CO129-612-2 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 29-1-1948 - 22-7-1949 — Page 123

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(v) The Salaries Commission commenced to operate, and Inspector Shepherd had the opportunity of giving evidence. He confined himself to the points which he thought to be strictly relevant to the Salaries Commission and did not raise other points of grievance contained in the memorandum referred to above, because he thought that they would be dealt with by

the Secretary of State.

(vi) Subsequently, when inquiring about the fate of the petition Inspector Shepherd was given to understand that it had not been put before the Secretary of State but had been referred to the Salaries Commission to be considered as evidence, (vii) Inspector Shepherd protested against this, pointing out that he would have raised many more points at the Commission

if he had known.

(viii) Inspector Shepherd had a long correspondence with the Hon. Colonial Secretary culminating in a letter of

(? 7th September 1947) from the Colonial Secretary informing him that it was no use pursuing the matter further as he had already had the opportunity of making all his representations

to the Salaries Commission.

(ix) The Inspector wrote letters of protest to the

Colonial Secretary on 9th September and 11th November 1947, but had received no reply beyond a postcard acknowledgment.