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the Secretary to the Federated Malay States Resident-General containing the words "candidate eligible for promotion". There is no vestige of such a prospect held out in any of our communications on the subject and we cannot be bound by unauthorised statements made by officers of other Governments.

7. In the 5th paragraph of his letter Mr. Irving confuses an officer who is in the line of promotion with an office which is in the line of promotion. It does not follow that, because an officer is appointed to an office in the usual line of promotion, the officer who fills that office is in the line of promotion: otherwise Mr. Hazeland and the other officers who hold Cadet offices which are in the line of promotion might therefore claim to be promoted to higher Cadet posts. If a senior officer in the covenanted service of the Straits Settlements or Federated Malay States had accepted the post, he would have been eligible for promotion because he was a Cadet.

8. Again, whilst on the one hand Mr. Irving may not have received a hint that he was ruining his prospects in the public service by accepting his present appointment, on the other hand the Cadets of this Service did not receive a hint that the appointment of a non-Cadet to that office would give him a Cadet's preferential claim to higher Cadet Offices. It was a bad enough blow to Hongkong Cadets to have a non-Cadet put into a Cadet Office: it would be a worse blow to have that non-Cadet's claim to higher Cadet posts allowed. Mr. Irving's proper course to retrieve official ruin is to ask to be transferred back to the Service whence he came.

9. There was no contract, express or implied with Mr. Irving to give him promotion in this Colony

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the Secretary to the Federated Malay States Resident-General containing the words "candidate eligible for promotion". There is no vestige of such a prospect held out in any of our communications on the subject and we cannot be bound by unauthorised statements made by officers of other Governments. 7. In the 5th paragraph of his letter Mr. Irving confuses an officer who is in the line of promotion with an office which is in the line of promotion. It does not follow that, because an officer is appointed to an office in the usual line of promotion, the officer who fills that office is in the line of promotion: otherwise Mr. Hazeland and the other officers who hold Cadet offices which are in the line of promotion might therefore claim to be promoted to higher Cadet posts. If a senior officer in the covenanted service of the Straits Settlements or Federated Malay States had accepted the post, he would have been eligible for promotion because he was a Cadet. 8. Again, whilst on the one hand Mr. Irving may not have received a hint that he was ruining his prospects in the public service by accepting his present appointment, on the other hand the Cadets of this Service did not receive a hint that the appointment of a non-Cadet to that office would give him a Cadet's preferential claim to higher Cadet Offices. It was a bad enough blow to Hongkong Cadets to have a non-Cadet put into a Cadet Office: it would be a worse blow to have that non-Cadet's claim to higher Cadet posts allowed. Mr. Irving's proper course to retrieve official ruin is to ask to be transferred back to the Service whence he came. 9. There was no contract, express or implied with Mr. Irving to give him promotion in this Colony
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saw 'i eròteredt talldw tatootito Istosqa es tqoɔxa retad2 asjate eviten art mi areolìto Terriol Janis taut bue Istuder ,noltarebs¶ Sd) me,binosfe erið mi ajobsɔ Atiw *nar t bed æn yard dadd wolfe? Jom bib 86JJ2 slætt boðsrebe" need evad var ererit,aduers['janë atlante wild ni atabs) es terriot newjeɗ enona: 1 ovtembeza tot eenslovejni to asasU aðla73? eitt ni atobað han sedata svitan et ni areoltto add 879oltto dova od etunes for bik tart Jud,atu-ma£JJoB en du etmemei der Eistä enit at the to auts a ent of bertreter od rura but al et dremo a¢¤ .not oibariñon to moldean kop wat tuen: I den erlanJR hi Bioc gelyn T * dut gatwo(IA 8 Jobs) s to autate eft eolynada and Jn gelas bežerabot sď) to maslo on al eradi ekodiw voio” el 2 ratnasr) BİN ,atabað to zujada art svar od eteben galed den,steo/1to te to audete ein to noneunttruo a Ji Mhle vyao ton bib -olidng to Shɑr want a you[oð eh. mi eteeno od as os tabæð bedste for 85 tala egesreg beuzte ver $7 .76011to acotrieĉ ens aolvasƐ anodyno“ et bas #olvi98 asta?? yALBY NA BS,QUİVil .TH,aliaannadionetni era atsoitto amoriw andade test betereo,tobao s to eutate odi gnivad traditio tadt Sal Tui Towesa a.) and tered tataasid mo misi sdkw to andata ( 14 gutvør #1801720 don bus sisɔith0 Zebað vine „eatwurto #Tow #} \! ;oIdaannadoredni sta Jon sta oʻl tabro to mitota ลพ BTBOITED ou anivať Vasell betainkor ell o' brea of ene or eval bí@qw‚æðabæð al Ji TasiŠTVE .8188ol art ed er tornid Blyoda big astatt Jabal to ghillaesnæ:fotaðni vt ded) bale al ensed od Tolrešaoq atab æ ‚ã¤8i at betanimzorg færit BAW #1801170 suld to salvre? edt bentot artyst *M nəsiw #ðað við ot .[VBI nt reɔftto tolnet a es dare to stat” diqs garsą „fith and of won animo) .0 artoon ok,noidomong to talog edit no tettel a'anty! ** to mort surgeist » no moltomorq ro1 yillidigile aid emaɗ of erij the Secretary to the Federated yalay States Resident- 484 -General containing the words "candidate eligible for promotion". There is no vestige of such a prospect held out in any of our communications on the subject and we cannot be bound by unauthorised statements made by officers of other Governments. 7. In the 5th. paragraph of his letter Mr. Irving confuses an officer who is in the line of pro- -motion with an office which is in the line of promotion. It does not follow that, because an officer is appointed te an office in the usual line of promotion the officer whe fills that office is in the line of promotion: other- -wise Kr. Hazeland and the other officers who hold Cadet. offices which are in the line of promotion might therefore claim to be promoted to higher Cadet posts. If a senier officer in the covenanted service of the Straits Settle- -ments or Federated Malay States had accepted the post, he would have been eligible for promotien because he was a Cadet. 8. Again, whilst on the one hand Mr. Irving may not have received a hint that he was ruining his prospects in the public service by accepting his present appointment, on the other hand the Cadets of this Service did not receive a hint that the appointment of a non- Cadet to that office would give him a Cadet's preferential claim to higher Cadet Offices. It was a bad enough blow to Hongkong Cadets to have a non-Cadet put into a Cadet Office: it would be a worse blow to have that non-Cadet's claim to higher Cadet posts allowed. Mr. Irving's proper opurse to retrieve official ruin is to ask to be trans- -ferred back to the Service whence he came. 9. There was no contract, express or implied with Mr. Irving to give him promotien in this Colony
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saw 'i eròteredt talldw tatootito Istosqa es tqoɔxa retad2

