OP Y.
Gir
Enclosures.
CO. 18
32210
Supreme Court House, Hongkong,
Pro 9 SEP 07
27th July, 1907.
In continuation of my previous letter, and with reference to the despatch of Sir Matthew Nathan of 8th March, 1907, which is printed in the Sessional Paper a copy of which Your Excellency has been good enough to supply me with, I have the honour to record my formal protest against paragraph 3 of that despatch, in which the Memorial I had presented on behalf of myself and some other officers who are paid in sterling is characterised as embodying "some inaccuracies".
2. Before dealing with the alleged inaccuracies I consider that I am entitled to express surprise at the attitude which Sir M. Nathan has thought fit to assume in the circumstances. It is not a light thing to charge the Chief Justice, in a document to be subsequently made public, with making inaccurate statements in a memorial, more especially a memorial dealing with so delicate a matter as the re-adjustment of salaries. In ordinary circumstances I should have thought it more consistent with the relations which ought to exist between them for Sir M. Nathan to have pointed out to me the statements with which he felt that he could not agree. Further, I should have thought, from my long experience in such matters, that it would have been more consistent with official courtesy for the Governor of the Colony to have discussed with the Chief Justice points in his memorial which the Governor thought deserving of criticism. But in the special circumstances in which the memorial was prepared both these considerations should I think have had additional weight with Sir M. Nathan: for in the first place the question under discussion was one of great
His Excellency
The Officer Administering the Government,
OP Y.
gir
Enclosures.
CO. 18
32210
Supreme Court House,Hongkong,
Pro 9 SEP 07
27th. July, 1907.
In continuation of my previous letter, and
with reference to the despatch of Sir watthew Nathan of 8th,
March, 1907, which is printed in the Sessional Paper a copy of
which Your Excellency has been good enough to supply me with,
I have the honour to record my formal protest against paragraph
3 of that despatch, in which the Memorial I had presented on
behalf of myself and some other officer who are paid in sterling
is characterised as mabodying "some inaccuracies".
2.
Before dealing with the alleged inaccuracies
I consider that I am entitled to express surprise at the
attitude which Sir X. Nathan has thought fit to assume in the circumstances. It is not a light thing to charge the Chief Justice, in a document to be subsequently made public, with making inaccurate statements in a memorial, more specially a memorial dealing with so delicate a matter as the re-adjustment of salaries. In ordinary circumstances I should have thought it more consistent with the relations which ought to exist between esa and man for Sir M. Nathan to have pointed out to me the statements with which he felt that he could not agree. Further, I should have thought, from my long experience in such matters, that it would have been more consistent with official courtesy for the Governor of the Colony to have discussed with the Chief Justice points in his memorial which the Governor thought deserving of eriticism. But in the special circumstances in which the memorial was prepared both these considerations should I think have had additional weight with Sir M. Nathan: for in the first place the question under discussion was one of
great
His Excellency
The Officer Administering the Government,
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.