SECRETARY SUSPENDED
FEDERAL DEFENCE DEPT. CONTRACTS FOR PLANES Received 11 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day. Mr. M. L. Shepherd, secretary of the federal Defence Department, iiae been Upended from duty for a reason not il *ted officially, but which is un lerJtood to be connected with the Civil Department. The Minister of Defence, Sir WilGlasgow, is reticent as the matter is the subject of inquiry. ft Is understood that a board of inluiry i s being appointed to investigate contracts for the building of air?lanes for the Defence Department, in teanect.on with which Mr. Shepherd suspended. The inquiry is likely to be projected, pending the return of Colonel head of the department. * ho is visiting the United States.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 551, 2 January 1929, Page 9
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116SECRETARY SUSPENDED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 551, 2 January 1929, Page 9
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