Day 096 - 03 Mar 95 - Page 45
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2 Q. Prior to this, did you have a cut out device that measured
3 the current that was being used that cut out if the current
4 was insufficient?
5 A. Yes, we had it from time to time on test, and this is
6 the equipment that has now been installed this week that
7 I am now describing.
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9 Q. That is actually something that has been available for
10 quite a while, though, is it not?
11 A. It has not been available commercially.
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13 Q. It is in recommendations, I think?
14 A. Yes, it can be in recommendations but it was not
15 available commercially because the people who were actually
16 manufacturing it, unfortunately, ran short of money or went
17 into receivership. As I now say, it is now installed by
18 other people now. I do have literature on it, sir, if that
19 is of interest to anyone?
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, wait and see what Ms. Steel asks you.
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23 MS. STEEL: So do you actually have any personal knowledge
24 about these documents?
25 A. I am not quite sure what you mean. Yes, I am aware of
26 what goes on at our factory and that. I am fully informed.
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28 Q. A computer does not print out "sheep" by accident, does it,
29 or by fault, does it? It is because somebody has entered
30 the word "sheep" in there?
31 A. It was entered in there because there was work going on
32 at our factory and at other factories and for the people
33 who were doing the work at the Meat and Livestock
34 Commission, they choose to try to keep it anonymous, that
35 is the purpose.
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37 Q. If it had said "pigs" it would not have identified the
38 source either, would it?
39 A. Unfortunately, bush telegraph works rather well in our
40 industry and there are some things that when there is work
41 going on that is tried to be kept quiet until perfection is
42 achieved.
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44 Q. So this document generated at the Meat and Livestock
45 Commission -----
46 A. Which, this document?
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48 Q. Yes.
49 A. No. This is not produced at the Meat and Livestock
50 Commission. This is produced at our factory.
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52 Q. So why should you want to print it out with "sheep" on it?
53 A. Purely and simply because they have this as also
54 available to them as well. They were doing the work in
55 conjunction with us. We have copies. They have copies.
56 But you asked whether work was done -----
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58 Q. Who is the work done by? Is it mainly by the Meat and
59 Livestock Commission?
60 A. By our staff and John Goodman of the Meat and Livestock
