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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... Superintendent of Police in Jaffna , was an interesting example of all this . His brother Freddy was in the civil service , highly in- telligent , high up , and successful . Jimmy was the failure of the family and had been found a job ...
... Superintendent of Police in Jaffna , was an interesting example of all this . His brother Freddy was in the civil service , highly in- telligent , high up , and successful . Jimmy was the failure of the family and had been found a job ...
Page 86
... Superintendent at the Pearl Fishery . It was obviously an extremely interesting job , so I wired back " Yes " , and next day set out to Jaffna . The Ceylon Pearl Fishery is said to go back to very ancient times . The pearl oyster ...
... Superintendent at the Pearl Fishery . It was obviously an extremely interesting job , so I wired back " Yes " , and next day set out to Jaffna . The Ceylon Pearl Fishery is said to go back to very ancient times . The pearl oyster ...
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... Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of the ...
... Superintendent ; I was Assistant Koddu Super- intendent ; Stevenson was Superintendent of Police . Stevenson and I shared a bungalow . I was also Addi- tional Police Magistrate , and when I had time helped with the supervision of the ...
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