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members of the profession personally approached the
Committee". He also informed me of the objections which
the younger solicitors had to the scheme. The main grie-
vance was that they had not been informed by the Chamber
what the Committee had agreed to. This had throughout been admitted to have been a mistake in judgment on the part of
the Committee; but it has also been admitted that it was
due to a change in the Secretary, the new Secretary not
being fully alive to hic duties.
Other matters were then gone into; the objections then
taken were all of such a nature that there was no difficul-
ty in removing them; and it was understood that there was
not likely to be any further opposition.
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10. As I foresaw that further discussion would be necessary I
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wrote to His Excellency the Governor on 14th February,
putting my request that the Order should be submitted to
the Legislative Council into abeyance, and explaining my
reasons for so doing.
11. The general meeting of the Chamber had been called, and
the Report of the Committee was circulated to the members.
This contained the following paragraph:,
SUPREME COURT VACATION
The Chamber were invited by the Government to comment
upon the suggestion of the Chief Justice that the Supreme
CourtVacation should be extended by 42 days.
The Committee were of the opinion that such extension
would interfere with public business and their opinion was
supported by the majority of the Solicitors in the Colony
in a letter addressed by then to the Chamber. This
It was shewn to me by a member of the Bar who was also a
member of the Chamber, and he expressed to me his extreme
annoyance at the attitude taken up by xXEEREXX@fxikaxðar
Mr. Hewitt.
12. My letter to the Chamber of the 19th February, written