CO129-467 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1921 [1-5] — Page 558

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The two points in the memorandum to which I would specially direct your attention are that the

adoption of mui-tsal is a custom of immemorial antiquity and therefore not to be altered by law without long and careful preparation of the ground and a change in the habits of the people, and that the alternative to

the adoption of these children is in 9 cuses out of 10 their

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being left to starve or disposed of by quicker methods.

Yours sincerely,

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(Signed) G. GRINDLE

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Mr. Grindle.

Sir H. Lambert.

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Sir G. Fiddes.

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