TREATMENT OF POSTAL OFFICIALS
RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY. In reference to the paragraph in our issue of yesterday regarding the arrest and acquittal of postal officers in Auckland, tho Conference of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph ; Officers' Association at present sitting in Wellington passed the following resolution yesterday:— "That-this Conference of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Officers' Association places on Tecord its sympathy with Messrs. Cummins and Schmidt, members of the association, in tho unfortunate position in which they were recently placed by being falsely accused of theft and forgery, and hereby very heartily congratulate them on their happy and full acquittal. The Conference also expresses indignation at the harsh mannor in .which they wore treated while under arrest, and trusts .that never again will any of its members bo subjected .'to such 'Star Chamber' motbods. The Conference also hopes that the real offenders will bo detected aiid given punishment for the original offence, and for the' crime which they committed in having innocent .'parties arrested, and the Conference asks the Department for an assuranco that, in future, before officers are- arrested, the Department shall havo reasonable evidence against them."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 306, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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191TREATMENT OF POSTAL OFFICIALS Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 306, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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