CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941 — Page 205

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A. Yes, but that did not come from me.

on your instructionsy

A. Yes.

A.

How did this variation cuất to be endursed in the first sheet of this

greement.

it was engrossed in the office of Deucons?

No, the signature was not dose in Seacons, tu engrossment was. What I as suggesting to you is tut where the variation effects & chunge which is very greatly to your advantage, that is the extension of the term of the agree ent from three months to five years, we find a written variation endorsed on th parent agreement in the offices of your solicitors; where we have a variation which gets rid of the only measure of financial control which that agreement in its original form provides, there is no written variation, and we are told that by a parol agreement between Mr. Forrest and yourself tout variation was offected. Did you consult your solicitors about it?

A. I did not.

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Did you ever inform your solicitors there had been a furt... variations

.

A.

I did not, I did not regard it as a variation.

instructions.

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A.

Q.

That is not a variation but instructions?

instrations to do what -

to ignore the terms of agreesent between Er. Forrest and yourself?

No.

What?

i wanted to say i did not ask for everything in writing. i would accept any orde.s if given verbally an; if i sug est sosething and my superior officer says he is satisfied when I take it for granted that it is all right.

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You know i think that very shortly after the agreement had been executed the existence of tint agree ent ca e to the notice of Er.

¿udneys

A. Yes.

And Kr. Forrest gave Xr. Fudney & copy of it?

A. Yes.

Q.

Do you know whether when lir. Forrest dia so he said anything about this material variation agreed to by purol between you and hint

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