CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6] — Page 42

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?

a

Governments House invitation and beginning a Conrespondence?

As to what paped the other day

at the meeting at Government House

when

you

moved the amendment

tant another list or lists should be

thened besides the

I had proposed, I certainly sojected to your suggestion and I repeated what I had pointed

out

before you spoke, that the Queen had sent ster subscription to the Duchess of Marlborough's Fund and that in my official Capacity I was euxporting that Fund.

that

&

was

well known, the day before,

attempt was to be made to

get up rival lists to that which I as at the head of the Government was

MA

starting, and it certainly unfortunate that you, a member of Ixecutive Council and the Officer

my

in Command of Her Majesty's Troops, should have _ without one word of

notice to me an

to

spur Colleagues

on

1

the Council- taken the lead in

suggesting

ان

list

for

another Fund,

persons who

might not care to

cubreribe to the Duchefs of Marlborough's

Fund.

to

Mr. Plunket at once

Bjected

your suspection, and your legal Colleague on the Executive Connicil

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