CO129-552-7 Chinese Seamen's Union- request to set up branch in Hong Kong 2-1-1935 - 19-7-1935 — Page 52

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NOTES ON QUESTIONS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED BY H.M.MINISTER WITH H.E.THE GOVERNOR AT HONGKONG (SIR T.SOUTHORN & SIR E.TEICIMAN ALSO BRING PRESENT) November 28th & 29th.

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CHINESE SEAVEN'S UNION

Reference was made to the recent request put

forward by the Chinese authorities for the establishment

of a branch of the National Seamen's Union in Hongkong

and the reasons why the Colonial Government had to

refuse the application, though the Union in question

was a Nanking organisation set up as a check to the

power of the Cantonese Seamen's Union, which had

been the cause of so much trouble in the past.

The question was for the moment quiescent,

Nanking not having reverted to the matter since

their application was turned down.