CO129-459 - Individuals - 1919 — Page 197

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Mu Beckett.

He called this morning & spoke at length. His chief points wore if that he was

entitled to a monthis notice on

resignation,

not to bear his service

terminated at a date previous

to ask

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that

on which be formally tendered his

usignation

Lil That his case

LAT

not retirement & to

An 8.0.1800 a

of resignation

17/1 (14)

urt

upply

(iii) That be

might

haws Jone

back to

4.K. at fort exprese and

uripud

out

there met ons not do so out of

conson for

the HK. fort.

said he i. not admit his contention

in cil, and that I did not

consider there was any prospect

!

of reopening

the case valit

A

reply

was received from tl. to or cartier letters

He is going

out to Had shortly, + will

Fourthers take up

ther

mutter again

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61309

15 Sabru Laur

25 OCT 19

195

Willingborough

October 24th 1919

latter No 58892/1919 of the 22th must I beg

Evid

Your

your considerations of the following fact's

That, sever I wish to return to Hong Kong we order to take up employment

China, of would have been extremely advantagrows As mú

to heur accepted the help of the Crown Ryruts in obtaining passages to song kong, — to have allowed the Government of Hong Kong to pay the difference betwran por.

war ratio

& the posirut passage ratio and then to have resigned immediately I landed in the Colony. In should then have brew fore to take up

post at an earlear date then I can hope to under the prrarnt difficulties

my Aw

ingards stanship accomodation.

2. That my only reasons

t

for not adopting the

abour plau

y

the first place that I

considend it would be almost dishonest and

secondly that I wished to

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