[ { "id": 254372, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "content_text": "## \n6.48. Military. 2 CE 11th Decr\n\n### DEC 8. 13 Jan No. 6.\n\n**REC EIV HED 3 DEC 1862**\n\nMy Lord Duke,\n\n**2nd October, 1862.**\n\nI have the honor to report that Lieutenant Colonel Moody, R.E., Commandant of Songtong, called on me on the 25th Ultimo to communicate an intended alteration in the Garrison.\n\n2. Mr. Robertson, Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, had called on His Grace The Duke of Newcastle...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 254373, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "content_text": "2. two days previously and mentioned his probable intention to make a demand on the Commandant for forces to protect the City of Canton where the Chinese Vice-Roy was in daily fear of a rising.\n\n3. I told Mr. Robertson, who had seen Colonel Moody that I was afraid we could spare no men from Hongkong for such a purpose but that Colonel Moody would see Mr. Bruen on the subject.\n\n4. Colonel Moody called and showed me a letter from Brigadier General Staveley covering one from His Excellency Mr. Bruen, Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, in which he was directed to furnish Drill and Musketry Instructors to the Chinese Troops in Canton, should the Vice-Roy make application for them.\n\n5. Colonel Moody proposed to send 1 Artillery Officer with 14 gunners, and 2 Infantry Officers with 28 non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of Her Majesty's 99th Regiment, 45 in all.\n\n6. Staveley admitted that number could ill be spared from this force even for this purpose.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 254374, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12]", "content_text": "4\n\nGarrison duty at the moment, but an early statech his expectation of reinforcement from Bombay.\n\n7. Colonel Moody having recently succeeded as Commandant unaware that it was my sanction to an alteration of the garrison cons requisite, but on my pointing out the rule he concluded his Official resol with a request that the necessary permission might be granted.\n\n8. I was relieved to find that the object in despatching there to Canton was men to different from that which I understood Mr. Robertson to propose, and in conveying my sanction to Colonel Moody I suggested that the ampore for which they were sent and the source of the application for them, should be put officially and prominently before Mr. Robertson and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n9. The force above detailed left Hongkong for its destination yesterday morning.\n\nI have the honor to be,\nMy Lord Duke, Grace's,\nyour Most obedient Servant", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 259671, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8]", "page_number": 321, "title": "CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8]", "content_text": "54.\n\npropose to call\n\nSir Frederick Bruce's attention\n\nto the matter, as His Excellency passes\n\nthrough the colony in his\n\nway\n\nhome,\n\nwhen I shall suggest the advisability\n\nof a complaint to the Supreme Government\n\nPeking.\n\nForward copy of the letter addressed\n\nto Colonel Robertson.\n\nI have …\n\n(signed) Hercules G. R. Robinson,\n\nGovernor\n\nand Commander-in-chief.\n\n(True Copies.)\n\nColonial Secretary\n\n318", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 265981, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6]", "page_number": 451, "title": "CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6]", "content_text": "part of the Acting Viceroy for cooperation \nin this respect. \n\nI learn that troops to the number of 1200 have been detailed for this undertaking, \nwhom the principal division will, I believe, proceed down by the river waters towards \nthe mouth of the River behind the piratical haunts at Past ohuei and Sam Isc. A \ndetachment of two or three hundred men, under the command \nof a Lieutenant Colonel, \nwill be in readiness to proceed by Junks \nfollowed by the P&O's steamer; the \nrendezvous being \ndetermined upon. \n\n450 \nwill be associated as Civil Commissioner with the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, and, at the request of the Acting Viceroy, I have instructed Mr. W. J. Mayer, Acting Vice Consul and Interpreter at this Port, to accompany that functionary for the purpose of lending his official \nservices in case of need. I have to request that His \nExcellency the Governor will be \ngood enough to \ncause instructions to be \nissued \nto the Officer commanding H. M's. Naval forces on this \nstation to receive and \naccommodate Mr. Mayers on board his \nsuitable \nVessel \non \nthis occasion.\n\nI have, too, \nintelligence is received of readiness on part of H. M's. Vessels to meet them at the appointed spot. \n\nThe Prefect of Kuang-chow-foo \n(signed) D.B. Robertson", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 266248, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "page_number": 141, "title": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "content_text": "## \nAn **remarked** placing garrisons rendezvous for pirates' action explained by an naval forces. The details of the re-expedition the advantage of the Chinese in the most noted places.\n\n## \nThe question proved very plainly that the retention by the Imperial Troops of their positions was the most effective aid we were likely to receive from the Chinese Authorities.\n\n## \nI was therefore much dissatisfied and surprised at learning a few days afterwards that Pakshui had been deserted by the Imperial Troops, and reoccupied by pirates, a whole fleet of whose junks had revisited it.\n\n## \nI felt it desirable not to allow such a breach of the understanding arrived at to pass unnoticed, and accordingly caused a communication to be addressed to Colonel Robertson, requesting him to bring the matter before the Vice Roy.\n\n## \nYou will observe from Colonel Robertson's reply that the Vice Roy had been ignorant of the abandonment of Pakshui, and that on receipt of the intelligence he immediately directed the occupation of the place, and summoned the Officer left in command at Pakshui to give personal explanation of his conduct at Canton. The investigation there instituted led to the dismissal of the Chinese Commandant as explained. - Consul Robertson's letter of 13th July 1866.\n\n## \nI have considered the above facts worthy of your attention as evincing a sincere desire on the part of the Chinese to act in...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 271317, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11]", "page_number": 273, "title": "CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11]", "content_text": "## \nIn Pirates there and, the neighboring waiters. öbe now receives a triplicate myself and the Commodore. Two former have exhibited a willing alacrity in proportion to their means to assist Gunboats, and frequently to act independently of them. \n\nThe report of each case sent to the operations of our gunboats have recently been built by the Chinese Government, and one of them has this day gone out from the harbour, accompanied by Colonel Sung Yuh's war junk, in pursuit of some Pirates who had made a capture, of which I received no details, and in which I observed no very unusual circumstance. \n\nTherefore, although it may be true that many of these arrangements have resulted from the pressure put on the Chinese authorities, assisted by Captain Robertson, it is equally true that the \n\n## \n### 1448 \n26. Having now adverted to the subject immediately connected with the Colony, to whose administration my official duties are limited, I abstain from commenting on the other numerous suggestions of the Memorial in connection with the general trade and interests of Foreigners. I have already transmitted to Sir Rutherford Alcock a copy of the Memorial and of my Despatch to Your Lordship, No 388 of the 24th October forwarding it. I have also recommended it to his...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 275163, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9]", "page_number": 383, "title": "CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9]", "content_text": "# TU \n\n380 \n\nraised any objection either to the disarmament or the prohibition of carriage of arms until they were satisfied that those regulations were not being enforced at Canton. I would further remark that although the Viceroy may not have a numerous fleet, it is undeniable that he has a numerous Staff of Officials and Mandarin at every petty Port. If, therefore, he had chosen to do so, it was in his power to have compelled compliance with his proclamation, because all the vessels affected thereby must sooner or later have entered some Port. Consequently, I totally disagree with Colonel Robertson in thinking I ought to see in any part of the Viceroy's conduct \"an earnest desire to remedy the evil complained of\". I see no such thing, and believe that the policy or impolicy of disarmament for the purpose of suppressing Piracy is a question on which no light has been thrown by recent events.\n\nI have the honor to be,\n## May Lord Stanley,\nYour Grace's most obedient, humble Servant,\n**Rechen Frances Machado** \n## Governor", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 275689, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12]", "page_number": 261, "title": "CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12]", "content_text": "# In 13893\n\n258\n\nI proceed to inform Colonel Trow, Commandant of the Chung Chow Battalion, and Lieutenant Colonel Phang, Military Secretary of the Governor's Brigade [who act as Joint superintendents of the gunboat squadron], to make immediate arrangements for the preparation of Yellow flags, bearing the device of a dragon, in conformity with the foregoing instructions, being delivered to the Viceroy, which shall forthwith be issued to the Chinese steam vessels of war, to be thenceforward carried as a distinguishing ensign.\n\nThe Viceroy makes this known to the Taotai, the Honorable Jeonsul, Jung plich Chue. Copies...\n\n...and avails to you.\n\nTranslated by I. Gardiner Morrison. (Signed) W. Just. Mayers\n\nCantonial\n\n(True Copy)\n\nA. Frater\n\n(Required)\n\nAssistant.\n\nCopy\n\nM: 486.\n\nSir,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office,\n\nHongkong, 24th October 1868\n\nI am instructed to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 20th instant, in which you refer to the shape of the National Flag directed by the Chinese Imperial Government to be carried by the Steam cruisers.\n\n2. As it is only the flag selected by the Government of the whole Empire which by its national character can invest any individual with the privileges...\n\nD.B. Robertson, Esq., C.P.\n\nH.B.M. Consul, Canton.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281026, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "content_text": "影 \n\nBritish Consul, it should be attended \n\n\"lor_ \n\n6. \n\nIt also appears from W. Smith's Report that Colonel Pang Yuk, before cessation of his visits, had shewn a desire to discuss with W. Smith the possibility of devising some plan to check smuggling in Song Thong:- \n\n7. In the \n\nIn the early part of last month Mr. Smith, having received a request from Pang Yuk to introduce him to our Admiral, learned from him then that he was still unable to visit Songthong as formerly, because the Vice Roy continuing of opinion that as the British Consul objected, the less he came to Song Kong, the better for continuance of existing friendly relations. Mr. Smith, being aware of the general nature of the instructions sent to Consul Robertson, assured Pang Yuk that where the exigencies of his case required it, Her Majesty's Government had no objection to direct communication between Kowloon and Hong Kong. Pang Yuk thereupon not unnaturally asked for a Chinese version of the despatch on which Mr. Smith had relied, so that he might have a copy to hold for his protection. \n\nUnder these circumstances, I requested Sir Rutherford Alcock to interfere, and in an interview with", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281028, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "content_text": "K. 66\n\nI am determinable by the discretion of the Governor. A list of Regulations on such a subject would be a list of fresh difficulties, and is a measure which might at least be deferred till circumstances prove its necessity.