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was being unjustly attacked, and there were only two alternativ-es

laissez faire, or action. I object to the doctrine of

laissez faire entirely; it has been the cause, in my opinion, of

the state of inanition of the Court, to which I refer later.

That the action I took did in nowise prejudice the dignity of

the Bench is I submit satisfactorily shewn by the fact that His

Excellency the Governor neither took any action, nor expressed

any opinion adverse to my action at the time, nor directly at

any time after, which he would undoubtedly have done had any

rumour reached him, or had he thought, that the prestige of the

Bench had actually suffered; nor indeed can His Excellency have

ever intended to refer to it, thus showing that in his opinion it was not necessary to do so. His Excellency only referred to it

incidentally in a despatch written some two months later, deal-ing with an entirely different matter, and then only because

he thought it better to explain a paragraph in a letter of mine

which happened to be in correspondence then being forwarded to

the Secretary of State. All this I submit shews that in the

opinion of the Head of the Government I had done nothing but

what was absolutely essential in the circumstances and that what

I had done had been beneficial. It was therefore a matter of

great surprise to me to hear some two months afterwards that an

adverse opinion had been formed by His Excellency; yet even then

it was only reported "incidentally", and reported moreover

without the customary reference to the officer affected by that

opinion.

5.

In view of what has occurred, I now have

the honour to request the Secretary of State's ruling on the

question whether the procedure adopted by His Excellency the

Governor in reporting the matter in this way to the Secretary

of State, and only informing me of the fact after the report

had been made, was consistent with the rules and traditions of

the Colonial Service.

7.

It was,

as I said in my former memorandum,

originally

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109 was being unjustly attacked, and there were only two alternativ-es laissez faire, or action. I object to the doctrine of laissez faire entirely; it has been the cause, in my opinion, of the state of inanition of the Court, to which I refer later. That the action I took did in nowise prejudice the dignity of the Bench is I submit satisfactorily shewn by the fact that His Excellency the Governor neither took any action, nor expressed any opinion adverse to my action at the time, nor directly at any time after, which he would undoubtedly have done had any rumour reached him, or had he thought, that the prestige of the Bench had actually suffered; nor indeed can His Excellency have ever intended to refer to it, thus showing that in his opinion it was not necessary to do so. His Excellency only referred to it incidentally in a despatch written some two months later, deal-ing with an entirely different matter, and then only because he thought it better to explain a paragraph in a letter of mine which happened to be in correspondence then being forwarded to the Secretary of State. All this I submit shews that in the opinion of the Head of the Government I had done nothing but what was absolutely essential in the circumstances and that what I had done had been beneficial. It was therefore a matter of great surprise to me to hear some two months afterwards that an adverse opinion had been formed by His Excellency; yet even then it was only reported "incidentally", and reported moreover without the customary reference to the officer affected by that opinion. 5. In view of what has occurred, I now have the honour to request the Secretary of State's ruling on the question whether the procedure adopted by His Excellency the Governor in reporting the matter in this way to the Secretary of State, and only informing me of the fact after the report had been made, was consistent with the rules and traditions of the Colonial Service. 7. It was, as I said in my former memorandum, originally
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239

to

to buła wild no andumos IIIrɑ dolny mola: erani

6 ofol ahư mi ablon eolyart teich 8.T

alla nabuo ‚y*i[hitexoqaut deurs bas terma dserm to noltheog

Bild now Art & duft word I noiteul tab:n noud orel I ɑtsen, no

I bus vedrano do bexist ytøy s to znatrone Lis to sunabinoo

MIT #1000s of or ' TO 92743913e2 air des of monori mit va..

BRATE LIME ♬ lầu bìs (solon.), Yeid? as eyea I ADAIW,ThanOTATE

moketeor me to astolfbakerroges" grià to

04 vorneoon VIstricɛde new door

I do! motos et de 2

gahimth ed to solam

ben102897 OREA PR 02

r

sdt ha fiota. ** Koawrej enottaloTM boom bra gog hitaoo st

chub? No, dĺ«et on perona nedlada need bar Hotdw noissetong

gent dakw afel vazends over 1 æðost efË

6. enn. Lysoen or 6E09%{{or al 11 bus

हल

t

$1 .gefnod 125 rex to ono ɛav Mogut burot 1 doiɗw ni noicleog

Its, ar ni enixe mendirente doh.” ɛnoiétæog Beory to eno sav

¿ADUİTARI vinilo Ja ni bersineriqqa ad of yĺhad era bas

bonoqqan Jalw as 70% extoll De **kongs ed cont n80

JAINSTTON S'y buscasbar con ch ofw ynoloɔ srt n) enoit vd be-

WYBBBSOSI wantdoan etablish

8 to

·

nyhow dusinitte exis

02

gaso abit el dia .astrofob sit ni wax to doS -no to baseand

zigos solvha nu esð 1977am efe ao soltanut, tsino ens anieling-

Auk nämndA.ED na to JA.'T BOW "Horumis on ex

-1821/00 0ð var genor new noijos sexo2 .4078:100 to set 5 $1.3

bocas Maver how elileort .. vi bemuso nolemenqzıl bad eft rusz-

to media, edo to name ball! erit vd en abrawod berunas obrab75

euron lero Insthi~ deon #10 oz bel obrattus Jet

·

do vitaḥan bsroefton al asang end ni oban piind ecneri suce

hoortborg VAL blow * bemizeoo ti bes t

-#ooen noiniɖo ya mi enotaneda nav 20 .860490) SALICO SV**

rl hahasoorte I tertel bewoners-boom 8 nd bus jak qofte of

to agri[net 4/2 bays!!♬ bna 90

"Moo borateur

doned art to Jihe's mult ,49%Shueque med bad jokie noitasi”ni

ast

t

109

was being unjustly attacked, and there were only two alternativ-

-es

laissez faire, or action. I object to the doctrine of

laissez faire entirely; it has been the cause, in my ophion, or

the state of inanition of the Court, to which I refer later.

That the action I took did in nowise prejudice the dignity of

the Bench is I submit satisfactorily shewn by the fact that His

Excellency the Governor neither took any action, nor expressed

any opinion adverse to my action at the time, nor directly at

any time after, which he would undoubtedly have done had any

rumour reached him, or had he thought, that the prestige of the

Bench had actually suffered; nor indeed can His Excellency have

ever intended to refer to it, thus showing that in his opinoon it was not necessary to do so. His Excellency only referred to st

incidentally in a despatch written some two months later, deal-

-ing with an entirely different matter, and then only because

he thought it better to explain a paragraph in a letter of mine

which happened to be in correspondence then being forwarded to

the Secretary of State. All this I submit shews that in the

opinion of the Head of the Government I had done nothing but

what was absolutely essential in the circunstances and that what

I had done had been beneficial. It was therefore a matter of

great surprise to me to hear some two months afte wards that an

adverse opinion had been formed by His Excellency; yet even then

it was only reported "incidentally", and reported moreover

without the customary reference to the officer affected by that

opinion.

5.

In view of what has occurred, I now have

the honour to request the Secretary of State's ruling on the

question whether the procedure adopted by His Excellency the

Governor in reporting the master in this way to the Secretary

of State, and only informing me of the fact after the report

had been made, was consistent with the rules and traditions of

the Colonial Service.

7.

It was,

as I said in my former memorandum,

originally

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