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informed him that he had taken the [indecipherable] summons to the Chief police [indecipherable] - whereas in fact he had not done so, the summons having been taken out by a native rider who did not return.
We were before informed by Dr Rünger & Mr Muir (Forsyth Bros) that native boys when sent out in the morning to report arrival of ships did not return, the reason being that the boys would be unable to inform us of the position of any enemy's Force in the Bush.
Sub Lt Webber will reach ship some time tomorrow.
I have the honour to be SirYour obedient servant[signature indecipherable]Lieutenant Commander RN.
HW GoodchildLieut. R.N.R.
The Brigadier GeneralSept 11th 1914
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