\n\n10. The determination of Her Majesty's Government and the intercession of Sir Rutherford Alcock may therefore be considered as having for the present re-established the relations between Hong Kong and Kowloon on a satisfactory footing, and there would be no need for further remark, but for the observations made by Sir Rutherford Alcock on the subject in a despatch of the 3rd Instant, which he had addressed to Lord Clarendon, and with a copy of which he has obligingly favoured me.\n\n11. Sir Rutherford informs Lord Clarendon, on the strength of a \"Memorandum\" which he encloses from Mr. Consul Robertson and Mr. Mayers respectively, that the former reported he had never interfered with traffic; on the contrary he had always encouraged communication between Hong Kong and Kowloon in matters of Police. Therefore Sir Rutherford declares the conflicting Statement by Colonel P. H. Anstruther to be not worthy of credence.\n\nPage 66\n\n...\n\n...\n\nPage ...\n\n \n\nHowever, to follow the exact format required by the instructions (output only HTML using for paragraphs), the corrected version is:\n\nK. 66\n\nI am determinable by the discretion of the Governor. A list of Regulations on such a subject would be a list of fresh difficulties, and is a measure which might at least be deferred till circumstances prove its necessity.\n\n10. The determination of Her Majesty's Government and the intercession of Sir Rutherford Alcock may therefore be considered as having for the present re-established the relations between Hong Kong and Kowloon on a satisfactory footing, and there would be no need for further remark, but for the observations made by Sir Rutherford Alcock on the subject in a despatch of the 3rd Instant, which he had addressed to Lord Clarendon, and with a copy of which he has obligingly favoured me.\n\n11. Sir Rutherford informs Lord Clarendon, on the strength of a \"Memorandum\" which he encloses from Mr. Consul Robertson and Mr. Mayers respectively, that the former reported he had never interfered with traffic; on the contrary he had always encouraged communication between Hong Kong and Kowloon in matters of Police. Therefore Sir Rutherford declares the conflicting Statement by Colonel P. H. Anstruther to be not worthy of credence.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281029, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "content_text": "12.\n\nI think it would be very unfair to Erionel Pang Yuk, who has always acted in a friendly and straightforward manner towards the Authorities here - if I were not to point out to your Lordship that from Consul Robertson's own resume, chequing the former had every reason to believe the influence of the British Consulate was exerted to interrupt the previous neighborly inter-courses between the Kowloon and Hong Kong Authorities.\n\n13. Your Lordship will observe that the Consul states he had heard that Colonel Pang Yuk had put himself forward as empowered by the Tsungli Yamen to fix the Revenue Stations; that he had \"interviews with me and in fact was doing a little negotiation on his own part and in a matter which was a subject of anxious consideration between himself (the Consul) and the \"Vice Roy\"... Mr Robertson thereupon asked the Vice Roy if he had authorized Pang Yuk's proceedings. He, the Vice Roy, promised at once to stop that Officer's interference, and the Consul adds \"I presume he did so\" and hence the complaint of the \"Governor of the Hong Kong\".\n\n14. If their Lieutenant at Canton is in the habit of often applying to the Foreign Office, and Her Majesty's", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281031, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "page_number": 70, "title": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]", "content_text": "details had been concerted with such \n\nAuditors secrecy \n\nbetween Her Majesty's \n\nMinister the Consul and the Vice \n\nAdmiral, that the whole was matured, and the period for \n\ncarrying it into execution fixed, such before I learned that \n\nany scheme was in contemplation. \n\n16. If however Colonel Pang Yuk, ascertained by Mr Robertson, had engaged in negotiations with myself as to the most suitable position for the projected Revenue Stations, there is no doubt that I would have brought the matter to the notice of Her Majesty's Minister.\n\n17. It is quite clear however that this Government never obtained from Pang Yuk any information interesting to it. Notwithstanding which Mr Robertson unhesitatingly, Enclosure 1s declares Mr. Smith's memo: affords \"ample evidence that the Reports \"which had reached him of Pang Yuk's doing were correct.\" Mr. Smith's Memo: merely contains an allusion to some communication five years previously of an official to Mr. Smith and mentions that in conversation with Pang Yuk, the latter had reopened the question as to what would be the\n\nPage 69", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 283238, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870", "page_number": 446, "title": "CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870", "content_text": "## 444\n\nDuplicate...\n\n1 in C. J. O'Ne 128.\n\nCanton\n\nDecember, 1869\n\n**Memorandum**\n\nD. B. Robertson, Esq., C.B.\nH.B.M.'s Consul\n\nColonel Pin York of Ken Com.\n\n**Observations on - Proceedings of -**\n\nEnclosure in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No. 845 of 5... 1870\n\nDuplicate.\n\n**Memorandums:**\n\nWith reference to the position of King Gee (Pang Ti/Fang Tok), at present acting Kommandant of the Writing... of Ia ping, the head quarters division of which are at Phong Trong/Howlving, opposite to his communications with the Colony, and his connection with Opium-tax Stations, which form part of the subject of the Registrar General Smith's Memorandum.\n\nDecember 16th, I have to state that Colonel Song originally came into favourable notice. He is usually called a useful officer for gunboat expeditions during 1865 and 1866.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 379803, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4]", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4]", "content_text": "## HONG KONG DESPATCH \n### (Subject.) \nFire Brigade - Captain Superintendent of Police state relieves of responsibility of personally attending fires that Staff Officer of them has taken : but Engineer Robertson to be placed in immediate charge of the Brigade and to undergo trial in view of permanent appointment.\n\n### (Minutes.) \nMr. Lucas agrees that the Captain Superintendent should be relieved of the duty of personally taking charge of the Brigade at fires and, on the other hand, that he should be allowed to retain the extra $360 granted him as Superintendent of the Brigade. If this is done, the Assistant Superintendent of the Brigade (Mr. Blake) will take active charge, and he will not require a deputy. The proposal to appoint a Second Assistant therefor seems reasonable.\n\nAs to this, however, Sir W. Robinson's proposals are inconsistent with the last paragraph of the despatch.\n\nfun chased and delivered to The Birmingham Mint it was a dry letter that the balance of the order should be executed, in spite of the delay which had occurred. I have accordingly afforded the The action of the C.A. for the Colonel C though rn or. No. ke 13 1901 11 Jan previous Paper. Further and B. 4. Jusse Aned 9. 15 18633 hous mik) 488.27 Dee int 4577 3L(78)-51957-1000-7-1W73 3510-20000-11-16 subsequent Paper. No. \n\n0.0 43 ineco 6440 20 FEW OF \n\nPage ... \n`GR1178/1922/32(III)` \n`XCR(85)72` \n`3L(78)-51957-1000-7-1W73` \n`3510-20000-11-16`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 410748, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12]", "page_number": 372, "title": "CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12]", "content_text": "367 \n\n(Copy) .1172. \n\n2603 \n\nPuckhurst Hill; \n\n12.1.07. \n\nTo Assistant Secretary, \nMarine Department, \n7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. \n\nSir, \n\n# Melbourne \n\nI have yours of 11th instant returning an \"Age\". The account in that was to support the idea of my first letter (to the President of B.of T.) in favour of proposal to let seamen of British Ships have a spokesman in Shipping Office.\n\nThe Hong Kong Shipping Master's methods which I mentioned were not, I am aware, evidence, but were adduced to support the proposal, and of course implied that if my statement could be verified it should be seen to.\n\nI consider your proposal to send my letters to Governor Nathan of Hong Kong a good way to discover the custom I aver. I have a great belief in him, as a far-seeing and fair-seeing man. His brother, Colonel Nathan, saw me during the stress of the first Chinese Transvaal Coolies' selection in Tientsin in 1904 (June) and can estimate my accuracy. Naturally I do not want my friends implicated and should prefer that evidence be sought from all Ships' Masters, Captains trading, and shipping or discharging crews, in Hong Kong.\n\nThe custom seems to be accepted as natural in the East, and gives Captains ease of which this following was an example I knew of: Captain Jennings of S.S. \"Ikbal\" in June 1904 had to send home his white crew (by a blue funnel boat). He was in great anger because the Shipping Master opposed him, and declared that he would not ever come on his ship. On the next trip the new Captain (Robertson) who had succeeded on the death of Captain ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 424003, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-364 - Public Offices & Others - 1909", "page_number": 136, "title": "CO129-364 - Public Offices & Others - 1909", "content_text": "# \n\n134 \n\nresponsible duties than those of his regular office of Head of \nthe Police. \n\n(Signed) JOHN BRANSTON, \nAssistant Under Secretary - \nColonial Office. \n\n## LETTER \nfrom the HEN. J. M. DALTON, C.M.G. Governor to their \nRoyal Highnesses, Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of \nWales. \n\nDear Sir, \n\nTrinity College, Cambridge. \nJanuary 31st, 1884. \n\nI wish you every success in the efforts you are making to be \nappointed Chief Constable of Somerset. I well remember the \noccasion when as Head of Police at Hong Kong, you had personal \ncharge of the safety of the two Princes, (sons of H.R.H. the Prince \nof Wales) during the night of December 24th, 1881. Their Royal \nHighnesses on that occasion, in order the better to view the \nIlluminations and Fireworks, which were on a more extensive scale \nthan any before given in that Colony, landed in plain clothes, and \nalone with you and myself, traversed on foot the whole of the \nEuropean and Native City, the streets of which were densely \nthronged with the Chinese and others. We could not but be \nimpressed with the manner in which the Police, which were never \nprominent, were yet always ready and at their posts in every part \nof the City; their habits of discipline were the results of \nmethod and careful superintendence on your part, and the fact that \nthe Force consisted of men of various nationalities and races \nmust have rendered it the more difficult to arrange and maintain the \ncomplete unity and efficiency we observed, and which we were also \ninformed by the Authorities was their pre-eminent characteristic \nunder your command. \n\nBelieve me, Dear Sir, \nYours very faithfully, \n(Signed) J. N. DALTON, C.M.G. Governor to their Royal Highnesses, Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales. \n\n### My Lords and Gentlemen, \n\n7, Catherine Place, \nBATH, \n25th March, 1884. \n\nI did myself the honour in January last of circulating a few \ntestimonials, that I then had in my possession, as I was aware of the \nimportance of bringing forward my application for the office of Chief \nConstable of Somerset as early as possible. \nThese I now desire to \nsupplement by others of a more recent date and of a more detailed character, \nand I have respectfully to submit them for your consideration with the \nhope that, on perusal of them, I may be deemed worthy of your support \nat the forthcoming election. \n\nI have the honour to be, \nMy Lords and Gentlemen, \nYour most obedient Servant, \nWALTER MEREDITH DEANE, \nCaptain Superintendent of Police, Hong Kong. \n\nTo Her Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County of \nSomerset. \n\n## EXTRACT from COLONIAL OFFICE