to pointed out in
my
502
short time he was in
charge,
and
letter of the 16th October to the Postmaster General declining to resign my
appointment,
with a
II
alir
a married man with a family of four children, entirely dependent upon my salary for the means of living. I have been in the service of the Post Office for 18 years in Hong Kong and during that time, until the present moment, I have faithfully performed my duties in the Office and there is no record of any misconduct on my part.
The charges made against me have originated in, and are the result, not of any wilful carelessness on my part but of the negligence or disorganised state of the Office under the late Acting Postmaster General Mr. Stafford Northcote, and of his successor Mr. J. Sercombe Smith who had no time to get things into order during the short period of his tenure, and of the short-handedness which occurred about the same time.
It cannot be denied that under Mr. Stafford Northcote the Office was in a state of considerable confusion and disorganisation and it is admitted that from sickness and other causes we were unusually short-handed. I respectfully submit that oversights and mistakes which may be fairly attributable to these causes and are not charged as being the result of culpable negligence, should not be too severely visited on subordinates, and I respectfully ask the Honourable Members of the Executive Council to take these things into their consideration.
In his letter of the 22nd November last, the Postmaster General states that, of the charges against me, 2, and 5, the most serious of all are admitted. I respectfully
to pointed out in
my
502
short time he was in
charge,
and
letter of the 16th October to the Postmaster
General declining to resign my
appointment,
with a
II
alir
a married man
family of four children,
entirely dependent upon my salary
for the means
18 years
of living . I have been in the service of the Post Office
that time.
in Hongkong
Hong Kong and during until the present moment, I have
faithfully performed my
duties in
the Office and there is no record of
any
misconduct on
against
my part.
nade
The charges me have origuriated in, and are the result, not of any wilful carelessness or
my part
but of
the
negligence on disorganised
state of the Office under the late Acting Postmaster General Mr. Stafford Northcote, and of his successor Mr.
J. Sercombe Smith who had no time
to get things
the
into order during
short
of the short handedness which occurred
about the same hind.
It cannot be denied that
under Mr. Stafford Northcote the Office was in a state of considerable confusion and disorganisation and
it is admitted that from sickness
unusually short handed. I respectfully submit
and other causes we were un
that
may
oversights and mistaker which be fairly attributable to these
charged as beeing the result of culpable negligence, should not be too swerely visited in enbordi - nates, and I respectfully ask the Honourable Members of the Executive
Council to take these things into their
causes and are not
consideration.
In his letter of minutes of
the 22th November last, the Postmaster Egeveral ways that, of the charges -
against me, 2, and 5,
me, 2, and o, the most se- rious of all are admitted. I respectfully
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