Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 34
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
Page 62
... Government sent to take his place as O.A. a man called Leak . Normally he would never have been appointed an O.A. for he was a senior civil servant . But he was extremely ill with T.B. and the Government sent him to the dry climate of ...
... Government sent to take his place as O.A. a man called Leak . Normally he would never have been appointed an O.A. for he was a senior civil servant . But he was extremely ill with T.B. and the Government sent him to the dry climate of ...
Page 79
... Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty , brutish , and short . And the nearer one gets to the criminal ...
... Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty , brutish , and short . And the nearer one gets to the criminal ...
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