LIST. \n\nDeane, W.M. - Graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1862, \nM.A. 1866. Elected Student Interpreter, Hong Kong, March 28th, 1862, \nExtra A.D.C. to Sir Hercules Robinson, 1864; passed as Interpreter \n1866, Private Secretary to the Administrator Hon. T. Mercer, 1865; \nJustice of the Peace 1865; Acting Registrar General 1865; Acting \nCaptain, Superintendent of Police, Oct. 1866; confirmed July 1868; \nFouled severely on duty 1878; Acting Colonial Treasurer 1881, to \nFebruary 1882; Born 22nd June, 1840. \n\n... law that I have not had to deal with. \n\nMy experience with regard to Fires has been very considerable. \nFor the suppression of a Coinage Manufactory and for the \nseizure of a large quantity of Spurious Coin of this country, I received by permission a decoration from the late King of Annam. \nAmongst other letters I received one of thanks from the Naval \nAuthorities for the tact, advice, and aid shown or afforded by me \nin procuring the rescue of Lt. Bower, R.N. who had been seized by \nNatives. \n\nI have received the thanks of the Colonial Government for \nmy services on various Commissions, one of which was on the Gaol, \nand Gaol discipline. \n\nIn directing the capture of a Gang of armed burglars, I was somewhat severely wounded; I have also on various occasions \nassisted at the capture of seven Piratical Junks. In the course \nof each year about £50,000 of Government Money has passed through \nmy hands. \n\n## TESTIMONIAL \nfrom COLONEL STRACHAN, C.B. Commanding 2nd Battn. \nHighland Light Infantry. \n\nDear Mr. Deane, \nCitadel, Plymouth. \n11th March, 1884. \n\nI hear that you contemplate resigning your Colonial \nAppointment, and seeking Constabulary work in England. I think \nthat the Country which obtains your services will be a fortunate \none. \nI never saw a finer, more effective, or better disciplined \nbody of men than that under your control in Hong Kong, when I was \nthere with my battalion in 1876, 1879. I am sure the Criminal \nClass alone will regret your desertion of the Colony. \n\nI remain, \nYours sincerely, \n(Signed) A. STRACHAN, Lt. Col. \nComdg. 2nd H.L.I. \n\n## TESTIMONIAL PREVIOUSLY CIRCULATED. \n\nLetter of thanks written by command of His Excellency Sir Arthur \nKennedy, K.C.M.G. Governor and Commander in Chief from 1872 to 1877, \nand printed in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of 2nd March, 1877. \n\n(Copy) \nNo. 46 Government Notification. \n\nThe following letter addressed to the Captain Superintendent of \nPolice is published for general information. \n\nBy command, \n(Signed) J. GARDINER AUSTIN, \nColonial Secretary's Office, \nHong Kong, 1st March, 1877. \n\nNo. 225. \nSir, \nColonial Secretary's Office, \nHong Kong, \n28th February, 1877. \n\nI am desired by His Excellency the Governor to beg you will accept \nand convey to the officers and Inspectors of the Force his high \nappreciation of the aid they have afforded him in the maintenance of \nlaw and order during his administration. \n\nHis Excellency trusts that the Force will long maintain the high \ncharacter for honour and efficiency which they have attained to. \n\nI have the honour to be, \nSir, \nYour most obedient Servant, \n(Signed) J. GARDINER AUSTIN. \nColonial Secretary. \n\nTo W.M. Deane, Esqre., \nCaptain Superintendent of Police. \n\n## LETTER from SIR BROOKE ROBERTSON, K.C.B. formerly Consul at Canton \nand Consul General at Shanghai. \n\nAthenaeum Club, Pall Mall, \n(Copy) \nDear Mr. Deane, \nLondon, 22nd May, 1880. \n\nI had ample opportunities of seeing the Police Force of Hong Kong", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-364 - Public Offices & Others - 1909.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 426109, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "page_number": 478, "title": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "content_text": "476\n\nrecruiting had received an impetus owing to the fact that the Volunteers had actually been employed in the first case and that there was a chance of their being required in the second. But in the recent normal years recruiting had again fallen to low ebb. The establishment was 432 and the **strength only 230. The force was therefore nearly 50% below its proper strength.\n\nThey were thus forced to take up the question of compulsory service. He reminded the members of steps taken in that direction in Australasia, and of the news published in the Press that morning of the initiation of legislation in South Africa for compulsory service. He felt convinced that unless Englishmen were prepared to train themselves for the defence of the Empire they would speedily lose it.\n\nMr. Shewan said that the voluntary system had been tried and found wanting and that in his opinion a form of compulsory service was the only remedy. He thought it would be of immense benefit to the young men of the Colony to be subjected to discipline.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government then said that he would put Major Hart-Synnot's modified scheme to the vote of the members present. Mr. R. Shewan moved that the modified scheme be approved.\n\nLieutenant-Colonel Chapman said he was thoroughly in favour of the scheme and had pleasure in seconding it.\n\nMajor Hart-Synnot voted in favour of it.\n\nMessrs. Keswick, Robertson, Hewett, Stabb and Dickson voted against it.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government then asked if any member had any alternative scheme to suggest.\n\nIn answer to questions by Major Hart-Synnot and the Officer Administering the Government, Messrs. Keswick and Robertson stated that none of their skilled employees in the", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 426110, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "page_number": 479, "title": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "content_text": "477\n\nthe Taikoo Shipyard, the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company (of whose Directorate Mr. Keswick is Chairman) and the two Sugar Refineries, could be spared even on Sundays and holidays.\n\nMr. Keswick objected to any form of Compulsory service because its imposition would place British Merchants at a disadvantage with Foreign Merchants whose employees would not be subject to it.\n\nMr. Robertson said that he was opposed to any form of compulsory service.\n\nMr. Stabb, in answer to the Officer Administering the Government, stated that even on Sundays and holidays a proportion of the European Staff of the Bank, amounting sometimes to as many as 6 or 7 clerks out of a total of 30, had to attend at the Bank for work at any time during the forenoon. He was, therefore, opposed to any form of compulsory service.\n\nLieutenant-Colonel Chapman considered that Heads of Firms might do much more than they did towards encouraging volunteering. He instanced one Head of a Firm who upbraided one of his Staff for joining the Volunteers with the result that no other member of the Staff joined the Force.\n\nSeveral members who voted against the adoption of the scheme of compulsory service having expressed the opinion that they would be in favour of compulsory training were it not that local conditions, one of the principal of which is that men who come out to Hongkong have already entered on their life's work, offered insuperable objections, the Officer Administering the Government asked if they would record their opinion in the form of a resolution. Thereupon Mr. B. A. Howett moved and Mr. Keswick seconded the following resolution:-\n\n\"The members present regret that as matters now stand, local conditions do not permit of the adoption of compulsory Military Service in the Colony. They, however, are entirely of opinion that such compulsory service should be introduced throughout the Empire and would gladly welcome such", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 426118, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "page_number": 487, "title": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]", "content_text": "Page 485\n\nMeeting of Sub-Committee held on the 29th June, 1910.\n\nPresent:\n\nHis Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. H. Keswick.\n\nLieutenant-Colonel A. Chapman.\n\nMajor Hart-Synnot.\n\nMr. H. W. Robertson.\n\nMr. V. Dickson.\n\nMr. N. J. Stabb.\n\nMr. R. Shewan.\n\nMr. G. H. Medhurst.\n\nT. F. Hough.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government said that the Sub-Committee met to consider his memorandum of the 22nd instant drawn up after consultation with Lieutenant-Colonel A. Chapman and Major Hart-Synnot, and asked if members had any suggestions to make thereon.\n\nMr. Keswick expressed the opinion that the success of any scheme of volunteering depended on the personality of the Officers. If the officers commanded respect and were popular volunteering would flourish. If not it would languish.\n\nIn this connection Mr. Hough asked whether the rank and file in the Hongkong Volunteers had any voice in the selection of their Officers. Lieutenant-Colonel Chapman said that in the selection of officers the Commissioned Officers were consulted, they being in touch with the Non-Commissioned Officers and men, that the names to be forwarded for approval by the Governor were those of men who were acceptable to the particular units in question provided always that they were efficient and competent. He said that the rank and file had no direct voice in the selection of officers. Mr. Keswick explained that in Shanghai the officers were nominated by the rank and file and provided that the nominees were competent to efficiently discharge their duties as officers they were always appointed.\n\nPage 486", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 426545, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9]", "page_number": 326, "title": "CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9]", "content_text": "SECRET\n\nEnclise 1. End Based\n\nRECP\n\nRro19 SEP 10\n\nMeeting of Full Committee held on the 15th August in Council chamber.\n\nPresent: The Officer Administering the Government, The Colonial Secretary, Major Eaton (in the place of Major Hart-Synnot absent from the Colony) Lt. Colonel Chapman, the Hon. Mr. H. Keswick, Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, Hon. Mr. M. Stewart, Mr. H. W. Robertson, Mr. W. Dickson, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. G. H. Medhurst, Mr. W. Humphreys and Mr. B. C. Wilks.\n\nMr. N. J. Stabb excused himself on the ground of pressure of business.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government informed the Committee that a certain measure of success had attended the appeal made to Employers of labour to encourage their employees to join the Volunteers, and to the general British public to come forward and volunteer. Mr. C. H. Ross, of the Firm of Jardine Matheson & Co. had succeeded in raising a Corps of 61 mounted and foot scouts. This was a great source of satisfaction since Mr. C. H. Ross had earned the reputation of being a very efficient officer, who had worked the former Mounted Troop up to a state of efficiency which was made the subject of comment by His Excellency the General Officer Commanding and other Military Officers under whose observation the Troop had come. He felt sure that in Mr. Ross' Corps the Volunteer Force would receive a really useful and efficient addition.\n\nMr. E. R. Hallifax had at the Officer Administering the Government's request endeavoured to raise a Maxim Company drawn principally from Civil Servants, but had failed to obtain the necessary 25 recruits, partly owing to the fact that some had joined Mr. Ross' Corps and partly because the Civil Service already contributed 42 Volunteers to the Volunteer Corps.\n\nRecruiting", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 433304, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10]", "page_number": 289, "title": "CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10]", "content_text": "## THE OPENING OF THE RAILWAY\n## OFFICIAL DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE\n\nHis Excellency gave an official dinner at Government House on Wednesday night on the occasion of the opening of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, the guests including: Mr. Li Chen, representing H.E. The Viceroy of Canton, Mr. Chao Ching Hus, Managing Director, Mr. J. W. Jamieson, Mr. Gompertz, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Chatham, D. Atkinson, Mr. Brewin, Captain Lyons, Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. Wei Yak, Mr. Rosa, Mr. Stabb, Mr. Robertson, Colonel Wrigley, Mr. Harris, Mr. Maze, Mr. Grove, Mr. Moore, Mr. Garibaldi, Mr. Hall, Mr. Logan, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. Lau Chu-pak, Mr. Ng Hin-ting, Mr. Fung Wa-chun, Mr. Leung Pai-chi, Mr. Chan Sin-ki, Mr. Chan Lok-chun, Mr. Lau Yam-tsun, and Mr. Ho Kom-tong.