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etiquette, namely, the question whether the Governor is bound to accept the invitations to dimmer of the Officer in Command of the Troops, the other arising out of a written statement made by the General that in some remarks and in a subsequent letter dated 15th of March, I
Office
had, in exercising my gratuitously insulted him
as
as a
Governor, General
on
Officer in Command of Her Majesty's - Forces: and with reference to which, inviting him to let me know what __
objected to, he could not.
words he
remember the words used at the meeting
nor would he refer
me to any passages letter, but simply.
or words in my reiterated his statement.
2
On the dinner question, I had, letter of the 15th of March 1880, said to the General:
in my
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all
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"But even
my
if you thought I and
Predecessors were
not speak to me,
wrong, why
before declining
Government House invitation and beginning a correspondence?"
a
The unwisdom of beginning a correspondence of this Kind is shown in the more serious step taken by the Major General, who
now
has seized the opportunity of Her Majesty's Birthday to interfere with the usual_ State dinner given by.
me as the Queen's
Representative at Government House.
3.
In accordance with
my
imvariable practice Her Majesty's Chief