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being
a
copy of a letter from
Dr Eitel dated 19th July 1881
that
he wrote
to
me when
I was at Chountain Lodge, from which Your Lordship will see
that I was much more reticent
with him about
any
relations
with Mr Stayllar than he (Dr Eitel)
now asserts.
Though it was
in April that the affair occurred
in connection with the insult
to a member of my family, yet Dr Eitel first heard
of
it
only
in July, and then not from
me.
The other document,
a copy of the authoritative
statement I read to Mr Johnson
on the 25th of October 1887, the
only occasion when I spoke
to him on
this subject. It
will show Your Lordship how
improper it is for Mr Johnson
to press for an
Enquiry.
I will only add
that whilst
a
question of
this kind is quite in its proper place
before either
the Legislative
or Executive
Council, I am ready
to give Your Lordship the fullest
explanations.
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