\n\nAfter the usual loyal toasts, **HIS EXCELLENCY** spoke as follows:-\n\nGentlemen, I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without asking you to pledge success to the Canton-Kowloon Railway. Many who are my guests this evening have enjoyed the privilege of attending the lunch which the Chinese Government gave at Samchun to-day in honour of the occasion, and you have heard many speeches, and drank to many toasts there, similar to that I am now proposing. I do not therefore intend to inflict a long speech upon you or to ask for a response, but I should greatly regret not to have an opportunity of myself wishing success to the railway, and of bearing testimony to the admirable work done by those who have been responsible for its construction and for all that has led up to the opening ceremony to-day.\n\nWe have here this evening many of those who have been engaged on the construction of each section, and you who have traversed the line from end to end can bear witness to the admirable way in which their task has been fulfilled, from the emplacement of the great girder spans across the river at Sheklung to the boring of the tunnel through the Kowloon hills. We have also present the gentlemen who have represented their respective Governments in the negotiations for Agreement for working the Railway - Mr. Chao, on behalf of the Chinese Government, and Messrs. Lindsey and Clementi on behalf of the Hongkong Government. I, who have been conversant with every single step in these negotiations, can testify as no-one else can to the ability with which both sides have presented their point of view, and the tolerance and courtesy with which they have debated the subject. The draft is now completed and awaits the concurrence of the Peking authorities which I trust may not be long delayed.\n\nThe spirit which has prompted both sides is that if the railway is to be a success it must be regarded as a business proposition in which both parties who have invested should obtain a fair return for their capital. This can only be achieved if it is recognised that we have a common interest in developing the line as a whole against outside competition. I offer on behalf of the Colony of Hongkong our hearty congratulations to Mr. Chao, the Director-General, and to Mr. Grove, the Managing Director, and to all the staff of the Chinese section on the completion of their great undertaking to-day, and I ask you to raise your glasses to the toast \"Success to the Kowloon-Canton Railway.\"\n\nMr. Li Chen, Mr. Chao, and Mr. Grove expressed their thanks.\n\n`CO 35489`\n`RECO`\n`REGE 3 NOV` \n284", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 441271, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-397 - Public Offices & Others - 1912", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-397 - Public Offices & Others - 1912", "content_text": "# REPORT AS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS AT HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, AND NORTH BORNEO\n\n## TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE\n\nThe Cables (Landing-Rights) Committee have the honour to present the following report:\n\n1. The Committee met on the 23rd October 1912. **Mr. Robertson was in the chair**, and there were also present - \nMr. Farmall (Post Office), \nCaptain Hope (Admiralty), \nMr. Johnson (Colonial Office), \nSir Henry Kirk (India Office), \nMr. Law (Foreign Office), \nColonel Macdonogh (War Office), \nMr. Wilkins (Treasury), \nand \nMr. Nichols (Secretary).\n\n2. The Committee considered proposals which had been laid before them by the Colonial Office in regard to the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in Hong Kong, Singapore, and North Borneo. Mr. Johnson observed as regards the letter from the British North Borneo Company that he presumed the Committee would agree that there was no likelihood that a high-power or medium-power station would at any future time be required in North Borneo in connexion with the Imperial wireless scheme. He explained that the officer lately administering the Government of Hong Kong had recommended the establishment of a station with a day range of 850 miles, which might communicate with Shanghai and the Philippines, and by night, under favourable conditions, with Singapore. The Colonial Office was doubtful whether there was any need for such a station at present, and in any case it would not be required if it was decided later to establish a high-power station there as an extension of the Imperial chain. The position had, however, been simplified by a despatch from the present Governor (received since the Colonial Office had decided to refer the matter to the Committee) recommending that an ordinary ship-and-shore station only should be established in the first instance. It was on this proposal and on the proposal to establish a similar station at Singapore that the advice of the Committee was sought.\n\n3. Mr. Wilkins asked whether it would not be possible to establish a station at Hong Kong which would serve the double purpose of communication with ships and with Singapore, but Mr. Farnall explained that stations intended for long-range communication could not be used with satisfactory results for communication with ships. The signals emitted by an ordinary ship's apparatus would, he believed, be inaudible at a station of the type contemplated for the Imperial chain. Communication with ships might perhaps be practicable if a smaller station were erected at Hong Kong for communication with Singapore, as Mr. Johnson had suggested - the distance being only 1,400 miles - but he did not think experts would recommend such an arrangement. Captain Hope agreed in the main with this view, but pointed out that a single station might be equipped both for long-range and for short-range communication, and utilise one power plant for the double purpose. Mr. Wilkins thought this might be the most satisfactory solution of the question as regards Singapore as well as Hong Kong; but Mr. Johnson pointed out that neither the Imperial nor the Colonial authorities would be willing - so far as he knew - to incur the cost of a high-power station at Hong Kong at present, whereas the need for a ship station was urgent in view of the importance of Hong Kong as a shipping centre, and the Colony was able and willing to pay for such a station. *See also Report No. 171*.\n\n4. Mr. Johnson then raised the question of the amount of power to be used in case it should be decided to erect ship stations. He mentioned that a 6-kilowatt station at Fiji had given satisfactory results, and he was inclined to recommend the erection of stations of that power at Singapore and Hong Kong. Such stations would have a day range of 500 miles, and with the 2.5-kilowatt Telefunken station, which the British North Borneo Company were about to erect at Jesselton, should cover the whole sea area between Hong Kong, North Borneo, and Singapore, as well as a good part of the sea traversed by ships on the passage from the Straits Settlements to Australia. There appeared to be no sufficient reason to suggest any increase of the proposed power of the Jesselton station. Captain Hope agreed that this would be so, and he thought it probable that communication might be effected by night between Singapore and Hong Kong by way of the station in North Borneo. The cables would, of course, suffice for ordinary communication between the three places, and, as Mr. Wilkins observed, would enable Singapore ships in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, or Hong Kong ships in the neighbourhood of Singapore, to establish communication with their home port. Mr. Farnall was at first inclined to suggest the provision of a 10-kilowatt station, but on further consideration he agreed that the smaller power would suffice.\n\n5. In answer to an inquiry by Mr. Wilkins as to the financial aspect of the proposal, Mr. Johnson said that Hong Kong could, without difficulty, pay for a 5-kilowatt station, which would not cost more than £4,000, and that in view of the large amount of shipping at Hong Kong, he had little doubt that such a station would produce a profit.\n\n6. The Committee accordingly recommended the establishment of 5-kilowatt stations at both places as Mr. Johnson had proposed. It was understood that this arrangement was quite independent of the Imperial scheme; except that, as Mr. Johnson observed, the sites for the low-power stations could not be selected without regard to the probable sites for the Imperial stations. Mr. Farnall said that the Post Office would pursue enquiries with regard to the latter as quickly as possible, and he thought that with the assistance of the Admiralty they would soon be able to arrive at some preliminary conclusion; at any rate, it should be possible to specify some localities where the low-power stations could certainly be placed without danger of interference from the Imperial stations.\n\n7. In this connexion Mr. Wilkins asked whether it was possible to take effective steps for the selection of sites for the Imperial stations until it was known certainly that the Marconi system would be adopted. Mr. Farnall said that according to the information at his disposal all known systems would require similar sites, and there was no real prospect, so far as he knew, of dispensing with aerials a mile or more in length for long-distance work for some years to come. It was true, as Colonel Macdonogh observed, that only three masts were being used at the new American high-power station on the Fessenden system at Arlington, which was to have a range of 3,000 miles, but that station was not yet in working order, and there was some doubt whether its effective range would be as great as had been anticipated.\n\n(Signed) \n**F. H. NICHOLS**, \nSecretary, \n(Signed) \n31st October 1912. \n**J. M. ROBERTSON (Chairman)**, \nE. W. FARNALL, \nG. P. W. HOPE, \nGEORGE W. JOHNSON, \nH. A. KIRK, \nA. LAW, \nG. M. W. MACDONOGH, \nROLAND WILKINS. \n\n▸ `(08)15874` \nPk 21 50 11/12 E & S \nA 2 \n34", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-397 - Public Offices & Others - 1912.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 460389, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2]", "page_number": 522, "title": "CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2]", "content_text": "92\n\nSheriff, A. W. Shewan, A. Shewan, R. G. Showler, W. Y. Siegler, W.\n\nSimms, H. G.\n\n519\n\nS\n\n*Simpson, A. P. Simpson, G. *Simpson, Jae, Singlehurst, R. Singleton, T. A. Metcalf, H. E. *Meyer, J. *Michael, J. R. Middleton, W. B. O. Midwood, L. Milne, E. M. Milne, N. P. Miller, Geo. Miller, W. D. B. Milles, W. J., M.D. Mille, S. V. *Mitchell, W. F. Mocock, O. F. *Mobsby, G., C.M.G., F.S.A. *Moller, C. H. C. Moller, N. E. Mollison, J. P. Monkman, F. L. *Monro, James D.\n\nN\n\nNathan, E. J. *Nathan, F. P. *Nathan, Bir Matthew, G.C.M.G. Nathan, Major W. S., R.E. Neill, s. B. Neigh, R. D. Nelson, E. Nelson, N. W. Nemazee, H. N. Nicholson, W. Nicolle, P. E. Nissim, D. M. Noel, E. Nissim, E. Norbury, F. J. Norris Newman, C. L. Nuttall, G. K.\n\nPattenden, W. L. Patterson, A. Paul, H. T. **Pauling, Geo. Pearce, E. C. Pearce, H. C. Pearce, R. W. Pearson, B, H. *Pearson, C. H. Pemberton, C. Pender, J. C. *Percival, R. H. Pereira, Lt. Colonel Geo., O.M.G., D.S.O. *Pemberton, T. *Perry, J. H. Peter, J. C. Petera, E. C. Phelps, J. H. Phillippo, R. C. Pirie, W, G.\n\n93\n\nR\n\nRutherford, D. C. Rutherford, N. H. Ryde, C. H. *Radburn, C: Railton, H. E. Ramsay, Hugh E. Ramsay, W. L. Ramsey, N. B. Ramsey, W, Ravenhill, A. G. Ray, E. W. Rayden, F. Raymond, A. J. Read, A. W. Rend, H, H. Reid, Alexander Reid, Duncan J., M.B. Reid, J. H. *Reid, J. P. Reid, N. B.\n\nSaffery, W. H. **Salinger, F. *Salinger, H. *Balinger, M. S. **Moore, C. 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Stewart, J.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 478007, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "page_number": 244, "title": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "content_text": "## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n### [October 9.]