CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 456

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'not but see in either case a most selfish

opposition to the Govimaro intention of finding some

declared

one else to

discharge

M? Bird's duties.

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In reference to what had secured

on the 30th October Mo" Wilson admito

that he did make use

ملت

of the exprefsion

a lie to M black, and that too in

A matter in which Mr Wilson.

wao

wholly

mistakin. whilst the inaccuracy of his

precollection or perhaps it would be better

to say

say

of his description of details is

Shewn by his assertion that the Overseer.

Mr Potts-

was not in the room at the

time, whereas fortunately for Mo falank

was

he was there when Mor blank entered it, present at the whole interview- and did not leave till Mo, blouk had quitted

the

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room.

It would

be tedious with

a view

to shewing how unsafe it was to rely

on

the "tu quoque "recriminations of Mc? Wilson.

to

jo

into his statements in the 11th

of his letter as to a

in the M1. paragraph.

пераде

sent him

by Mo" blank relative to some repairs of

the Goverment House Kitchen and Stables. Other circumstances had rendered

necesary

aw

The

investigation into origin of those repairs. and it had thence appeared that Mr

blank neither had

any

being placed under him

idea of their

mor was

aware

of their having been commenced- whilst

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