No. 815.
Sir,
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36
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
5th November, 1938.
Enclosure No. 1.
Enclosure No.2.
Annal
I have the honour to forward herewith a
petition which has been addressed to this Government
by persons claiming to be the relatives of a Chinese
named Cheung Kwai Wan or Ah Wing who is said to have
lost his life as a result of the bombing of the s.s.
"Thorpeness" in Spanish waters about 9.25 p.m. on
21st June, 1938. I also enclose copies of two letters
which were enclosed with the petition, from which it
appears that the Secretary to the Board of Trade has
already been informed of Ah Wing's death, and that the
owners of the s. s. "Thorpeness" are the Mid-Atlantic
Shipping Company, Limited.
2.
This Company is not known to this Government
and I shall be glad if this petition may be
transmitted to the Board of Trade for such action
as may be possible.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&C.,
&c., &C.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
[God hathast
Governor.