CO129-536-9 Capt. T. Pritchard- case of yacht Tavy II v. SS. Sui Tai (Macao Ferry) 18-11-1931 - 13-8-1932 — Page 19

Telegrams: SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON. Telephone: VICTORIA 3840.

M.6663/32.

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9AP

MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

13 19

WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.

8th April, 1932.

Con Sorbusen

金

Dear Mr. Cowell,

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1 am sending an official reply to your official

letter No.82874/31 of the 30th March about the prosecution

of Captain T. Pritchard at Hong Kong, but there are one

or two points about the case on which I think I should

write you semi-officially. You will see that the China

Coast Officers' Guild wrote to the President of the Board

of Trade on the subject last year, and when their letter

came in the case was very fully discussed here. There

was a good deal of support for the view that the case was

an unfortunate one and that the representations of the

altogethe Officers' Guild were not unwarranted. it is certainly

true to say that had the incident in question occurred in

this country and the facts as stated in the documents

enclosed with your letter been brought to the Board's

notice, they would almost certainly have taken the view

that the case could be adequately dealt with by means of

a caution administered to Captain Pritchard by one of the

Board's officers; and there would not have been a ny

H.R.Cowell, Esq.,C.M.C

Colonial Office,

S.W.1.

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