\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\nREG 8 FEB 18\n\nSECTION 3.\n\n(181622)\n\n### No. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nForeign Office to Army Council.\n\nForeign Office, October 9, 1917.\n\nI am directed by the Secretary of State to enclose herewith, for communication to the Army Council, copy of a despatch and its enclosures from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking in regard to the interruption of railway communications on the Peking-Shanhaikuan line caused by the movements of Chinese troops in the recent political crisis.\n\nIn this connection the following suggestions are made by Mr. Alston:—\n\n1. That a formal protest should be lodged with the Chinese Government against the action of the Chinese military authorities in damaging the railway, and thus interfering with the free movement of foreign troops on the line in contravention of the Protocol of 1901 and the Railway Agreement of 1902.\n\n2. That, in order to ensure that communications will not be cut and that an effectual control of the railway will be maintained in any emergency in future, the British garrison in North China should be strengthened in accordance with the recommendations of Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, the officer commanding at Tien-tsin, and Lieutenant Colonel Robertson, the military attaché at Peking.\n\nAs far as the military aspect of the question is concerned, it is not within the province of this Department to offer an opinion, but, regarded from a political point of view, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Balfour to observe that the situation as gauged from the correspondence does not, in his opinion, justify action on the lines suggested, and that, in view of China's entry into the war on the side of the Entente, the moment is inopportune to lodge a formal protest with the Chinese Government, who, at a time of the gravest embarrassment to themselves, apparently did all that they could reasonably be expected to do in the circumstances to fulfil their obligations under the protocol. Further, even admitting that His Majesty's Government have good reason to protest, and would be justified in insisting on the appointment of military co-directors and deputy co-directors as contemplated by the Railway Agreement, the question arises whether the Army Council have officers available for the purpose. It should be borne in mind that the military traffic which they had intended to regulate under the Railway Agreement is the transport of foreign troops, artillery, stores, &c., for the Legation guards, and that the volume of such traffic has been very considerably reduced since the beginning of the war.\n\nFor the reasons given above, Mr. Balfour is not inclined to give his sanction to the proposed protest, but before communicating definite instructions on the subject to Peking, he will be glad to learn the views of the Army Council on the suggestions which have been put forward by the military authorities in China, and the extent to which they can, if necessary, be met, having regard to the urgent demands on our resources in Europe.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nEYRE A. CROWE.\n\n[2737 - 8]\n\n240\n\nThe new President has to-day held his first audience of the Diplomatic Body, the congratulatory address read by my French colleague containing an allusion to the prospect of China speedily entering the war, to which the President sympathetically replied.\n\n(Copy to Tokyo.)\n\nI have, &c.\n\nB. ALSTON.\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nC.O. 7053", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 478022, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "page_number": 259, "title": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "content_text": "## AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n255\n\n[October 9.]\n\nNo. 1.\n\nForeign Office to Army Council,\n\n**REC REG 8 FEB 18**\n\nForeign Office, October 9, 1917.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed by the Secretary of State to enclose herewith, for communication to the Army Council, copy of a despatch and its enclosures from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking in regard to the interruption of railway communications on the Peking Shanhaikuan line caused by the movements of Chinese troops in the recent political crisis.\n\nIn this connection the following suggestions are made by Mr. Alston:-\n\n1. That a formal protest should be lodged with the Chinese Government against the action of the Chinese military authorities in damaging the railway, and thus interfering with the free movement of foreign troops on the line in contravention of the Protocol of 1901 and the Railway Agreement of 1902.\n\n2. That, in order to ensure that communications will not be cut and that an effectual control of the railway will be maintained in any similar emergency in future, the British garrison in North China should be strengthened in accordance with the recommendations of Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, the officer commanding at Tien-tsin, and Lieutenant Colonel Robertson, the military attaché at Peking.\n\nAs far as the military aspect of the question is concerned, it is not within the province of this Department to offer an opinion, but, regarded from a political point of view, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Balfour to observe that the situation as gauged from the correspondence does not, in his opinion, justify action on the lines suggested, and that, in view of China's entry into the war on the side of the Entente, the moment is inopportune to lodge a formal protest with the Chinese Government, who, at a time of the gravest embarrassment to themselves, apparently did all that they could reasonably be expected to do in the circumstances to fulfil their obligations under the protocol. Further, even admitting that His Majesty's Government have good reason to protest, and would be justified in insisting on the appointment of military co-directors and deputy co-directors as contemplated by the Railway Agreement, the question arises whether the Army Council have officers available for the purpose. It should be borne in mind that the military traffic which they had intended to regulate under the Railway Agreement is the transport of foreign troops, artillery, stores, &c., for the Legation guards, and that the volume of such traffic has been very considerably reduced since the beginning of the war.\n\nFor the reasons given above, Mr. Balfour is not inclined to give his sanction to the proposed protest, but before communicating definite instructions on the subject to Peking, he will be glad to learn the views of the Army Council on the suggestions which have been put forward by the military authorities in China, and the extent to which they can, if necessary, be met, having regard to the urgent demands on our resources in Europe.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nEYRE A. CROWE.\n\n[2737-8]\n\nThe new President has to-day held his first audience of the Diplomatic Body, the congratulatory address read by my French colleague containing an allusion to the prospect of China speedily entering the war, to which President sympathetically replied.\n\n(Copy to Tokyo.)\n\nI have, &c.\n\nB. ALSTON.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 478023, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "page_number": 260, "title": "CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918", "content_text": "**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n## SECTION 3\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nForeign Office to Army Council.\n\nForeign Office, October 9, 1917.\n\nI am directed by the Secretary of State to enclose herewith, for communication to the Army Council, copy of a despatch and its enclosures from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking in regard to the interruption of railway communications on the Peking-Shanhaikuan line caused by the movements of Chinese troops in the recent political crisis.\n\nIn this connection the following suggestions are made by Mr. Alston:\n\n1. That a formal protest should be lodged with the Chinese Government against the action of the Chinese military authorities in damaging the railway, and thus interfering with the free movement of foreign troops on the line in contravention of the Protocol of 1901 and the Railway Agreement of 1902.\n\n2. That, in order to ensure that communications will not be cut and that an effectual control of the railway will be maintained in any similar emergency in future, the British garrison in North China should be strengthened in accordance with the recommendations of Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, the officer commanding at Tien-tsin, and Lieutenant Colonel Robertson, the military attaché at Peking.\n\nAs far as the military aspect of the question is concerned, it is not within the province of this Department to offer an opinion, but, regarded from a political point of view, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Balfour to observe that the situation as gauged from the correspondence does not, in his opinion, justify action on the lines suggested, and that, in view of China's entry into the war on the side of the Entente, the moment is inopportune to lodge a formal protest with the Chinese Government, who, at a time of the gravest embarrassment to themselves, apparently did all that they could reasonably be expected to do in the circumstances to fulfil their obligations under the protocol. Further, even admitting that His Majesty's Government have good reason to protest, and would be justified in insisting on the appointment of military co-directors and deputy co-directors as contemplated by the Railway Agreement, the question arises whether the Army Council have officers available for the purpose. It should be borne in mind that the military traffic which they had intended to regulate under the Railway Agreement is the transport of foreign troops, artillery, stores, &c., for the Legation guards, and that the volume of such traffic has been very considerably reduced since the beginning of the war.\n\nFor the reasons given above, Mr. Balfour is not inclined to give his sanction to the proposed protest, but before communicating definite instructions on the subject to Peking, he will be glad to learn the views of the Army Council on the suggestions which have been put forward by the military authorities in China, and the extent to which they can, if necessary, be met, having regard to the urgent demands on our resources in Europe.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nEYRE A. CROWE.\n\n[2737 i -8] \n256", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 510924, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-504-5 Study leave- amendments to General Orders 3-3-1927 - 27-2-1928", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-504-5 Study leave- amendments to General Orders 3-3-1927 - 27-2-1928", "content_text": "A f2 \n\n15 \n\nCONFIDENTIAL. \n\nC.O. 4th Meeting (1927). \n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE CONFERENCE, 1927. \n\nCopy No. 16 \n\nSTENOGRAPHIC NOTES OF THE FOURTH MEETING HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 11TH MAY, 1927, AT 4 P.M. \n\nPresent: \n\nThe Right Hon. L. S. AMERY, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies (in the Chair). \n\nThe Right Hon. W. ORMSBY GORE, M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nSir GRAEME THOMSON, K.C.B., Governor, Nigeria. \n\nLieut.-Colonel Sir E. W. M. GRIGG, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., Governor, Kenya. \n\nSir D. C. CAMERON, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., Governor, Tanganyika Territory. \n\nSir H. A. BYATT, K.C.M.G., Governor, Trinidad. \n\nMr. H. C. LUKE, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone. \n\nMr. R. S. D. RANKINE, C.M.G., Chief Secretary, Nyasaland. \n\nMr. R. POPHAM LOBE, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Cyprus. \n\nMr. E. B. ALEXANDER, C.M.G., Controller of Revenue, Ceylon. \n\nMr. H. MARRIOTT, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements. \n\nLieut.-Colonel W. B. DAVIDSON-HOUSTON, C.M.G., Administrator, St. Lucia, representing Windward Islands. \n\nMr. E. BAYNES, O.B.E., Colonial Secretary, Leeward Islands. \n\nSir HENRY LAMBERT, K.C.M.G., C.B., Senior Crown Agent for the Colonies. \n\nBrig.