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No. 14.4.
Hongkong.
23280
1 JUL 07,
Government House,
506
Hongkong, 31st. May, 1907.
My Lord,
Goo
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1904 I have the honour to inform Your
Lordship that on the 28th. instant, I sent the following
telegram:-
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Resoundful.
Referring to my predecessor's Despatch No. 220, 1906,
Lofthouse dismissed for drunkenness. Successor should
be appointed as soon as possible.
and to state that Mr. T. C. Lofthouse was dismissed from
the Service for continuous absence from duty on account of
drunkenness almost from the very date of his arrival in
the Colony, he, indeed, having never properly reported
himself for duty, and having been on more than one
occasion picked up on the Street by the Police.
2.
I have therefore to request that
a successor in the post of Drainage Overseer in the Public
Works Department be obtained without delay on the condi-
FRIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELOIN, K.G.,
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