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Mr Guterres : They are not here, Sir.
His Excellency : Have these steamers all gone away?
Mr Guterres : Yes, Sir.
His Excellency : We will take these for what they are worth. Do you wish to make any statement?
Mr Guterres : My statement is what I have written.
His Excellency : You don't wish to add anything to it?
Mr Guterres : No, Sir, I flatly contradict everything these witnesses have been taught to say.
Mr Sercombe Smith : Who has taught them to say it?
Mr Guterres : I do not know.
Mr Sercombe Smith : I want to know it.
Mr Guterres : They came here and said that when $50 were to be paid in wages only $45 were paid in notes and so on. Every one repeated the same story.
Mr Sercombe Smith : Why should they say so if it was not true?
Mr Guterres : I have got my statements from most honourable people, not from boarding house people.
His Excellency : There is one man who says he has not received his wages yet.
Mr Guterres : That is not my fault.
His Excellency : Any member wish to ask Mr Guterres anything before he...
Mr Sercombe Smith : You say you do not keep a banking account?
Q. No, I have no account with any bank at all.
Q. Never had one?
A. I had one in former years.
Q. When?
A. 1879.
Q. You have not had one since 1879?
A. No.
Q. Why did you leave off?
A. Because I had no money.
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Mr Guterres : They are not here, Sir.
His Excellency : Have these steamers all gone away?
Mr Guterres : Yes, Sir.
His Excellency : Te will take these for what they are worth. Do you
wish to make any statement?
Mr Guterres : Hy statement is what I have written,
His Excellency : You don't wish to add anything to it?
Hr Guterres : No, Sir, I flatly contradict everything these witnesses
have been taught to say,
Mr Sarcombe Smith: Tho has taught them to say it?
Mr Guterres : I do not know,
Mr Sercombe Smith: I want to know it,
Mr Guterres : They came here and said that when $50 were to be paid in
wages only $45 were paid in notes and so on. Every one repasted the
sans story,
Mr Sercombe Smith: Thy should they say so if it was not true?
Mr Guterres : I have got my statements from most honourable people,
not from boarding house prople
His Excellency : There is one man who says he has not received his
rages yet,
Mr Guterres : That is not my fault.
His Excellency: Any member wish to ask Mr Guternes anything before he
Ir Sercombe Smith: You say you do not keep a banking account?
A. No, I have no account with any bank at all.
2. Never had one?
A. I had one in former years,
2. When?
A. 1979.
1. You have not had one since 13721
A. No.
Q. Thy did you leave off?
A. Because I had no money.
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