ENGINEERING DEGREE
“NOT A I‘DCCA DIPLOMA.” CHARGE OF FORGERY. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Last •NightIn the Magistrate’s Court 10-clay, Arnold Edward Rhodes, engineer, aged 31 years, was charged with forging a certificate purporting to confer on him the degree of Bachelor of Engineering. Evidence was given that accused had been in the employ of the Vacuum Oil proprietary from June 1923, to September 1924, as lubricating engineer. The police said accused had stated that he had taken a course of two and a-half years’ duration at a school in Christchurch and that on completion of the course, ho had sat for examination and passed and was under the impression ho could use the, degree after his name. The registrar of the Vniversity gave evidence that the certificate produced was not a University diploma. Accused pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2560, 18 December 1924, Page 7
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