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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3850, 5 October 1932, Page 8

TOWN EDITION

DEFALCATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFIC E TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED PR E MIF R FORD ES' S ST AT IME NT Per Press Association. Parliamentary Buildings, Oct. 5. Questioned regarding- rumours of defalcations in the office of Ihe High Commissioner in London, Premier Forbes replied that he regretled to state that cabled advice had been received from ‘the Hon. Dow nip Stewart Finance Minister, •to- the effect that misappropriations <«£ public money were found as xhe result of a review of the work in the High Commissioner’s office by Mr Park, Secretary to the Treasury, who i s visiting- London with Mr Stewart-. Two responsible officers were reported to be implicated and the Question of criminal proceedings was now under consideration. Until this was settled, Mr Forbes was not prepared to give any further information. Mr Stewart had added that no blame whatever was attributed personally to the High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Wilford.