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Mr. Wood oalled on me and argued at great length
and left the attached papers. There is no doubt
that the Gov. did not quite apprehend the posi-·
tion when he wrote 19360, and Mr. Wood has had
hard luck, since he understood from Sir F. Lu-:
gard and Mr. Clementi that he would get the
further £50 in due course. I told him that the
S. of S. retained a free hand, and had declined
the further increase which the Gov. did not re-!
commend whatever might have been in his mind
not [cspbmming it
in so deelining and that there was no chance
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of re-consideration here unless the Gov. should
re-open the matter. It was open to him to make
representations to the Gov.
on his return and
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if the Gov. decided to make further recommen-
dat on the S. of S. would consider it.
chrath of
I told him that his dastea for transfer to
a better post was small but that he was noted.
Send out oopy of his Memo. re Promotion attached
together with copy of 10259/11 with onell, to H.C.
Malay States, asking H.C. to consider him if a vacan-
and expe
oy should arise for which his qualifications are
suitable and which it would be to his advantage to
accept.
Sound with through to? hiamaghton
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30.11.14
fence
I also said we would send his papers to the H.C.
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of the Malay States on the chance of an opening
arising for him there, but that I could hold
out no expectation that an opening was likely.
(As a matter of fact Mr. Wood might come in
very useful in the new Commercial Audit Dept. they
are proposing to establish, but I doubt if they
could
offer a sufficiently attractive salary
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