. It has for many years past been tho custom to deduct amounts from the salaries of Government officers to make good the defalcations of other officers. The Public Service Association wrote to the. Public Service Commissioner, protesting against a system as improper which penalises innocent officers for the dishonesty of others. The Commissioner has replied, stating that he is bringing this matter under the notice of the Government, with a. suggestion that it might be considered whether the Government should not underwrite all guarantees. Bates, the weather prophet, after years and years' of study, has now placed on the market for the sum of £3 3s a patent weather cycle. 'Grieve, jeweller, has been appointed sole agent for Poverty Bay.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13300, 9 February 1914, Page 3
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