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W G Lawes has 36 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 2 references, with 1 live disagreement.

36 facts·35 predicates·2 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:speaks with certainty(2), arrived by steamer(1), arrived on(1)

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Arrived onarrivedOn

  • Saturday[2]all time · 172147947 Tuesday 29 December 1896 Telegrams Queensland Rockhampton December 29

Holds HonorificholdsHonorific

  • F.R.G.S.[2]all time · 172147947 Tuesday 29 December 1896 Telegrams Queensland Rockhampton December 29

Holds TitleholdsTitle

  • Rev.[2]all time · 172147947 Tuesday 29 December 1896 Telegrams Queensland Rockhampton December 29

Was Passenger FromwasPassengerFrom

  • New Guinea[2]all time · 172147947 Tuesday 29 December 1896 Telegrams Queensland Rockhampton December 29

Answered QuestionansweredQuestion

  • Yes, if prepared to take by force or deceit, not otherwise[1]all time · Beche De Mer

Asks forasksFor

Asks Sympathy forasksSympathyFor

Asserts Natives Will NotassertsNativesWillNot

Experience Agrees WithexperienceAgreesWith

Has ColleaguehasColleague

Inbound mentions (3)

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opposedByOpposed by(1)

visitedLastAugustVisited Last August(1)

yearArrivedYear Arrived(1)

Other facts (23)

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23 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has Long ResidenceNew Guinea[1]
Has Right to Speak onMatters of Fact Natives[1]
Has Thorough Knowledge ofNative Customs[1]
Letter DateFeb 2[1]
Located atPort Moresby[1]
Looks toQueensland Neighbours[1]
Recommends Clear UnderstandingNo Natives Honourably[1]
Recommends Understandingfrom the first[1]
Signs LetterI am, sir, &c, W. G. LAWES[1]
Would Be Dishonest Not to SayTruth About Natives[1]
Wrote Letter toBrisbane Courier[1]
Advocates Honourable TreatmentNew Guinea Natives[1]
Answered Not OtherwiseLabour Recruitment[1]
Answered Yes Iftake by force or deceit[1]
Authored LetterTrove Article 19790318[1]
Bases Claims onPersonal Experience[1]
Criticizes Class Aggrandisement{}[1]
Made Home AmongPort Moresby People[1]
Requests Fair Treatment forNative Races New Guinea[1]
Requests Sympathy forMission Efforts[1]
Resides inPort Moresby[1]
Wrote From DateFeb. 2[1]
Positions Self AsAuthority on Natives[1]

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advocatesHonourableTreatmenttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:new-guinea-natives
answeredNotOtherwisetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:labour-recruitment
answeredQuestiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
Yes, if prepared to take by force or deceit, not otherwise
answeredYesIftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
take by force or deceit
arrivedBySteamerbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
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arrivedOnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
Saturday
asksFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
fair-just-honourable-treatment-natives
asksSympathyFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
mission-efforts
assertsNativesWillNottrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
leave-for-long-periods
authoredLettertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:trove-article-19790318
basesClaimsOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:personal-experience
criticizesClassAggrandisementtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
{}
experienceAgreesWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
all-travellers
hasColleaguetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
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hasLongResidencetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:new-guinea
hasRightToSpeakOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
matters-of-fact-natives
hasThoroughKnowledgeOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
native-customs
holdsHonorificbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
F.R.G.S.
holdsTitlebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
Rev.
letterDatetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
Feb 2
locatedAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:port-moresby
looksTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:queensland-neighbours
madeHomeAmongtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:port-moresby-people
positionsSelfAstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
authority-on-natives
recommendsClearUnderstandingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
no-natives-honourably
recommendsUnderstandingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
from the first
requestsFairTreatmentFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:native-races-new-guinea
requestsSympathyFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mission-efforts
residesIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:port-moresby
signsLettertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
I am, sir, &c, W. G. LAWES
speaksWithCertaintytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:native-willingness
speaksWithCertaintytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
fair-labour-disappointment
wasPassengerFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29
ex:new-guinea
wouldBeDishonestNotToSaytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
truth-about-natives
wroteFromDatetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
Feb. 2
wroteLetterTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:brisbane-courier

References (2)

2 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer31 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/172147947_Tuesday-29-December-1896_TELEGRAMS-QUEENSLAND-ROCKHAMPTON-December-29

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