COPY.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
welove ko a
HONG KONG 23rd September, 1946.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose herewith Petition of Mr. Shum Wai
Yau to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies
(with appended Petition of:
(1)
Ronald Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong;
(2)
B. Wylie, Director and General Manager of South China Morning Post;
(3)
F.P. Franklin, Assistant General Manager of South China Morning Post;
(4)
H. Ching, Chief Editor, South China Morning Post;
(5)
W.J. Keates, Managing Editor, China Mail; and
(6)
V. Kendrick, Manager, United Press News Agency, Hong Kong);
for transmission through His Excellency the Governor.
I respectfully ask that it be noted that Messrs. Reed Charmon of
36, Bedford Row, W.C.1, London, are the Solicitors for the Petitioner and
have charge of this matter on his behalf. Inasmuch as the London Solici-
tors are instructing K.C. to plead the Petition to the Right Honourable
the Secretary of State, I trust that they will be notified in duecourse
through the Colonial Office of the receipt of the Petition in London,
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Yours very respectfully,
sd. M.A. da SILVA.