Day 241 - 26 Apr 96 - Page 30


     
     1        rainforests are is likely to be the same as what
     2        campaigners are putting over, so .....
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I cannot see that myself.  As a matter of
     5        interest, it appears in the Concise Oxford Dictionary
     6        without any Latin or scientific definition, described in
     7        ordinary English words.
     8
     9   MS. STEEL:   Yes, but it is just that most people probably would
    10        not have had any reason to come across the word unless they
    11        were people who particularly liked reading dictionaries
    12        until the campaign started so that is.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You can put this argument to me in due
    15        course, but at the moment I cannot see that it admits of
    16        evidence from the witness box as to what it means, save in
    17        so far as it is necessary for a witness to say:  "When
    18        I say 'rainforest' I mean this", so that I can understand
    19        the witness' evidence.
    20
    21   MR. MORRIS:  Shall I read the statement of George ------
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, then Mr. Rampton can go.
    24
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  I am grateful.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are going to start with Georg Haneka, are
    28        you?
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  It is a statement of -- can I read the
    31        English translation that is typed and signed by him behind
    32        it?
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    35
    36   MR. MORRIS:  Georg Haneka of Bielefeld ---
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sit down while you read if it is easier, but
    39        keep your voice up.
    40
    41   MR. MORRIS:  -- Germany, 10th February 1993:  "To Dave Morris,
    42        London Greenpeace:  Herewith I, Georg Haneka, born on the
    43        5th February 1962, notify that on 18th May 1990 in
    44        Rosenheim/Bavaria the former assistant director of the firm
    45        Sudfleisch, the only sub-supplier of McDonald's, Germany,
    46        Mr. Schentz, confirmed in the course of a panel discussion
    47        that especially milkers, which during their lives are fed
    48        also with soya products, are used for the meat consumption
    49        at McDonald's.  Mr. Schentz further on said, that
    50        McDonald's is not able to tell the exact origin of the cows 
    51        which subsequently come to his firm for the processing. 
    52 
    53        "I myself also took part as a speaker in this panel
    54        discussion.  Respectfully yours, Georg Haneka", and his
    55        signature.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Who do you want to read next?
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  Just checking whether the statement of Francis
    60        Wirtz which only verifies that he received a letter from

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