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Eastern
No 145
COLONIAL
OFFICE
300012
15
104
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. loth November, 1927.
Sir,
2013
1
In continuation of my secret despatch
1927 I have the honour to re-
of November (10th, 1927
port that a number of important events have occurred during the past week, leaving the general
situation more obscure than ever.
2. On November 10th the long expected dis-
bending of the 1925 "strikers" began when all
those whose names appeared on the books of the
Strike Committee received on application a sum
of $60.00 in cash and $40.00 in bonds. It was
reported that 6,000 persons had been paid off
up to the 13th, and the latest date for applica-
tion by residents of Canton has been fixed for
the 25th. The Strike Committee is to continue
to function as an employment bureau and to re- ceive a monthly allowance of $3,000 from the Government.
3.
1
Nominally the boycott of British goods
is at an end but actually it continues to some
extent in force although resort to open seizure
of goods is seldom necessary.
On November 14th
a lighter
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL 1.0.1.3. AMERY, .P.,
&C.,
&c.
&c.
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