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quarters) has been left vacant since March because forsooth "r. Fletcher would take it later. As soon as
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the present Governor leaves it is supposed. officers were houseless it did not matter other
officers have to take whichever house is offered or o without.
It is to be hoped no other official in the Colony would be guilty of such unlimited sponging.
Why does the Governor allow it? But then he allows a young attractive woman to live at Government House, with no other woman there, for months who must also be saving her husband a considerable amount of money while she obtains free board and lodging.
Characters and reputations can go by the board while the inhabitants of Hongkong Chinese and Non-Chinese look on amazed.
Is it not deplorable to find such a pitiable state of weakness at the head of affairs?
It has been suggested by some of the Members of the Chamber of Commerce that the Assistant Colonial
Secretary should succeed the present Colonial Secretary but by no means all members concurred in this. The wise
say 'No' but it only goes to prove the writer's previous contention that old Hongkongites for some reason or the other hate changes. "hy is it? Is there some secret reason for these few men wishing to retain the present Governor and his Assistant Colonial Secretary? Is such a thing ever done in other Colonies that residents areallowed to suggest to the Secretary of State for the Colonies who shall be put in and who shall not?
The papers went so far as to say local residents should
have a voice in choosing the Governor of the Colony. Could anything be more futile?