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sorry that while presenting a perfectly honest livelihood they should be the innocent sufferers from what this telegraph brush Colonel Moggridge will admit
slight misapprehension as to the actual limits of the War Department ground, which might have been corrected in time had the application for Police assistance been made through a recognised channel of communication.
With regard to the position of the stove, His Excellency was glad to, Mr. Alford who assisted at the time being able to point to any officer deputed for the purpose the exact position in which it was placed. The stove has disappeared,
Amiel however
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well state that His Excellency has no intention of pressing any claim for compensation for damage done on ground to the north of the spot marked I on
the map already referred to.
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Aiqued) J. Gardiner Austin
Colonial Secretary
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