A GOOD TIP.
cases referral to them was such that they were compelled to abandon the belief in isolated instances of error, and eventually "the idea of culpable negligeen kind to be abandoned. in its place the impression of cloverly arranged contrivance substituted." Continuing, the Committee
roport SOURCE OF THE IRREGULARITIES.
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Abbey' 4 Falt is a pleasant, cooling, invigorat. ing offorrescent tonin laxative, it regulates the action of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, and the system generally, it aids digestion, promotes zorelia, purifies the blood and clears the com- plexion.
Abbey's Salt also makes a delicioue refreshing and 1 invigorating drath at nay time, fasting wet unlike Sala Lemonade and is particularly enjoyable as a foalthful beverage in hot climates.
Sold in two sizes by all Chiosts or Stores and by WATKINS, Limited, and A. S. WATSON. Limited, of Hongkong.
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[1243-2
WAR STORES SCANDAL.
SUMMARY OF COMMITTEL'S REPORT,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 17TH, 1905,
ADMINISTRATION FROM HOME.
One is disposed to bak: Are the civil offen. They turn to consider the question from anders, who are the object of so much precautionary other point of view-dministration from home. precision in the Army form, over brought to It appears to the committes that a great error bouk in the substance: What does thoir was made in not having went to South Africa et punishment come in?
For it seems to
the the conclusion of the war a specially trainol | Contos that they, or the nebulus civilian selected officer of high rank, and a small but potica behind them, are the chief offenders very capable staff of evil and military metals, ag at the nation to which by birth or natural. The Stepney forage refund, the Wilung andy would have taken in handle ontire businnes is they bolong. Some dinmey pantaloop-in Worthington inant rofand, the Wilson and of winding up the war, disposing of surplus in-avon some agile harlequin in a helmet Sons' preserved mest refund, the Meyer oats stack by sale or by shipment to England, ard,diy scasionally be caught, but the eldest payment, the double concurrent sales to and parebates from Meyer, ttur benzis of coo donma- forever sinking, replacing the haphazard and member of the Committed bas informed his
motherls" colleagues that in the course of ion irregularly held upon supplios which had of poter aduinistration, Such a
rasteful ways of war bession would expirience ho can only dil to mind one eske-
many yours already pissed into contractors hands, the love cost a for thousand pounds, and the com, where the cirii practitioner in a military scandel loosely-warded tenders and contradictory accept-mittee think It would possibly have saved the has been brought to justice, and in that solitary aues, which were no contracts because of the State some millions sterling. Everything caled, instance the offender, when rulaased from i most obvious verbal inaccuracies, the favourable for such action. The officers who had gone period of teen mouthe' incaccaration, was ss to amendment of tenders shown to through the war were not only tired and atale received by his follow townamen with many procedurn particular persons, the authoriting for the from their labours on native service, but they manifestations of civis triumph, various refunds, contractors allowed to be their, were the least fitted to carry out the news duties. own sureties-these and many similar irroga- After two and a half poura of the wasto which larities were the work of the office of the is neturul to service in the field it would be idle Director of Supplies, and the military personnel to expect from them a resumption of peace concerned in them might be reckoned in a single methods upon strict economic linus.
numerul.
of
76
GREGOR
&
CO.,
S QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR,
BURGUNDIES
FROM
BOUCHARD PERE & FILS.
BEAUNE, BURGUNDY.
AWARDS:
GOLD MEDALS &
AT VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS.