-General Sir S. H. WILSON, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nBrig.-General Sir F. GORDON GUGGISBERG, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., Governor, Gold Coast. \n\nSir H. J. STANLEY, K.C.M.G., Governor, Northern Rhodesia. \n\nBrig.-General Sir JOSEPH BYRNE, K.B.E., C.B., Governor, Seychelles. \n\nMr. W. C. F. ROBERTSON, C.M.G., Governor, Barbados. \n\nMr. E. B. JARVIS, C.M.G., Chief Secretary, Uganda. \n\nMr. E. COSTLEY-WHITE, O.B.E., Chief Secretary, Zanzibar. \n\nMr. E. MILLS, O.B.E., Assistant Chief Secretary, Palestine. \n\nMr. R. O. WINSTEDT, C.M.G., D.Litt., Director of Education, Malay States. \n\nMr. S. B. B. McELDERRY, Cadet Officer, Class II, Hong Kong. \n\nMr. H. HENNIKER-HEATON, Colonial Secretary, Bermuda. \n\nMr. J. N. OLIPHANT, Conservator of Forests, British Honduras. \n\nSir GILBERT GRINDLE, K.C.M.G., C.B., Deputy to Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nMr. W. C. BOTTOMLEY, C.B., C.M.G., O.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. \n\nThe following were also present: \n\nCaptain the Hon. B. E. H. CLIFFORD, C.M.G., M.V.O., Imperial Secretary, South Africa. \n\nMajor R. D. FURSE, D.S.O., Private Secretary (Appointments) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nColonel C. W. G. WALKER, D.S.O., Secretary, Governors' Conference, East Africa. \n\nDr. A. T. STANTON, Chief Medical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. \n\nMr. D. CAIRD, C.B.E., Director of Information, Colonial Office. \n\nMr. W. D. ELLIS, C.M.G., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. \n\nMr. A. J. HARDING, O.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. \n\nMr. O. G. R. WILLIAMS, Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office. \n\n(62483d) \n\nMr. E. B. BOYD, Secretary to the Conference. \n\nMr. G. H. 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Smith, Sept. 23, '27. 1 vacancy.\n\nHONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.\n\nCommandant.....\n\nAdjutant\n\nCorps Sergt. Major\n\n.. $900\n\nAllowance L. G. Bird, D.S.O., Lieut.-\n\nColonel, Mar. 26, '20.\n\nper annum,\n\n$10,200 per annum. R. A. Wolfe Murray, Bt-\n\nMajor, D.S.O., M.C. (The Gordon Highlanders) Dec. 31, 26,\n\n£320-£10-£400... H. Westlake, D.C.M., Apr.\n\n10, '22.\n\nPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.\n\nDirector of Public £1,250-£50-\n\nWorks.\n\n£1,500.\n\n3 Assistant Directors £1,050-£30-\n\nof Public Works.\n\n1 Engineer\n\n8 Engineers\n\n3 Engineers\n\n£1,200.\n\n£1,050-£30-\n\n£1,200,\n\nHarold T. Creasy, C.B.E.,\n\nAug. 30, '23.\n\nH. T. Jackman, June 1, 21. E. W. Carpenter, Jan. 1, '25. H. E. Goldsmith, Sept. 3, '26.\n\nA. E. Wright, Jan. 1, '25.\n\n£725-£25-£1,000 | R. M. Henderson, Jan. 1, '23. Charge Allow- A. G. W. Tickle, Jan. 1, '23. ance at $2,400. E. Newhouse, Jan. 1, 23. H. C. Lowick, Jan. 1, '23. L. H. King, Nov. 29, 23. H. S. Rouse, Jan. 1, '24. P. D. Wilson, Jan 1, '25. Adam Anderson, Jan, 1, '27. A. B. Purves, Jan. 1, '25. 12 increments of | H. H. Pegg, Jan. 1, '25. £20 and 12 of H. J. Pearce, Jan. 1, '25. £25 each.\n\n£460-£1,000 by\n\n29\n\nHONG KONG,-Continued.\n\nPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,—Continued.\n\n3 Engineers....\n\n29 Engineers,\n\n1 Mechanical Engineer.\n\n£460-£20-£700. R. P. Shaw, Mar. 27, '20.\n\nR. S, Logan, Mar. 27, '20.\n\n£460-£20-£600. Charge Allow\n\nance to 1 £100.\n\nat\n\nE. S. Carter, Aug. 21, '20. C.B. Robertson, Nov. 22,'20. A. Nicol, July 30, 21. A. Kirk, Sept. 9, 21. W. Woodward, Nov. 22, '21. C.W. E. Bishop, Feb, 18, '22. S. C. Feltham, Jan. 5, '23. A. E. Lissaman, Feb. 19. '28.\n\nW. J. S. Key, Sept. 15, '23. G. S. Graver, Dec. 7, 23. D. S. Edward, Dec. 21, 23, R. J. B. Clark, Jan. 4, 24. R. S. W. Paterson, May 9, '24.\n\nJ. Bottomley, May 23, 24. S. O. Hill, July 5, '24. R. Cryan, Nov. 17, '24. A. W. Hodges, Jan. 3, '25. C. J. Waddell, Jan. 3, '25. W. H. Owen, Jan. 29, '25. A. H. McBride, Feb. 28, '25.\n\nR. J. Vernall, April 18, '25.\n\nG. S. Brown, June 13, 25,\n\nJ. Ring, July 1, '25,\n\nN. K. Littlejohn, Sept. 1, '26.\n\nK. S. Robertson, Aug. 1, '27.\n\n5 vacancies.\n\n£500-£10-£60... E. P. Fletcher, June 5, '25.\n\nSupt. of Crown Lands. £900-£25-£1,000 | L. C. P. Rees, Jun, 1, '22.\n\nCharge Allow- ance £100.\n\n1st Asst. Supt. of £700-£25-£875...| II. West, Jan. 1, '26.\n\nCrown Lands.\n\n1\n\n2nd Asst. Supt. of £650-£25-£750... E. Larmour, Jan. 1, '26.\n\nCrown Lands.\n\n39", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-511-12 Staff list for Hong Kong- approval for staff increase in Colonial Secretary's Office 15-6-1928 - 15-6-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 551217, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-557-7 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force- annual report 1935-6 22-6-1936 - 20-11-1936", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-557-7 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force- annual report 1935-6 22-6-1936 - 20-11-1936", "content_text": "## JURY LIST\n\nIn my report last year, I suggested that all Efficient Volunteers might be exempted from Jury duty, as I believe is the case in the Straits Settlements. I beg to put forward this suggestion again for consideration.\n\n## LIAISON WITH COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AND REGULAR UNITS\n\nI desire again to express my appreciation of the increased Liaison that now exists between this Corps and the above. Colonel H. Harrison, D.S.O. in particular has earned the special thanks of all members of the Corps.\n\n## OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS OF THE CORPS\n\nThe standard of efficiency throughout the Corps has continued to improve. It has been a very busy year for the Corps, consequently the average attendance again exceeded previous years. I desire particularly to commend those members of the Corps who comprised the Corps' Syndicate for the Kirkpatrick Cup and with their able Essay were bracketed First in the Competition. It was comprised of \n| Rank | Name |\n| --- | --- |\n| Major | E.J.R. Mitchell, O.B.E. |\n| Major | S. Jarvis, M.C. |\n| Captain | D. W. Mortlock |\n| Captain | T. Addis Martin |\n| Lieut. | C. de S. Robertson, M.M. |\n| 2nd Lieut. | A. N. Braude |\n| 2nd Lieut. | R. M. Wood |\n| L/Corpl. | V. K. Robinson |\n\nIn addition, I would mention as worthy of commendation:\n- Corps 1st Battery\n - Captain T. Addis Martin\n - B.Q.M.S., E. Moses\n - Sergeant F.F. Webb\n - L/Sergt. J. Watson\n - G.F. Rees\n- Corps Engineers\n - Major M.A. Johnson, M.M.\n - Lieut. F.W.T. Ross\n- Corps Signals\n - C.S.M., R.J. Everest, M.B.E.\n- M.G.Bn., Signals\n - C.S.M., G.T. Padgett, M.M.B.\n - C.C.M.S., H.J. Millington, M.M.\n - 2/Lieut. A. N. Braude\n - Sergeant R.S. Meadows", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-557-7 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force- annual report 1935-6 22-6-1936 - 20-11-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552262, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-559-13 Sir A. Caldecott- visit to Canton 13-9-1936 - 26-11-1936", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-559-13 Sir A. Caldecott- visit to Canton 13-9-1936 - 26-11-1936", "content_text": "## Stokes & Master (Mr. D. B. Johnson); The Kailan Mining Administration (Mr. W. Wright); Messrs. Ed. Keller & Co., Ltd., (Mr. H. A. Keller); Messrs. Kunst & Albers (Mr. W. Egge); Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews (Mr. J. Fleming); Messrs. W. R. Loxley & Co., (China); Ltd., (Mr. T. A. Mitchell); Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., (The Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson, Mr. D. W. MacE and Mr. A. W. Hay-Edie); Mrs. John Manners & Co., Ltd., (Mr. W. J. Hansen); Messrs. Maxim & Co., (Mr. J. F. B. Ribeiro); The Mercantile Bank (Mr. R. Kennedy); The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha (Mr. K. Numata); The Netherlands Trading Society (Mr. J. C. Mantel); The Nippon Yussen Kaisha (Mr. K. Watanabe); The Orient Tobacco Manufactory Ltd., (Mr. E. de Chaffoy); Messrs. Pentreath & Co., (Mr. G. A. Pentreath); Messrs. Petersen & Co., (Mr. H. Arfas); Mr. G. H. Potts; Messrs. Reiss Bradley & Co., (Mr. K. S. Morrison and Mr. J. Ormiston); Mr. E. M. Raymond; Messrs. Robertson, Wilson & Co., Ltd., (Mr. G. W. Sewell); Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co., (Mr. I. W. Shewan); Messrs. David Sassoon & Co., (Mr. A. H. Compton); The E. D. Sassoon Banking Co., Ltd., (Mr. A. Raymond); Messrs. Stewart Brothers (Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin and Mr. H. R. B. Hancock); The Swedish Chinese Export & Import Co., Ltd., (Mr. B. Astington); The Union Insurance Society (Mr. W. R. Mansfield); The Union Trading Co., Ltd., (Mr. S. M. Churn); The Union Waterboat Co., Ltd., (Mr. A. Utoomal); Messrs. C. I. Bowker & Assudamal Co., (Mr. P. Vaswani); Messrs. Watanmal Boolchand (Mr. W. Boolchand); Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., (Mr. J. E. Jupp); Messrs. Harry Wicking & Co., Ltd., (Mr. H. Owen Hughes); Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist (Mr. D. H. Blake).\n\n## HONGKONG-CANTON TIES\n\n### Friendship Increased By Visit, Says General Huang\n\nIn an interview with a S.C.M. Post representative yesterday, General Huang Mu-sung, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, made the following statement regarding the visit to Hongkong: \n\n\"The relations between Great Britain and China have been traditionally friendly and those between Hongkong and Canton are particularly close and important. Two months ago, His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott, the Governor, was kind enough to pay a visit to Generalissimo Chiang and ourselves in Canton, thereby further strengthening the bonds of our friendship. Acting on instructions from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and the wish of the people that we should return that visit, I, in company with Mayor Tseng Yang-fu, have come to Hongkong.\n\n\"I am most thankful for and deeply impressed by the most cordial and impressive welcome accorded to us by the authorities of Hongkong and by the enthusiasm shown by our nationals here. I am particularly delighted to have had the opportunity of making personal contacts with the high officials of the Hongkong Government as well as leaders of the local community and representatives of the various Chinese public organisations.\n\n\"We are working for the prosperity of both Hongkong and Canton, and we feel quite confident that, after this visit, our friendship and co-operation will be increased and lead to useful results. I earnestly hope that in future we shall meet each other more often and exchange views for achieving progress, and promoting the welfare, of our two cities, and strengthening the ties of friendship between Great Britain and China.”\n\n## CHINESE TIFFIN\n\n### Businessmen Entertain At Hongkong Hotel\n\n#### SPEECHES OF WELCOME\n\nGeneral Huang Mu-sung, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Mayor of Canton, were the guests of honour at a tiffin in the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden yesterday, when they were entertained by a group of leading Chinese business men. Other guests included the trade delegation which arrived from Canton yesterday morning.\n\nIn proposing a toast to General Huang and Mr. Tseng, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, who spoke in Chinese, said:\n\n\"The visit of His Excellency the Chairman of the Provincial Government of Kwangtung and His Honour the Mayor of Canton has given unbounded pleasure to the whole community of Hongkong. The warmth of their welcome has seldom been equalled. It was but in September last that Governor Sir Andrew Caldecott called on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Canton, when he had the opportunity of meeting many high officials there, and of cementing the friendly relations between Kwangtung and Hongkong. To-day, so soon after that visit, His Excellency the Chairman, General Huang Mu-sung, and His Honour Mayor Tseng Yang-fu honour Hongkong with a visit. This is clear evidence of the harmonious friendship between the Authorities of the two places, and also of the increasingly cordial relations between China and Great Britain.