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 62
... 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 Jaffna as ...
... 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 Jaffna as ...
Page 127
... sent there as his Office Assistant . Price and I never mentioned Mannar again . I don't think I bore him ill will , for I had always known what he was like and it had even amused me to see him run so true to form . But I was glad to ...
... sent there as his Office Assistant . Price and I never mentioned Mannar again . I don't think I bore him ill will , for I had always known what he was like and it had even amused me to see him run so true to form . But I was glad to ...
Page 131
... sent back to Colombo where they tried him on many charges of obtaining money by false pretences and sent him to jail . Chapter Three KANDY TRAVELLED from Jaffna to Kandy to take 131 JAFFNA.
... sent back to Colombo where they tried him on many charges of obtaining money by false pretences and sent him to jail . Chapter Three KANDY TRAVELLED from Jaffna to Kandy to take 131 JAFFNA.
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