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„r Shelton Hooperi-
The Chairînan ; -
You dont call that an improper letter, do you?
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Was it the wording that was objectionable, or tre
sange ?
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A.
The wording is objectionable. Then again, near the
Chinese yow Year, I wrote a ohit to him, as I had
bean informed by the foreman of the District that he
was engaging extra coolies for the purpose of cleansing
the District. At Chinese New Year, there is a lot ur
extra rubbiɛn tu be gathered ử and we genuralis have
oraers to engage extra couliss. I heard that he WISH
engaging than without authority, wid I said that he
could not do that at present, that we had better wait.
Inspector C'alloran came to the office and made a
noise about it. Then a few days after inat again, he
owne to the office when I had had orders to engage
coolies, and in consequence of a chit that I had sent
in saying that he was entities to engage 40 ooclias for hia District. I asked him to send for the
contractor that supplied' the coolie labour, Sir, and
instead of doing so, he came to the office and he said
that he positively refused to send to the contractor
for the men, although I had alroudy ordered the men
for him, Sir. After that, it came to my knowledge, mir,
that he had already engaged men in his District, the
sum total of the men heing 100. The foeman of the
District has not been paid for these men up to the
present date, Sir. I brought the matter before Dr Alkinson, as I thought it was my duty tu du, and the
outcome was that the ooclies are not paid for, the man
has had to forfeit their wages. The men were actually
engaged.
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
How long were they engaged for ↑
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A.
There were 20 cooling engaged,
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You said 100 coolies ?
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