CO129-582-3 Proposed reorganisation of government printing arrangements 12-5-1939 - 8-11-1939 — Page 14

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such a disturbance could be some

fourteen years ago and you may think

that a purely economical solution of

this printing question might have

to be qualified by a measure of

precaution to ensure that limited

printing facilities for essential work si3he

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are available in all circumstances for

the Government. If this is to be

taken into account a possible course

might be to retain elsewhere than in the

gaol such limited but complete Government

printing facilities as will suffice for

any printing of secret papers or for an

emergency against delay or difficulty

in getting essential work done by Noronha or

other commercial concern in Hong Kong;

the rest of the existing printing

machinery at the gaol could be offered to

Noronha either for cash or for favourable

terms for a Government contract of a

substantial