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to me and on consideration of the facts must be seen to be totally inadmissible; to anyone personally acquainted with me,
2, trust no answer would be required but the wording of the communication and reports of Mr. Stanger and the evident feeling of the official letters render it advisable to show the utter improbability of
such an idea.
The idea of manufacturing cement in conjunction with a Brick and Lime Works was promoted by the Honourable C. "P. Chater who took considerable trouble to obtain estimates of plant from England; when these were here and when he thought there was
sufficient reason to proceed, he associated
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with himself a number of gentlemen in the Colony to form a syndicate to begin operations. I was one of the number. My object was to promote the industries of the Colony as much as possible and knowing something about the manufacture and plant of Cement Workers, I knew I could be of considerable service. At the first meeting on the proposition to order machinery I spoke against the immediate commencement of operations and pointed out that the manufacture of cement must be founded on reliable materials
and that it was useless to proceed without being absolutely certain that a first-class Cement could be made as neither Engineers, firms, nor the Government would buy without extensive experiments
and
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to me and on consideration of the facts must be seen to be totally inadmissible; to any one personally acquainted with me,
2, trust no answer would be required but the wording of the communication and reports of Mr. Stanger and the evident feeling of the official letters render it advisable for show the utter improbability of
such an idea.
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The idea of manufacturing cement in conjunction with a Brick and Lime Works was promoted by the Honourable C. "P. Phater who took considerable trouble to obtain estimates of plant to from England; when these were here and when he thought there was
sufficient reason to proseed, he associated
with.
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with himself a number of gentlemen in the Colony to form a cryndicate to begin operations. I was one the number. My object promote the industries of the - Colony as much as possible and Knowing something about the manufacture and plant of. Cement Workers, I Knew I could be of considerable service. At the first meeting on the proposition to order machinery I spoke against the immediate commencement of operations and pointed out that the manufacture of dement must be founded on reliable materials
and that it was useless to
prosced without being, absolutely certain that a first class Dement could be made as neither Engineers, firms, nor the Government would buy without extensive experiments
and
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