CO129-324 - Governor Nathan - 1904 [10-12] — Page 299

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TFD FOR USE,

No. 393

*ASTERN

No.

COLONIAL OFFICE

Hongkong.

Sir,

Hb. C.O. 41763 298

PIC DEC 04:

Government House,

Hongkong, 7th November, 1904.

Leokies Foo! 36735

I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 25th ultimo, which was as follows:-

377%

*Most urgent. Crew of S.S. "Bawtry" who signed articles after outbreak of war to proceed to Manila and all ports between 75 North and 60 South Latitude refuse to proceed to Vladivostock with coal. Legal points of case generally similar to those connected with "Inkum". Have Law Officers of Crown given opinion in that case that I can communicate to Magistrate. It is of great importance that he should have such guidance*.

2.

This case came before the Marine Magistrate under the following circumstances:-

On October 22nd, the Master of the S.S. "Bawtry", Mr. H. R. Shotton, reported to the Harbour Master, that he had cleared from Cardiff for Manila with 2,498 tons of coal, that he had replenished his bunkers at Port Said and Labuan and that he had at the latter place received telegraphic instructions to discharge the cargo of coal not at Manila as expected but at Vladivostock. On learning this decision certain of the crew refused to proceed to

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.,

M.P.,

&c...

800.

800.

I made the following changes: 1. Corrected "LONIAL OFF" to "COLONIAL OFFICE". 2. Corrected "ultimo which" to "ultimo, which". 3. Corrected "75 Worth" to "75 North". 4. Corrected "con- #municate" to "communicate". 5. Standardized the formatting using HTML

tags. 6. Removed extra spaces and corrected minor spacing issues. 7. Preserved the original content and did not rephrase or rewrite the text.

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TFD FOR USE, No. 393 *ASTERN No. COLONIAL OFFICE Hongkong. Sir, Hb. C.O. 41763 298 PIC DEC 04: Government House, Hongkong, 7th November, 1904. Leokies Foo! 36735 I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 25th ultimo, which was as follows:- 377% *Most urgent. Crew of S.S. "Bawtry" who signed articles after outbreak of war to proceed to Manila and all ports between 75 North and 60 South Latitude refuse to proceed to Vladivostock with coal. Legal points of case generally similar to those connected with "Inkum". Have Law Officers of Crown given opinion in that case that I can communicate to Magistrate. It is of great importance that he should have such guidance*. 2. This case came before the Marine Magistrate under the following circumstances:- On October 22nd, the Master of the S.S. "Bawtry", Mr. H. R. Shotton, reported to the Harbour Master, that he had cleared from Cardiff for Manila with 2,498 tons of coal, that he had replenished his bunkers at Port Said and Labuan and that he had at the latter place received telegraphic instructions to discharge the cargo of coal not at Manila as expected but at Vladivostock. On learning this decision certain of the crew refused to proceed to THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P., &c... 800. 800. I made the following changes: 1. Corrected "LONIAL OFF" to "COLONIAL OFFICE". 2. Corrected "ultimo which" to "ultimo, which". 3. Corrected "75 Worth" to "75 North". 4. Corrected "con- #municate" to "communicate". 5. Standardized the formatting using HTML tags. 6. Removed extra spaces and corrected minor spacing issues. 7. Preserved the original content and did not rephrase or rewrite the text.
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TFD FOR USE, No. 393 *ASTERN No. LONIAL OFF Hongkong. Sir, Hb. C.0. 41763 298 PIC DEC 04: Government House, Hongkong, 7th. November, 1904. Leokies Foo! 36735 I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 25th, ultimo which was as follows:- 377% *Most urgent. Crew of S.S. "Bawtry" who signed articles after outbreak of war to proceed to Manila 'and all ports between 75 Worth and 60 South Latitude refuse "to proceed to Vladivostock with coal. Legal points of case "generally similar to those connected with "Inkum". Have Law "Officers of Crown given opinion in that case that I can con- #municate to Magistrate. It is of great importance that he 'should have such guidance*. 2. This case came before the Marine Magistrate under the following circumstances:- On October 22nd. the Master of the 3.S. "Rawtry*, Mr. H. R. Shotton, reported to the Harbour Master, that he had cleared from Cardiff for Manila with 2,498 tons of coal, that he had replenished his bunkers at Port Said and Labuan and that he had at the latter place received telegraphic instructions to discharge the cargo of coal not at Manila as expected but at Vladivostock. On learn- ing this decision certain of the crew refused to proceed to HE RIGHT HONOURABLE ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., 800. 800. M.P., &C... the
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TFD FOR USE,

No. 393

*ASTERN

No.

LONIAL OFF

Hongkong.

Sir,

Hb.

C.0.

41763 298

PIC DEC 04:

Government House,

Hongkong, 7th. November, 1904.

Leokies

Foo! 36735

I have the honour to confirm my telegram

of the 25th, ultimo which was as follows:-

377%

*Most urgent. Crew of S.S. "Bawtry" who

signed articles after outbreak of war to proceed to Manila 'and all ports between 75 Worth and 60 South Latitude refuse "to proceed to Vladivostock with coal. Legal points of case "generally similar to those connected with "Inkum". Have Law "Officers of Crown given opinion in that case that I can con- #municate to Magistrate. It is of great importance that he 'should have such guidance*.

2.

This case came before the Marine Magistrate

under the following circumstances:-

On October 22nd. the

Master of the 3.S. "Rawtry*, Mr. H. R. Shotton, reported to the Harbour Master, that he had cleared from Cardiff for Manila with 2,498 tons of coal, that he had replenished his bunkers at Port Said and Labuan and that he had at the latter place received telegraphic instructions to discharge the cargo of coal not at Manila as expected but at Vladivostock. On learn- ing this decision certain of the crew refused to proceed to

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.,

800.

800.

M.P.,

&C...

the

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