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Address in reply to the debates on
I beg also to refer to the address, from which it will be seen that Mr Mac Ewen, the then Attorney General, opposed the address on the ground that it was unconstitutional. For some time past one of the local newspapers has been advocating that the practice established by Sir H. A. Blake and continued by Sir M. Nathan and Sir C. Clementi of opening the Sessions with a Speech by the President and an address in reply should be discontinued. Even if I had shared these views, I should not have felt justified in making any change, Mr Mac Ewen, it will be observed, was not supported by any of his unofficial colleagues.
I have the honour to be;
Your Majesty's Obedient,
Most humble Servant,
Moncrieff
21st April 1940