PHOSPHATES COMMISSION.
MEMBERS AT ODDS. MELBOURNE, August 12.—1 n the House of Representative the report of the Royal Commission which enquired into matters connected with the British Phosphates Commission was tabled. It records the continued strained relations that existed between Mr Pope, the Australian Commissioner, and Messrs Dickinson and Ellis, the British and New Zealand Commissioners, respectively.
The report states that no justification exists for the cast by Mr Pope against the other Commissioners, as he is extraordinarily suspicious of the good faith of those from whom he differs.
Mr Bruce stated that, in view of the report, and in order to restore harmony and avert a transfer of the Phosphate Commission’s head office to New Zealand, Mr Pope would be removed, and paid three months’ salary in lieu of notice, the secretary of the Prime Minister’s Department in the meantime acting as Australian representative on the Commission. Mr Bruce added that when in London he would discuss the position with the Prime Ministers pf Britain and New Zealand.—(P.A.).
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Wairarapa Age, 13 August 1926, Page 5
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