CO129-364 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 324

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Just

C.A.

to when a chain of

it is a matter for C. A. Coke, I lentes on being

underland have heen spered to by

prospective employers]. 2 Reply accordingly

Why Harris

The Hers

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Mr. Cox

This letter is quite sane. The misunderstanding

has been on our side. Mr. Chatham asked for the cert.

of service, and we thought not unnaturally) that

Mr. Hudson had not got a cert. and wanted one.

That makes me uneasy about this case

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to private confloyees

not say anything in a man's disfavour without reference to

us.

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If a man has been in the Govt. service and afterwards

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leaves it, he is practically precluded from earning a liveli-

hood if the Govt., or the C.A., say anything against nic.

I think we should ask C.A. in view of the damage which has

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apparently been done by their reply to Messrs. Singer and

possibly to others to do what they can in the way of finding

employment for Mr. Hudson.

Answer Mr. Hudson as Mr. Robinson proposes, with modi-

fications indicated.

please see

I su likle indication

is that the C.A. have been answering

enquiries from would-be employers in terms which would

obviously prevent the man getting employment. After

praising him, they added his trustworthiness

was average

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and he was always sober when on his work ". This was

based on a report from the Colony, signed by Mr. Cha-

tham, but surely it was wrong for the C.A. to say this

to Messrs. Singer. I think the C.A. should be instructed

when a

man nas a certificate of service

not to aûszer fr

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is stated in the certificate,

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