SEQUEL TO INQUIRY.
RESIGNATION OF C. J. GOODE,
GOVERNMENT VINDICATED.
SYDNEY, July 28.
Mr O. J. Goode, Chief Transport Commissioner, this afternoon tendered his resignation in writing to tlio Minister of Transport, Mr M. Bruxner. The letter of resignation contained the following passage: “I feel that tlio terms of the Royal Commissioner’s report leave me no alternative but to resign my office.” Mr Bruxner comments that tlio report completely vindicates the present Government.
The former chief railway commissioner, Mr W. J. Cleary, whom Mr J. T. Lang retired, will be reinstated in his original position, also Mr S. Maddocks, chairman of the Metropolitan Transport Trust. Amending legislation will be passed for this puipose.
The Royal Commissioner who inquired into the charges of misconduct against J. C. Goode, formerly Superintendent of Goods Traffic for the New South Wales Railway Department, presented his report oil Wednesday. Ho found that Goode was guilty of serious misconduct, amounting to fraud upon the Railway Commissioners, and said that three cheques drawn by S. E. Vernon which went through Goode’s bank account were paid and received corruptly.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 204, 29 July 1932, Page 7
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