Alleged Embezzlement by a Postmaster
|_P«SR UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION, j Auckland, February 24 The Chief Postmaster at Auckland, Mr S. B. Biss, and Mr Smith, Auditor, went to Wangarei last week and examined the accounts af the postmaster there, Mr D. B. O'Halloran, when- they found a difi ciency ot 10s. Mr O'Halloran was therefore suspended from duty. This news caused a great sensation in the district, where he was much esteemed, and four residents paid in to the Department the sum by which his accounts were short. However, further deficiencies afterwards came to light, and a warrant has now ' been issued for the arrest of O'Hallo.ai, •who is believed to be in hiding in the neighborhood of "Wangarei. Mr O'Hal--1 ran, who has been for about twenty-one ■years in the public service, was held in .the greatest respect.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 105, 26 February 1891, Page 3
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139Alleged Embezzlement by a Postmaster Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 105, 26 February 1891, Page 3
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