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A. The interpreter.
Q. Has the inspector spoken to you lately about not paying money ?
A.-No, only the service of the letters on me.
Q-Well now, do you remember some months ago there was
The Interpreter. He is beginning to say "the interpreter says" something-that "he did not wish me to do the work."
The Chairman.-Was that because you did not pay him money?
A. Yes. On account of his letter or letters, I went to the Sanitary Board to ask about it.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who told you to do this?
A.
-Mr. Lau Chu Pak said that if there was any trouble, I was to go at once and see the clerk, and he would guarantee that I was all right. I said in this letter "I have done all the work ". He said You have not done it at all." it" I said. "And sec where it is not right".
Q. Who were you speaking to at the Sanitary Department ?
A.-To Lo, interpreter Lo.
Q.-Was this when you went to the Sanitary Department?
A.-No, I met him in the street where I was working.
Q. What did Lo say?
Well, you go and look at
A. He said that I was the whole year round a liar and a vagabond. where you have done the work is proper".
The Chairman. Do you know an Inspector called Conolly ?
A.-Nc.
Q-Were you engaged upon work in some houses in Kui Yun lane?
A.-It is only Kwok Hing Li, in the street there.
"Not one house
Q. Have you Jand a lot of trouble about these houses, Nos. 1 to 10 Kui Yun lane?
A.-I did not do the work in Kui Yun lane.
Q-1 to 17 in Yau Yee lane?
A. Nor in that lane,-I did not do work.
Q.-Did you do some in Third Street?
A.-In Yau Yee Kai (Street), I commenced work there.
The Chairman. (These are letters from Tse Kam Kec saying that the work has been passed, but it does not necessary follow that he did the work).
Q. Do you remember something about Tse A Kam giving you $30 to pay to the inspector, for some work about which he was troubling in passing?
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