CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6] — Page 25

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however the news reached me that the above coolies had

again struck work, and that their reason for doing so was attributable to the issue by the Committee of an

unauthorised chinese notice

holding out false hopes of concession on the part of the Government. I enclose a translation of the notice, by which the coolics appear to

have been misled, and a

copy of a private letter from the

Colonial

Ex closure E

In Melaure C

Colonial Secretary to Mr. J. J. Keswick on the subject of it

its

contents will be found ap- pended to the Committee's - "letter to the Editor of the "Daily |

Press "in enclosure C.

7.

On the morning of the

30th ultimo, the Committee, pos- sibly recognising their mistäke in issuing the Chinese notice. referred to above, again approach

ed me and

requested;

an

audi

ence, which I granted them,

and at which the Colonial

Secretary