CO129-617-2 Hong Kong Telephone Company 22-2-1947 - 3-11-1947 — Page 30

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8 & 10, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE,

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(4 LINES).

TELEPHONE: WHITEHALL

INLAND TELEGRAMS

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CREEPHOLE, PARL, LONDON.

CABLEGRAMS: CREEPHOLE, LONDON.

PREECE, CARDEW & RIDER

CONSULTING ENGINEERS,

In triplicate.

SIR ARTHUR PREECE.

J. H. RIDER.

JOHN BELL

H. J. LONDON,

TUDOR JACKSON.

C. H. PICKWORTH.

CYRIL LAWTON.

V. H. WINSON.

WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.

14th February, 1947.

Ref.VHW/220.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, S.W.1.

sir,

1

Hong Kong Telephone Co.Ltd.

With reference to our letter dated 22nd Jenuary concerning en order for Telephone Exchange Equipment pluced with Siemens Eros. & Co.Ltd., we beg to report the receipt of a further communication es under from that firm on the subject of the Engine-alternator set dealt with in para 4 of our letter:-

e have met the supplier's demand for payment and are now being pressed to take delivery of the set. We would bo gled, therefore, if you could urge the question of disposal. Otherwise, if delivery instructions for the plant are not given within a reason-ble period, we shall be involved in payment for maker's storage charges.

2. We believe that this engine-alternator set should prove readily saleable at the present time

P.T.0.

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