CO129-554-8 Administration of the Government during Governor's illness 13-9-1935 - 1-11-1935 — Page 18

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Telogram from the Officer Administering the Government of

Hong Kong to the Seer-bary of State for the Colenie8

Dated 13th September 1935. Reo ired at 8.32 em.13th Sept.1935.

IMPORTANT

No.223. Regret to inform you that SOUTHHORN admitted to hospital

last night and has been successfully operated on for appendicitis

to day. TRATAN still incapacitated a reported in SOWTHORN ' •

air mail despetoh No.435 of the 27th August.

By virtue of Artiole XVII of the Motton Potent I have no

Acting Colonial Seuratary to day assumed the administonštan

and taken pusscathed outh bater: the ixenstira Comoll in tho

presence of the Chief Justio. SMITH &

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