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       1      behind those.  Mine are numbered at the bottom,
       2      Mr. Morris.
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       4 MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
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       6 MR. JUSTICE BELL:  So if you have put them in a different
       7      order, give the page number at the bottom first.
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       9 MR. MORRIS:  Yes, it is 33.  I am looking at the 1985 September
      10      PR for Mark Davis, a Store Manager.  Just a couple of
      11      points to note there.  In the second paragraph under
      12      "Self-development", the second sentence, "With stores
      13      soon to open in our area, the possibility of promotion to
      14      Supervisor within six months is more than remote, and you
      15      should now be gearing your work performance and results to
      16      opening a gap between yourself and the other Managers in
      17      my group".  Were you aware at that time of promotion
      18      possibilities for Mark Davis?
      19      A.  Yes.  I mean, he was hotly tipped to be promoted.
      20
      21 Q.   He was being expected there to -----
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      23 MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is no need to put your own
      24      interpretation of the document by way of a leading
      25      question, unless you think there is some particular
      26      important material to be added or that the meaning is not
      27      perfectly clear, I would leave it where you have got to
      28      now.
      29
      30 MR. MORRIS:  If we note under Crew and Management Development,
      31      third sentence, it says:  "It now seems that you are also
      32      under crewed".  So, that is a recognition of what you said
      33      before, yes, about that being a .....
      34      A.  Yes.
      35
      36 MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Where are you with that?  I have got it,
      37      yes.
      38
      39 MR. MORRIS:  Sorry, what was the question?
      40
      41 MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I had not found the sentence you have read,
      42      but I have found it now.
      43
      44 MR. MORRIS:  Over the page, page 34, second paragraph:  "Crew
      45      levels together with management training should be your A
      46      priority over the next two months bearing in mind the
      47      Christmas high volume period".  But it is your evidence,
      48      I think, you gave that crew levels were always a problem,
      49      despite being identified in PRs?
      50      A.  Constantly a problem, yes.
      51
      52 Q.   Then under "Administration and Training", the third 
      53      sentence, starting:  "I see systems and charts but get the
      54      impression their up keep depends more on coming audits,
      55      raps and full fields and ongoing drive".  Is that similar
      56      to what was said about you about sprucing things up for
      57      the purpose of inspections?
      58      A.  You could see that, sort of, going on the same lines
      59      as that.
      60