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Show Itrltl.b Hampered la TrsaavsaL Tba Transvaal conceasions com- j mittee opened its sessions Monday, j Lord Roberts' proclamation granting j the commission power to compel tha j attendance of witnesses was read. Tba ; first witness w a Herr (vretschmar- ! managing director of tbe Netherlands I railway, who had to evade attending- j He gave a startling account of the doings do-ings of tha company before and during ! the war, especially in the mtt'er of blowing up bridges in order to stop tha llritish advance, and in assisting tbe Transvaal government in other ways. |