FALSE CHARACTERS.
: The fine of £10 imposed upon a lady at the. Droxford (Hants) Sessions for giving a false character to a girl who obtained a situation as a lady's maid, and who is alleged to have stolon jewellery, raises a point .which troubles many mistresses. "Tho case not infrequently arises," said the head of a registry office, "'when a servant is; dismissed on suspicion.. Articles have been missed and suspicion has fallen upon a .servant. Tho employer is unable to prove anything, and probably does not wish to investigate and prosecuto, but at the same time she does not feel comfortable with the servant; about and dismisses her. ,i "Then comes the question of .a character. She probably does not wish to say anything against the servant for reasons of'kindliness, but she is. also afraid bcoanse.tho servant may bring an action for defamation or slander. On the other- hand, if she gives her a goorl character she may bo misleading another mistress. The'dilemma is exceedingly difficult. Tho only recourse is for tho mistress to recollect that it is really fairer to tho servant to take stops to prove her guilty or else to rotain hor. "I am inclined to think, personally, that soms system of pocket-book characters carried by tho servants, in which the employer should bo cornpolled to make monthly entries, would be tho most satisfactory to both parties. A similar system work's well in Germany.'' \
Mr. James Allen, M.P. for Bruce, left by tho Maiama, which sailed from the Bluff W,t Monday. It iu Mr. Allon's intention to go as far as Colombo, where ho will meet his son, Mr. Charles Allen, who had been studying at Oxford Unirersity, but the stato of whoso health necessitates a return to Now Zealand.- Mr. Charles Allen, on tho outward journey, will be accompanied by his uncle as far as Colombo, where Mr. James Allen will meet them, anil return with the invalid. Mr. J. Crosby Smith, of Invercargill, has been made a Follow of the Liniiean Society ..of London. - •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 9
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340FALSE CHARACTERS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 9
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