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Enclosure 1.
Sir,
C.O
14215
9, Queen's Road, Rand 268
Hongkong, 17th. February, 1913.
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Our client Mrs. Oliver of the Traveller's
Hotel has seen us with reference to a letter she has received from the Secretary of the Licensing Board notifying her that her licence will not, in any event, be renewed after November 30th.. 1915. Needless to say she is exceedingly distressed at the con- -tents of this letter, for knowledge of the fact that it has been definitely decided that in some 2 years time she will, in any event, be deprived of the Leans of earning her living, is neces- -sarily most appalling to her. We can, we believe, confidently assert that during the whole of the long period for which Mrs. Oliver has held an hotel licence she has conscientiously done her utmost to preserve good order and cleanliness in the premises she has occupied, and to carry out the regulations required to be performed by her. She has, we know, spent a considerable sum of money in improving her present premises, and has honestly en- -deavoured to keep out of debt; but the altered conditions of late years, and the vastly increased cost of carrying on such a business as here, have prevented her from saving money by means of which she might be able to support herself when compelled to give up her present business.
We have reason to believe that she is skilled
in culinary work, and would be thoroughly capable of managing a boarding-house. To start afresh in a business of this kind, how- -aver, requires a certain amount of capital. After giving the matter the fullest consideration she is convinced that she would be able to earn a comfortable living if she is once placed in a position to com.ence business as the proprietor of a boarding house, and she has therefore instructed us to lay before the Government a proposal on her behalf that compensation be given to her of a reasonable sum for the immediate giving up of her present
by her business and licence, and that she be granted a lease (also upon
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