OFFICERS CRITICISED.
While the Minister was reading out the above list, the name of a civilian officer led Dr. Thacker to remark :
"He is appointed to a position of strategy and news."
"Shame on you," was the remark that came from several members.
Later, the Defence Minister, in answer to a further enquiry, said that Col. Hiley had given his services to the Defence Department free of cost, and had saved the country thousands of pounds. Mr. Wilford : Was not he needed in the Railway Department?
Sir James Allen : He gives his extra time to us. I don't think our use of his time destroys his utility to the railways. I can only express my appreciation of his 1 valuable services.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 30, 4 August 1917, Page 3
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121OFFICERS CRITICISED. Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 30, 4 August 1917, Page 3
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