AN OFFICER DISCIPLINED.
DR. MoKIHBIN’S PUNISHMENT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 23. The Public Service Commissioner (Mr W. R. Morris) made an inquiry into charges of breaches of the Public Service regulations preferred against Dr. Thomas McKibbin, medical officer of Health at Auckland, in respect to an interview in Auckland newspapers, in which Dr. McKibbin cast certain reflections on the Minister for Public Health (Hon. C. J. Parr). The Public Service Commissioner, in whom disciplinary power is vested, held that the charges were proved and has decided (1) that Dr. McKibbin is to be severely reprimanded and censured ; (2) that he is to be reduced from the position of Medical Officer of Health at Auckland to Medical Officer of Health at Dunedin; (3) that his salary is to be reduced; (4) that he is to defray all expenses in connection with his transfer from Auckland to Dunedin, and no allowances are to be paid; (o) that in addition, Dr. McKibbin is to forfeit his salary during the period of his suspension pending the inquiry.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 5
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174AN OFFICER DISCIPLINED. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 5
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