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Date.
1883
20 Que
previous Paper.
0639 6912
Fire Brigade
(Subject.)
Reports satisfactory inspection:
Expresses high opinion of Mr. Wodehouse; the nomination of Supt. is vested in
Sor.
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(Minutes.)
Mr Meade
I think, if Sir G. Bowen had carefully read the correspondence that has passed on this subject, he would not have written
have accused despatch,
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Lord Derby of meddling interference. Also, if he had read the Preface of Lord Granville's Work, which he quotes, & which is annexed for reference, he would have remembered that the Secretary of State is responsible for his own
despatches, and would probably not have seen that the tone of his remarks (as to inadvertence of the writer" etc.) in the red ink note on f. 18, is exceedingly improper & hardly courteous to Lord Derby.
However, on this minute paper, I will seek to save the Secretary of State from any "inadvertence" (to which I may perhaps have
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