CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 455

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To Mr Guterres

Shipping Office

S. S. "Macduff"

Port of Shanghai

Hong Kong.

Dear Sir,

January 20th. 1907

451

Having heard of the charges being brought against you,

I am writing you this hoping it will help you in disproving what

I am sure every shipmaster going to Hong Kong knows to be false

in Hong Kong and have certainly I have paid and signed on crews

never seen any signs of the so called attempts at squeezing,

leading members of the Chinese crew, and have questioned the steward, boatswain and the Carpenter the latter who you know has been in this ship eight years and you must have paid off from forty to fifty times, and they all say that there has never been any deductions or small change forced on to them and speak very

highly of you.

Hoping you will have no difficulty in clearing yourself of these disgraceful statements and with my deepest sympathy, I beg to remain.

Yours sincerely

(Signed) John. P. Muir

Master. S.S. "Macduff"

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To Mr Guterres Shipping Office S. S. "Macduff" Port of Shanghai Hong Kong. Dear Sir, January 20th. 1907 451 Having heard of the charges being brought against you, I am writing you this hoping it will help you in disproving what I am sure every shipmaster going to Hong Kong knows to be false in Hong Kong and have certainly I have paid and signed on crews never seen any signs of the so called attempts at squeezing, leading members of the Chinese crew, and have questioned the steward, boatswain and the Carpenter the latter who you know has been in this ship eight years and you must have paid off from forty to fifty times, and they all say that there has never been any deductions or small change forced on to them and speak very highly of you. Hoping you will have no difficulty in clearing yourself of these disgraceful statements and with my deepest sympathy, I beg to remain. Yours sincerely (Signed) John. P. Muir Master. S.S. "Macduff" Copy
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Malin e*

- 240 Vren bɛ: ova

T

I bas ,87875 boe

DILA

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2017-

Syst, 16V

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@sti110 siya't si

*P!

introd

voivzeedo 17 291+1 ⠀⠀

SULARIA A ta mai tuo

2

tutan

L{}W / 0%

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how 02 was we

* B

aat batata.

KAOTAL.İz eun)

To Mr Guterres

Shipping Office

S. S. "Macduff"

Port of Shanghai

Hong Kong.

Dear Sir,

January 20th. 1907

451

Having heard of the charges being rought against yoll,

I am writing you this hoping it will help you in disproving what

I am sure every shipmaster going to Hong Yong knows to he false

in Hong Kong and have certainly I have paid and signed on crews never seen any signs of the so called attempts at squeezing,

eading members of r? Aninese crew, and have questioned the steward, boatswain and the Carpenter the latter who you know has been in this ship eight years and you must have paid off from forty to fifty times, and they all say that there has never been any deductions or small change forced on to them and speak very

highly of you.

Hoping you will have no difficulty in clearing yourself of these disgraceful statements and with my deepest sympathy, I beg to remain.

Copy

Frees AGROne.

baueul

Yours sin erely (Signed) John. P. Muir

Taster. S/. "Umcduff"

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