Show british I 1 la in transvaal the transvaal concessions corn com cittee opened its sessions monday lord roberts proclamation granting the commission po ver to compel tl e attendance of witnesses was read ilia 1 he first witness was kierr kretschmar manag no ng director of the netherlands railway who had to evade attending HP ile gave gave a startling account of the do ings of the company before and during tl tire a war especially in the mattel of blowing up bridges in order to stop the british advance and in ass sting the transvaal government in other ways |