P/I.Pens. 378.
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The Pavilion,
Barna,
Co. Galway,
I.F.S.
6th February, 1936.
Recd. 8.2.36.
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The Crown Agents.
Gentlemen,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the
4th instant in connection with my application for a loan of
£100. and its refusal by the Colonial Office.
I am aware that pensions are paid as they become due,
but the same applies to pay and pay is occasionally given in
advance. I got an advance of pay from the Crown Agents for
the Colonies of £20. when I was returning to Hong Kong for duty
in October, 1910.
still with you.
I dare say the record of that advance is
Is the Colonial Office aware that I have contributed
nearly £500. to the widows & Orphans' Pension Fund since 1907,
a Fund that is hardly ever likely to benefit any of my family.
Surely if there is no other way the money can be advanced from
this fund.
I have no other means of raising the money to satisfy
my creditor (National Bank, Galway), who holds all the papers
covering my property. The bill (£160) becomes due on the 7th
MBN
prox.
If I were advanced even £50. I would probably be able
to satisfy my creditor that I was making a genuine effort to pay
my debt, even if I could only pay a portion of it, and I would be
given time in which to pay the balance.
I earnestly appeal to the Colonial Office to accede
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