CO129-541-1 Piracy- case of Rex v. Chung Tam Kwong 29-7-1932 - 3-2-1933 — Page 14

Telegrams" SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON," Telephone-WHITEHALL 5140 Ext.

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to :-

The Assistant Secretary,

Mercantile Marine Department

address as opposite)

and the following number quoted:-

M. 14896/32.

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MERCANTILE MARINE Department,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.

3rd February, 1933.

Sir,

With reference to your letter to the Colonial Office

(S 36779) of the 31st October, 1932, regarding the

Hong Kong piracy case of Rex versus Chung Tam Kwong and

others, I am directed by the Board of Trade to state

that, as the questions involved concern not Hong Kong

only but wider imperial interests, they consider it

important that the case should be referred to the

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, as recommended

by the Law Officers.

The Board earnestly hope therefore that no question

of the apportionment of the cost, as between

His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the

Hong Kong Government, will be allowed to stand in the

way of the necessary reference being made at the

earliest possible date.

The Secretary,

Treasury,

S.W.1.

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