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Evidence at Inquiry Into Native Affairs. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 26. At the Native Affairs inquiry to-day, Mr Shepherd, Chief Clerk of the Native Department, continued his evidence, the trend of which was that neither Mr Pearce nor the Public Service Commissioner had appreciated the magnitude of the undertaking upon which the department had set out. Witness dwelt on the Public Service (. ommissioner leaving the department without an accountant after transferring Mr E. B. Peck to Samoa, and Mr Lawless not coming to the department until nearly six months later. Witness spoke of the difficulties Mr Lawless had to face in regard to the understaffing and the lack of proper accommodation up to the time Mr Pearce took up the position of under-secretary on November. 28, 1933. No additional accommodation was provided, notwithstanding the increasing work and the pressure of space. A fortnight afterwards, however, the Education Department vacated a room denied to the former under-secretary for seven years, making it available to the department. In relation to his own duties, witness said his only powers were to execute the orders of the Minister and under-secre-tary. (Other reference to the inquiry appears on Pag© 13.)
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 26 June 1934, Page 7
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