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looking to the interest of the public
judgement,
service only
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there is one man only (viz. Mr Hallifax)
who has special qualifications both in police experience
and training and in character and ability. You have
informed me of the reasons why you are unable to consent
to ir Hallifax's appointment as Deputy Superintendent of
Police and that if I am unable to recommend lir Wodehouse
for promotion it will be necessary to bring in a man
from another Colony. I should greatly deprecate that course
for a knowledge of the Chinese language is quite essential
and without it a man is of very little use in the superior
Palico establishment. His lack of knowledge of Chinese
has very seriously militated against the usefulness of
Captain Lyons.
4.
On the other hand, for reasons which I
will now detail, I am not at present able to recommend
Mr Wodehouse for substantive promotion, and I recommend
therefore that the permanent appointment should be allowed
to remain vacant for a time.
5.
You will recollect that towards the close
this, of last year and the beginning of this I addressed a series
of despatches to you dealing with the serious increase
of crime in the Colony. During Captain Lyons' absence
on leave Mr Wodehouse acted as Deputy Superintendent of
Police and I cannot but hold him in part responsible for
the lack of initiative and the inability to deal effectively
with the changed conditions of the time, of which I had
reason to complain.
6.
On the death of Mr Barnes on October 28th,
Ar hallifax, who had been acting as Deputy Superintendent
of Police, succeeded Kr Brewin (Acting Colonial Secretary)
as Registrar General, and r Wodehouse again became Deputy
Superintendent of Police. The outbreak of the revolution
in
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