ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A POSTMASTER.
♦ |_Per United Pbksb Association.] . Auckland, February 25. 'Die Chief Postmaster at Auckland, Mr S. Bisb, and Mr Smith, Auditor, went W '. Whangarei last week and examined the ■ accounts of the Postmaster there, Mr E. i B. O'Halloran, when they found a de- ! ficiency of .£lo7 los. Mr O'Halloran was I therefore suspended from dnty. This ' news caused a great sensation in the dis- '. tri ct, where he was much esteemed, and '. four residents paid into the Department ] the sum by which his accounts were short, i However, further deficiencies afterwards '. came to light, and a warrant has now '. been issued for the arrest of O'Halloran, 1 who is believed to be in hiding in th© ' neighbourhood of Whangarei. O'Hal- I loran, who has beon for about 21 years in ' the public service, was heldin the greatest i respect. I ■
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11204, 26 February 1891, Page 2
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144ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A POSTMASTER. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11204, 26 February 1891, Page 2
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