CO129-538-6 Naval Armament Depot- correspondence 19-6-1931 - 31-3-1933 — Page 32

Anse 19. Apad

18th December, 1932.

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My dear Creedy,

no result?

May I invoke your good offices in a matter in

regard to which action through official channels has led to

It concerns a certain aerial ropeway, which

runs from the Military Magazine in Hong Kong cross the

site of the Naval Arsenal Depot. The question is whether

you want us to keep the ropeway fter the site has been

handed back to the Hong Kong Government by the Admiralty;

and, if so, whether the War Office would accept liability

for the cost of necessary diversion and for the payment of

a proportionate sum to cover such depreciation as the

Naval Arsenal Yard might suffer, as a building site,

from the retention of the diverted ropeway.

He wrote officially to you on the 24th June last

to put these questions. You replied on the 8th June that

SIR HERBERT CREEDY, K.C.B.,K.C.V.O.

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