CO129-566-3 Canton-Kowloon Railway 4-4-1938 - 20-1-1939 — Page 76

No. 275.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

10 MA. 1938

4th April, 1938.

Enclosure 1

CRADER TO LIBRARY.

Sir,

I have the honour to forward for your

information and for purposes of record five copies

of a Working Agreement for Through Goods Traffic

between the Canton-Hankow Railway, the Chinese section

of the Canton-Kowloon Railway and the British section

of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, which has been signed

by the Chinese Minister of Railways and by myself.

2.

Unless otherwise instructed, I propose to

follow the procedure approved by Sir P. Cunliffe-

Lister (now Viscount Swinton) in his despatch No.98

8 on 5 35 10/35 lated the 12th March, 1935, and to retain in the

Enclosure 2.

Cepy to

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archives of the Colony the signed originals of this

Agreement.

3.

I also enclose a brief memorandum by the

acting Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway setting

out the course of the negotiations. Mr. R.D.Walker, manager of the Railway, who was in charge of the

negotiations, is at present on leave and I take this

opportunity of recording my appreciation of his able and expeditious conduct of the proceedings.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

N.L. Smith case

Governor.

W.G.A.ORLISBY-GORE, P.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.

by order.