DIPLOMAS
OTHER OFFICERS CONCERNED, Dotziled reports are made upon the six cases inquire into. In the famous chaff case, the price obtained at Pretoria was 4d por 10016 less than tho mere cost of railway carriage from Durban. The committee record that they have no doubt that Meyer was a favoured contractor in relation both to his supply to as and his purchases from us. As an instance of the loss to the public which accurred in nouo of theas sales in the single items of Customs dubier alone, the committen have noted that on sales in Natal (between Nesember, 1902, and June, 1963), profusing a total credit to the public of £18.014, the Cazetoms-claims alone amonuted
the committee roport: sergirls th# mittes considers belongs to Colonel Hipwell in Frs. 55.7047 carried forward for E relation to all these cases, they uro of opinion out of which a dividend of rs. 55 pe that that offer was entirely unit for the share has been declared (frs 273 per share paid position of Director of Supplies, South Africa, ou 1st Math, 1995, leaving frs. 273 to be paid that he failed to control the working of his on 1st September, 1905), absorbing frs, 880,300, officials an andpe frondom in the exercise of new account. Stocks of coal, briquettes and fauctions which properly belonged to himself pitch at the different depots figure with fes. In these respects the committes must hold him 1,341,091, 48, against frs. 790,270.24 al 000 of nuswerable in a large measure for the various 1998. Raubs sold at rates rauring between irregularities in procedure nad losses which 864 and Sol, and cluse steady nit 864. subsequently occurred.
shows a credit balance of Frs, 965.688.92 j
The report of General Sir Willian Butler's stations, lind to deal locally with those questions. auler the pressure of a fine the minute to £16.000. Fsponsibility which the com- against fra, 887,33159 for 1903, including
In Jun 1902, the military authorities hold are now seen to have been refunds granted tion than would have been bestowed upon a few sea and that he permitted the subordinate Heaving fra 88,688,922 to be carried forward to
WAR OFFICE KNOWLEDGE ON CUBED.
139
QUESTION OF RESPONSIUILITY.
INSURANCES
14-17
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS 42 316 DECEMBER, 1904, £17,101,299.
I.
extent might renscnably have anticipated boing We-como next to the failure of the sales, to the Porod to kave bon given, that authority the wind of the committee-Daily Telegraph. closing from 20th to 27th inst. Kowloon Landa.), Hongkong, ist Jaanary, 1904,
:
13
AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- BURANCE CO. OF AFX-LA-CHAPELL.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed. THE propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE AGENTS for the above Company, sew at Current Rated.
Against them would be picted men already The impression may havo grisen tist the verst in every detail of the Colonial can. whole Army Service Corps in South Africa was tractor's urt, who would be certain to radouble concerned in these transactions. There is no their various financial activities in focus of the evidenes in support of this idea.” On the con- trary, there is proof that decisions by which dears so urafit from whielt they had already a harvest. On' the ono sido à these transactions wore authorised ware giren fow ofcials anxious to get back to Fagland, on in opposition to the opinion of the officers of the other now activities and old organisations the Army Service Corps who, at outside which bad only strengthened and quickened Committee on the war stores scandals was pub-Director of Supplies, Pretoria, which in the of existence holl many proofs that the signing
In all those transactions we flud the office of This is not an imaginary picture fished yesterday-
When the Army in South Afrien was reduced untarai order should have been the contralton in 1992 on the termination of hostilities, the trailing influence upon exterior extravagances of one of pounds, the granting of or rofunda, and the acceptation of a authorities were face to face with a difficult and the main safeguard of the public purso contractor's r-prontation without query gevoe problem owing to the accumulation of stores, against thoirregular domanda of the contractor-ment, were regarded as ordinary occurrences in and out of this situation arose a dual system, wo ind this body acting in a spirit directly at everyday administration, worthy of loss attan- The Committee point out
variance with these duties.
