CO129-319 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [10-11] — Page 83

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Enclosure to No. 1.

Memorandum cf what occurred on July 7th., 1903,

in Chambers.

While Summonses are being heard, Mr. Kyshe

after having left the room returns in from five to ten minutes,

and interrupts the proceedings asking for my permission to ad-

dress the assembled Solicitors and Counsel. I request him to

postpone what he desires to say until 1 am at liberty to attend to his statements. He declines, and asks me to apologise to him

for having insulted him and said I had stated"the whole Colony

knew that he did not attend to his duties". This is quite in-

correct, and I at once told him so. On the first cccasion I had

complained of what seemed to me certain irregularities in the

Registry in relation to matters which came before me in Chambers

this morning and last evening, and had sent for him to explain

these matters to me, and I told him that he did not supervise

the work of the office sufficiently, and I said that besides my

own observation I had heard similar views expressed by members of

the profession, and i thought he did not devote as much atten-

tion to the Registrar's work as he might. This second visit was

after he had fully defended his position on the first occasion

when l complained and he had then said I took advantage of my

position to make a cowardly attack on him, and my statements

were false, and asked me "apologise as a gentleman",

Throughout the whole proceedings on the second

occasion and during the latter part of the first occasion Mr.

Kyshe's manner was as offensive as possible. When asking me on

the second interview to apologise he spoke in very loud and

offensive tones, and said he so asked me under advice, but he

did not say who had advised him. His manner was so offensive 1

told him I should deem it my duty to write down what he said,

and