The Full Court- at Wellington yesterday heard the case of King v. Cunningham, an appeal from a decision by Mr Page, B.M. The question at issue is whether an officer of the Railway Department is entitled to leave as of right on voluntarily retiring from the department, or whether the granting of such leave is discrstionary. The question turns on the interpretation of the regulations of the department. The Solicitor-General appeared for the Judgment was reserved. The cost of the munition factory explosion at Silvertown, which startled London in January, 1917. has now been officially pint ot £1,750,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 17032, 1 May 1919, Page 3
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