Dear Sir. I hope that you will re-read Elaine's postings, and issue her and the lists an apology. First: part of your reply went to the NZ list. For possibly a year or so now, Elaine has been transcribing these items and selflessly sharing them with the NZ list. I should have thought that ALL subscribed to this list would have been extremely GRATEFUL to her for her generosity in undertaking and sharing such time-consuming work with all of us. Secondly, if you re-read her message, it seems to me, not being a member of the English Surnames list to know what definitions might be imposed there, that the Surname CADMAN is an English surname. Here in Australia Thomas CADMAN was a well-known ENGLISH convict. Furthermore, Elaine has highlighted that the article mentions this other CADMAN as proceeding to England, from which one might infer an English family connection. Both of these factors strongly indicate to me in my ignorance that it is relevant to an English Surnames list. Accordingly, I know that if I were in Elaine's situation here, I would be personally extremely hurt to have my altruistic and selfless work flung back in my face this way. As I said, I do sincerely hope that you will reconsider your note, and publicly apologise most sincerely to her. (Apologies to admins for not cutting the foregoing items, but I wanted anyone who had already deleted the messages to see them in their context.) Ray in Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Hills" <associates@btinternet.com> To: <eng-surnames@rootsweb.com>; <nz-auckland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [NZ-AUCKLAND] [ENG-SURNAMES] HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > And just what has this got to do with ENG-SURNAMES ?????? > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-surnames-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-surnames-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Mattsen > Sent: 04 November 2007 00:28 > To: nz-auckland@rootsweb.com; eng-surnames@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-SURNAMES] HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > > HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > > Mr CADMAN this afternoon introduced a bill which provides for the > appointment of a deputy chief judge for the native lands court. The reason > for the appointment is that the chief judge (Mr Seth Smith) has obtained > six > month's leave of absence owing to failing eye-sight, and is believed that > he > intends proceeding to ENGLAND for medical advice.

Hear! Hear! -----Original Message----- From: nz-auckland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nz-auckland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 3:00 PM To: nz-auckland@rootsweb.com; eng-surnames@rootsweb.com Subject: [NZ-AUCKLAND] to Malcolm Hills Dear Sir. I hope that you will re-read Elaine's postings, and issue her and the lists an apology. First: part of your reply went to the NZ list. For possibly a year or so now, Elaine has been transcribing these items and selflessly sharing them with the NZ list. I should have thought that ALL subscribed to this list would have been extremely GRATEFUL to her for her generosity in undertaking and sharing such time-consuming work with all of us. Secondly, if you re-read her message, it seems to me, not being a member of the English Surnames list to know what definitions might be imposed there, that the Surname CADMAN is an English surname. Here in Australia Thomas CADMAN was a well-known ENGLISH convict. Furthermore, Elaine has highlighted that the article mentions this other CADMAN as proceeding to England, from which one might infer an English family connection. Both of these factors strongly indicate to me in my ignorance that it is relevant to an English Surnames list. Accordingly, I know that if I were in Elaine's situation here, I would be personally extremely hurt to have my altruistic and selfless work flung back in my face this way. As I said, I do sincerely hope that you will reconsider your note, and publicly apologise most sincerely to her. (Apologies to admins for not cutting the foregoing items, but I wanted anyone who had already deleted the messages to see them in their context.) Ray in Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Hills" <associates@btinternet.com> To: <eng-surnames@rootsweb.com>; <nz-auckland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [NZ-AUCKLAND] [ENG-SURNAMES] HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > And just what has this got to do with ENG-SURNAMES ?????? > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-surnames-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-surnames-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Mattsen > Sent: 04 November 2007 00:28 > To: nz-auckland@rootsweb.com; eng-surnames@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-SURNAMES] HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > > HBH 1892 Oct 3 4 Government > > Mr CADMAN this afternoon introduced a bill which provides for the > appointment of a deputy chief judge for the native lands court. The reason > for the appointment is that the chief judge (Mr Seth Smith) has obtained > six > month's leave of absence owing to failing eye-sight, and is believed that > he > intends proceeding to ENGLAND for medical advice. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NZ-AUCKLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message