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and M. Leung on, one
of the original Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital,
WAS
deputed to draft such a
they con proclamation considered
necessary
as
ste did so; but as it
contained words to the effect that the Government, the intercession.
the merchants, had pardoned
of
"the sisters, who should therefore
resume their work," I said it was
inadmissible.
6.
The next point they touched on was the necess
the necessity of arresting and banishing the bad characters who had been instrumental, if not in bringing about the strike, in at
least instigating the riot
of
the
3rd
3rd instant
7.
While this subject was under consideration, W. Li Tak cheung arrived, and, soon afterwards, a number of his friends. To my
great surprise the native Justices and their friends almost immediately left the Council Chamber, I had understood for
some time that
the principal Chinese residents were not quite united in their views on public matters affecting the native community, but I did not know, until that moment, that they, declined to associate together even
on an occasion
importance.
of such
pressing
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