LABOUR OFFICER’S COMMENT.
MISREPRESENTATION ALLEGED. t ■ MOVE BY CHRISTCHURCH MAYOR. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Jan. 15. The Mayor, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.k, has written to the Minister of Labour directing his attention to a statement made by Mr. R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the Labour Bureau, in commenting on an address by the Mayor to the Rapaki. relief workers. The Mayor alleges gross misrepresentation and libel by Mr. Bailey. In a statement to the Press yesterday Mr. Bailey said with reference to the calling of the police to the Rapaki work: “I wish to say it is astounding to find the Mayor expressing himself in Such a manner without giving responsible officers of the Public Works Department or the Un- • employment Board an opportunity of being heard in their own defence. Surely it is not too much to expect from the chief magistrate of any city fair and impartial treatment and freedom from criticism. on ex parte statements.’’
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 7
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