Show TO STOP BRITISH ADVANCZ Startling Account of Doings of Netherlands Railway Company Pretoria Thursday Oct iLThe Transvaal concessions committee opened Its sessions today Lord lob ertss proclamation granting the commission com-mission power to compel the attendance attend-ance of witnesses was read The first witness was Hern Kretechmnr managing manag-ing director of the Netherlands railway rail-way who had tried to evade attending He gave a startling account of the doings do-ings of the company before and during tIlE war especially In the matter of blowing up bridges In order to stop the British advance and in assisting the Transvaal Government In other ways |