CO129-197 - Governor Hennessy - 1882 [1-2] — Page 106

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who subsequently approved of my having made them, and secondly that I believed it was necessary in the Governor's interests to make these statements as directed by him.

5. And first, I beg to observe that the statements which I made to Mr. Johnson were the statements of the Governor himself, repeated by me to Mr. Johnson in pursuance of repeated and urgent instructions of the Governor who subsequently approved of my having made them. In support of this observation, I have to mention the following facts.

6. From the time when Mr. Hayllar sent in his complaint to the Secretary of State (27th July), alleging an unprovoked assault on a public road accompanied by the use of foul language, the Governor repeatedly and urgently impressed upon me that, whereas wrong versions of what had occurred between Mr. Hayllar and himself were in circulation, it was my duty as his Private Secretary to make henceforth known the true version, viz. that Mr. Hayllar was some years ago excluded...

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who subsequently approved of my having made them, and secondly that I believed it was necessary in the Governor's interests to make these statements as directed by him. 5. And first, I beg to observe that the statements which I made to Mr. Johnson were the statements of the Governor himself, repeated by me to Mr. Johnson in pursuance of repeated and urgent instructions of the Governor who subsequently approved of my having made them. In support of this observation, I have to mention the following facts. 6. From the time when Mr. Hayllar sent in his complaint to the Secretary of State (27th July), alleging an unprovoked assault on a public road accompanied by the use of foul language, the Governor repeatedly and urgently impressed upon me that, whereas wrong versions of what had occurred between Mr. Hayllar and himself were in circulation, it was my duty as his Private Secretary to make henceforth known the true version, viz. that Mr. Hayllar was some years ago excluded... Page 405 ...from... The original text appears to be a historical document, likely a letter or a report. I have corrected spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, and rejoined broken sentences. I have also preserved the original page numbering and formatting as per the instructions. The text is now formatted in HTML using tags for paragraphs. Note that the text is incomplete, and the last sentence is cut off due to the OCR damage or the original scan.
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who subsequently approved of my having made them, and secondly that I believed it was necessary the Governor's interests to make these statements as directed by him. 5. And first, I beg to observe that the statements which I made to Mr. Johnson were the statements of the Governor himself, me to Mr. Johnson repeated by pursuance of repeated and urgent instructions of the Governor who subsequently approved of my In support having made them . of this observation I have to mention mention the following facts. 6. From the time when Mr. 405 COM Hayllar sent in his seller to the Secretary of State (27th July), plaining of an unprovoked assault on a public road accompanied by the use of foul language, the Governor repeatedly and urgently impressed upon me that, whereas wrong as his Private no of what had occurred between Mr Hayllar and himself were in circulation, it was my duty Secretary to make henceforth secret of what he had given me former occasions as the true version, viz. that Mr. Hayllar was some years ago J excluded from i
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who subsequently approved of my having made them, and secondly that I believed it was necessary the Governor's interests to make these statements as directed by him.

5. And first, I beg to observe that the statements which I

made to Mr. Johnson were the

statements of the Governor himself,

me to Mr. Johnson

repeated by

pursuance of repeated and urgent instructions of the Governor who subsequently approved of my

In support having made them . of this observation I have to

mention

mention the following facts.

6. From the time when Mr.

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of what had occurred between Mr Hayllar and himself were in circulation, it was my duty Secretary to make henceforth secret of what he had given me

former occasions as the true version, viz. that Mr. Hayllar

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