INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIE
84
FEB
1949
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COPY FOR
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FROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)
D. 24th February, 1949 R. 24th
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No. 187 Confidential
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Your telegram No. 217. (2)
Hotels Bill.
Petition has been received and is being forwarded to you shortly with my commsota.
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On receipt of the petition, which was prepented in person by solicitor nomé, gaavé urgent congidsretion to paint(s) rained now in your paragraph 3. The bill implenta recomendations of a Cemu 6DCA appointed at the request of the Hotel. Committee peparted only after three months detailed enquiries at Waloli all hotels were given spportunatica te pub ferward their points of vier, Report was published tre months age and the 11 was read a first sime on the 9th February. In view o2 those considerations, and of the hot that there has been comment on the delay, I did not (repeat not ) consider that it would be in the public interest to defer action on the bill, which passed the third reading to-day,
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