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Mr. Joting Consul Muson to Sir Siles Lampson,

H.B.M. Consulate-General,

30. 154.

(and 3 soplea)

Copies to:-

Governor, Hongkong, So. 159.

Vr. ingram, banking.

sir.

CABTOM.

Bovember 4th, 1930.

2&

I have the honour to refer to my despatches

Xo. 79, and mo. 83, of the £3rd July and let August,

and to my telegram No. 51 of 9th aagset in regard to

the purousse of Australian sleepers by the -uronesing

Commission, Ministry of Railways, zanking, from Kesers.

Bowden Brothere and company, Sydney, for the Canto n-

Kowloon Railway.

The need for these sleepers is argoat in the

extreme, as will be apparent from my deajatoh No. 79

referred to above. I reprat to have to inform you

however that, owing to what would appear to be an

entirely unwarranted procrastication on the part of

the Farahssing Comission in greeing to the terms

of guarantee of fulfilment of eontract as offered by

Kessrs. Bowden Frothers, the date of despaten of the

sleepers has been postponed indefinitely.

3. The first intimation of trouble ahead was

revealed in a letter from Messrs. Eowden addressed to

嘉颖越

Mr. ctratton, the manager and Chief Engineer of

the British Section of the Canton Rowloon Line. It

atated that, for the past 20 years, the firm and

negotiated with the Chief Engineer at Caston but that

the firm and now received onquiries from a departneut

3ir Miles Lampson, E.C.E... C.B., M.V.O..

Bis kajesty's kinister.

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