PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 21 September 1917, Page 5

PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE

„ ftAXGI KEBJ3HOMA CASE. j£H INVESTIGATION -PROMISED. " flj*/ A*sociatoh * WELLINiG'TON, Last ig?V flit frmvh Ward laid on the table "tfKd-Souse of Representees- to- ' ..itttftfte annual report of theJuDlic " " «i*frwrti Office. - •'■ '« i-i x.' i 4l * ilr J. T. M.. Hornaby proceeded^ '"**' Ascnsa the administration of vtne M >' -fSwic HVost Office~at Mastwto^aurkVs lag 1014, wheu'a native named Rang! KereJjflna; had eagiended * 12,000. in ward of the local agent of the 1 aUo •Trust Office. He complained at .the delayo cowring in cban*:Uon:.i,iMj' the investigation of h,s .case, fl^ Commission of Inqnny nskod for by the Public Trußte ft 6hould^B'set;«P, ■ with air-speed, and the fullest jnvc* ' ligation should take place because pf the'Konoar of the office vas involved. sh* Hon. A. L. Herdman, who was' Minister in chaise of the Public Treat Office at the time -if the ir&ns- , * actions complained of, explained that the agent concerned w&s acting in «• private capacity and not in ii punnc' capacity, in tbo binriness c<mip:amed <rf. He detailed the steps taken to got rid of him, and stated that the -•. -law Sooarty was taking fetep» to «*-. 'A -"5 thrt -conduct 'of tup solicitor, "" '«wSwd ( *itll tbo agent>of , the ' TWtffc 'ftj** Office. - stated that the naM ytadfc- concerned hful gone I*roughTe3Q,o«> in ton years. . ■ ■ "* jS»r Joseph Ward said the Public Trust A)ffice was not in any way conoJMtied inftho transactions. He do stredf to ratfk* that clear. The fulltji. -est/ investigation would take place, 7 in4rdejf'to cleat, tho, Office form an?. suspicion, and that without delay.