asjate eviten art mi areolìto Terriol Janis taut bue Istuder

,noltarebs¶ Sd) me,binosfe

erið mi ajobsɔ Atiw *nar

t

bed æn yard dadd wolfe? Jom bib

86JJ2 slætt boðsrebe"

need evad var ererit,aduers['janë atlante wild ni atabs) es

terriot newjeɗ enona: 1 ovtembeza tot eenslovejni to asasU

aðla73? eitt ni atobað han sedata svitan et ni areoltto

add 879oltto dova od etunes for bik tart Jud,atu-ma£JJoB

en du etmemei der Eistä enit at the to auts a

ent of bertreter od rura

but al et dremo a¢¤

.not oibariñon to moldean kop wat tuen: I den erlanJR

hi Bioc gelyn T * dut gatwo(IA

8

Jobs) s to autate eft eolynada and Jn gelas bežerabot sď)

to maslo on al eradi ekodiw voio” el 2 ratnasr) BİN

,atabað to zujada art svar od eteben galed den,steo/1to

te to audete ein to noneunttruo a Ji Mhle vyao ton bib

-olidng to Shɑr want a you[oð eh. mi eteeno od as os tabæð

bedste for 85 tala egesreg beuzte eď ver $7 .76011to

acotrieĉ ens aolvasƐ anodyno“ et bas #olvi98 asta?? yALBY

NA BS,QUİVil .TH,aliaannadionetni era atsoitto amoriw

andade test betereo,tobao s to eutate odi gnivad traditio

tadt Sal Tui Towesa a.) and tered tataasid mo misi sdkw

to andata ( 14 gutvør #1801720 don bus sisɔith0 Zebað vine

„eatwurto #Tow #} \! ;oIdaannadoredni sta

Jon sta oʻl tabro to mitota

ลพ

BTBOITED ou anivať

Vasell betainkor ell o' brea of ene or eval bí@qw‚æðabæð

al Ji TasiŠTVE .8188ol art ed er tornid Blyoda big astatt

Jabal to ghillaesnæ:fotaðni vt ded) bale al ensed aď od

Tolrešaoq atab æ ‚ã¤8i at betanimzorg færit BAW #1801170

suld to salvre? edt bentot artyst *M nəsiw #ðað við ot

.[VBI nt reɔftto tolnet a es dare to stat”

diqs garsą „fith and of won animo)

.0

artoon ok,noidomong to talog edit no tettel a'anty! ** to

mort surgeist » no moltomorq ro1 yillidigile aid emaɗ of

erij

the Secretary to the Federated yalay States Resident- 484

-General containing the words "candidate eligible for

promotion". There is no vestige of such a prospect held

out in any of our communications on the subject and we

cannot be bound by unauthorised statements made by officers

of other Governments.

7.

In the 5th. paragraph of his letter

Mr. Irving confuses an officer who is in the line of pro-

-motion with an office which is in the line of promotion.

It does not follow that, because an officer is appointed

te an office in the usual line of promotion the officer

whe fills that office is in the line of promotion: other-

-wise Kr. Hazeland and the other officers who hold Cadet.

offices which are in the line of promotion might therefore

claim to be promoted to higher Cadet posts. If a senier

officer in the covenanted service of the Straits Settle-

-ments or Federated Malay States had accepted the post, he

would have been eligible for promotien because he was a

Cadet.

8.

Again, whilst on the one hand Mr.

Irving may not have received a hint that he was ruining his

prospects in the public service by accepting his present

appointment, on the other hand the Cadets of this Service

did not receive a hint that the appointment of a non-

Cadet to that office would give him a Cadet's preferential

claim to higher Cadet Offices. It was a bad enough blow to

Hongkong Cadets to have a non-Cadet put into a Cadet

Office: it would be a worse blow to have that non-Cadet's

claim to higher Cadet posts allowed. Mr. Irving's proper

opurse to retrieve official ruin is to ask to be trans-

-ferred back to the Service whence he came.

9.

There was no contract, express or

implied with Mr. Irving to give him promotien in this

Colony

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