Er. Howett: Do you often go to see people paid off at the Sailors Home?
A. I act it is my vessel,
Q. How often?
A. It maybe once in a month or twice a fortnight; there is no certainty about it.
Excellency: When were you asked to come here and be a witness?
A. Yesterday.
Q. Who asked you?
A. Mr. Guterres.
Q. Did he tell you what to say?
A. No.
Q. Did he tell you what the trouble was?
A. No. He only asked me to come to the Governor's.
Q. He did not tell you anything?
A. No.
Mr. Thomson: Did you hear anything outside?
A. No.
Mr. Sercombe Smith: Do you know what this inquiry is?
A. No, I don't. He asked me to come up to see the Governor.
John Shaw MacGregor, called:
Mr. Sercombe Smith: Your name?
A. John Shaw MacGregor.
Q. What are you?
A. The master of the transport 'Verbena'.
Examined by Mr. Guterres:
Q. Then your crew are paid off, do you bring your own subsidiary coin?
A. Yes.
Q. Have you noticed any irregularity when I pay your crew?
A. Never.
Q. Have you ever seen me make any deduction from the seamen's wages?
A. Never.
Q. And the money is paid to the men in full?
A. Quite.
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Er. Howett: Do you often go to see people paid off at the Sailors Home?
A.
I act it is my vessel,
Q. How often?
A.
It maybe ones in a month or twios free months; there is no cer-
tainty about it.
# Excellency: When were you asked to come here and be « witness?
A. "ušáky.
2.
Who asked you?
Lir.
Guterres.
A.
Q. Did he tell you what to say?
A.
No.
Q.
Did he tell you what the trouble was?
A.
No.
He only asked me to come to the Governor's,
Q. He did not tell you anything?
A. No.
Mr. Thomson: Did you hear anything outside?
A.
No.
Mr. Sercone Smith: Do you know what this inquiry is?
A. No, I don't, He naked me to come up to see the Governor,
John Shaw MacGregor,called:
Mr. Sercombe Smith: Your name?
A. John Shaw KacGregor.
What are you?
A.
2.
The master of the transport Versedes,
Examined by Mr. Guterres:
Then your crow are paid off,do you bring your own subsidiary coin?
A. Yes.
Q. Have you noticed any irregularity when I pay your crev?
A.
Never.
Q. Have you ever seen me make any deduction from the seamen's wager?
A. Never.
4.
And the money is paid to the men in full?
A.
Quite.
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