local sources
for Solen
Pakington will
therefore be glad if
of Buckingham's will represent
The Oaks
the matter
in this form to
the Colonial government for
their consideration
I have the honor to be
Liv
Your obedient servant
Melbourne
This appears to be a
Kelly's proceeding.
Mr. Alert
(627 Any
One of the things which tend to make
our Army very popular in distant
places is the help they lend at fires. The whole
grace of that help would be destroyed if a bill is
afterwards to be brought in for any damage to their stores or equipments.
The idea is
truly unworthy
of a great nation.
Therefore in sending
this to the Governor I should say to him that the Secretary of State could not possibly approve of
preferring a pecuniary
Claim on the Insurance Offices for the consequences of the service afforded by the Troops in the suppression of a fire, but that as the War Office considers it objectionable that the damage