0.A.G./22161/1919. Hong Kong
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Sir,
Downing Street,
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19 April, 1919.
DRAFT.
The Secretary,
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Mr.
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Mr. Collins
Mr.
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Sir H. Lambert.
Sir H. Read.
Bir G. Fiddes,
Col. Amery.
Lord Milner.
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I am etc. to inform you that
he has received from the First Lord of
the Admiralty representations in
support of a suggestion that junior
Naval officers should be considered
eligible for appointment to Eastern
Cadetships while these appointments
are filled by selection instead of by:
competitive examination.
2. It is understood that, in via,
of the probable reduction of the Navy,
will a number of Naval officers skene find
it necessary to seek other employment;
and Lord Milner agrees with Mr.Long
that it is very desirable that, so far
as may be possible, an opportunity
should be given to them to obtain
appointments in the Colonial Service.
He is adopting this principle in
connection with appointments for which
selection is made the Colonial Offi
by in
3. Lord Milner has been in
communication with the Governors of
Ceylon the Straits Settlement and
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Hong Kong with regard to a proposal that
a proportion of the vacancies for
Eastern Cadetships should be made
available
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