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| TLM-P then had the unpleasant task of asking Henry Martin to explain the missing cheques for £740, telling him 'exactly and plainly' why leading government ministers, including [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-sir-arthur-hunter-794|Sir Arthur Palmer]] and [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcilwraith-sir-thomas-4099|Sir Thomas McIllwraith]] thought he was guilty of embezzlement. Henry denied he had long been in debt or that he had left the country hurriedly. He explained there was only a junior officer to hand-over to when he left; that he had seen no reason to report to the Audit Office before his departure; and that he could not afford to return with his family to Queensland to face the charge - a process that would take up to a year and require £150 for the trip, leaving him with less than £300 to support his family for the year and pay for their return passage. Sadly, Henry could not account for the missing money. TLM-P concluded Henry was innocent, 'or a much more clever villain than I could have imagined him ... I think with the Commissioner [of Works] Mr A. O. Herbert that some great blunder has been made which will some day come to light but that H.S.M[artin] has __not been guilty__.'\\ | TLM-P then had the unpleasant task of asking Henry Martin to explain the missing cheques for £740, telling him 'exactly and plainly' why leading government ministers, including [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-sir-arthur-hunter-794|Sir Arthur Palmer]] and [[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcilwraith-sir-thomas-4099|Sir Thomas McIllwraith]] thought he was guilty of embezzlement. Henry denied he had long been in debt or that he had left the country hurriedly. He explained there was only a junior officer to hand-over to when he left; that he had seen no reason to report to the Audit Office before his departure; and that he could not afford to return with his family to Queensland to face the charge - a process that would take up to a year and require £150 for the trip, leaving him with less than £300 to support his family for the year and pay for their return passage. Sadly, Henry could not account for the missing money. TLM-P concluded Henry was innocent, 'or a much more clever villain than I could have imagined him ... I think with the Commissioner [of Works] Mr A. O. Herbert that some great blunder has been made which will some day come to light but that H.S.M[artin] has __not been guilty__.'\\ |
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| The other event of note during TLM-P's visit, was that Henry's brother, an engineer, had been on a train when they saw a capsized boat: Henry's brother leap out of the train and ended up rescuing the two boys in the boat, along with another would-be rescuer.97 July) | The other event of note during TLM-P's visit, was that Henry's brother, an engineer, had been on a train when they saw a capsized boat: Henry's brother leap out of the train and ended up rescuing the two boys in the boat, along with another would-be rescuer.(7 July) |