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Dr. 5. Hopin

A.

2120.

To. I. Schward,

Well, the Xmas holidays intervening was responible for

17.19320

A.

942.

some of it, I expect, and in cases of this sort, the

papers have to go to the Land office for the owers'

name. That takes two or three days usually.

Two or three days ?

Sometimes.

17193

A.

And still with all that, you allow 15 days to elapse,(7/94 where the danger is so great that you even shore it up

before you make an official notice on the owner.

I cant answer for that. I act under instructions.

Papers came back to me for this notice, probably on

the morning of the 6th January.

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On what date did you serve the notice ?

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

171950

A.

96 20

It me made out on the 6th, and served on the 7th.

Who served it ?

17196

A.

I did.

47 Q.

It is only a small matter, but I am tell you that you ()

served it on the 9th.

17979

A.

I have the counterfoil that I served it next day. That

is all I have.

98 Qr

17198

A.

99

And you handed it in to my office on the 9th, but still

I wont grumble at the two days. Did Ur Perkins over ge

and see that ↑

Not that I am aware of.

Now, do you remember, of course it is going a long '7'99

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way back, the effect of that on your mind, what you

considerea

se dangerous that you had to shore it up at

ono. •

A.

The rotten end of the ceiling joists.

1720v 2.

You could not see that ?

A.

17200

You could see that they had given way. They had come

down below the corbling.

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And did they look as if they had just oome down ?

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