Thomas J. Scales, civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1844 and 1845. He was appointed Deputy Postmaster (vice Francis Spring) in 1844, and was promoted to be Postmaster in 1845. Scales took his own life in August 1845. He was first officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service to have died by suicide while in office.
Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
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Postmaster Thomas Scales was so fed up with Governor John Davis nagging him about the inefficiency of the postal service he refused to handle the governor’s dispatches. Davis sent an Irish army sergeant around to sort the matter out, but Scales continued to be difficult. The sergeant was sent again only this time he was told to use whatever means necessary to make sure the postmaster understand his place. After the necessary means was dully applied, Scales acknowledged his insignificance and the service resumed.
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