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TELEGRAPHIC Appress CAKENPIN, AVE.LONDON.
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China & Japan Telephone & Electric CoLd
Alderman's House.
Alderman's Walk. Rushopsgate :
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REG: 9 FEE 16 indon London.
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18th February 1916.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
sir,
London,
S, W.
Our Assistant Manager at Hongkong, Mr. Harold Bennett, who has
been out there for a period of 5 years without leave, proposes to
come home in the course of the next few months for a period of six
months. He is about 26 years of age and we understand that it would
be necessary to obtain permission for his return to Hongkong should
he come to this country.
The telephone service in Hongkong and the adjacent territory of
Kowloon is carried on under the supervision of four Europeans, of
whom Mr. Bennett is one, with the assistance of a large staff of
Chinese and Eurasian employees. As Hongkong is such an important
Naval and Military centre, the proper upkeep of the telephone
service is a matter of importance to the local authorities, and it
18 therefore important that Mr. Bennett should recruit his heal th
and be allowed to return to Hongkong to take up his duties there, as
competent men, especially those having the capability of controlling
large staffs of native employees, are extremely difficult to get.
We may mention that Mr. Bennett is taking an active part in the
local Volunteer Service in Hongkong.
We should be much obliged if you would kindly inform us if,
in the event of Mr. Bennett coming home on leave, there would be any
obstacle raised by the authorities in this country to his returning
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