rater:-
Chairmani-
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Mr Ball, you had better tell Mr Lo that he is here to answer any question that is put to him, and that if he does not answer these y estions, he will get into serious trouble. Now, I shall put that question
myself. I want to know if he thinks it was absolutely necessary to pay that $10 to get the hour changed from the morning, when it was very inconvenient for then,
the afternoon ?
to
No answer.
r Lau Chu Puk repeats the question in Chinese.
A.
Yes,
he would have been willing to let us change the
hour if we paid him.
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The Chairman:-
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A.
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
A.
Does he mean that he was willing to change the hour if they paid him the $10. Is that what he means ? Yes, he was willing if we had not given him the $10. Then why did you pay him the $10 ↑
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84 Q.
The Interpreter:~
The Chairman:-
Because of things being moved sometimes, and so on, and we were afraid the things would all he confused, as there were many customers thero,
men move the things.
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to let our ow
He paic him to let his own men move the things ?
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He pays the opposite to what I interpreted sometime ago. Tell this man that it is very evident to our minds that he is trying to get out of answering questions. I dont want to dictate to him what his answer should be,
but
he is trying to get out of answering questions. Now, tell him to sit out on the verandah for a time, and if when he comes in again he doesnt answer the question, he will get into serious trouble, and may not be able to go home tcright.
Witness retiruu to verandah.
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