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expressed to me, that he is the Chamber) was about to go
away to Singapore for 6 weeks; and the matter was pigeon-
holed until his return. A matter of public importance was
therefore hung up to await Mr. Hewitt's good pleasure. It
can hardly be said that either the action of the Chairman
of the Chamber, or of the Government in acquiescing in it,
shewed any consideration for the Chief Justice.
8. Meanwhile Mr. Hewitt had returned to the Colony, and ru-
mours renched me that he was doing all he could to oppose
the scheme. I heard especially that he had requested one
of the younger solicitors to give him his views on the
matter, and that he was fostering discontent among the
junior members of the profession. As I had on a previous
occasion experience of Mr. Hewitt's methods of conducting
business of this sort behind my back (to which I shall
allude presently) I cent for the solicitor above referred
to and asked him to tell me frankly what the trouble was.
I may say here that it has always been my practice to be on
terms of frank cordiality with the solicitors of my Court,
particularly in the way of discussing any grievances
personally with them when occasion arises, and this has
been apprecinted and reciprocated in the most cording
manner. It is essential to the smooth and efficient working
of business that such relations should exist between the
Ohier Justice and the solicitors of his Court, and the
fact that these relations were at one time likely to be
seriously disturbed by Mr. Hewitt's action is the keynote
of my action in this matter.
9. The solicitor informed me that it was a fact that he had
been approached by Mr. Hewitt. I emphasise this because it
disproves Mr. Hewitt's assertion contained in two letters
of the Secretary of the Chamber of 19th February, that SO
soon as it was heard that the question of extending the Long Vacation had been referred to the Committee, several
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