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suggestion.

I think save one made a remark

when it was

at the meeting

proposed that Mr Orange should be a Director that he would not be allowed by the

Government to be one and M. Orange expressed a doubt whether he

_

a would

be allowed. No official notice was sent

by the Secretary of the names of directors .

This

was a

private meeting

was no advertisement. The

and there

paragraph

which appeared in the newspapers

Concerning

it was quite unauthorized. Mr Wilson, another Director of the Company, confirms the evidence given by

Mr. Chalon,

aud

задо

that Mr Orange

said that the machinery, plant,

and

buildings for

cement wer

very expensive,

and that until it was

absolutely certain

that from the materials at hand we

could wake a

first class coment it

would

:: foolish to mour the expense or _____

Mr Orange

never, auentioned our

obtaining the Governcusut Crestom, I thirst

Voru

one mentioned the matter, and

said it would have to be

we could hope

M. Orange first class cement before to sell it to Government.

With reference to the

the name

of cler

Orange appearing in the paper I beg that the paragraph was entirely

to say

· unauthorized –

all interested were

surprised at the paragraph_

aut

I

heard Mr Orange state that he did

not think he would be allowed to take

active part in the vaheme, such as director and that he would.

old certainly

any

be

obliged to get the permission of the Government before he did anything.

embark on the scheme.

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