against just pounds or shillings in a similar situation at immense accumulations of food supplies in claim or common-sense. Indeed, had the couE- home. Nevertheless, the committee feel while South Africa. The would have suffled to tractors changed places with the officers of the giving due waight to thess considerations)
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 feed more than 300 men and 20-1800 animals Dractor of Supplies, neither in the mausge- that the losses which the public bare suffered
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000, for four mouths. This food and forage woremant of the contracts and concurrent sales, the through the suries of transactions following the
PAINDY CAPITAL......... 637,500 0 0 distributed among authorsus depots in the looseness of their wording or in the decisions war have arisen from catsen gravor the hose
DOCKS, WHARYRH, GoDOWNS, &C.-Hong-
II. FIRE FUNDS. 3,001,266 12 9 Transcial, the Orange River Colony, Caps which were sulmonly given upon them,
of administrative errors, neglect, or omissions. As regards Caplain. Limonl's responsibility, kong and Whampoa Dock Company Shares and Natal. The chief depós was at could the unfavourable aral of the controlling
The Undersigned AGENTS for the above the committes must take a very serious view. hate buyers at 819. Fenwicks are unchanged: Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS Protoxin, whyns were also the military, bead body against the public interest have look Mitigating circumstances may probably be To him more than to any subordinate officer and soare. New Amoy Dock Shares Farahamsagunst FIRE at Current Katie, quarters and the office of the Director of more strongly manifested.
foud to seet the measure and character of Colonel Hipwall appears to have delegated sall at T 146 for at October, also at Tis Supplies. Outside the military bases, the
the respons
ibility aseritable to particular in authority. Several of the gravest of the 140 cash hay ars quoted in Shanghai Ths. 140
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Transvaal and the Orange River Colony had
Raviewing, from the telegrams of July 1, dividinals in the office of the Director of Supplies: irregularities brought to light before the com-sellers eas, and Tis. 1974, bayers. Hongkong Hongkong, 34th June 1945,
A.monte.
13567 whether of moat or curents. The price of contracts, with the losses that followed them. mitigations can affect the collective responsibility He was the main connecting link in adminis- Shores are wanted at 85. Shanghai and long- L'UNION OF PARIS FIERINSURANCE been completely deunded of food supplies. 10, the entire course of these sales and but the committee da uut believe that these mittes have tesu the work of Captain Limond. and Kowloon Wharf and fiodown Company provisions, always high in South Africa, had the committee can only sus a succession of of the entire office. They have recognised tration between Colonel Morgan and Colonel to Wharves are quoted in Shanghai Tis.
COMPANY LIMITED become abnormally extravagant. Money, low-situations by which an ultimate goat has been throughout that responsibility for policy and Hipwell. To him belongs the responsibility for 197 buyers ever, was plentiful, owing to the high matos at attained that goal being banding by klas pinil the office of the Director of Supplies, were subseqnendly claimed. Finally, his action conge Lend Investmmst and Agency Company's
over to administration in South Africs must reach touse wording of contracts upon which refunds LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDING-Hong-T
HE Undersigned having been appointed which labour had been remunerated and to the few contractors the Kreat
AGENTS for the above-Company-are the irregular corps. Its distribu- food and forage belonging to Government at Cegos of individual responsibility partionlarised in regard to dealings with the contractor Meyer, shares have bu done at $117, and more shares propared to socept Risks against Firont current pailto tion was general throughout the country. absurdly low prices. First, we sou the incep-ust be taken, therefor, as subject to the so furus disclosed by documentary evidence, are wanted an interim dividend of 534 por rates.
Under such economi? conditions the holders tion of the sale and the contract systems, put reservation that, wherever higher authority can leaves a distinctly unfavourable impression on share is payable on 27th instant transfer books of the only food supply in a territory of great forward with anticipations of profit and success. la
SIEMSSEN & CO. has covered, is part or wholly, subordinate
bave sellers at $40 West Points are obtainable abla to dispose of their surplus stools of food continued increase of stocks, not only automiti
action. The committen hare it in ovidence that
SHARE REPORT.
at 853: an interim dividend of $1 por share and forego at rutes advantageous to the State. cally produced by continuous decrease of Colous Hipwell was not himself aware of the
last year $16) will be payable on 27th inst They hold this food under conditions of cost garrison, hat by pouring into Pretoria stocks dual system until after Mayer had been accepted
Messrs. Brich Gourg and Co, in their weekly sefer books closing from 20th to 27th inst Pably character.
freightage, and transport of a distinctly from the seaport bases, und the fresh stock of as contractor on Nov. 25, 1942.
