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eniduct
in the streets, were
ordinary working coolie, but on the contrary loose and turbulent persons with no
impiapmant
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mean to be
leading spirits in con-
ducting
the clues referred to.
a
An Thursday
the coolie
matter of fact were
anxious to
were
go
back to work, but
deferred from doing
by the fear of being
made
subject to attacks by ruffians
who had constituted themselves their
self-appointed champions.
I therefore decided to
break up the worst of these clubs.
With this
object
I
drew
up with Registrar
in conjunction with the
list of the most
special and
worst of the clubs
When well
prominent members of the
were brought to the notice of the Police and to the
District Watchmen as bad characters.
I submitted it to his
Excellency the Governor with recommendation that no persons
named therein should be
wasted.
Upon the receipt of the sanction
of the
night of
14 of these
and 3
the
early morning.
These
necessary warrants
were issued
and were executed in the
hours
of the next
Upwards of 60 members of the clubs in
other
districts at once disappeared from the Colony
or laid
idle.
The worst of the
clubs
were closed
in consequence, and it is worthy of note that no
fire
was used after the extinction of these
clubs.
District
During