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[two oval stamps, top left corner]

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, QUEENSLAND
No. 6047 /
NOV 23
1883

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, QUEENSLAND
6400 IBl
OCT 30
1883

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??? 23/11/83

[centred, in pencil]
Comiss: Police

Cloncurry N. M. P. Camp

October 17th / 83

Sir

I have the honor to inform
you in reference to the leave asked
for by Sub: Insp: Clerk, it is almost
imperative that it should be granted
to enable him to proceed South
and consult Medical Authority as
he is suffering from secondary symptoms
and his body is covered with sores.
Under the present circumstances he is
totally unfit for duty and cannot
patrol. There is no medical man
in Cloncurry therefore little chance
of him progressing towards
convalescence so under these
circumstances I earnestly recommend
his leave be granted, more especially
as it will be impossible to proceed
to Lake Nash until after the wet
season. I have sent in requisition
for supplies for that station to be
forwarded to Burketown care of
Police Magistrate. Mr Costello the
owner of Lake Nash Station has
promised to forward all stores and
rations by his own teams at current
rates of carriage by the time the
wet season is over and teams
can travel no doubt Sub Insp:
Clerk will have completely
recovered and will be able

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24 . 11 . 83

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B.C. 1433.
[initials, in pencil] [?]
The Hon
The
Colonial Secretary
[written in pencil] 21. 11. 83

The Commissioner of Police
[signed] R.Gray
B/C [initials] DTS Com Pol

[written lengthwise, in left margin]
I would recommend that Sub Inspector Clarke [sic]
be dismissed. It is not likely that he will ever
on account of his intemperate habits, recover sufficiently
to perform police duty - He is a confessed drunkard.
[signed] D.T. Seymour CP

*part leave of absence* - report again after advise

*[written in pencil] Advise Sub Insp Ahern by wire
[initials] W.F.
4. 12. [A?]
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4. 12. 83
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