Department Sub-Branch
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Inquiry Into Conduct of Fiji Department Sub-Branch
rone may judge by the number of letters sent privately to the PIM on the subject, many people will be glad that the Governor of Fiji has appointed a Commission to inquire into allegav tions of irregularities in the Mech anical Engineering Branch of the Department of Public Works.
The charges made, some openly and some confidentially, in connec tion with the management of the branch covered a variety of offences; but they generally were directed to an alleged lack of re sponsibility regarding the use of authority and the care of money.
The Commission will comprise Mr. C. J. Hammett, a magistrate; Mr. R. S. Kay, a chartered account ant, of Suva; and Mr. J. Gillies, chief engineer at the CSR Co’s Nausori mill.
Mr. Robert Cleland, the 22-years old son of the Papua-New Guinea Administrator, has been accepted as a Cadet Patrol Officer. He is one of 30 new CPO’s who entered the service in mid-April.
The Mayor of Suva’s Fiji-wide fund for the relief of England’s flood victims closed with a total of well over £2,000, to which was added the Government’s £2,000.