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On the 29th Saturday, they expressed their readiness to submit, and arrangements were made for the Examination to take place at the Hospital.
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The ... examined this Song.
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On the 31st (Monday) they were accordingly tried. P. C. Briarly Day was fined $25 by the Magistrate.
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The other men were dealt with, and fined three days' pay for the time during which they were suspended.
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A strong feeling exists amongst the European Constables generally concerning this Regulation, and the abolition of the practice would be to them highly satisfactory.
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I cannot, however, refrain from expressing my opinion that the men who lately joined, led four or five of their number intentionally to seize this topic, apparently the most eligible, but that if this Regulation had not existed there would have been a similar occurrence of opposition to some other such Regulation, such as attendance at School. I believe the men to have persuaded themselves that they have been ...