No. 5959/1929
Sir,
COPY
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG,
24th September, 1929.
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With reference to your letter, unsigned, of the
29th of July, 1929, forwarding a complaint that your
product "Colfix" was not getting the support from the
Public Works Department that you claim it warrants, I am
directed to inform you that I have made enquiries in the
matter, and am advised that opportunity has been afforded
to your company to prove your claim by tests of "Colfix"
on local road surfaces prepared to the satisfaction of, and
under the direct supervision of your own representatives.
2.
Photographic evidence of the results of these
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tests, has been produced and appears to support the view of the Director of Public Works that your product is definitely
inferior to asphalt as a road surfacing material for
Hongkong with no compensating advantages in the matter of price.
3. Should you desire to refer the matter to the
Colonial Office in London, it is open to you to forward to
the Secretary of State through His Excellency the Governor a Memorial (in triplicate) on the subject.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(3gd.)
E. I. Wynne-Jones.
The Director,
Messrs. Colfix (Far East) Ltd.,
Post Office Box No. 229,
Hong Kong.
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