24 JUNE 1905, Page 28
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECIATOR...f
Sra,—We have been instructed by cable from Pretoria by the solicitors to Meyer, Limited, and Messrs. Wilson and Worthington, who held large contracts from the military authorities in South Africa, to repudiate to the fallest extent the insinuations contained in numerous Press comments. on the Report made by General Butler's Commission. Meyer, Limited, and Messrs. Wilson and Worthington court the fullest inquiry, and, in the meantime, deprecate criticism founded on statements made before a Commission, not on oath, and without cross-examination.—We are, Sir, &c., .
6 Old Jewry, E.C. LEWIS AND YGLESIAS, Solicitors.