CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 272

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RE. 23 APR 201

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Last previous ET Lieutenant-Colonel John Ward, To ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether bis attention has been drawn to an address delivered by the Reverend H. R. Welle at Hong Kong on 9th March on the subject of child slavery in Hong Kong, and also the resolution of the meeting pressing upon the Government the advisability of taking action with a view to the ultimate abolition of girl slavery; - and whether the Colonial Office propose to take immediate action to remove this stain upon the British name in the Far Fast. [Monday 26th April.1

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