CO129-197 - Governor Hennessy - 1882 [1-2] — Page 488

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question

4.

Mr. Hayllar's letter of

complaint against.

me

which he

withdrew some months afterwards,

was

him to the Colonial

sent by decretary's Office

as an

ordinary public

letter, and was docketed and read by the Clerks in the office before I heard

me not

of its existence. The incorrect stories that immediately spread through the town rendered it proper for to conceal the true version of the insident complained of from any members of Conneil who officially applied for information on the subject, and that information given in my despatch.

was

accurately

ders of the day February, 1889.

22nd

5.

Your Lordship will,

perhaps, observe that not content with making a protest against my ruling of the 7th of February, and having entered on the minutes, Mr. F. B.

Johnson interrupted

me as

I was

it

moving the first business that stood on the printed Order Book of the day, "(the consideration of the Jury List) and, whilst I was addressing the Council, stood up to call attention to a question

#

of privilege". This however turned out to be a wish on his part to quote - and discuss a text book in opposition.

to

my ruling on the point of order that had been dealt with three

meetings before.

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