ALLEGED "MALADMINISTRATION."
Mr. Harris (Waitemata) made some stir in the House of Representatives on Saturday with a complaint Ithat an applicant had been wrongly refused a loan, though the security—a freehold—wag good. No reasons for the refusal had been given. Mr. Harris then made a general charge of "maladministration" against the Department. Sir Joseph Ward (Minister of the Department) protested against this method of making sweeping charges. Mr. Harris: The only way to get redress is by making a charge. Sir Joseph Ward 'said that no question had been put to him as Minister by Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris replied that he had brought the case under the notico of Sir Joseph's predecessor, the Hon. A. M. Myers. Sir Joseph Ward said that he could not be expected to take notice of vague charges against a Department which had administered many millions of loans. If the complaint had been referred.''to him in the proper way he would have made inquiries. Eventually he remarked that he would obtain' information about the case. Incidentally, Sir Joseph Ward said that the Department never gave reasons for refusing loans. It was possible that the giving of reasons for refusals might operate prejudicially against a person when he applied elsewhere for a loan.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 139, 9 December 1918, Page 7
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