THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
Entertained BY CONSTITUENTS.
[BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Christchurch, Tuesday. *he Hon. R. H. Rhodes was entertained ty his constituents at Leeston last night, ."jjjifl. presented with a gold pa-oer-knife, the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher and' Dr. Po■Bwe were present. In the course of his ft ply, Mr. Rhodes defended the appointment of Mr. Robertson to the Civil Service Board. He had been secretary to the °°5* Offico while the revenue grew to jjW a million, and the etaff to over 5000. Mr.. Robertson was a keen officer, whose £jP to America saved the Dominion *«)|OOO. The criticism that he was not * business man was not warranted in the '.] *» of these facts. 1 Mr. Fisher, in the course of a speech, , Promised that the Government would v.-.Mgidate for pensions for invalids next . Session.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15166, 4 December 1912, Page 7
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