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because I am perfectly willing to -
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your conception of your duties ?
A: My conception is that my first duty is to the Board.
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duties as head of the Department that you think interfered
with the prerogative of the Board, by telling you to do
something definitely?
On two occasions.
Q: Tell us what they were ?
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One was the President directed me to write to the applicant
The Chairman
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in connection with No2 Bank Buildings telling him that his
application could not be entertained.
What application was it?
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An application for an erection on a verandah and I took it
that all the papers I submitted to the President should come before the Board. It was the Board's prerogative to settle a question like that and the President directed me to reply in that particular case. I think the President did exceed his
power.
Q: Did you tell the President so?
At No, Sir, but I put on the paper
circulated to the Board"
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Aim And it was sent round the Board.
" I submit this should be
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That was the other case ?
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A:- This was really a letter sent in from a man in connection
with the removal of certain cubicles and the matter went before the President eventually and I was directed by the President to inform the applicant what he must do to conform to the law. As a matter of fact the applicant did wish to
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