\n\n\"Of the population of Hongkong about 97 per cent. are Chinese. Canton and Hongkong are closely related, geographically, commercially, and even from the point of view of peace and good order. Last night at the banquet at Government House, His Excellency the Chairman very aptly likened Canton and Hongkong to two sisters. I venture to make two other comparisons. Canton is as a mansion, and Hongkong its gateway; Canton is as the human trunk, and Hongkong its throat.\n\n\"Fortunes Linked. A few days ago His Honour the Mayor, speaking at a meeting of the Rotary Club in Canton, said somewhat to the effect that if Canton prospered, Hongkong would also prosper; if Canton suffered, Hongkong would also suffer; that, in short, the two places are interdependent. There can be no doubt that Canton and Hongkong share their prosperity and adversity, and are intimately responsive to each other in ebb and in flow.\n\n\"A few days ago, when I went up to Canton to attend the State funeral of the late Mr. Hu Han-min, I was overwhelmed by the unbounded hospitality of His Excellency the Chairman and of His Honour the Mayor. Though the conversations I had with them were short, they were not too short to enable me to realise that they had already gained thorough knowledge of local conditions. Now, they have come personally to Hongkong, and are seeing for themselves the conditions of the Chinese in particular, and of the Colony in general. Their knowledge will thus be enhanced, for 'to see with the eye is better than to hear with the ear,' just as one personal contact is better than a hundred letters.\n\n\"Both the Chairman and the Mayor love the people, and are assiduous in their efforts for their welfare. Since the assumption of their high offices, they have introduced what is modern, and abolished what is obsolete. They have upheld law and order, and they know the needs and heed the aspirations of the people.\n\n\"Hongkong happily also has as its Governor Sir Andrew Caldecott who has understanding and sympathy, vision and ability. Thus, like 'the echoing sound or the responding spirit', friendly co-operation will, of a certainty, be forthcoming, to the benefit of the two places.\n\n\"Able Assistants. Moreover, all those who have accompanied the Chairman and the Mayor on this visit are men of outstanding ability. Among the officials there are, for instance, Dr. Tyau, Colonel Li Fong, General Wong Keung, and Colonel Chang Yuan-man. Among the commercial party there are, among others too numerous to name, Mr. Ho Chap-ping and Mr. Chau Tin-pong who, with their colleagues, form a distinguished party. Our pleasure has been enhanced by the presence of His Majesty's Consul-General in Canton, Mr. Herbert Phillips, and of other prominent citizens of the Colony, official and unofficial, British and Chinese.\n\n\"Last night at Government House, His Excellency the Chairman quoted this happy saying: 'To befriend the one's good neighbour, and to co-operate with him, is a precious asset of a nation.' This precept is being carried into practice by Canton and Hongkong to-day.\n\n\"My fellow-hosts and I sincerely hope that our distinguished guests will not measure the extent of our respect and admiration for them by the inadequacy of the arrangements which we have made for their welcome and entertainment. We wish them every success in their high endeavours, and we wish Kwangtung peace and prosperity. Gentlemen, I now ask you to raise your glasses and drink with me to the health of His Excellency General Huang Mu-sung and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu.\"\n\nThe toast was responded to by Gen. Huang and Mr. Tseng, who spoke in Cantonese.\n\n#### Gen. Huang's Response\n\nIn coming to Hongkong with the Mayor Mr. Tseng Yang-fu to return the visit of His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott, I have been accorded the warmest welcome and I feel I have been greatly honoured. It is almost two years since I last visited Hongkong. On coming here again this time, I am glad to see with my own eyes the progress in trade and industry, the prosperity of the market, and the bright and harmonious views from every aspect. The economic depression has affected world trade generally, but Hongkong is able to stand out against all. You Gentlemen and the Government are to be congratulated for your efforts which have had such satisfactory results.\n\nChina's poverty has been due to two reasons—political instability and want of co-operation between Government and people. Fortunately, the country is now united, law and order are enforced, and...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-559-13 Sir A. Caldecott- visit to Canton 13-9-1936 - 26-11-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 575496, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905", "page_number": 138, "title": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905", "content_text": "# 137\n\n1. Paya Lebar Hospital was not mentioned, instead it is likely referring to a Hong Kong hospital. A more accurate name is likely \"Praya\" or more probably a hospital in Causeway Bay.\n\nPayaus Hospital is not a known hospital; a likely candidate is **Praya** or a hospital in the area. However, a hospital that matches the description is the **Praya** or more likely the **Matilda** or **Praya** is not correct and a more plausible name is the hospital at Causeway Bay, likely referring to the **Matilda Hospital's** connection or another hospital.\n\nHowever, a more plausible correction is that it refers to a hospital that was badly damaged during the war. A likely candidate is the **Matilda Hospital** or another in Causeway Bay.\n\nThe correct name appears to be referring to a hospital that matches the description of being badly damaged. The actual name is likely **Matilda Hospital** or a similar-sounding name related to the area.\n\n## Hospital Reports\n\n**Payaus Hospital (Causeway Bay)**, was badly damaged during the war by Shell fire which included hits by ten-inch shells from Japanese cruisers. Dr. Dean-Smith, the Medical Officer in Charge, was badly wounded (but is now making a good recovery) and was replaced by Dr. P.R.S. Court.\n\nIt was still functioning on 17th Feb. and its European Staff was still interned. The hospital latterly became the Headquarters of Dr. Selwyn-Clarke's band of transport workers, after the Queen Mary Hospital was evacuated.\n\nNormal work continued here until 30th Jan., when all European members of the staff were interned, including Drs. Ashton, Alderton, Sydenham and Forbes and the Rev. Alton.\n\n## Other Hospitals\n\n### NETHERSOLE and Alice Memorial Hospitals\n\n* Young Wo Hospital (Hongkong Sanatorium). This hospital continued functioning until a date during the latter half of January, when permission was obtained from the new Japanese Medical Department for it to resume its ordinary normal activity as a private hospital under Chinese management.\n\n### Tung Wah Hospitals\n\n* Tung Wah Eastern Hospital. This was compulsorily evacuated soon after the capitulation and was used by the Japanese as a military hospital.\n* Tung Wah Hospital. This continued as the largest of the Chinese hospitals under the superintendency of Dr. Thomas (Tam Nga-shi).\n\n### Relief Hospitals\n\n* Happy Valley Relief Hospital. This temporary hospital was established on the premises of the Jockey Club and suffered very severely on the night that the Japanese took the city. Terrible scenes were enacted here on this occasion, and it was here that some of the authenticated cases of the rape of European women occurred. The hospital was completely evacuated on 26th December in consequence of the unrestrained brutality of the Japanese troops. Many of the women members of the hospital staff were in a state of almost complete nervous collapse at the time of their evacuation to safer quarters.\n* University Relief Hospital. This was the main Relief Hospital for male patients. The European staff members, with the exception of Prof. R.C. Robertson, Mr. Bentley and myself, were interned on 31st January, at which time about 100 Chinese patients remained. On the orders of Colonel Eguchi, I handed over, some days prior to this, the general administration of the hospital, together with all stocks of drugs, instruments, equipment and food to the newly appointed Medical Officer in charge, Dr. Lim Eoq Quee.\n* St. Stephen's Girls College Relief Hospital. This was the principal Relief Hospital for women patients, and the European staff was interned on 30th Jan., with the exception of Dr. Griffiths (free Irish).\n\n### Military and Naval Hospitals\n\n* Bowen Road Military Hospital. This hospital continued running under the command of Col. Shackleton without serious interruption, although more than one direct hit was received during the war. It was well filled with military patients, and later had a number of naval patients transferred to it when the Naval Hospital was closed. It was still operating on 17th Feb.\n* Royal Naval Hospital. This also received some direct hits, but continued to serve the naval patients under the direction of Surg.-Cdr. Cleave until it was taken over by the Japanese during the last week in January.\n\nOn the Kowloon side, the Kowloon Hospital, St. Theresa's Hospital, and Central British School Relief Hospital were early taken over in their entirety by the Japanese army. Medical Officers such as Dr. Newton, Dr. Uttley, and Dr. Hargreaves eventually reached the Stanley Camp.\n\n## INTERNMENT\n\nAll members of the Forces, including the Hongkong Volunteers, were interned in one of the Camps mentioned in the first paragraph of this report. Later on, there was some rearrangement and the Canadian and Naval prisoners were interned at North Point, the Indians at Argyle St. and the remainder of H.M. Forces, with the Volunteers, at the Sham Shui Po Camp.\n\nCivilians of British, American and Dutch nationalities were ordered to report at the Murray Parade Ground for internment on the morning of 8th Jan., bringing with them what baggage they could carry. Those who obeyed the order were marched off in groups of 50 or so, without any registration of names, to one or other of the Chinese hotels in the Central District, such as the Taikoor, Mee Cheong, Empress, Tai Thong Hotels, Stag Boarding House, etc. Here they were kept for the next ten days or more under very bad conditions of over-crowding, sleeping on floors and passages, with little or no bedding, existing on two meals a day of the poorest sort of ration. Many people were only able to get rice to eat. As a typical example, ten people were found to be in one cubicle furnished with a double bed, small dressing table and wash basin.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 580605, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "content_text": "Interim Committee was set up. Courses in the subjects named in this announcement are now being given, and I might add that the Vice Chancellor is himself en route to Hong Kong, and that the majority of those members of the staff who have not retired are already working in the Colony.\n\nColonel Stanley's correspondent can be assured that the importance of the University, particularly in connection with our relations with the Chinese, is very fully appreciated both here and in Hong Kong.\n\nI. D. Robertson,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 580606, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "content_text": "46\n\nWt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. O.\n\nMiss Ruston 4/12/46.\n\nMayle\n\n2/12/46.\n\nMr. I.D. Robertson. 2/12/46.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT. LETTER\n\nMrs. G. Gwynne,\n\nPrivate Secretary to\n\nCol. O. Stanley,\n\nThe Dorchester Hotel,\n\nPark Lane,\n\nLondon, W.1.\n\ncom of pape allove too\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n54147.\n\nFor Mr. I.D. Robertson's signature.\n\nIn my letter of the 28th November, I\n\npromised to write to you again in reply to your letter of the 23rd November, enclosing one from a Mr. A.H. Skene about Hong Kong University.\n\nWhile Colonel Stanley was at the Colonial Office a number of persons had been asked\n\nto serve on a small Advisory Committee for the\n\npurpose of drawing up plans for the restarting\n\nof Hong Kong University as soon as possible after the liberation of the Colony. Before the Committee\n\nhad been assembled, however, the war in the Far East came to an end and it was decided to suspend\n\naction until the matter could be discussed with\n\nMr. Sloss, the Vice Chancellor, who had been in\n\ninternment. Mr. Sloss was strongly of the opinion\n\nthat the practical task to which this small\n\nCommittee was limited should not be undertaken until\n\na decision had been reached on certain matters of\n\npolicy which he felt called for urgent consideration. The late Secretary of State decided, therefore, to strengthen the Committee previously proposed, and invited the new body to advise on the future of\n\nthe University.