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I received such frequent complaints from Ir. Fisher regarding
Dr.Wright, whom I had found to be a very capable and reliable
officer, that, when an opportunity occurred, I transferred the
latter to the Buildings Ordinance branch(October 1908), where
he has performed his duties very successfully.
7.
r. Little resigned and went home, on account of some
domestic troubles, towards the termination of his agreement
(February 1907) and a successor was applied for, but, as Ir.
Little himself applied for the vacancy, he was re-appointed,
returning to the Colony in September 1907. He resigned from the
serviee on the 31st October 1909 and went into private practice.
Two new Assistants (Lessrs.Wood and Ross) were then
appointed to assist Lr. Fisher. They arrived in January and
February, 1910, respectively.
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9. In addition to his two office assistants,lir. Fisher
has the services of a 1st class overseer (Mr.Longstaff) and
of a Clerk of Works (r. Thomas). The former arrived in the
Colony in April 1902 and the latter in February 1904. There
was another dlerk of Works who preceded 1r. Thomas, but he
misconducted himself and was discharged. r. Longstaff
resigned his appointment in May 1910 and joined T.Little as
an assistant.
10. Kr. Thomas has been engaged almost exclusively upon
the Law Courts and ir. Longstaff, after the superstructure of
of the Post Office was begun, was almost exclusively engaged
upon that work. During the absence of either officer on leave,
the other performed his duties and it unfortunately happened
that Mr. Longstaff resigned whilst Ir. Thomas was on leave.
11.
The resignations of Kr.Little(31.10.00) and of Er.
Longstaff (31.5.10) are the se referred to by Mr. Fisher at
the foot of p.) and it will be gathered from the above that
his statement is somewhat misleading. His two new assistants
(Messrs. Wood and Ross) had arrived prior to the resignation
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