COPY.
Enclosure No.4.
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No.1392/29.
Translation.
Copy of notification No.2233 from the
Telegraphs Bureau of Kwongtung under the
Ministry of Communications for the
instruction of KONG SIU LUI, former
Commissioner of the Telegraphs Office.
Hong Kong,
In the matter of a notification for observance:
We have received a notification No. 3445 from the
Ministry of Communications to the following effect:-
"We have received a despatch from the Civil Service
Bureau under the National Government stating that on the
11th they received a telegram from LUK CHI WAN which reads
as follows:-
"I have been advised in writing by the Governor of
Hong Kong that I should not take over charge of the
Telegraphs Office until his consent is obtained. This is
due to KONG SIU LUI. I find that KONG has associated
himself with reactionaries and his insistance in remaining in
office in defiance of the orders of the Government is
intended for his own purposes. I beg that an order be
issued to have him arrested for punishment and a despatch
be sent to the British Ambassador to advise the Governor of
Hong Kong not to interfere any further, in the interest of
the sovereignty of China".
Service
"On receipt of the above, we the Civil
Bureau have duly submitted a report to the Chairman (of the National Government), and a reply has been received that
we should call upon you the Ministry of Communications to
attend to the matter in conjunction with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Besides sending letters for the information of