CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6] — Page 331

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The circumstances of my letter to your Lordship were was ou citted very simple, I was omitted from an official reception at Government House and wrote to enquire whether it was intentional or not. The Private Secretary wrote to inform that the fovernor regretted that I had caused such a letter to be laid before him, and that myt head in consequence directed my be omitted from the list. of invitations to government

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omitted from the list of " invitations to Government Hous I thereupon write to tell your Lordship that he has. done so. I make no complaint. whatever. I justify the letter

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by explaining that I had been similarly ornitted before, and therefore afraid that there might be something against me, and I conclude by saying that perhaps when His Excellency. learned that I did not intend to

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