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likelihood of their being relieved at an early date by Active
Service officers as opportunity offered. The object of*
this warning was to give these officers as much notice as
possible of the impending change. Lieut.Commander Haalewood
knew that this was the Admiralty policy at the time, though
it is doubtful if the warning reached nim before he reached
Hong Kong.
In view of the two preceding paragraphs, the
that
Admiralty deny, and will be surprisedif Lieut.Commander
Haslewood now permits it to be stated; that he was "driven
so stated in a recent article – out" of a lucrative appointment by the Admiralty. Nor
does it seem strictly accurate to say that "discipline told".
He resigned and went home under "a cloud". In point of
fact the Governor and the Commander-in-Chief were saved
the necessity of taking any decision either as regards tnis
officer or his wife, owing to the illness of Mrs. Baslewood,
which made necessary her return to England with her husband to accompany her, he being allowed to vacant his appointment
and return home at his o' request. He was merely naturally
told that the appointment could not be kept open for him, but he could not possibly have expected otherwise. ho does
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any ground for cufferstung or hard Hackewood suffered any injusten
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the Governor's action.
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