GOODE INQUIRY

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1932, Page 5

GOODE INQUIRY

CHARGE OF MISCONDUCT. EVIDENCE BY EX-COMMISSIONER-(AustraIian Press SYDNEY,, July 4. Giving evidence to-day before the (Royal Commission which is inquiring into charges of misconduct against him, Charles J. Goode denied having received any money whatever from Waldron, nor had I'ne agreed to become Interested in Waldron’s Carrying Company. He, however, told Waldron that he would bo pleased to give advice at anv time- in regard to cartage methods. Goode said that h e had reminded Waldron that he had an offer to leave the Railways Department at £2250. per year and had rejected it. It was, therefore, unlike’y that, while an offi-’ cer of the railways, he would accepany kind of minor position with Waldron’s firm. Goode went on to explain the method of dealing with tenders for the cartage of wool to and from the railways, and he gave evidence that when he accepted Vernon’s bender, which had bean questioned he had been guided by the figures furnished by his officers. He also claimed to have saved the Railway Department many thousands of pounds on the purchase of lorries and in economies. He had)'arranged with .Vernon's t-o get the .shed wool carted at eightpence per bale, which he regarc ed -as an exceedingly favourable price at that time. He also gave a full explanation as to why other cartage tenders were unsuitable or rejected.