CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 460

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I believe him to be a thoroughly

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In Shanghai his work

was well done and he

48.

gave satisfaction."

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In reference to the charge of leaving the Great Northern Railway Mr. Milson would probably not have made it had he known that of the three principal officers of that live viz. the Engineer Chief (Mr Johnson) the General Manager (Mr Seymour blanke) and the Secretary

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his alleged unpopularity with the Heads of the Great Northem Railway which he left merely for the purpose of bettering his profesional prospects.

49 Undur all the circumstances it certainly,

appeared to this Excellency that whilst it was evident Mr blank

in

of sensitive and

(Mr Cuttery). The first had proposed in January 1867 m blants" for admifsion Member of the Institute of Sivil Engineers of which bay M. Milson

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as

only an associate whilst the other two were amongst M. lbank's ten Seconders.

Cucumstances

quite inconsistent with

was a

person perhaps irritable temperament

easily goaded into occasional which had much better have been

expressions

left

unsaid it was certain that he had been

sulficted to systematic pretty official acto of tipany and discourtesy. by M. Wilson, with the view, in the first instance, of

diving him from his

from

frobably,

office.

and la

butterly

vindictive motives, as well as

inability to buy uside his habitual

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