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SANDERS, REHDERS & CO, LTD
LONDON AND MANCHESTER
Telegraphic Address.
"THEODOSIUS"
LONDON
FEN, LONDON. MANCHESTER.
Telephones
AVENUE NT 4372. AVENUE N 1620. ! CITY NE 7184.
CITY NO
MANCHESTER
7185.
REGE
3816
108.
Fenchurch Street.
558
20 JAN 17 London 19th January 1917
E.C.
IR RENLY
PLEASE
REFER TO
DEPARTMENT"
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office, S..
sir,
We have been approached by Mr James H. Backhouse
of Hongkong, who asks us whether we are disposed to act as agente in England for himself and Mr John Manners, who are setting up in general business under the style of Manners and Backhouse, Ltd.
Mr Backhouse was formerly in the employ of Sander Wieler & Co., with whom we did a very large trade in British piece goods before the War, and Mr Mannere was in a similar position with Siemesen & Co. Mr Backhouse is a Lancashire
man,
and we understand that Mr Manners is also a British sub- Ject. The capital of the firm, to be registered as a private limited company, is we are informed 100,000 (say £5,000) of which 65% is contributed in cash by Manners, and the re- mainder, also in cash, by Backhouse, The latter has a very thorough knowledge of the piece goods trade, with nine years experience in Hongkong, while Manners is a "aundries" and *produce" man, and we are told is agent for the Sun Insurance
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