POPLAR EXTRAVAGANCE.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR. Unit.- Pro** A«.'ciaiion- -T*y K-cctrie Te>;:r_.ii--l. opyr.'hl.
LONDON. N.ivomlror 0. The re jy-it s'f the i !.,;■. vt or of the Local G-.vr.!-u;i"-iit I'.■••:;id on the inquiry into the chai'.es et extravagant administration oi the jw or law ,n Potilar, su':- s:s that the guaidinns deliberately increased expenditure m order to "lone l lci-shcon to complete the cepiali-iiti ".: cf rates all over tin* m. tr.'jMlis. The "np.rt exonerate:. Mr W. Crooks, chairman- and Mr George I.anshury, one of tlie
guardians, from tho miisevnduet oi which some of tin ir roiio./.tics are in Id guilty, but holds them in no small degree resp: m-'ible for a p-d cy leading to th" pan;.-ideation ef great- numbers of people, and rendering inevitable starvation wags., ami an inerea-.d expenditure in tho borough, which lnilic.od great harudi.p on struggling tradesmen aud others. Mr Crooks describes tlio report as wicked and prejudiced.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12648, 12 November 1906, Page 7
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