Bill, and after considering it at a meeting of the Executive Council at which His Honour Mr Justice George Phillippe, and Mr Justice Russell were invited to assist, it was thought desirable to adjourn the second reading for a short time, in order to see whether this scheme could be developed in a manner which would be satisfactory to all parties. In an able speech made the following day at Council by the Chief Justice to which I would invite your special attention, he advocated an adjournment and called attention to grave inaccuracies in the speeches of the two learned Counsel who had been permitted to appear at the meeting of 30th March on behalf of the wholesale and the retail dealers in Opium.
It has been alleged that the whole of the retail trade in Opium will be destroyed if the Bill is passed.
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Bill, and after considering it at a meeting of the Excentive Council at which His Honour
mr
dir George Phillippe, and Mr Justice Nussell were invited to thought desirable
assist, it was
to adjourn the second reading
for
a short time, in order to wee whether this scheme could
in a manner
2 be developed in
which would be satisfactory to all parties. In an able speech made the following day at Council by the Chief
Justice
Justice to which I would invite
your special attention, he advocated an
called attention
adjournment and
to
grave
inaccuracies in the speeches
of the two learned Counsel who had been permitted to appear
at the meeting of 30th March
on behalf of the wholesale and the retail dealers in Opium.
It has been alleged
That the whole
of
the retail
trade in Opium will be
destroyed if the Bill is passed
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