Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 18

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✨ Public Response to Assassination Attempt

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Auckland Provincial Government Gazette,

EXTRAORDINARY.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XVII.] TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1868. [No. 18.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.

City Board of Commissioners' Office,
Auckland, 30th March, 1868.

Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Board, held to-day, the following resolution was adopted, to which I beg to refer, viz. :

“That this Board, viewing with the greatest indignation the recent murderous attempt on the life of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, respectfully request His Honor the Superintendent to convene a Public Meeting, for the purpose of affording the inhabitants of this Province an opportunity of expressing, in an Address, their deep sympathy with His Royal Highness.”

I have, &c.,

JNO. OGILVIE,
Secretary.

His Honor
The Superintendent,
Auckland.

TO HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

We, the undersigned inhabitants of this Province, respectfully request that you would be pleased to convene a Public Meeting, for the purpose of enabling us to express our indignation at the horrible outrage perpetrated on His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and to take such other steps as may appear fitting to shew our loyalty and attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty.

(Signed)

A. Kennedy, J.P., General Manager Bank of New Zealand

J. M. Dargaville, Manager Union Bank of Australia

J. Woodhouse, Manager Bank of N.S. Wales

Geo. Matson, Manager of Bank of Australasia

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 18

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Resolution by City Board of Commissioners

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated30 March 1868
KeywordsResolution, Public Meeting, Assassination Attempt, Duke of Edinburgh
👩‍💼 Officials

JNO. OGILVIE, Secretary

🏛️ Request for Public Meeting by Inhabitants

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsPublic Meeting, Loyalty, Assassination Attempt, Duke of Edinburgh
👱🏽 Names

A. Kennedy (J.P.), Signed request for public meeting
J. M. Dargaville, Signed request for public meeting
J. Woodhouse, Signed request for public meeting
Geo. Matson, Signed request for public meeting

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