A.
In every detail, yes.
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Mr. Forrest, do you wish to ask any question?
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Mr. Forrest: Yes.
Major Manners, this is not the first time that you and
I have had official unpleasantness, is it?
A.
No.
Q.
A.
6.
The last occasion was in connection with the evacuation?
Yes.
You wrote a minute on that subject not addressed to me?
A. Yes.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
In which you made some charges?
Yes.
I think to the effect that I had insturcted the officer in charge of an
evacuation station to evacuate as European a woman whom I well knew was
not a European?
Ies... well, no, not exactly that. I had not the foggiest idea this
matter might be brought up - but this is my report which I made.
On the evacuation matter?
Yes, Two letters one is written to Mr. Davies, Crown Solicitor, and
Director of Evacuation, and the other to Mr. Paterson as my Chief, and
this is the whole of the letter and correspondence with regard to it.
The original letter from you to officer in charge of evacuation at the
Peninsula Hotel is in my possession but it is not with me at present;
the copy is here.
Chairman:
How then Major Manners did the writing of these letters result
in a difference of opinion between Mr. Forrest as Post Master General
Lajor Manners: and yourself?// I cannot say. I may say that I sent a report to the
done Director and set out certain things that had been/and certain things
which had not been done. Of course I was rather, may be angry, at
the time at certain things which had been done, but I considered it
necessary to report it.
Mr. Forres: I do not wish to quote the merits of the case but to the fact
that we had at least for a time been on bad terms.
Chairman:
The stenographer is taking that, but it seems to require a
little elucidation. We have head that Major Manners as Assembly
Controller made an honest and privileged report to the Director of
yacuation in the course of which he honestly felt certain criticism
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