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likelihood of their being relieved at an early date by Active

Service officers as opportunity offered. The object of*

this warning was to give these officers as much notice as

possible of the impending change. Lieut.Commander Haalewood

knew that this was the Admiralty policy at the time, though

it is doubtful if the warning reached nim before he reached

Hong Kong.

In view of the two preceding paragraphs, the

that

Admiralty deny, and will be surprisedif Lieut.Commander

Haslewood now permits it to be stated; that he was "driven

so stated in a recent article – out" of a lucrative appointment by the Admiralty. Nor

does it seem strictly accurate to say that "discipline told".

He resigned and went home under "a cloud". In point of

fact the Governor and the Commander-in-Chief were saved

the necessity of taking any decision either as regards tnis

officer or his wife, owing to the illness of Mrs. Baslewood,

which made necessary her return to England with her husband to accompany her, he being allowed to vacant his appointment

and return home at his o' request. He was merely naturally

told that the appointment could not be kept open for him, but he could not possibly have expected otherwise. ho does

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any ground for cufferstung or hard Hackewood suffered any injusten

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the Governor's action.

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