CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10] — Page 395

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No other Tastem candidates

need h. put forward.

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R.C.S.

2/1/11.

What the Committer

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them

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was

in some respect

statements which had been made to them as to the

:

dis

: certainty of his temper they felt some hesitation in 390

forward. After discassion they putting

his name

decided.

to recommend that his name be placed before the secretary of Hak together with that of Mr. Severn, who appeared to them to be nearly, if not quite, as good a candidate as Mr

there can

be po Maxwell, and of whose personal suitability

doubt.

Particulars regarding

both of these gentemen

arc...

annexed

T.C.H.

17/1

Song

M. Collin

The vac

vacancy

thef Donial Secretaryship of Hong

(£16000) was brought before the Patronage Committe meeting of the 16th of November, when the following candidates were considered :-

at then

S. Ma son

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British Adorser to

Mr. F. Bowes, Principal Asst. Bot. Secrokery, Ceylon; Major St. Bryan, Conly, bot. Secretary, Gold Coast; Mr G. B. Staddon Smith, Cong., [d. Secretary, Sierra Leone; Mr 7. C. Fuller, Cong, Chief Commr, Ashanti; Mr CX. H. Lemon, Asst. [ot. Secretary, Streito deting Legal Advisor,

Govt. Malay States; Mr J. 3 of Kelartin; Mr W.G. Maxwell, Adviser to Gook. & Judah, Mr. M.S.H. Mr. Arthur, acting Asst. fol Secretaryz Shaik3⁄4; Mr am. Pountney, Protector of Chivase, Selangor ; bland severn, Secretary to High Commr, Malay States & Private Secutery to Governor, Straits; M.C.L. Temple, Cong, Chief Secretory, I. Nigoria; & M. R.G. Walson, y British Resident, Selangor.

mr

The Committee were of opinion that I. Maxwell

Mr. Stubbs heard privately from another source

yesterday that Mr. Maxwell is a man of hot temper

11 of

and that he is a pt to put up the backs

other people. It is a great pity that this failing

should stand in the way of the promotion of an

officer so well qualified otherwise, but it is a

matter to which much consideration must e given

in filling up the post of Col. Sec. at Hong

Kong, who administers in the Gov.'s absence.

The atmosphere of H.K. is by no means tranquil,

nor likely to be in the future.

The Cee wen

ASC

alive to the fact that for Seren was (.d. to the late Goda & that people

between this and his

a co wie

might tee appt 8stking,

len kay

d feel that

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