AUCKLAND POST OFFICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 235, 1 October 1908, Page 6

AUCKLAND POST OFFICE.

THE "TERRORISM" ALLEGATIONS. The recent prosecutions of postal officials in Auckland, and the allegations of "terrorism" in connection with the working of the Department, were again referred to at the meeting of the Trades and Labour Council last evening, when a letter was received from Mr. D. Robertson, secretary of the General Post Office, stating that the Council's communication on the subject would be considered, and a reply forwarded shortly. Mr. Peake observed that some of the Government officials were given a holiday to proceed to Wellington to contradict the statements made in regard to the condition of affairs at the post office. The Chairman (Mr. A. Rosser) said that he had occasion to see the officers of the Auckland Post Office, and notwithstanding the fact that the Government had reported that thp.re was nothing in the system which called for any consideration, he had spoken to several of the local employees, who had said that the decision was a fair one, and that the youths were persecuted by an officer superior to them. This had satisfied him that they had been right in bringing the matter up, although he did not suppose that they would get any more satisfaction on the point. Mr. Peake strongly ad\'ocated that the matter be not allowed to lapse, the Chairman supporting this view.