CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 287

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Under these circumstances,

and as His Excellency has hitherto purposely avoided complicating the discussion by questions affecting your personal competency, he comes

in matters, which admit such immediate proof of a direct negative or affirmative, sanction your prolonging this correspondence beyond the time absolutely necessary for your dealing with the four simple points brought forward by the Governor. They

are

questions of fact merely - Did you or did you not obey certain orders - ? and as to the Contractors, did you or did you not neglect to pay them when specifically brought to your notice.

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If therefore, within a reasonable time, you do not deal satisfactorily with the charges referred to, His Excellency in the event of such default, will not hesitate to lay your case before the Executive Council in accordance with his Instructions.

His Excellency considers that from this till Saturday next will afford you ample time for all requisite explanations, if you have any explanations to submit.

(True Copy,

I have,

Yo

(Signed) W. & Caine

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Under these circumstances, and as His Excellency has hitherto purposely avoided complicating the discussion by questions affecting your personal competency, he comes in matters, which admit such immediate proof of a direct negative or affirmative, sanction your prolonging this correspondence beyond the time absolutely necessary for your dealing with the four simple points brought forward by the Governor. They are questions of fact merely - Did you or did you not obey certain orders - ? and as to the Contractors, did you or did you not neglect to pay them when specifically brought to your notice. 235 If therefore, within a reasonable time, you do not deal satisfactorily with the charges referred to, His Excellency in the event of such default, will not hesitate to lay your case before the Executive Council in accordance with his Instructions. His Excellency considers that from this till Saturday next will afford you ample time for all requisite explanations, if you have any explanations to submit. (True Copy, I have, Yo (Signed) W. & Caine Acting Colonial Secretary. Page 235 was removed and the content was formatted into proper paragraphs using HTML . The text was proofread according to the given rules: spelling errors were corrected (e.g., "comet" to "comes", "sich" to "such", "peints" to "points", "Governon" to "Governor", "cerrespondence" to "correspondence", "nece pary" to "necessary", "certoino" to "certain", "ow" to "or", "sperifically" to "specifically", "referred le" to "referred to", "Excelling" to "Excellency", "Dushuctions" to "Instructions", "Say" to "lay", "Connoil" to "Council", "Alinada & Casti" to "W. & Caine", "Camil" to "Council", "evottary" to "Secretary"), spacing issues were fixed, and broken sentences were rejoined. The original page numbering ("235") was preserved. The formatting was done using HTML as per the instructions.
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1 Under these circumstances, and as His Excellency has hitherto purposely avoided complicating the discussion by questions affecting your personal competency, he comet in matters, which admit sich immediate preef of a direct negatives affirmative, sauction your forelonging this cerrespondence beyond the time absolutely nece pary for your dealing with the four simple peints brought forward by the Governon They are questions of fact merely - Did you did you not obey certaino orders- no - ? and as to the Contractors, did yes -- you ow did you at the proper times in the instances not neglect to pay them now notice . 235 sperifically brought to your If therefore, within -reasonable times; in a satisfactory you do not deal you with the charges referred le. His Excelling in the events of such default, will not hesitate to Say your case als before the Executive Connoil in accordance with his Dushuctions . His Excellency considers that 9. the from this till Saturding these instant. will afford you ample time for all, requisite explanations, if you have any explanations to subunit. (True Copy, M I have Yo (Signed) 1. &. Alinada & Casti Clerk of Camil. Acting Conlonal evottary.
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Under these circumstances,

and as His Excellency has hitherto purposely avoided complicating the discussion by questions affecting your personal competency, he comet

in matters, which admit sich immediate preef of a direct negatives

affirmative, sauction your forelonging this cerrespondence beyond the time absolutely nece pary for your dealing with the four simple peints brought forward by the Governon They

are

questions of fact merely - Did you

did you

not obey certaino orders-

no - ? and as to the Contractors, did

yes

--

you

ow did you at the proper times in the instances

not neglect to pay them

now

notice .

235

sperifically brought to your

If therefore, within

-reasonable times;

in a

satisfactory

you do not deal

you

with

the charges referred le. His Excelling in the events of such default, will not hesitate to Say your case als

before the Executive Connoil

in accordance with his Dushuctions .

His Excellency

considers that

9.

the

from this till Saturding these instant.

will afford you ample time for all, requisite explanations, if you have any explanations to subunit. (True Copy,

M

I have

Yo

(Signed) 1. &.

Alinada & Casti Clerk of Camil.

Acting Conlonal evottary.

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