CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6] — Page 411

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the Government drawing attention to my qualifications

as an Engineer and my desire for experience outside the

Waterworks Office, in the hope that I might qualify for

promotion at some future period to a post higher than

that of an Executive Engineer.

(0) In reply I received the letter marked "B": paragraph

2 of which appears to point to the fact that I shall never

be moved from the Waterworks Office and cannot become an

Executive Engineer until my senior in that office is

promoted or moved to another office, and that I cannot

hope to become more than a 1st Grade Executive Engineer.

In other words I am, for the convenience of the Government,

being specialized for the Waterworks Office. To make

sure of this I addressed the letter "0" to the Government

and received a non-committal reply marked "D".

I respectfully submit that it would be more difficult

for Mr Goldsmith to take over the Waterworks Office than it

would be for me to take over the Maintenance of Roads and

Bridges Office; and it would appear to be for this reason

that Mr Goldsmith has been selected to fill the vacancy. The

fact that by this arrangement I should loss three years

seniority appears tohave been lost sight of.

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I beg that you will give this matter your earnest

consideration. Should you uphold the recommendation of His

Excellency the Governor that Mr Goldsmith be promoted over

me, I beg that I may not be deprived of my seniority in the

Department. I would respectfully suggest that this could be

done, either by granting me a personal allowance in view of the

special cirgumstances, or promoting me to be an unpaid Exeou-

tive Engineer, with the understanding, in either case, that

on my being promoted to that rank I should take precedence of

Mr Goldsmith.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Mlaukiden

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