The Official Receiver—Were you satisfied with the result?
Witness—I was not. I considered that ho had acted without consulting me or advising me, or treating me in the way I treated him during the many years in which I had conducted the -business alone. I was away from August, 1919, until April, 1920, and I was absolutely dissatisfied when I came back.
Had the firm incurred any loss during that time?—No.
Then why were you dissatisfied?—Because I considered he had exceeded my idea of the volume of trade which was to be done.
had heard me Dae at negotia-50,000 in piece-goer and he knew my idea was about
tions with a firm who wished to do more, but as soon as I had gone he disregarded the figure I had named. Difficulties came later.
Continuing, witness stated that on January 31, owing to various reasons, fe decided that the only
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