CO129-498-11 Assistance for Mrs. Longinotto- widow of a former Assistant Crown Solicitor in Hong Kong 3-3-1926 - 11-10-1926 — Page 37

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17March, 1926.

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I am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to transmit

3 March 26⋅ to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain,

a copy of a letter from Mrs. A. Severn regarding the

arrest in Austria of Mrs. E. Longinotto.

2. Mrs. Longinotto is the widow of the late Mr. Leo

Longinotto, formerly Assistant Crown Solicitor in Hong

kong, and is in receipt of a widow's pension from the

Colony amounting to £86.13.8. per annum, which includes

a temporary increase of 25% on account of the rise in the

cost of living. I am to enclose for Sir Austen

Chamber la in's information a copy of a letter from Mrs.

Longinotto to the Crown Agents for the Colonies dated

29th November 1925 applying for an adance of £100 on

account of her pension in view of the difficulties which

she had been experiencing in connection with her affairs

in Austria, an indication of which she gives in her letter.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

3.