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Copies to
Secretary of State No. 3.
Peking No. 5.
Government House,
Hong Kong,
2nd January, 1930.
Received
alocade in
in (2)
sir,
I have the honour to refer you to my letter of
6th November, 1929, to His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Peking, a copy of which was sent to you on the same date, on
the subject of outstanding claims against the Chinese section
of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and to request that you will,
in view of the events subsequent to that date, direct the
serious attention of the Canton Government to the constantly
recurring acts of deliberate damage to the Chinese section of
the Kowloon-Canton Railway, which cause serious loss of reven-
ue to this Government by suspending through traffic as well
as by general interference with the normal and legitimate
trade between Hong Kong and Canton.
2.
On the 9th May this year, the big bridge at Shek
T'an ( ) was blown up by Canton Government troops and
traffic was consequently suspended until the 26th May.
On the 10th of December a 20-lbs. charge of
dynamite connected with a battery was found on the line
between Sha Taun (
(
) and Sun Tong (
).
On the 13th December a big bridge at Shek Ha
) (No. 85) was blown up, causing serious damage and
the suspension of the train service again for an indefinite
period. In this case the ends of two of the three 60-ft.
steel spans were practically destroyed where bearing on the
second pier.
His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,
CANTO N.
on/
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