CO129-319 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [10-11] — Page 74

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The Enclosure No: 2.)

1963.

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I forward also copies of a Supplementary

Report by the Commission whom I requested to enquire into the

allegation made by Mr. Norton Ky she that the Chief Justice

used Mr. Seth, Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, as his clerk.

This reference did not reach the Commission

until after they had examined Mr. Norton Ky she which accounts

for it having been made the subject of a Supplementary Report.

I regret that I am obliged to send the

Registrar's voluminous reply in original, but I an unwilling

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to delay forwarding this whole case for your consideration

(and the shortest time in which the reply of Mr. Norton Kyshe

could be printed is 10 days) for the following reasons;-

On the 9th. July (that is two days after

the incident of the 7th. of July in the Chief Justice's Chambers)

Mr. Norton Kyshe applied for leave of absence. This I declined

to grant him pending settlement of the questions disclosed in

the Chief Justice's letter of the 10th. July.

On the 28th. August Mr. Norton Kyshe re-

newed his application forwarding in support a Medical Certifi-

cate, copy of which is enclosed, and asked to be allowed to

leave the Colony on the 26th. September. With the advice of

the Executive Council I granted this application. Subsequently

on the 9th. September Mr. Norton Ky she asked to he allowed to

postpone his leave in order that the result of the Report of

the Commission might be made known before he left the Colony,

and I granted his request.

On the 26th. September a copy of the Report

of the Commission was forwarded to Mr. Norton Kyshe for his

observations