CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 65

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Expereinced.

The Chinese wife

need ver-

therefore debar hu. Fitzgibber from

Conployment.

Jager he probably acted innocently about that

cheque: the real point is the scandal of

imprisonment.

by the railway.

his

But he has been employed

a I understand the first click does not come prominently into touch with the publis.

that

the lot.

scandal

On the understandin

the for is satisfied That he. Filipibonis confuloyment in Secretariat is not likely to come any

the "infortunate incident',

M. F

in this

might have the

acting Offerte for

the petud

The war,

his further employment

17.10.16.

to be considered later?

Mr Bonar Law

I am wholly

I cannot speculate whether tea

!

agre

Me Love

Wres

Fot

4

Mea

or not.

:the fact the

Enn of cimprisonment

my

opinion conclusive against appointing hien

I think

A

20

justified in allowing

I alred

the Swarm to have his

Ary.

not live to doprine Pity-Erben,

whose letter seems to me

Enthal, y

judge f

it to

Candid

the

than

best

his channe wh

who myht to be the position wish to give

Ann 21.10

My dear Collins

63

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG,

8 September 1916

The Governor is I tuck sending

by this mail a despatch recommending

a

Mr. Ritzgibbon for the port of 1 th Cente in this office on probation. Shis "pact' is referred to in the despatch but he reality it is by he means a

the

lurid one.

da meyhanelle opinion

The man should never have been imprisoned even wittions hard labour. He pleaded guilty without having

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