CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 6

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Chère Goot. The British Section therefore

acted

without justification in

withholding anything from the Chinese Sections

on that account.

f

The position

the demurrage clarins is not so

clear.

Was it ever intended that

demurrage should be payable

8

occasion of a to suspension of traffic

in addition to the compensation laid down?

K.

In any case the W.1. Gost are in

a doubly weak bosition in that (1) the

Agreement

nevel

vatif est on the Chinese

was

affeal may be made to,

Gust, (2) [staticle 32 (=400 why hin)

In equity, however and the effect of /tot 32 is not cheat,

a fair claim had I do not

of the Agreement.

they have

see, /www

howwed.

au

effort should not be

made to Sofam from the Chinese

Goot a

lump sum (ray $500,000) in

settlement. 3/

We might there fore

? write to Fo, as in d. 4. _ very much for conson

Putten 4 1.02.Zart in 11.2:30

Martin

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