Show canada Bood lers OTTAWA oat aug 8 at to days m meeting of the privileges and elec else lions committee john henry of this c city fly admitted admit teJ having bavin offered to get for IV J baskerville the contract lor for the construction of the dock at british columbia for bot bat that hia his offer was only a joke geo goo beaucage Beau eago a contractor hitherto supposed to be a figurehead figure head for larkin connolly Oon nolly co stated that the information me tion on which le based his tender for the construction of the croaa tall wall a at t quebec wai was supplied by lion robert mccreavy Mc Creevy he ile was offered ahe the contract but samson a moneylender refused to advance the money necessary a as a he be tendered too low ha ile then agreed with mccreavy Mc Creevy to withdraw hia his tender in consideration of he ile fulfilled tuini led his hla part but 1 never got a cent |