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vention on my behalf, but not one member of the Board had the
courtesy to reply.
Then, through a compatriot, I approached sir Faul Chater, one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Colony, and craved his assistance, but again the weight of the bureaucracy was too strong, for Sir Paul, notwithstanding his sense of justice and fair -play, was able to accomplish nothing; though I strongly suspect he was the writer of a letter which appeared in the "Hongkong Daily Press" complaining about the summary dismissal by the Government of an old servant (myself), without first referring the matter to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, as is done in the case of European servante with a long record of service.
I would particularly direct your attention to the reference by the Head of the Sanitary Department, Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, to the rules and regulations which governed my employment as a foroman in the Sanitary Department, and to my reply to his remarks.
Apparently Mr Wolfe was annoyed that I should be so well
versed in the rules governing my work, otherwise he would have
seon the justice of my submission to him, and there would have been
no necessity for my case to have been heard by the Executive Coun-
cil.
As you will perceive from the accompanying documents, this
been dismissal hes very prejudicial to my interests, since my services
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have been devoted for over 16 years to His Majesty in all parts of the Empire. I have served for about 16 years in this Colony
alone 5 years in the Hong-ong Police Force; 5 years in private
service, or which I have good testimonials; and 6 years in the
Sanitary Department where I have not received justice.
However, as justice is tardy in this part of the globe, end
as I have exhausted all my sources of obtaining it in the Far East,
I have now been compelled to go to the fountain head, and appeal
to you as the embodiment of British justice and fairplay to careful:
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