CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 207

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CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

18th September,1925,

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With reference to my confidential despatch

of the 4th September I have the honour to report the

further course of events in connection with the

local situation.

2.I attach a police report regarding further

incidents on the frontier. The railway drivers and

stokers referred to were taken to Canton and were

sent back to the Colony on the 16th September. They

report that the fire of the police did not cause any casualties among the strike picket.

3.In the early morning of the 6th September the 8.a."Va Shan; owned by Chinese resident in the Colony and flying the Chinese flag, was seized on the high

seas not far from Macao by two armed launches, as

she was on her way from Kwongchauwan with a cargo

of livestock for Hongkong. The vessel was taken to

Canton where her cargo was unloaded. His Majesty's

Consul-General was forthwith requested to enquire

of the Canton Authorities whether they accepted responsibility for the seizure, but no reply has yet been received. Arrangements have been made with the Naval Authorities for preventing such piratical

seizures in future.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S.AMERY,M.F.,

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