CO129-578-2 Revision of salaries for Government employees 4-11-1938 - 12-12-1939 — Page 12

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C.J. Vonis

13.2.89

After consideration of the minutes re-

lating to no.5 on the 1938 file, I have initialled

the two draft despatches.

In order to explain the amendment that

i have suggested for the draft s.o. on the women

teachers, I must point out that we did not, as

stated in the unamended draft, receive any do cu-

ments relating to these teachers through Miss

Esdaile. When I discussed with Mr. Gent some

oral representations that had been made to me by

one of the teachers who was home on leave, he

accepted my suggestion that Miss Esdaile should be

asked to have a talk with the lady in order to

ascertain more clearly what the grievances were.

We ought not, I think, to give the impression that

the women in Hong Kong have been writing to Miss

Esdaile on the subject, and there seems no reason

for bringing her name into the draft.

I think it is necessary to refer to

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what is a fact that I have received more than

once from the Board of Education information that

women whom they have selected for posts there are