Shorthand Writers:
Travelling expenses
Fee
Umpire
Disbursements (estimate)
Wheatley, Kirk, Price, and Company
26512
SIR,
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No. 198.
440 0 0 1,502 0 0 239 0 0
2,181 0 0 5,750 0 0 3,675 0 0
£29,909 9 0
COLONIAL OFFICE to SIR M. E. HICKS-BEACH, BART., M.P.
[Answered by No. 201.]
Downing Street, August 1, 1905. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to state that he has been informed that the Arbitrators in the matter of the acquisition of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company's undertaking by the Government of the Straits Settlements, have nominated you as Umpire under the terms of the Ordinance relating thereto. A copy of this Ordinance* is enclosed for your information.
It is proposed that the Court of Arbitration should hold its first sitting in Singapore about the middle of October next.
Mr. Lyttelton considers that the Umpire's fee should be fixed at 5,000 guineas, to include all disbursements, and he will be glad to learn at your earliest convenience if this arrangement is acceptable to you.
27042
No. 199.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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Chairman that he considers the appointment of Mr. Fraser and Mr. Gray to be an annual one, and that each of these gentlemen are, in their opinion, entitled to six months' notice at least.
As regards Mr. Gray, we enclose copy-letter which the Crown Agents on the 24th June addressed to the Chairman of the Company. Mr. Gray has continued to assist the Crown Agents since they took possession of the Company's offices on the 1st July, but has not formally accepted the proposals made to him by the Crown Agents, the Company's Solicitors contending on his behalf that Mr. Gray understood that the arrangement made with him was that he was to permanently enter the services of the Crown Agents, in fact, to become one of their permanent staff. The Crown Agents, however, state that no such arrangement was ever suggested, and that the only communication which has passed respecting Mr. Gray's services is that con-
tained in the letter above referred to.
As regards the four junior clerks, E. Green, Wood, P. H. Green, and Barratt, the Company decided that these clerks should on leaving receive six months' salary, or £165 in all, and asked us to concur in this amount being paid to them as com- pensation under the Ordinance, to which proposal we have not assented on the ground that "it appears to us that the question of compensation to the staff should Preferred to and dealt with by the Arbitrators."
The services of the whole of the staff were, we understand, retained until the 22nd ultimo, the Company stating that their services were required for the purpose of writing up the books of the Company to the 30th June. It would also appear that the Company propose to retain the services of Mr. Fraser and two clerks to attend to current business at the Company's office and to assist the Company in the preparation and conduct of their case for arbitration pursuant to Section 7 of the Ordinance.
The Crown Agents have paid all salaries up to the 8th July, beyond which date the Company have, we understand, paid the staff.
We have, &c.,
SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
Enclosure 1 in No. 200.
LONDON STAFF.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL. GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, August 1, 1905. WITH reference to previous correspondence, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you a copy of a despatcht from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, forwarding documents for the use of counsel in connection with the Tanjong Pagar Dock Arbitration.
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I am, &c..
C. P. LUCAS.
L. FRASER-
£ s. d.
Commenced November, 1886, 250 per annum,
20 16 8
per
month.
January,
1888, 350
29
3
4
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11
31
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33
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35
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11
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37 10
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93
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31
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41
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No. 200.
MESSRS, SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
(Received August 3, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 227.]
3 and 4, Great Winchester Street, London E.C., August 2, 1905.
Straits Settlements.
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.
We enclose Statement as to the London staff, giving particulars as to their duties and the salaries paid them since they were engaged by the Company to the present year. On the 1st July, Mr. Fraser and Mr. Gray were served with notices determining their engagement at the expiration of one month, the rest of the staff being given notices determining their engagement on the 8th July. From the accom- panying copy-letter of the 5th July, from the Company's Solicitors to ourselves, you will perceive that they decline to admit that the notices were in order, and that they suggest that an annuity of £500 per year should be paid to Mr. Fraser for life. In a subsequent letter the Company's Solicitors state that they are informed by their
† No. 196.
Enclosure in No. 124.
S. W. GRAY, Chief Clerk, superintends the work of the staff and acts as Mr. Fraser's Assistant in the management of the Company's business :-
F
4 per month.
Commenced February, 1887, Bonus £10 at Christmas.
£ s. d.
January, 1888, 20
per annum,
1 13
1889, 40
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1890, 60
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1902, 180
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1903, 190
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1904, 200
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