CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941 — Page 158

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the Ordinance is vested in you - does not make him your agent?

Torrent: I did not conceive it that way.

Chaizsni

3000 it met, thought there is no distinction betw:en

delegation and agency?

Yes, in that respect it does.

111 you read the translation of notice C*

Torrent: The translation ie correct.

-Copy attached

"11 persons desiring to obtain the return.....

(Notice C wood in t onsletion by it.

00)

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What and the lest ert of n tice - the effect of that is to

inform the public tlet the general agent le in a position to take

refunds of deposits much quicker and with lose inconvenienco

to the public then the insigntion Officer.

xactly.

The object of that we to send all the applicants to the

general agent7

The applicant could got it more conveniently if he went to a

solicitor's office, but that does not send all the people to

the solicitors, because they charge a fairly high fece. The

general agency charges a fee. In my office you are not charged

but you have to stand in a quee,

A

The

lie ree enomarcged to go to the general agent?

If they wish to have quicker attention and are prepared to pay

a fee for it.

r. Torrent, you ndrit the Immigration Office cannot make refunds

no promptly as the generi1 agency?

uito truc.

Do you agree that the only

Take noticos 3 and C. The words "gen pal agant" epper in the

body of each notice and the words "y Order, Lumigation Officer"

apport

onp t the end of tie notice.

possible construction which the public would put on the 18

that the general agent is the general agent of the Immigration

officer

Do you refer particularly to the words "by Order"? I don't

know if the words "My Order" convey any particular meaning to

the ordinary nerber of the nglish (ablic. The word "shi" (4.)

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