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time in the street with their goods.
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Longer than necessary?
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A.
I dont know.
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They were turned out of their houses, anyway ?
21725-
A.
Yes.
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This question of Inspector Reidie's interpreter
levying charges on stalls of No 6 District,
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what
stalls are these ?
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Q.
The stalls put out at Ching New Year time,
Only at China New Year ?
21.727
A.
Yes.
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Did Mr Reidie tell you that personally ?
215728
A.
Yes, he told me that in the office.
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That the interpreters always collected this charge 121729
A.
No, that all the interpreters collected.
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What did he mean by that
21.730
A.
That all the interpreters go round collecting money.
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Do you mean to say that theycollect money at China New Year, or on any possible occasion, all the year round ?
A.
Yes, on any possible chance they get.
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What did the stall keeper get by paying ↑
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He would collect it, and say that they would not get
moved, or something like that.
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Frightened them ?
Yes, frightened them.
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But there was no law by which they could be moved by a
sanitary Inspector ↑
No, unless it would be to just have them moved
little in the side channel, while it was being cleansed,
or something like that.
So that if a man has permission at China New Year to
put a stall in the street, an Inspector might come along with a gang and make that fellow clear out, while they
were cleaning out the gutter ↑
A.
You.