CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 68

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it been impofsibile to receive as yet the Engines

and undifference of

Vide

of Stake No 470

21 March, 1868.

and equipments ordered from England, but this fat to pay owing to the apathy the Foreign Community which was expected to emol mumbers of their

and workmen in the Brigade,

owing

dependents

and also

to the Sinquicaly tedious altuations

men

to

of spinsion amongst the Chinese on the Same Subject - there has hitherto been no means of getting together a body of to be told off for regular drill and

equipped in a suitable uniform: to. I have said that I probably

to the subject of these fires.

fires and explain that I have been so much

be

recur

may

would

and I

struck by the evident untruthfulnes and malice of some articles in the local

papers

on the conduct of the Police- Mr. May, and the tire Brigade (

a non-

existent body) that I have directed an

inquing

to be made into the matter, as

I think it a duty which I owe to those

who

exepose themselves to great risk's and

undergo great tail for a public object, that I

should take

Some means

of

recording the truth when I believe them to be wantonly afailed

beyond the

very

and Calumniated.

wide margin of license, which custom allows to bolonial papers.

It

to

may be useful occasionally collect though at long intervals in this

way evidences entirely rebutting such caluminiess when they affect the hand

orthing sewants of the Government

and

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