May it please you, My Lords: With your permission, I would like first of all to recognise the distinguished gentlemen in the jury box. [Hon Premier, Governor, Leader of Opposition were in the jury box] Now, it is an easily verified truism that one cannot say anything until one has something to talk about.
When, therefore, the learned Registrar contacted me last Thursday and asked me to speak this morning,
I agreed; but, honestly, I was not sure about what I was going to say. Then, on Saturday...