CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 278

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In reply I have received, on the 3rd instant, the following telegram from Your Lordship.

"Prisoners not to be employed unless they consent as follows:-

"Referring to your telegram of 1st June prisoners not to be employed unless they consent as follows:-

Bubonic plague increasing. Five British soldiers attacked. Deaths yesterday fifty.

May I employ short sentence convicts, 100 strong, in cleansing and disinfecting."

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2 275 3 yesterday fifty In reply I have received, on the 3rd instant, the following telegram from Your Lordship. "Prisoners not to be employed unless they consent as follows:- "Referring to your telegram of 1st June prisoners not to be employed unless they consent as follows:- Bubonic plague increasing. Five British soldiers attacked. Deaths yesterday fifty. May I employ short sentence convicts, 100 strong, in cleansing and disinfecting." It appears that the original OCR output contained garbled text, likely due to errors in the recognition process. The text has been corrected and reorganized to form coherent paragraphs and sentences. The original page numbering and layout information is not present in the provided snippet, so it has not been included in the output. The corrected text is presented in HTML format using `` tags for paragraphs.
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2 275 3 yesterday fifty In reply I have re- ceived, on the 3rd instant, the following telegram from Your Lordship. [in 106] "Pathos holdfast prisoners not # "disregard unless coffined where there beich monstrous otherwise apron- man fratrage euchre and bemangle psalmodie others. "Referring to your telegram of 1st June prisoners not to be employed unless they # "consent as follows:- #! Su 10.5] " Monstrance haberdines v in five readymade auxetic "disputings short sentence conformist glycerin cleansing and disinfecting crampiron yesterday fifty which in clear runs- # Bubonic plague increasing five British soldiers at- may I employ tacked short sentence convicts # 100 strong in cleansing and disinfecting. Deatho Yesterday E Anil
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yesterday fifty

In reply I have re-

ceived, on the 3rd instant, the

following telegram from Your Lordship. [in 106]

"Pathos holdfast prisoners

not

#

"disregard unless

coffined where there beich monstrous otherwise apron-

man

fratrage euchre and bemangle psalmodie others. "Referring to your telegram of 1st June prisoners not to be employed unless they

#

"consent

as follows:-

#!

Su 10.5]

" Monstrance haberdines

v in

five readymade auxetic "disputings short sentence conformist glycerin cleansing and disinfecting crampiron yesterday fifty

which in clear runs-

#

Bubonic plague increasing five British soldiers at-

may I employ

tacked

short sentence convicts

#

100 strong in cleansing and disinfecting. Deatho Yesterday

E

Anil

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