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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG
ORIGINAL JURISDICT ION
ACTION NO. 217 OF 1919.
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Between
The Wollowra Steamship Company Ltd.
Pleinfiffs
and
1.
The Attorney General
STATEMENT OF CLAIM.
Defendants.
The Plaintiffs are a limited Company with registered
office at No. 2 Kiuk ia ng Road Shanghai.
2. The Plaintiffs are and at all material times were the
owners of the steamship Wollowrs.
3. On or about the 30th November 1917 the Goverment of the
Colony of Hongkong requisitioned the said steamship took
control of her and placed her under the management of Messrs.
Dodwell & Co. Ltd., of Hongkong.
4. In or about April 1918 the said Goverment restored the
said steamship to the managements of the Plaintiffs but
retained control of her and her movements and engagements until
the 31st day of January 1919 when she was restored to the
Plaintiffs her owners,
5. During the period that the said steamship was under the
requisition or control of the aaid Goverment the Government
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