DISMISSED OFFICERS.
MATTER OF JURISDICTION. (Special to the “Guardian.”) AUCKLAND, January 7. Replying to the statement of Sir Joseph Ward that the charges against ' the six dismissed telegraphists was of divulging the contents of telegrams passing through the office, a representative of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association declared to-day that this was so in two eases only. Referring to Sir Joseph Ward’s further statement that he had no jurisdiction in the matter, the representative quoted Section 5, Clause A of thePost and Telegraph Act, which states that the Department is controlled by the secretary under the direction of the Minister. From this it isi contended that the Minister has the right to intervene. “Our opinion is that the matter should go to the Supreme Court,” said the representative, “where the Department's activities, especially regarding the facilities for bookmakers, would come under the searchlight.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 74, 8 January 1930, Page 5
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