THE DOPfIETT TROUBLE.

Evening Post, Volume LXVVII, Issue 36, 12 February 1909, Page 3

THE DOPfIETT TROUBLE.

CAMPBELL REFUSES OFFER OF REINSTATEMENT. JBx Tnjt<ißAVH.'— BPEGIAI to The Post.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Mr. H. Campbell, the man who was dismissed from the railway works at Domett, received a telegram from the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. M'Kenzie) last Tuesday, stating that the representations made in regard to various grievances were under consideration. ■Immediately afterwards he' received notice of his dismissal, and he telegraphed to the Minister : "I have just been dismissed from works. Do you call that fair play?" "I was not aware of your dismissal until I received your wire," replied the Minister of Public Works. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Campbell received a second telegram from the Minister offering him reinstatement. "As I wired you last night," telegraphed Mr. M'Kenzie, "I was not aware of your dismissal. I have ordered that you be reinstated in your former position until ] have time to investigate." Mr. Campbell replied that before Teceiving the offer of reinstatement he had made other arrangements. Speaking to a reporter on the subject he said that the Minister had taken up a fair attitude. He did not intend to go back to the works, however, as he did not think the position would be satisfactory. He had secured employment with a threshing machine, and would stick to that for the present.