"
56 in it Satisfactorily for 8 ok
3 or 4 years, his claims cannot the
ignored when the
question of filling it permanently
As for
as I can
aniss.
Judge the Hongkong
Cadets have, as a whole, risen faster' and fared better than
& they should be told So.
any
other
16016/98
to be
= I think there is something
Said for making a separate police
Crown Colonies
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or
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As to the circumstances under which the eight
acpointments of which these cadets complain were mado,
(1) Mr Lewis was appointed Assistant Postmaster
General because the Governor asked for a postal expert.
He succeeded a non-cadet. When the appointment fell
vacant only two of the signatories to this memorial were
in the Hong Kong service and their service was less
than a year,
They were ineligible, being unpasséd
cadets.
(3)
Mr Irving was appointed Inspector of Schools
because there was no one in the Hong Kong service quali-
fied and available for the post except Fr Clementi, an
unpassed cadet of about a year's service.
then
( ૪ ) Mr Wodehouse was appointed Assistant Super-
intendent of Police on the recommendation of Mr May
Captain Superintenocnt). At the time that this appoint-
ment was vacant, Mr Clementi, who signs this memorial,
wrote to his uncle, Sir Cecil Smith, to protest against
cadets being appointed to the Police, and Sir C. Smith represented to us his views that it would be a mistako to
In spite draw on the Cadet service for Folice Officers.
of this we urged the appointment of a Passed Cadet, but were told that no cadet was available in Hong Kong or the
Malay Peninsula. Mr Wodehouse was therefore appointed.
This was a new post.
(4)
The post of Second Magistrate for Victoria was newly created; the Governor thought Nr Hazeland the
better man, but Mr Kemp was a cadet.
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Mr Hazeland had
had over 22 years scrvice, almost entirely in legal
appointments,
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