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British troops in Panadura and going to work in shorts Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Geoffrey Layton Source:Island Excerpted from A Cabinet Secretary’s Memoirs by BP Peiris The next incident I can remember is a matter of a two-line by-law sent by Davidson, Assistant Government Agent, Matara, which said “The part of the… D.R.C. road lying between the first and the second mile posts is hereby prohibited for lorry traffic over three tons in weight.” I amended the draft to read “No lorry weighing over three tons shall be driven over that portion of the… District Road Committee road which lies between the first and the second mile post on that road.” Davidson took offence at my correcting his draft and inquired why his draft had been amended. I argued with Mervyn that “that portion” was better than the “part” and that generally my draft was better than Davidson’s. Mervyn agreed with me ...