, to explans the reasons
why
he had reached the decision that it was
in advisable to the Classe authorities. We
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subsequently asked the Co. to defer action
until Sir. A. Clark-Kenn had had time to
do so, but we
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agreed
that the
(Index.)
bill
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chould be dropped, and the matter was
The left there.
from F6570 it looked as
if
the Commercial Secretary, Hong Kong, had agreed
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