CO129-430 - Others & Individuals - 1915 — Page 310

DE GRELLE. HOUDRET & CO.

CH. DE ORELLE & Co.

*-———7 BRUSSELS, Tgraphic Address: "DECRELLE,

C.O

41701

PECS

(Reu£ 9 SEP 15

Goth

Telephone

POST OFFICE 2684 CENTRAL

130. London Wall.

London, 8+2.

E.C.

8th. Sept. 1915

292

The Under Secretary of State

Dear Sir,

Colonial Office

London

S. ..

Refce, No. 39052/1915,

We are in receipt of your favor of yesterday concerning

certain goods shipped per the a.. *SIGMARINGEN*.

In reply to same, we beg to inform you that payment

for the goods in question has not been made.

As requested, we give you hereby our undertaking not

to make any payment for these goods during the continuance of the War to any person residing, or carrying on business in

Belgium.

We would add that we are the Sole Agents for 1-

Les Cristalleries du Val St. Lambert

Val St. Lambert (near Liege)

Belgium

for Great Britain & the British Colonies, and have held this

position for the last 55 years, and, in the normal course, WO

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