CO129-425 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [10-12] — Page 752

under the licensing admance

[ If Sir E. Cornwall asks asupplementing

question as to the action of the unofficials

A

on

the Leamining Board resigning Liems possible -

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the auous will be

? that they resigned & that their place were quickly piked by an unofficalmante / the wincenture (encil, two mofficial members the Legs Council and another beading merchant ]

1228/12/15.

I think I would add after the first

reply proposed æbere

H The Ger, interns

sõna of tho

Grand Hotel is 84 youre old, left fasunny in 1897

and had no intention of seturning. His synpadkins

be British

fed in 1906

an kunkonikus mife, those father livas with the 14-

songoo. Xo has hold a lleonen ainen 1909.

liceness of the Punk. Latai so aft

has resided in E. Hang får 11 pm

Vas neŠuralized in 18

tors."

continuously,

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28.12.15

Mr. 26.12

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Hote 36795

for 13563-

PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM.

69655 743

The Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary

REG 27 JEC15

of State for the Colonies.

(Received, Colonial Office, 6.47 p.m., 26th December,

1915.).

26th December, In reply to your telegram of

24th December. The licensees of the Grand Hotel and Peak Hotel are the persons named in paragraphs two (d) and three of my confidential despatch of February 4th. The first is 34 years old. He left Germany in 1897 and had no intention of returning. His sympathies are British. He has held a licence since 1909. He

married an Australian woman in 1906 and her father

lives with licensee,

Second is same age, and has resided here for 11 years continuously naturalized 1911 and licensed

Last year

7 years. Both bear good characters. the former's licence was refused by a majority of the Board but was upheld on an appeal to the Governor

in Council. The latter's licence was not opposed. Both licences were refused this year by the unofficial majority and appeals to the Governor in Council upheld them only Hewett dissenting. Upon this, the unofficials on the Board resigned, but one unofficial member of the Executive Council two unofficial members of the Legislative Council and one other leading merchant quickly came forward to fill their places. No question of policy was involved and throughout the Executive Council acted judicially under licensing ordinance.

MAY.