GRAVE SCANDALS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144421, 8 July 1914, Page 3

GRAVE SCANDALS.

IN QUEENSLAND PUBLIC SERVICE BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. (Received July 8, 9.50 a,in.) BRISBANE. July 8. The Governor opened Parliament. Tho programme contains nothing startling' The report of tho inquiry into the Surveyor-General’s Department was presented to the Assembly. It stated that disloyalty was rampant in tho department. A flagrant breach of regulations enabled a ootorio of officials to derive pecuniary benefit in addition to their salaries, thus securing advances denied to officials who did not perform private work. On tho recommendation of tho Public Service Board the salaries of five officers were reduced for certain periods.