CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 476

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information a report extracted from the Daily Press of the procending, at this Faceting of Council. De Bill tons passed

A was

torthout any oppositions entitled the " Peace preservation Ordinance of 18844, to be in force till two 1st April rest,

t year, having been suspended

the standing orders having

to Cuable the Bill to be passed through all at one sitting. At an Executive

it's stages at one si

Council held later the same day the Attorney General called my attention formally

to subsection 10 - Section 24 of

"

a

the Royal instructions of 9th April 1877- prohibiting the Governor from giving "his

"Asscut to any

bill whereby any pereous

"not of European birtto or descent may

" be subjected or made liable to any

disabilities

02

Enclosure 2.

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" or restrictions to which persons of European

birth or descent are not also subjected

or ricade liable" unless the Governor

has satisfied licuself that an urgent-

that such

recessity exists requiring bill be brought rits rincuediate operation. The Council unanimously

advised un

that such uyent hecessity existed, and being satisfied duyselfow this point, I

at once gave my assent in Her Majesty's hame to the Bill which had just been passed. The Council then considered

the reports which the Acting Captacie Superintendent of Police, who was in attendance, made respecting certain Members of the Fread Society who lead been long

karlow to the Police and

whose

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