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- are entitled to gratuitous attendance
by the Civil Surgeon; when it was
· rumoured that Dr Wharry
was to be appointed, several Police Officers declared to the Colonial Surgeon
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that they would rather pay for
medical attendance than be
dependent on Dr Wharry.
11.
As to Dr Wharry's statement that the Colony is
well satisfied with the manner
in which he has performed his
duties at the Civil Hospital, and
that the action of the Head of
the
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the Executive has astonished the-
general public I am
demur.
compelled to
In 1882, Sir G. Bowen
was obliged to give
him a distinct
order that he was to make
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arrangements for the performance
of his duties, when he went
• the night,
away for the
and that he was to
pay
a second visit regularly every
day
to the Hospital. Such orders,
would, it seems to me, have been superfluous in the case of a Surgeon who performed his duties zealously and conscientiously.
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