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and is now on abolition pension in Australia. file number is 50828 C.R. Malaya have agreed to second him to Hong Kong until normal conditions are restored and Mr. Cuthbertson has agreed to this arrangement.
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(iv) that an additional $.0.3 be engaged for civil
engineering, water' works and airport reconstruction planning. The candidate we have in mind is Mr. R.A. Mirams, (53549 W.A.) Temporary Engineer, Nigeria. The salary proposed is £860 per annum. offer was to have been made to Mr. Mirams on his personal file on the assumption that he would be required later in the year but I have held up the action, as there is now the prospect of an immediate vacancy for him.
(v) that an additional S.0.3 be engaged for electrical and
telecommunications planning. Whilst we have no name to suggest at the moment, Mr. Morris has interviewed a suitably qualified candidate.
6. I have inserted the name of Mr. J.H. Taggart as prospective S.0.1 Supplies. We do not wish to fill this post until after Mr. Taggart's arrival in this country.
J.J. Cowperthwaite (59800 W.A.), an Administrative Officer from Sierra Leone is due to arrive here by the middle of March. There is a further vacancy under Supply for an S.0.3. into which we could fit Lieutenant D.F. Davies. Mr. Thomson agrees to give up one of his supply vacancies for this purpose.
Provided that we obtain the services of Lt.Col. Cunningham in the near future the Legal Department should be adequately catered for. Mr. A. Ritchie, shown as an S.0.2 is our selection for the post of Custodian and has very considerable accounting knowledge but, no legal experience. If Lt.Col.Cunningham cannot be released to us reasonably soon, we should want to leave the S.0.1 post temporarily vacant and take on another S.0.2. There should be no Treasury objection to this.
8. Under Finance negotiations are under way for an S.0.2 from the Colonial Service. We are leaving the S.0.1 post vacant at the moment. No further staff appear necessary
in the near future.
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Under Welfare Dr. Fehily has proposed the appointment of an S.0.2 to plan the organisation of relief measures. This additional appointment is strongly recommended. We have no candidate to suggest at the moment
In addition but may have a name to put forward shortly.
we want authority to engage Miss I.N. Watkins as prospective Principal Matron.
10. Before he left Mr. Sansom considered that the time had come to obtain a planner for the Preventive Branch and recommended that Mr. W.J. Buller (36498 CR. ) former Chief Preventive Officer now on abolition pension in Australia, should be recalled. This would entail the addition of another S.0. 3 post. Office would be £800, is the maximum of his
His pay while working at the Colonial the salary on which he retired, which scale.
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