35935-1914-Suspension-of-Telegraph-and-Radio-Telegraph-Services — Page 1

No. 37.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Extraordinary.

Published by Authority.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1914.

The following Notifications are published,

By command,

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 284.-The following is published for general information :-

Notification of Suspension of Telegraph and Radio-Telegraph Services throughout

the Empire.

His Britannic Majesty's Government find themselves under the necessity of availing themselves of the power reserved under Article 8 of the International Telegraph Convention and Article 17 of the International Radio-Telegraph Convention to suspend the transmission of telegrams and radio-telegrams to and from or in transit through the United Kingdom, and to and from or in transit through all British Possessions and all British Protectorates whatsoever, save and except such telegrams and radio-telegrams as are on the service of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of any British Possession or Protectorate.