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See now a discussion in the F.M.S.
Federal Council on the 13th of December (pages 50 &
51 of the enclosure to No. 3 on 2904 8/27 Malay
States).
The Post Office letter seems to imply that
it is possible for the Straits or Hong Kong and
China by mutual agreement, to disregard the provisiona
of Article 34 (3) of the Stockholm Postal Union
Convention.
Mr.Choo Kia Peng's remarks in the Federal
Council, however, seem to show that the Straits and
Chinese Governments regard the Convention as
prohibiting the practice of clubbed packets absolutely.
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AB the practice is of very great convenience
to Chinese coolies in the Straite and Hong Kong, it
seems a pity that the system should have to be
scrapped if, as implied in the Post Office letter,
there is a way round it. It is accordingly a matter
for legal consideration whether there is any way of
getting round Article 34 (3) of the Convention.
I annex a copy of the Convention, but I
have not yet been able to obtain a copy of the Straits
agreement referred to in my minute of 5/4. Before
referring to such an agreement, therefore, it would be
well to make sure that my recollection as to its
containing a section dealing with the system, was
correct.
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