CO129-297 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [1-3] — Page 476

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Government House, HongKong, 16th February, 1900.

Sir,

I have the honour to enclose for your information copies of correspondence that may be of interest just now.

2. The officers and men of the United States War Ships lying in harbour very kindly offered to get up a game of Base Ball in aid of the South African Sailors and Soldiers Families Fund. The game was played on the 1st instant and resulted in a donation of $535 to the fund.

3. In the mean time a serious accident had taken place on the United States Ship Wheeling when firing the salute on the birthday of the German Emperor, and it was suggested to me that the Committee of the South African Fund should request the United States Consul General, who was managing the game, to devote the proceeds to the families of the injured men. I considered the course taken the more advisable, and I hope that the incident may help to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the two nations.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

Straz arslebe

GOVERNOR, &c.

To

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.

&c. &c.

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Government House, HongKong, 16th February, 1900. Sir, I have the honour to enclose for your information copies of correspondence that may be of interest just now. 2. The officers and men of the United States War Ships lying in harbour very kindly offered to get up a game of Base Ball in aid of the South African Sailors and Soldiers Families Fund. The game was played on the 1st instant and resulted in a donation of $535 to the fund. 3. In the mean time a serious accident had taken place on the United States Ship Wheeling when firing the salute on the birthday of the German Emperor, and it was suggested to me that the Committee of the South African Fund should request the United States Consul General, who was managing the game, to devote the proceeds to the families of the injured men. I considered the course taken the more advisable, and I hope that the incident may help to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the two nations. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, Straz arslebe GOVERNOR, &c. To The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P. &c. &c. Page 473 I made the following changes: 1. Reordered and rejoined broken sentences. 2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "re- sulted" -> "resulted", "in- stant" -> "instant"). 3. Fixed spacing issues and removed extra spaces. 4. Removed non-ASCII characters (e.g., "الله"). 5. Preserved the original page numbering ("Page 473"). The output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs. I did not include any comments or explanations in the output. I also did not translate any text or rephrase the original content. File references were not present in the original text, so rule 10 was not applicable.
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Mie Fo Colony; convey kindren in getting the fund and the ingind am supresion of up the Jame thanker for in and expression of sympathy for in the windent 7.44919/3 HongKong. General. Copy 0.0. 3730 Government House, HongKong, 16th. February, 1900. الله 473 Act: with an 8 Measure expersio dsand (AF) CPL.7 copy of the coverpondence at once sir, in- I have the honour to enclose for or var formation copies of correspondence that may be of interest just now. 2. The officers and men of the United States War Ships lying in harbour very kindly offered to get up a game of Base Ball in aid of the South African Sailors and Soldiers Families Fund. The game was played on the 1st. instant and re- sulted in a donation of $535 to the fund. 5. In the mean time a serious accident had taken place on the United States Ship Wheeling when firing the salute on the birthday of the German Emperor, and it was suggested to me that the Committee of the South African Fund should request the United States Consul General, who was managing the game, to devote the proceeds to the families of the injured men. I con- sidered the course taken the more advisable, and I hope that the incident may help to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the two nations. The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M. P. &c. &C. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, Straz arslebe GOVERNOR, &c.
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Colony; convey kindren in getting the fund and

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supresion of

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Jame

thanker for

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expression of sympathy for

in the windent

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Copy

0.0.

3730

Government House,

HongKong, 16th. February, 1900.

الله

473

Act: with an 8 Measure

expersio dsand

(AF)

CPL.7

copy of the coverpondence at once

sir,

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I have the honour to enclose for

or var formation copies of correspondence that may be of interest just

now.

2. The officers and men of the United States War Ships lying in harbour very kindly offered to get up a game of Base Ball in aid of the South African Sailors and Soldiers Families Fund. The game was played on the 1st. instant and re- sulted in a donation of $535 to the fund.

5. In the mean time a serious accident had taken place on the United States Ship Wheeling when firing the salute on the birthday of the German Emperor, and it was suggested to me that the Committee of the South African Fund should request the United States Consul General, who was managing the game, to devote the proceeds to the families of the injured men. I con- sidered the course taken the more advisable, and I hope that the incident may help to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the two nations.

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M. P.

&c.

&C.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

Straz arslebe

GOVERNOR, &c.

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