DISMISSED.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1921, Page 4

DISMISSED.

KTA’iT, I'OAI, DK.I'OT STACK. a.' TKI.KtiItAI’II—I'IIKSS ASSN., COl'YltlQllT. niKisTciinicii. Sol>t. 2D. Tin- I'lrnYiil stall' nl the lnonl Stall ('mil I )< pot liiivo lii'fii dbrniissod in ,nnso,| noiiro nl llio I'ooenl defalcations nl llio depot, fnr ulii, Ii n junior olork wns oniiviotoil. Ilonunliiin llio Stnfo Cihil Department stall's dismissals, -'ll' Naldor. llio ninnnoor nl llio Christchurch iiHiio sniil : ‘ I am onnsiilorinu tin* inntUT «f an appeal. The punishment euiild lint have Im'OII iinrso if I had houn impliontod. As lnr as the oviiloiioo In " liii-li no Imvo no,'Oss is t oneornod. t lioro is imtliiiin wlintovor to |>rnvo tin.' slinlilost onrolossni'ss nr iicolioeneo It lias In In' loini'iiilioi nil also Llial nil tho nioiioy was loioverod not a siliolo penny was Inst to the CoviTiinionl and that the defalcations wore ilisenverod by tho nliioors in the ('liristolniroh nftioo, ami not by nllioors of tli,, Audit Department. It looks to mo at |>rrsent, in view of the liras!io stop taken that rotronchnionl is the order of tho day. and that just ice has e,niiM*<jauntly eoiie h.v tho hoard.’’ Mr llioli. the chief Clerk, who has also hooii dismissed, endorsed Mr Xaldcr's reium |,s in regard to tho injustice of the j ,11 ll i sll 1110 II t . and slid lie certainly would appeal. j 'l am astounded at llio miiinimoe'nioiit," ho said. Hotl, Messrs Naldor and llioli have 1,,.,.,, nearly I o years in the juihlie sorviee, and ill hath eases in the Slate Coal Department. Mr Xalder hooaii in \Ya uomiii i mid stayed there I - years, lie had been in tho Clirist,'’in,roll oilin' throe years. .Mr Hieli ob„a„ I,is earoor in Christchurch and h'as boon hero all Hm time. J