GRAFT ON TRANSPORTS
NOT A NEW TROUBLE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 10. Interviewed to-day regarding Dr Bedford’s allegations as to the sale of goods on transports, Sir James Allen said Dr Bedford had submitted to him a document signed by certain responsible officers on the transport. It stated that things had been sold to soldiers. This was a recurring trouble. He had heard about them before, said the Minister, and in one case he could recollect there were dismissals from the Union Company’s service. “Every time we get any Intimation that such things are going on we hold an Inquiry.” The Minister further stated that the present, allegations had been submitted for enquiry.
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Southland Times, Issue 17971, 12 March 1917, Page 5
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115GRAFT ON TRANSPORTS Southland Times, Issue 17971, 12 March 1917, Page 5
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