EX-CIVIL SERVANT.
ALLEGED THEFT OF DOCUMENTS. WELLINGTON, June 26. An ex-civil servant, W. N. Ward, has been arrested on a charge of stealing Government documents. He had bean employed in the Government Land Registry Office, and retired on superannuation on March 31. His duty was to receive documents, attach stamps and pass them on to another. For some time, the Post Office hrd been receiving inquiries about deposited documents of which no trace could be found. It is alleged that 150 documents were found in Ward’s residence. He is charged on three counts of stealing and obliterating.
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Grey River Argus, 27 June 1922, Page 5
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