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 30

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ams" SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON."

Telephone-WHITEHALL 5140.

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ny further communication on this

hould be addressed to :-

Assistant Secretary,

Mercantile Marine Department (address as opposite)

and the following number quoted : -

M. 15676/38.

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53712/5/38

MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

LONDON, S.W.1.

26 January, 1939.

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Sir,

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With further reference to your letter of the

2nd December (No. 53712/5/38) regarding a petition

addressed to the Governor of Hong Kong on behalf of

one(c:

persons claiming to be relatives of a Chinese seaman

named Cheung Kwai Wan (or Ah Wing or Chong Kae Wing)

who lost his life following the sinking of the

last,) I

s.s. "Thorpeness" on the 21st June last, I am

directed by the Board of Trade to transmit herewith,

for the information of Mr. Secretary MacDonald, a copy

of a letter dated 20th January with copy enclosure,

received from the Westcliff Shipping Company Limited,

who desire to bring the matter of compensation to an

early conclusion, without awaiting the additional

information asked for in the Board's letter to you of

16th January.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

S.W.1.

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