PHOSPHATES COMMISSION.
REMOVAL OF A MEMBER. A. and'N.Z. MELBOURNE. Aug. 12. The icport of the Royal Commission which inquired into matters connected with the British Phosphates Commission was laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day. The report; records the fact that strained relations continue to exist between Mr. Harold B. Pope, the Australian commissioner, and Messrs. A. R. Dickinson and A. F. Ellis, the British and New Zealand commissioners respectively. The report says no justification exists for the imputations cast by Mr. Pope on the other commissioners, as he is extraordinarily suspicious of the good faith of those with whom he differs. The Prime Minister, Mr. S. M. Bruce, stated that in view of the report, and in order to restore harmony and avert a transfer of the head office of the commission to New Zealand, Mr. Pope would be removed and paid three months' salary in lieu of notice. The secretary of the Prime Minister's Department would in the meantime act as the Australian representative on the commission. Mr. Bryce said that when he went to London he would discuss the position with the Prime Ministers of Britain and New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19405, 13 August 1926, Page 11
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