HOSPITAL SHIPS.
CONTROL OF APPOINTMENTS. WELLINGTON. September 13. Mr Payne gave notice of a question 13 the House to-day in which he suggested, without naming anybody, that somebody besides the Surgeon-general insisted on interfering in the appointment of the staffs of hospital ships. The reference was plainly to the Governor-general. Sir James Allen replied to the question on the instant. The suggestion in the question, he said, was very improper and entirely wrong. The hospital ships were controlled absolutely by the Defence Department, and by nobody else. Mr Payne: That is absolutely untrue.— (Cries of" "Order.") ■ ' _ The Speaker told the member for Grrey Lynn that he must withdraw the expression, ~ _ ... , Mr Payne: Very well; I withdraw it, but the fact remains.—("Order ") The Speaker: The hon. member must net trifle with the chair.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3314, 19 September 1917, Page 58
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