CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933 — Page 17

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He is a solicitor by profession.

A.

the Colony; that a separate ili for each

work would possess no advantages, and would

involve much loss of time; that the ill

provides adequate opportunity for all

affected interests to make representations, w

and to have their claims to compensation

assessed judicially, that if any trade İNK

interests in Hong Kong could not trust

their own Courts, they had better get out and

try China; and that the fear that the ill

would incite the Chinese overnment to the

adoption of similar measures was, to put it

crudely, tripe, since that overnment could

find any amount of precedents for the com-

pulsory acquisition of land or interference with rights in the legislation of this country, or indeed any other. He 100s very convincing,

and his view, as an unofficial of long ex-

perience, is entitled to at least as much

respect as that of individuals interested

in maintaining a position aproximating to

monopoly.

I sugest that, if the Secretary of State

could find time, he would be interested to

hear Sir Shenton's views, which would be

useful in defence against ir Looker. Sir

.Shenton would, I am sure, be very willing

to place himself at the Secretary of State's

disposal.

#Rlowell

16.5.33

Si 5. Wilson

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