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2.

Understand from Hazlerigg that question of

making females eligible for jury service is now

under consideration locally. If there is early

prospect of legislation for that purpose, femalės

might be excluded from enabling provision suggested

in preceding paragraph in anticipation of enactment

of such legislation.

3.

Please telegraph urgently whether you agree

with proposal in paragraph 1 aberea If so I propose

in my open reply to Young's despatch to express

opinion that franchise qualifications should be

modified in this way.' by reply wound, of course,

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take into account any informaticon which comes be mark public on the question roused in paragraph 2.

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