m
is always
some bloodshed, and it is better to avoid collisions than to
Suppress
an et
them by force. If drafted
Ave
had
on the same lines
as the Straits Ordinance, which
would only be put in force by Proclamation of the Governor
rin
Conneil, when circumstances rendered it necessary, the knowledge that __
such
A
weapon
could be used
by
the government promptly at any
time would in
my opinion
have
a good effect. It has such effect,
am assured, at the Straits, and
the con
consequence
is that the Governor
there had to deport only
in the course
of a year.
2 or 3 persons I think
also
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also that measures that have been
carefully and deliberately considered before hand are better than those that have to be passed in a great
hurry when the public
and alarmed.
are excited
I would beg also to
C
refor
Lord Carnarvon's despatch of 3rd
to
January, 1878, in which this passage
occurs: -
"The Colony under your~~ "Government has been regarded - " hitherto in this office as a
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per.
se to be dealt with on
place
"principles which might not be
sanctioned elsewhere!"
Circumstances have not altered
much.