ALLEGATIONS OF GRAFT.
AN ENQUIRY BEING HELD. In reply to a question regarding the allegations of "graft" in connection with the sale of sitoie.s on transports, made by l)v Bedford, who went Home on a troopship a.-; a representative of the Y.M.C.V, the Hon. Sir .lames Allen, Minuter of Defence, stated thai Dr Bedford had sub initled to him a statement .signed by apparently responsible iion commissioned officers on the transport to Hie effect thai stores had been sold. The matter was now being enquired into. '"These are re curling troubles," added the .Minister, "We have heard about I hem before, and in one rase I (an recollect —<md I daresay there me moie—thire wire dismissals from the steamship company's service. Every time we receive any intimation Hint such things are going on w.e have an enquiry. It is a, very unsatisfactory practice, and we aie doing our best to slop it."
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1917, Page 5
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