Day 159 - 20 Jul 95 - Page 34
1 Q. So far as you could tell, have they seemed to be happy in
2 their work?
3 A. Yes, the majority of them, I would say.
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5 Q. I suppose from time to time you get people who do not fit
6 the job or do not seem to be happy with what they are
7 doing, do you?
8 A. Oh, yes, yes, there are times.
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10 Q. What usually happens to them? Do they stay and grumble or
11 do they tend to leave?
12 A. Well, it is only because in their three weeks, you
13 know, basics training you get, they are quite good at it
14 but once they have done that training, they show their
15 what, as you say, their true faces, like they do not want
16 to do anything. They can do it, but they do not want to,
17 you know. They do not act as fast as, like, when they were
18 first on their initial training, like. That is what
19 I found.
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21 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, I just want to get that down.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, just pause a minute.
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25 MR. RAMPTON: Thank you very much, Mrs. Farrer. Would you
26 remain there, please?
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. We will take our break now. How long
29 do you want, Mr. Morris?
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31 MR. MORRIS: About 10 minutes would be helpful.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Listen, as far as cross-examining about
34 Mr. Magee is concerned, as far as I am concerned, you can
35 ask Mrs. Farrer anything you want about Mr. Magee or his
36 statement. You only need ask her, in my view, about what
37 she said about campaign to run a union which was the one
38 specific matter which might relate to Mr. Magee which
39 Mrs. Farrer spoke of. Anything else you want to raise is
40 entirely up to you.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, can I say that I entirely accept that.
43 I will take it that Mrs. Farrer's evidence, that when she
44 had read the statement she thought, in effect, that it was
45 a tissue of lies, will be challenged by a reference to
46 Mr. Magee's statement without the Defendants having to put
47 it in cross-examination unless they want to.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. But, anyway, I do not propose to say
50 any more than that, from my point of view, all you need to
51 put, challenge, if you choose, is anything about a union
52 campaign because that is the only specific matter with
53 which Mrs. Farrer took issue or was invited to take issue.
54 I will come back in 10 minutes.
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56 MS. STEEL: So it is treated as though she is not saying that
57 the rest of it is lies?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: No, no.
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