CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887 — Page 19

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རྔུབ;

is in the officering and manning (fighting men) these boats.

The Chinese Crews and firemen for a money inducement could work them. An attempt was made two years ago to raise Volunteer Cops for this purpose, and there was a fair number of young intelligent men who joined, but much cold water was thrown on this movement when the score passed, launches were refused and other difficulties were thrown in the way of the drills, but I am of opinion that if the Colonial Government would only give status and encourage the movement a useful small force could be maintained which would serve as a nucleus for a larger one when the emergency arose.

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ints རྔུབ; is in the officering and manning (fighting men) these boats. 17 The Chinese Crews and firemen for a money inducement could work them. An attempt was made two years ago to raise Volunteer Cops for this purpose, and there was a fair number of young intelligent men who joined, but much cold water was thrown on this movement when the score passed, launches were refused and other difficulties were thrown in the way of the drills, but I am of opinion that if the Colonial Government would only give status and encourage the movement a useful small force could be maintained which would serve as a nucleus for a larger one when the emergency arose.

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ints

རྔུབ;

is in the officering and manning (fighting men) these boats.

The Chinese Crews and firemen for a money inducement could work them. An attempt was made two years

Volunteer Cops for

o to raise

ago

this purpose

and there was a fair

number of young intelligent

men

who joined, but much cold water was thrown on this movement when the score passed, launches were refused and other difficulties the

the way of the drills, but I am of opinion that if

the Colonial

Goverment would only give status and encourage the movement a useful small force could be

maintained which

would serve

mucleus for a larger one

when the emergency.

emergency arose.

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