Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
2 February 1847
DISMISSALS
The matron [LUCY SMYTH] and storekeeper [GEORGE SMYTH] of the Female Factory, in consequence of the alleged recommendation of the Board of Enquiry appointed to investigate certain allegations of defalcations in the stores of that establishment, have received the following official communication from His Excellency the Governor: — “The charges brought against the matron and storekeeper having been tacitly admitted by them, and such explanation as they have offered being most satisfactory, they will deliver up charge on the 28th Inst.”
See Original: “DISMISSALS,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 2 February 1847, p.3
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