CO129-569-2 Relations of Cheung Kwai Wan- petition for gratuity following Cheung's death in British ship 5-11-1938 - 4-12-1939 — Page 23

Telegrams " SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON."

Tel

pne-WHITEHALL 5140.

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

The Assistant Secretary,

Mercantile Marine Department (address as opposite)

nd the following number quoted :-

M. 15676/38.

Sir,

Aglands.

MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

13

LONDON, S.W.1.

June, 1939.

25

(12)

(11)

m

Cory w Noince

ત્

With reference to your letter of the 24th May (No. 53712/5/38) regarding

the case of Chueng Kwai Wan (deceased) ex s. s. "Thorpeness", I am directed

by the Board of Trade to state for the information of Mr. Secretary MacDonald

ate, f

that they communicated with the owners of the vessel in the sense of the

dispatch from the Governor of Hong Kong dated 5th May

enclosed with your letter.

copy of which was

The owners have now replied to the Board enclosing a copy of a letter

dated 7th June addressed to them by their assessors, Messrs. E.R. Lloyd

and Company, from which it will be seen that they are not prepared to

increase the offer of an ex gratia payment of £25 to the dependants of the

Copy of this correspondence is enclosed for transmission

deceased seaman.

to the Governor.

A copy of a Notice No.M.85 on the application of the Workmen's

Compensation Act to those serving in the Mercantile Marine is enclosed for

your information, and I am to explain that any question of a claim for

payment under the Workmen's Compensation Act is one for settlement between

/the

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S. W. 1.