CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927 — Page 157

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 4th October, 1927.

Enclosure No. 1. Enclosure No. 2.

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Sir,

I have the honour to forward for your

information copies of a letter dated 26th September received

from the Acting Consul-General at Canton and of my reply

thereto. The incident of Wong Fuk-chi's descent on the Bias

Bay neighbourhood has been reported to you in paragraph 9

of my Secret despatch of 15th September, 1927, while a

report on the case of Lau Lun is contained in my despatch

(.372 of 31st August, 1927.

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The incidents at Sha Tau Kok which form the

subject of the opening paragraphs of both letters were

(a) A fresh attempt to use the path witlin British

territory by armed units from the garrison of the

Chinese market town just over the border;

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(b) The stoppage by rifle fire of a boat traversing the

(British) waters opposite Sha Tau Kok and the arrest

and examination in the said market town of the boat's

crew who were subsequently released on security being

given by local shopkeepers.

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You will see from the enclosure in my Secret

despatch of yesterday's date that I took the opportunity of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. ALERY, M.P.,

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&c.,

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