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17March, 1926.
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I am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to transmit
3 March 26⋅ to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain,
a copy of a letter from Mrs. A. Severn regarding the
arrest in Austria of Mrs. E. Longinotto.
2. Mrs. Longinotto is the widow of the late Mr. Leo
Longinotto, formerly Assistant Crown Solicitor in Hong
kong, and is in receipt of a widow's pension from the
Colony amounting to £86.13.8. per annum, which includes
a temporary increase of 25% on account of the rise in the
cost of living. I am to enclose for Sir Austen
Chamber la in's information a copy of a letter from Mrs.
Longinotto to the Crown Agents for the Colonies dated
29th November 1925 applying for an adance of £100 on
account of her pension in view of the difficulties which
she had been experiencing in connection with her affairs
in Austria, an indication of which she gives in her letter.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
3.