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paragraphe to of the petition comprises according
to Mr. Wilson the four following
(a.) a Catholic Chapel.
works: i.e.
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(b) a
do
do.
( C.) Alterations to the Hermitage.
( d.) Cosmopolitan Dock Arbitration
case.
The first of these works is the soldiers and sailors church built at the cost of the Colonial, Military and Naval Authorities and the Catholic Community, and was therefore partly a Government building. The original chapel was built by Mr. Wilson in 1872 and tumbled down in 1874 from inherent defects of design, and upon the Catholic Bishop appealing to Government..... : for funds for its recrection, Mr. Gardiner
Austin from his seat in Council proposed,
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ealastrophe and a
that to preclude another ear
further waste of public monies the structivre should be recrected under Government ____.
- supervision, and the suggestion being
adopted the task was
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assigned.
to
me.
The second chapel referred to is the
little private oratory in the Convent of the French mins. These ladies whose benevolent
efforts on behalf of indigent deaf and dumb children and whose other works of charity
have
always
earned them the protection
and assistance of Government, being
too
poor to employ an architect begged my advise in the creation of their small oratory whereupon I recommended them
an honest chinese builder and the few minite:
devoted to the inspection of this man's work