shara list, dated the 15th July, 1905, which were on offer at $138, have beep with- Hongkong Hotels aro steadier. and shares oversea imports. We find that this steadily in- The committee realise the difficulties which There has been a bettor inquiry this week and drawn from the market. Humphreys Estates SIX OF REYEN MILLIONS INVOLVED. creasing congestion wasnever referred to specifle in the way of allotting to particular garuD In Juno Lord Kitchener telegraphed to tho cally in the correspondence with the War Office, exact responsibility upon any maiter here The sterling demand rate on London is sold at $12 autore shores are offering
rates for a good many stocks have burdened. War Office that he contemplated being able but on the contrary, we find silence and collusion has to be proved. In much cases
1s. 104d, while rates on Shanghai are Tle. 71 for Shanghai Landa have improved to Fls, 123 sell to wall lonly good unit cuficas followed, and Wgr Office the knowledge of what was happene other of the parties breaks the compact the
locally of which all tended
from usually and
* Bank T/T, 22d Tis. 71 for a three days sight buyers: an interim dividend of Tis. 3 per siură Private Bill Barsilver in London is quotes! has been declared. on June 18 Lord Kitclover cabled that he was ing to these supplies in the Transvaal. A secret is not likely to be disclosed. Taking the
27, 5/16d., and Consola £901.......
COTTON MILIS-All Shanghai stocks have! putting in orlo today the organisation single telegram would have sufficed to clear the entire situation in South Africa during the six
BANK SHARES The success of the Japanese improved. latest quotations being: Ewos Tls. under Colonel Morgan, Army Service Corps, of situation. 11 was not sent.
months following the war, as it has come before special departinout, called Sales Department,
the committee in oral and documentary evidence, Loan, and the splendid result of the past half- 48 Internationals Tis. 43. Lan Kang How's who will take over all surplus unimals and
and reviewing all the circumstances, they aro
year, has caused the London rate for Hongkong Ts. 4, Sonychees Tis. 160. all myers Hong- articles for disposal, and koop striet lodgers and
agreed that it is impossible to alsolve Colonel and Shanghai Bank Shares to go up to £90 kong Cottons reusin ou offer at Ste. I think
M accouffs of all transactions," adding.
of having produced and foreseen the while here business has been clone at $990. situation which way, pubroquently reached, and subject to audit, the directors will recommened Hongkonge Flectries nts on offer at gantations which was already in sight when he quitted £10 per share, add to the Reserve Fund small sales of Green Inlands at 9265
at the forthcoming meeting a divider of Other stocks under this heading are scheuzel Од roach probably some six or seven tuillions.” June 23 Lord Kitchener left South Africa, by Fisut-fonoral Sir Nevills being succeeded
5(a) 600, and carry forward to 338 reported, but there are further sellers. Behind Lyttelton. In spite of the previously expressed
As to this officer's precisa abara of responsi MARINE INSURANCE SHARES.Union sold north to Tls. 175, closing steadier with sales as MISCELLANEOUS.-Langkats dropped in the view of the Quartermaster General local, con- casional glimpses of some substantial financial bility for the chaft case, they leave that frasta for the supply of the Army were made parsons, moving in a background which we can incident to speak for itself:
at $700, but are wanted now at $705. Chino Tis, 185; the following tel graphic information The com Traders, owing to the talked-about amalgama dated 1st instant has been received from the with the concurrence of the Director of Cop-not pierce. There are anomalies everywhere. mittes hold Colonel Morgan entirely answerable trots. Thus
In a country replete with meney from the lavish for the grave scandals which have arisen through tion scheme with another local company having expenditure of the war, and where food, save his brother's connection with contracting Ets, fallon through, receded to $67, but at that and unger in Langkat: Daily aggregate oni put oare, is almost entirely absent, the Government and even accepting the explanation ding man, at 868 large quantities of shares have been of cruile petroleum 76,000 gallons: crude petroleum in tanks at date 119.00) gallons; Freal negotiations can get bat scanty sale for their supplies given and his correspondence with Meyer
