DILATORY METHODS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 6

DILATORY METHODS.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PJiIOAIS iN AVALS. Many people in Petone have been wondering why Captain Ellis has resigned liis position us officer commanding tlio I'oioue iSaval Artillery Corps. l\ appears Uiai Ike real leusou waa Lhu unaiory Hi-etuods ol the Uovernlueut. livery .vtar, when the encampUient tak«s • place, the Naval oincera call for tenuers for supplying uhe troops , wan lood, and tho account is forwarded to the lioveinmeut to be dealt with. Nearly every time the same delay occurs: in waiting for a settlement, accounts are repeatedly sent to tho tNavals, and bi turn seut to the Government, yet nothing is ever done, Storekeepers complain loudly about being kepi waiting, and the oliicers of tne corps are piacod in a very awkward, position. .The last time tenders were called was in November, likJiJ, and, up till the time that Captain Ellis resigned they had not been paid. Moreover, the capitation due to the Navals was at least five months late, if not more, this year. There can be little doubt, after these- facts have been stated, as to the reason why Captain Ellis resigned.