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Shelton Hoopers-
Lau Chu Paki-
[Shelton Hooper:-
"my house, and that I must not go back, and (2) I have #received a letter from Dr Clark that my services have
"been dispensed with.
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*In conclusion, I beg to add that during th 10 or 11 "years I have had the honour to serve in the Government
"service, not a single complaint - official or "anonymously has been made against me, and that not
"the least thing was said or brought against me before I left the Colony on the 17th June, and to request that
"you will be so kind as to put this my statement for
#the favourable consideration of the Commission.
" I have the honour to be, sir,
Your obedient servants. sgd. Lo Man Kai.
Gentlemen, I am sure we are all very much obliged to
Mr Hooper for having taken so much trouble, and to have seen Lo Man Kai. I have shown this letter to the
Colonial Secretary, and he forwarded same on to the
Governor,
and His Excellency sent for me this morning,
and said with regard to Lo Man Kai, he would leave the matter entirely in our hands. I told the Governor I thought we might be able to persuade Lo Man Kai to come
down,
and tell the truth, and His Excellency said if the man told the truth, and wanted the letter of indemnity, of course he must have it. That being 80,
I understand one or two members of the Commission are
trying to get Lo Man Kai down.
I may mention that a man came to me this morning ( a friend of his) and asked me if the Commission would allow him to come down from Canton, and I told him, we
should be only too pleased to see him.
Did he put that in Chinese ? I dont think he meant *allow" him to come down. What he said was "I will come down to the Commission, if the Commission really wont
hurt me".
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