FROM BURCHELLS,
LETTER TO
Sir John Risley, K.C.M.G., K.C.
C.B.
15
SHEET NO. 2. DATE 17th August, 1929.
of
being able to
If it is important
entitled to determine the Licence under which the Company were
authorised to construct and lay a 6" pipe to bring the water
down to their refinery. Of course whether any proceedings are
taken or not depends on the importance
stop the Company from supplying water. then I think it is worth while to take proceedings, as should
the Government fail they will not have incurred any serious
expense and will be in no worse position than they are now,
while should they succeed they would obtain a very important
advantage. I should recommend that if proceedings are to be
instituted they should be commenced in Hong Kong on the Fiat
of the Attorney-General for that Colony, as the proceedings
there will be more expeditious and probably a great deal cheaper than if proceedings are taken here which would involve
obtaining all necessary evidence from Hong Kong.
Believe me,
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. D. Burchell