1 103 Mulberry Street,
Liverpool.
9th May, 1916. I. Ack. also 1954 hereon
II. [Questionable reading.] 11:5:16

Sir, I gather from press reports that a number of
vacancies are occurring in Irish Government Offices by
reason of the expulsion of Sinn Feiners. If there is
a vacancy which I could fill I am anxious to apply for it,
and shall therefore feel indebted to you if you would be
so good as to give me any available information. I am at present employed by the Liverpool
Corporation, in the Town Clerk's Department, previously to which
I was in the Court of Passage department, having entered
the Corporation service after some years of experience
in the office of Messrs J.F.Read and Brown, Solicitors,
Liverpool.
I am in my twenty fifth year. I may say that I have paid considerable attention
to the subject of Local Government, and to legal study
generally, having attended the lectures on Local
Government organised by the National Association of Local
Government Offices, and also the Courses organised by the
Liverpool University Board of Legal Studies on High Court
procedure, and lectures in the same subjects under the
Liverpool School of Commerce. I have been definitely rejected by the Military
Authorities, and possess the armlet distributed to rejected
men. I am of course, a speedy Shorthand-typist.
-1- 2 If there are any vacancies suitable for men of
my type I should feel greatly obliged if you will kindly
advise me as to the proper procedure to adopt in regarding
making application.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
W Adamson.

The Under Secretary of State
for Ireland,
Whitehall, S.W.
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