CO129-454 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [4-6] — Page 256

Gobernment House,

4th. March, 1919.

252

Dear Sir George Fiddes,

Mr. C. M. Ede, who brings this letter, is a member of the Commission which has recently been appointed to enquire! into the question of the emolumenta of the Public Service in this Colony, He has asked me to give him a letter of introduction to you as he is very anxious to have a personal interview with Lord Miiner on the subject.

In accordance with the instructions in the Colonial Office Telegram of the 24th. December I appointed Mr. Ede to the Commission, as being a man of distinctly moderate views and of sound judgment.

He is General Manager of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, a Company which, as you are no doubt aware, do es a' very big business in all parts of the world, and he has a wide experience of economic conditions obtaining in Hongkong and elsewhere.

Yours sincerely,

pe Collins

Claus Severn

there soon him. He is shaping ass

Claridge's tos at

Camel h

dissonant if we

Lyd

Sir F Stubbs

You should the theo

AFC

islope

See