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Cleartman

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1962.

4. Clicker

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great measure abolished in the Colony, du you. think

that that was the intention of the framers of the

Ordinance, or do you think the result has been somewhat

more extreme than was anticipated ?

I dont remember what the actual words of Simpson and Chadwick's Report were, but I know that Professof

Simpson expressed to me the opinion that cubicles, as

they obtained in this Colony, at the time of his

inspection, ought to be abolished.

Absolutely?

Absolutely.

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And so you think that in the working of the Act, we 16021

have not got a more extreme res." than anticipated ?

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I dont think we have gone so far as he expected.

No, I am not quite talking so much of Professor Simpson's ideas, - I am talking more of the idea of

the Government, of which you were a member, when you

framed the ordinance. Did you think you get that

result, or something more savore :

A.

No, I dont think we have got any repult, which was

more severe.

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And so you think you have got the condition that was

intended by the framers of the Ordinance ?

A.

I think so, yes.

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

A.

No, I dont think so.

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Dont you think they are impracticable ?

To carry it out as the law is in 1903. - I will put it

another way,

wasnt it found to be so harsh and

unworkable that the Government had to amend it by a

later Ordinance of that year?

I dont see that the new cubicle regulations are very

much better than the old cubicle regulations.

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