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75 I have explained my views on the question
of the appointment of Cadet officers to posts
in the Police Force and have requested that
the appointments of Deputy Superintendent
and assistant Superintendent of Police may
be removed from the list of Cadet posts. I
consider it essential that in a force with
so small a number of officers these appoint-
ments should be held by gentlemen who have
been thoroughly trained as Folice Officers,
and it is clear that Mr Hallifax cannot be
fally
regarded as Eligible in this respect. His
experience of folice duties except for a
few months in 1903 and 1904, has been acquired
entirely in the New Territories, which can
scarcely be regarded as an ideal train ing
ground for work in Victoria, and he does not
possess the very necessary qualification of
a knowledge of the languages spoken by the
Indian contingents in the Police Force.
6.
If it were impossible to find a
satisfactory successor to Captain Lyons among
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the present officers of the Police
Force, I might have been prepared to
waive these objections on condition
that i'r Hallifax would acquire &
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knowledge of the Indian dialets and
would go through a course of training
in Police duties when on leave,
though think that I should probably
have considered it better to transfer
to Hong Kong one of the Police Offi-
cers in the Malay Peninsula who
speak Hindustani and Cantonese.
It appears, however, that the
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Mr Wodehouse, who is the officer to
whom the promotion caused by Captain
Lyons' retirement would naturally
fall, is fully qualified for the post
of Deputy Superintendent. You have on
several occasions reported very
favourably on Er Wodehouse and in
the
your despatch under acknowledgment
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