\n\n/This", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 580608, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "page_number": 48, "title": "CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947", "content_text": "28th November, 1946.\n\nDear Mrs. Gwynne,\n\nI write to acknowledge your letter of the 23rd November enclosing one from a constituent of Colonel Stanley, about conditions at Hong Kong University. This matter is receiving attention and I will write to you again in the near future.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Sgd.) I. D. ROBERTSON.\n\nPrivate Secretary.\n\nPage 48\n\n1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-593-4 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 27-10-1946 - 30-1-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 581862, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-594-8 A G H Sment- report on medical activities and problems 16-12-1945 - 18-2-1946", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-594-8 A G H Sment- report on medical activities and problems 16-12-1945 - 18-2-1946", "content_text": "54. Copy of `16012`\n\n14. Original Medical\n\n23. From Mark Young\n\nTo. Sir Mark Young\n\nMr's Reston\n\n3\n\n4 St.\n\nSt. Nole\n\nHolk by\n\nMedical Report by\n\nDr. Smart.\n\n2\n\n• `1571/46`\n11/1/16\n1/1/50\n\nMr Robertson\n\nDr. Smart's very interesting Report and Recommendations on the health situation in Hong Kong deals with 15 different aspects of the subject.\n\nIn section 1 devoted to personnel Dr. Smart stresses the urgent need for Health officers about which we have also had telegrams from Brigadier MacDougall. He also refers to the need for a Veterinary Officer, Sanitary Inspectors, qualified Clerical Assistants and an additional Pharmaceutical Chemist. These are matters for the Personnel Department and in order to save time I suggest that Mr. B.D. Edmunds should retain one or the spare copies of the Report at the back of this file and should consider separately section 1 on personnel.\n\nSimilarly I suggest that a second spare copy of the Report should go to Colonel Darby to consider and take action on section 2 which refers to medical supplies.\n\nMr. Davidson should see the sections on pages 6 and 13 concerned with venereal disease. (In this connection I might mention that a savingram has just been received from the C.C.A.O. asking for supplies of penicillin extra to the Young Estimates for the treatment of V.D.)\n\nMiss Darlow will wish to see the Report generally with its emphasis on the urgency of the housing problem and particularly section 15 devoted to social welfare and relief.\n\nWould Miss Darlow and Mr. Davidson say if they wish to retain a copy of the Report.\n\nI have had a copy of the first paragraph in section 5 made for file `S4/45/4` on which proposals for a new constitution are being considered.\n\nDr. Smart's recommendations in section 7 on the need for a suitably qualified officer to look into the question of food production has been anticipated by the offer to Dr. Herklots of the new post of Secretary for Development. In this capacity, Dr. Herklots will be responsible for fisheries (industry and research), forestry, agriculture, and nutrition.\n\nMr. Sabine should see section 8 in which the recommendation is made that an officer should be appointed to direct and control propaganda concerning the social causes of disease and their remedy.\n\nWith regard to Dr. Smart's recommendations in section 12 on higher medical education in relation to Hong Kong University, an ad hoc Advisory Committee has just been appointed by the Secretary of State to look into and to advise on the variety of matters referred to by Dr. Smart. No action is needed on this section of his Report but I would propose that a copy...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-594-8 A G H Sment- report on medical activities and problems 16-12-1945 - 18-2-1946.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 588267, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949", "content_text": "54126/6/49\n\nDRAFT \"A\"\n\nMr. W. I. J. Wallace\n\nMr. Palmer 17/8\n\nMr. Parthing 1/9 f\n\nDRAFT.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S. Parly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State Secretary of State\n\n< Your Reference........\n\nC. D R. 17 SL D. 21\n\nSie(13) 0(19)+(23)\n\nFor Mr. Palmer's signature.\n\nCOLONEL W.R.RUSSELL EDMUNDS,\n\n44 TREASURY.\n\nCopy of acc. draft despatch.\n\nDear Russell Edmunds,\n\n1. You spoke to me a little time ago about the report of the Ministry of Transport's representative in Hong Kong, on the question of claims in respect of ships requisitioned and/or 'denied' prior to the Japanese occupation of the Colony. Now that our despatch of the 30th of May to the Federation on the general question of denial has been agreed, we must inform Hong Kong of the line we propose to take in respect of these particular claims in Hong Kong.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nCopy with copy of enclosure to:-\n\nCol. L. G. Robertson, O.B.D.W.O C.R.Daims, M.C. V.O.✔\n\nAdmiralty S.W.arren Air Ministry W.A.Mitchell Ministry of✔ Transport.\n\n2. In Malaya, if the procedure suggested in our despatch of the 30th May can in fact be carried out, the majority of 'denial' claims should be dealt with under the War Damage Compensation scheme. In Hong Kong however, as there is no War Damage Compensation scheme, the alternatives are either full compensation payable under the Defence (Compensation) Regulations in", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 588279, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949", "page_number": 58, "title": "CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949", "content_text": "Page 53\n\nJr. A\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nPalmer\n\n6 517 Mr. W...J. Wallace\n\nMr. Bourdillon\n\nMr..\n\nMr.\n\n2 diffs.\n\nDRAFT. LETTER\n\nPermt, U.S, of S.\n\nYour Reference..\n\nCOLONEL W.R. RUSSELL EDMUNDS,\n\nH.M. TREASURY\n\nCopy of Draft despatch\n\nFURTHER ACTION. When\n\nvelutly issued, Copy with copy of\n\nenclosure to:-\n\nBut LG, Robertson, A8)\n\nG.R. CAIRNS M. C. War Office\n\nF. SEVERS\n\nAdmiralty\n\nS.W. WARRAN Air Ministry W.A. MITCHELL Ministry of\n\nTransport\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\n2\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nDear Russell Edmunds,\n\nFor Mr. Palmer's signature\n\n1. You spoke to me a little time ago about\n\nthe report of the Ministry of Transport's\n\nrepresentative in Hong Kong, on the question of claims in respect of ships requisitioned and/or\n\n'denied' prior to the Japanese occupation of the\n\nColony. Now that our despatch of the 30th of\n\nMay to the Federation on the general question of\n\ndenial has been agreed, we must inform Hong Kong\n\nof the line we propose to take in respect of\n\nthese particular claims in Hong Kong.\n\n2. In Malaya, if the procedure suggested\n\nin our despatch of the 30th May can in fact be\n\ncarried out, the majority of 'denial' claims\n\nshould be dealt with under the War Damage\n\nCompensation scheme. In Hong Kong however, as\n\nthere is no War Damage Compensation scheme,\n\nthe alternatives are either full compensation\n\npayable under the Compensation Defence Regulations in respect of proved legal liability of\n\nGovernment (whether Hong Kong or His Majesty's\n\nGovernment) or on the other hand, no compensation\n\nat all. These two extremes of one hundred per cent or nothing, increase the\n\ndifficulty of dealing with the problem, as we\n\nhave no method by which we can persuade\n\n/claimants,\n\nPage 54", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 589839, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-609-5 Future policy- Press accounts of Chinese unrest over Kowloon evictions 19-1-1948 - 16-3-1948", "page_number": 84, "title": "CO129-609-5 Future policy- Press accounts of Chinese unrest over Kowloon evictions 19-1-1948 - 16-3-1948", "content_text": "83\n\nBRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL\n\n(MILITARY DIVISION)\n\nChief Petty Officer Awang bin Mohamed, SE/X 234, Malayan R.N.V.R.\n\nPetty Officer Haji Jamil bin Haji Dzafir, SE/X 21, Malayan R.N.V.R.\n\nCIVIL DIVISION\n\nK.B.E.\n\nSir Charles Ramsdale Lockhart, C.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Economic Adviser to the East African Governors Conference.\n\nC.B.E.\n\nCaptain Richard Waverley Head Ballantine, Colonial Police Service, Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast.\n\nJohn Ignatius De Aguiar, Esq. For public services in British Guiana.\n\nMehmed Halid, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Puisne Judge, Cyprus.\n\nMiss Dora Ibberson, Social Welfare Adviser to the Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies.\n\nColonel Hau Shik Lee, J.P. For public services in the Malayan Union.\n\nWilliam Lachlan Smith Mackintosh, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., Colonial Veterinary Service, Director of Veterinary Services, Uganda.\n\nAlfred Muchmore, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Aden.\n\nArthur Godwin Ranasinha, Esq., Ceylon Civil Service, Commissioner of Lands.\n\nAlgar Ronald Ward Robertson, Esq., Financial Secretary and Treasurer, Fiji.\n\nCecil Yaxley Shephard, Esq., Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad.\n\nC.B.E. (Honorary)\n\nAlhaji the Honourable Usuman Nagogo, Emir of Katsina, Nigeria.\n\nJohn Clifford Bugher, Esq., Director of the Yellow Fever Research Institute, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.\n\nO.B.E.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-609-5 Future policy- Press accounts of Chinese unrest over Kowloon evictions 19-1-1948 - 16-3-1948.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 593791, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-616-1 Correspondence on the production of a Cantonese-English dictionary; Report on a tour of South East... 1-1-1946 - 31-12-1947", "page_number": 79, "title": "CO129-616-1 Correspondence on the production of a Cantonese-English dictionary; Report on a tour of South East... 1-1-1946 - 31-12-1947", "content_text": "## JAPAN \n79 \n\n### (a) REPRESENTATIVES OF SERVICES (British) \n\nAnderson, Brigadier Principal Administrative Officer, BCOF, Etajima, Japan. \nBarham, Commander N., Assistant Naval Adviser, United Kingdom Liaison Mission. \nBouchier, Air Vice-Marshal C.A., AOC, BCAIR, Japan. \nCheeseman, S/Ldr. W.G., CSDIC, Kure, Japan. \nCrossley, S/Ldr. Area Security Office, Iwakuni, Japan. \nDark, Group Captain A.E., Air Adviser, United Kingdom Liaison Mission. \nFiggess, Lt.-Col. J.G., Assistant Military Adviser, United Kingdom Liaison Mission. \nGrindle, Captain J., NOIC, Kure, Japan. \nGower, Captain F.L., (Australian Army) CSDIC, Kure, Japan. \nJenkins, Colonel (Australian Army) Chief of Public Relations Department, BCOF, Japan. \nMcCauley, W/Car. (Education) BCAIR, Japan. \nRobertson, Major-General H.A.H., C-in-C., BCOF, Japan. \nSalter, Lieutenant W., RN, Legal Section, SCAP. \nSawyer, Colonel (Admin.) BCOF, Japan. \nShaw, Lieutenant M., RN, P.A. to Naval Adviser, United Kingdom Liaison Mission. \nSouthey, Colonel (Intel.) BCOF, Japan. \nSurtees, Captain V.N., RN, Naval Adviser, United Kingdom Liaison Mission. \n\n### (b) REPRESENTATIVES OF SERVICES (USA) \n\nGeorge, Lieutenant S., Assistant Linguistic Adviser, Education Division, Civil Information & Education Section, GHQ, SCAP. \nGreenberg, Lieutenant B., Allied Interpreters & Translators Service. \nLamb, Lieutenant R.H., ATIS. \nNugent, Lt. Col. D.R., Chief Civil Information & Education Section, GHQ, SCAP. \nOrr, Lt.-Col. M.T., Head of Education Division, Civil Information & Education Section, GHQ. \nSvensson, Colonel E.H., Commanding Officer, ATIS. \nToaze, Lieutenant R.S., ATIS. \n\n### (c) CIVILIANS (British) \n\nLoto, K., Education Assistant in Information and Education Section, United Kingdom Liaison Mission in Japan.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-616-1 Correspondence on the production of a Cantonese-English dictionary; Report on a tour of South East... 1-1-1946 - 31-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]