CO129-392 - Governor Sir May - 1912 [9-10] — Page 192

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Rea! 30 OCT 121

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 4th. October, 1912.

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I have the honour to confirm my telegram of today's date which decoded was as follows:-

"With reference to speech delivered by Postmaster-

-General House of Commons August 7th. wireless tele- -graph installation commercial community strongly desire Hongkong should be included in initial scileme despatch follows by mail."

Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., recently drew my attention to a speech made by the Postmaster-General in the House of Commons on the 7th. August, as reported in the "Times" newspaper of the 8th. August, on the subject of the working of a system of wireless telegraphic stations throughout the Empire.

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The particular passage in Mr. Sammel's speech, which has caused some misgiving to Kr. Pollock and the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, is reported as follows:-

"The working of the system would be as follows:

"The British Government would erect and pay for four stations

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in England, Egypt, (subject to the approval of the

"Egyptian Government), East Africa, and Singapore or its

"neig bourhood. The Indian Government would erect one station

"on or near the Western coast, and the South African

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

&c.,

&C...

"Government