IMPORTANT MEMORANDUM RELATIVE TO MILITARY DEFENCE.
_ Ko. 7 % MEMORANDUM by. ministers. In reference to certain statements made l>y Lieutl-General Sir Duncan; Cameron, which have been communicated l liy tlie Goveruorto his responsible ailvisiers. Ministers express their regret that the Lieut.-General should have thought fit toratiribute Erse and unworthy motives, and a culpable disregard, for the lives of British, officers, and men, to the Ministry of New Zealand, and, by implication, to her Majesty's representative in the Colony. r . : » ; i j They believe that; !:anng regard to the character of the Colony, which it is their duty to uphold, and to their own, which, as public* mentis-the property of itlhs.Colony, is impossible longer to accept;assistance so unwillingly rendered,. . Nui indeed can it be hoped that the z -al and energy which alone can secure success or lead to any useful result in operations in,jlhe field, will .be displayed by any officer, however distinguished, in support of a cause which is branded by, him with such severe reprobation. . r - r ; ; Fbed. A, Weed. Aprilßth, 1865, ; .. . , ■..,
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 266, 17 May 1865, Page 2
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173IMPORTANT MEMORANDUM RELATIVE TO MILITARY DEFENCE. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 266, 17 May 1865, Page 2
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