preceding When wo sell a consigument to a random pur-attached, they consider that in allowing his having apparently bean commenced, the market har sine made since the date of the
half monthly telegram 74,000 cases; kerosina doser he resells it at a profit of from 50 per brother to enter into agencies or connectiona
ros steadily, until yesterday up to $79 was paid, ant to 500 per cent Food and forage, for with gontractors or Army purchasers in Sonthaa which rate, however, there are sellers. And since 4,000 orses, and kerosina in stock informal meeting of shareholders has been called change to report about other stocks under this
at refinery 79,000 cases." There is hardly any i which there is no
coming forward from
and to arrive at a decision. North Chinas and affected at $21, and wore shares are wanted, the coast at high cost for railnge. They Colonel Morgan was succeeded by Colonel come forward apparently only to be sold
Yangisses are unabanged. Cantors are firmer while China Procidonta changed hands at $1. Hipwell on Nov. 5, 1902, but from Sept. 25 they on arrival for a nominal price, their gate
with buyers at $322). exercised joint administration, the former re-rendering the Governmsat Kable for Cus taining in his exclusive charge all questions of toms duty which id some cases la alone greater sales, retrospective and prospective and then the total price they have realised. Through Colonel Hipwoll assuming the conduct of all this maze of seeming ineptitude the figure current and future business in other matters. of Mr Morgan, the bother of the Director of Tha. Committee describe Colonel Morgan's Supplies, ores continuously the agent of various offices, and the activities of his mushroom companies" the salaried servant of brother, "the holder of various agencies and favoured firms. He has come upon the scene occupations in the companies und. firms in August, 1902, but it was but until Oct. 31 who tendered for the supply and purchase that he receivos his brother's sanction to appear contracts." It is stated
openly as the engaged servant of the contractor He is agent for Meyer und Co., for English Meyer. and Co., and subsequently, or at the same time, It is matter of public knowledge now that he appears in a similiar capacity, or as a partner, Mr. P. Morgan's ahare in the profits arising out Wilson and Worthington in the deal over of the singlo case of the sale of chaff reached to chaff already mentioned. He was also connected the sum of £018. One by one the reasons giron with the Field Fores canteen in the purchase for the dual dealings with Meyer have been abode, of cigarettes in Egypt. He appears to have dissipated under the soruting of the Commities. arrived in South Africa about July or August, 1902 Somo witnessers have stated that he was there at an earlier period, that it is certain that he remained in South Africa after Colonel Morgan quilted the conutry.
this is adrieable, as the money involved will
A system ander which the Army would con currently sell with one hand and bay with the anthes the same article, ora similar description of the anae article, and is inception in Sunt Africa, and those concurrent dealings ware to be worked by the Army Service Corps, under Colonel Morgan as Director of Sales as well as Director of Bupplies,
COLONEL MORGAN AND HIS BROTHER.
A PROFITABLE CONTRACT.
On Nov. 2 Meyer's tender to supply forage was sccepted, and the tender to buy foraga was submitted on Dec. 4, and the Committee point
Font:
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Then we have in long series manipulated tenders the many visits of a few favoured contractors to the office of the Director of Supplies; anderstandings and conversationa many, documents few, looks, and inconclusive; autorhand tenders they are described by the highest logal authority in the Transvaal.
“SUBSTANTIAL
FINANCIAL PERSONS," clusive companies we catch co
South Africa.
COLLİNEL, MOKQAN RELD ANSWERAMUK.
Bands advanced $38.
taken off the market.
SUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
interior, are contingent demand ja the Africh, he contravened not only the Totters of tor the 17th instant, to discuss this question hoading: stall sales of Watsons have been
the regulations defining the conduct of officers but that he acted entirely in opposition to the spirit and traditions of the Army. The com mittes do not consider that at this stage they should defne more minutely the measures of responsibility to be attached to all the officers (and their subordinates) whose names were cou nested with the Director of Supplies Office at Pretoria in the year following the close of the war. They put this limitation upon themsetras only beca there still remain unexamined by them the cases of further contracts with Meyer, Wilson, and Worthingtee, and other persone; which took place in 1902-03. These cases have not been specially referred to the committee. Further search on the lines suggested may discover instances of contrivance or ineptitude. and even enable investigation to reach that hitherto impenetrable background already men. tinned, where some deeper eleuator has his
THE FRINGE ONLY TOUCHED.
The antisipated and asserted savings had no
Finally, the committee desire to draw atten foundations fact. The personnel could tion to the fact that they are not a disciplinary not be materially reduced, nor the rent of body, nor have they been constituted to receive ground nor the less through datorioration saved, evidence upon oath. They have had to conduct except in a few isolated instance
their inquiries subject to numerous diflculties The supplies were still poured in to and staral limitations, and time as pet increase congestion and deterioration, to allowed them in which to extend their investi diminish values by adding to the Government gations into the gready of the traumatierr less through rallage rates and Customs duties, lying outside the cases specified in the second and to render generally our position more hope-pareraph of their referance Government
FIRE INSURANCE SHARES. Hongkongs have improved to $305 buyers, while a fow small lots of Chines are ou offer at 886 and 885, SHIPPING SHARES.-Hongkong, Canton and at 826. Indo-Chinas changed hands at $97 to Mačao Bteamboat Shares are weaker and sold as cash and end of the month, but the market
rmer with cash buyers at $935 ex the divi dond of
per cent, paid here on 13th instant (at an excluuge of le 1074.36.29.52 per shore), London quotes 19. 108. Od., while Shanghai quotations are Tis, 71 buyers, and Tle. 72 mellers cum dividend. Chins and Manilas, Douglises, Lad Star Forries are unchanged. Shell Trans ports have fallon to 218. Od. Eanden quoting offer at $15. 20. 02. Hongkong Steam Waterboata ́are of
5
REFINERIES-China Sugars have declined farther, selling at $212 to 210, and there, ero had under the quotation of $30. more shases on offer at $211. Lusons might be
267,333 tons
8490; at a meeting held in Paris on 30th May, MINING SHARES.-Charbonnages are quoted the report and accounts for 1904 were passed. The total production of coal during the year a mounted to 290,982 tons (against sales in 1903 and 316 618
tons, in
1982) amounted to 212,236 tons (against 260,637 tons the overweighted ship of As already observed, flay have only born ableit 19039 and 202,299 fous is 1992). Sales of briquettes amounted to 77,895 tons (against contractor's hands,
LOSS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVÉRTED,
A comparison between the prices at which loss, motilies drifts to shore a derelict into tonal the fringe of that region. The ones of 57.569 tons is 1003 and 57,181 tons in 1002),]
Moyer was to buy from and sell to us at Fretoria (e.g.) will be easily seen from the following tablo:
Moyer paid us. Wo pail Meyer.
For data la pus 1001b. 178. 11¿d per 1001b. 6.
for 1001,
For oat bay and hay
ICa per 1001
1
For brun s. 38. per
1001b14dr per volle
For mealies B. d. per
the
One channel of safety lay open all this time. It was safe, simple, and needed ne effort of administrative steering to roach. We had only to refuse the tenders offered, and to continue to -usa enr own stuff for our own animals on our
the Imperial Cold Storage Company, in which thus showing a small but steady improvement. Meyer was a prominent gure and Colonel The profits and loss account, including Frs. Morgan was closely identified, the faller investi7.333.29 carried forward from 1963, after A gation into the character of the companies
which had to be created" for the purchase of fored to legal reserve (which will then being debited, with Fes, 76,921.45, trans- our supplies, the fact that the members of these stand at FTK 334,664.23), Fra 13,500 trans- companies or firms could set safety in bank fored to an insurance fund, Frs. 276,651.92 11jdown ground: They were both together at our raptoy whenever it suited their designs to do written of for depreciation. Fra. 305,500 for a stations. Nothing need have been altered or so, the solution to problems suggested by pass-repaid debentures and cost of conversion of the
added to. We preferred to buy our own foraging reference in the evidence to some shadowy from a man to whom we had just sold is at some personality occasionally showing in the back. But cans, natures into 4 per cent debentures, 60 per cent. more than he had given us for it. ground of those transactions: these and many after allowing for all other charges," We were still to store it to carry it to our other subjects are bad to be passed by with animals, and it was to stand in our forage yards scanty and insuficient notice. at our risk of deterioration.
