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arrange to hold the estate in suspense until
the will is declared to be invalid.
It is suggested that the Netherlands
Government's intervention, if successful, may
deprive the Hong Kong Government of estate
duty which, according to Dr. Fern, is properly
payable to the Colony, for he insists that the
deceased had a Hong Kong domicile, and that the
will does not stand to be judged by Dutch law,
and therefore ought not to be upset to the
detriment of his clinet, Mrs. Schenk.
Mr. Taylor thought that we should
know this, in case we wished to report the
information to the Government of Hong Kong.
I imagine that the Colonial Government
can form its own opinion as to whether or not
or amonaalse any intervention by the Netherlands Government
on these grounds is sound, and that they will
be alive to the protection of their own
interests.
Dr. Fern is acting, no doubt, with
a simple thought to his client's interest, and
I doubt myself whether we need take any steps
at all in the matter.
MYank
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I don't kn's are sho do anything
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