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2. From the Colonial Secretary's

No. 2341 of the 19th

that the

letter to you of December 1881, you Governor would not enter into any discussion with you as to the inaccuracies in your letter of the 17th December 1881, which

you desire to have forwarded to the Earl of Kimberley, and

without entering now into such discussion it is enough to

point out that in your

• your letters of

the 17th and 27th of December

your memory

permitting you

is at fault is

in

to

say (after

having recorded the reverse in

writing)

that you allowed the withdrawal of the case of Hayllar v. Eitel under the Governor's instructions sacrificing your own interests which demanded a public

to the interests of

the

inquiry Governor, and that what you

appear to have told Mr. Johnson and others was so told to them by the positive instructions of the Governor.

I have the honour to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

To Dr. Eitel

&c. &c.

[Signed] G. Northcole

Private Secretary.

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2. From the Colonial Secretary's No. 2341 of the 19th that the letter to you of December 1881, you Governor would not enter into any discussion with you as to the inaccuracies in your letter of the 17th December 1881, which you desire to have forwarded to the Earl of Kimberley, and without entering now into such discussion it is enough to point out that in your • your letters of the 17th and 27th of December your memory permitting you is at fault is in to say (after having recorded the reverse in writing) that you allowed the withdrawal of the case of Hayllar v. Eitel under the Governor's instructions sacrificing your own interests which demanded a public to the interests of the inquiry Governor, and that what you appear to have told Mr. Johnson and others was so told to them by the positive instructions of the Governor. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obedient Servant To Dr. Eitel &c. &c. [Signed] G. Northcole Private Secretary.
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2. From the Colonial Secretary's No. 2341 of the 19t that the letter to you of December 1881, you Governor would not enter into any discussion with you as to the inaccuracies in your letter of the 17th December 1881, which you desire to have forwarded to the Earl of Kimberley, and without entering now into such discussion it is enough to point out that in your • your hellers of the 17th and 27th of December your memory permitting you is at fault is in to say (after having recorded the reverse in writing) 185 writing) that you allowed the withdrawal. of the case of Hayllar v. Eitel under the Governor's instructions sacrificing your own interests which demanded a public to the interests of the inquiry Governor, and that what you appear to have told. Mr. Johnson and others was so cold to them by the positive instructions of the Governor. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obedient Servant To Dr. Estel &c. &c. [Nigerd) G. Northcole Private Secretary.
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2. From the Colonial Secretary's

No. 2341 of the 19t

that the

letter to you of December 1881, you Governor would not enter into any discussion with you as to the inaccuracies in your letter of the 17th December 1881, which

you desire to have forwarded to the Earl of Kimberley, and

without entering now into such discussion it is enough to

point out that in your

• your hellers of

the 17th and 27th of December

your memory

permitting you

is at fault is

in

to

say (after

having recorded the reverse in

writing)

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writing) that you allowed the withdrawal. of the case of Hayllar v. Eitel under the Governor's instructions sacrificing your own interests which demanded a public

to the interests of

the

inquiry Governor, and that what you

appear to have told. Mr. Johnson and others was so cold to them by the positive instructions of the Governor.

I have the honour to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

To Dr. Estel

&c. &c.

[Nigerd) G. Northcole Private Secretary.

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