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Letter 10.
Letter 11.
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This letter is of the greatest importance.
The first
half of it deals with the conditions attached to the
Government's last offer. Pages 5 and onwards are important.
These pages make it clear that Mr. Kwik had incurred very
heavy obligations for the sole purpose of falling in with
the Government's entire scheme for the North Point
Reclamation.
This letter concluded with the following
words "Should the Government however really decide upon
a change of its policy in regard to the matters under
discussion it follows that our undertaking verbally
arrived at with your goodself is thereby automatically
cancelled and having been most conciliatory in every way
possible towards Government we beg to submit that we have
done our duty in that particular respect. In such an
event please be kind enough to return us the plan
previously submitted under cover of our letter dated the
2nd of May as void, and so that we may freely revert to the
execution of our old plans without being put to further
delay."
In reply to this came a letter from the Director
of Public Works dated 23rd June, 1923, dealing in detail
with letters 7 and 10. Referring to paragraphs A and B
of letter 10 Mr. Jackman says they need not be dealt with
as they were the reasons that guided Mr. Kwik in
accepting a more advantageous development of Marine Lots
Nos.430 and 431.
Obviously that offered by the Government scheme.
What was the more advantagous development?
Dealing with Submissions 2 and 3 of Letter No.7
Mr. Jackman proceeds to detail the Government's proposals
in terms, which, if in their context they fall short of a
promise to reclaim to the eastwards and build a
continuation of Mr. Kwik's wall, do so by the narrowest of
margins.
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