d.
Rad
1001 103. 070. per 100, d. Cid. As already stated, on or about Jan. 10, 1993, Meyor was formally declared the purchaser of vast quantity of forage throughout the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. Ten days. earlier he had already begun to supply the troops at rutes which probably made him the roadiest reckoner of profit of whom the history of military contracts has any record. Taking the item of oats as an example, the conditions of deal left him approximately a gainer bis doable of £1 sterling upon every 300lb of onts which we sold hins and which he transferred back to 118- The evidence frivon by Colonel Loris and others shows the actual method or machinery of exchango which followed. We still continued to store and issue practically as before the contract had been made, and some 60,000 animals became the machines by which Moyer was made the daily gross gainer upou eats alone of some-per-administrative method between two depart thing over £2,000 sterling.
OTHER OFFICER CONCERNED.
The cumulative affect upon the mind of the Committee of the inquiry into the six specific
The Committee feel that before these grave More than this, it was at any moment open questions can be set at rest evidence on oath
the local authorities, even after they 10 landed themselves in the dual difheulty, to will have to be taken, and the difficulties of place and distance removed or lessened by the suspend the working of thin enormous profit original scene of the trouble being made also to the contractor, and to have made issues from the scene of its investigation our reserve forage to our own animals, nuder SPORT OF QUESTIONABLE ik Clause 15, conditions of contract. The Com-
And there is another mittes feel that it is unnecessary to say more strongest of all, to which the Committes must point, perhaps the in this report about these sales and contracts refar. It is: Are the taxpayers of this country They cannot, however, refrain from ailding to continue to be the spart of the many question that they have never been able to understand als vontractors who ate as ready to follow their why a method of meeting all the civil and several avocations in the wake of a war as they. railitary regirements at the end of the war was not adopted, viz., handing over to the Repatris of such trasections as the Committee have are also willing to be its pioneers? In the face tion Department the whole surplus Army stock dealt with a note of ircny seems to ran through at a joint valuation. This simple stroke-of-the the clauses in the War Office contract forms, whisk rolate at length the pains and palties ments of the State would, the Committee thinks, visited upon the contractor who has been found barrier against the various activities alluded to collusivo operations with some military under- have saved much money and placed an effective practising the arts of corruption or attempting in this report.
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Some of the Special Advantages possessed by
Allenburgs Foods
-The Mik foods dosely approximata in composition me, and are un sexy at diftating as "Wateror: Milk,
· Tmy provide a profeci diet for the formation, et fem flesh and strong boŋE.
Tha Mh Foods are abaniutely free from any serious germs, and hence are for sopstige la cam's milli as
ebludacď fu tawar, expecially in hot wealber.
1. diarrhæi, digestive or stastach traubles nezd be, teared from the use of the "AlexbatysTM Foods. The "Allesburys“ Foods are three is number, und sa 'gradunted as in provide the masinam amount of sourish.
*ing that the child is able to figist at the period ní lite for which the fooću are reaspalvely recommendiL
MILK FOOD No. 1
For Infants from birth to three months of age,
MILK FOOD No. 2
For Tofants from three to six months of age. MALTED FOOD No. 3
For Infants-of six months and upwardt?!”
Famphier on ENFANT FEEDING
und MANAGEMENT, 1966.
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