Mr Chabaud's resignation and what came after

Mr Chabaud's resignation and what came after

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Bleek recounts the abrupt resignation of Mr Louis Chabaud, a Port Elizabeth attorney chosen to represent Uitenhage, by way of a resignation letter that a waiter prematurely delivers to the Speaker of Parliament, Sir Christoffel Brand. Mr Neethling, who had been with Brand, is en route to see John Molteno and is asked by Brand to show him the letter. Molteno subsequently seeks out Chabaud and persuades him to ask Brand for a retraction, to which Brand agrees. Upon reporting to the House of Assembly as a representative, the validity of Chabaud's membership is challenged and made subject to review by a Committee of Inquiry to be chaired by Mr Darnell. Mr Painter's oral motion emphasises this concern. Darnell, an Eastern party member who recently had a violent altercation with Chabaud, was unlikely to be objective.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

09/07/1864

Two cut out columns of newsprint text, positioned vertically parallel, pasted onto a plus-sized A4 unlined sheet with visible warping. "Mr. Chabaud's Resignation and what came after" is subsequently handwritten onto the mount/paper backing.