CO129-515-12 Proposal to establish local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Hong Kong... 15-3-1929 - 13-5-1929 — Page 14

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Sir.

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Tel from Govr.

15 March.

To.R.S.P.C.C.

April

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to

transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir William Joynson Hicks, the accompanying copy of a

telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong, relative to a proposal to establish a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the Colony, together with a copy of a letter which is being addressed to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Children on the subject.

2. Mr. Amery would be glad to be informed

whether the Royal Society has any special powers ta

this country.

I am,

Sir.

Your most obedient servant,

THE UNIER SECRETARY OF STATE,

HOME OFFICE.