CO129-430 - Others & Individuals - 1915 — Page 573

Copies of letters received from

THE TEXAS COMPANY, NEW YORK,

and copies of letters from that Compan

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to Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co., Hongkon 26 JUN 15)

The Texas Company,

New York, June 9,191

No.67. SOUTH CHINA BUSINESS.

Mesere. Sanders, Rehders & Co.

London, England.

Dear Sire:

We have your cable received by us June 7th, copy of

which we enclose.

and letter We are also enclosing herewith copy of our cable/des-

patched to-day to Messrs.Shewan Tomes & Co., Hongkong -

This

cable is self explanatory and we trust will put the matter

clearly before Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., who are at present

acting as the liquidators of the firm of Reuter, Brockelmann &

Co., and that your firm, Sanders, Rehders & Co., will handle the

cargo of Kerosene Oil about to arrive on the S/S "Panama".

Yours very truly,

(signed) W. B. Knight

Assistant Manager.

The Texas Company's cable to Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co.,

Hongkong, referred to above, reads as follows:

"For your information have cancelled our contract with

Reuter Brockelmann Company, Hongkong, and made new con-

tract with Sanders Rehders Company, London, for handling

our South China business. Texas Company."

The Texas Company's letter to Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co.,

referred to in their above letter, reads as follows: