are thirty-three weekly, seated at a desk, with all holidays and Sundays off as a matter of course – in the Post Office the hours are from 50 to 60 weekly, frequently extending far into the night or commencing abnormally early, and entailing considerable physical effort, most holidays, and 33% of Sundays also spent at work".
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Special services such as the above I respectfully submit are deserving of special consideration.
If for reasons peculiar to the eastern colonies I am unfortunately debarred from the position accorded to brother officers and from further hope of promotion or transfer to a colony where I should not be on a lower official plane, I earnestly hope the Right Honourable the Secretary of State may be pleased to bestow on me such monetary relief as is reasonably and equitably prayed for.
9. I must apologise for the length of this letter, and ask pardon if any matter has been introduced that may appear to be irrelevant or unnecessary. If so I have only done it in my desire to place my position as a whole clearly in view, before embarking again for China, as under present circumstances I see no chance of ever returning to this country.
I shall always do my duty conscientiously, the result of training and temperament; still I respectfully submit there is much difference between when a man ...