Full disclosure called for

Press, 11 April 1977, Page 15

Full disclosure called for

A full disclosure of the spending of public money should be made by every nat tonal and local bodx that handled it. said the treasurer of the Royal Christchurch Musical Soi?iet\ (Mr J R. Allison) at its annual meeting He suspected that “vast sums” were wasted and squandered, and the public were entitled to know where it all went. Mr Allison said that the society's accounts might be a little too detailed — an earlier meeting had asked for greater detail — hut the meeting reaffirmed its earlier decision The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grants had remained the same during the last three years. Mr Allison said. They needed to be ad-

rusted to keep pace with I ike all chut al societies. Royal Christchurch Mum Society had been ‘med u the twin hugheaiv of dwtttc ling audiences and the "out moded aura of tradit one thorni concerts. *aid th* chairman (Mr D R Hatten) i hts report Mr P D. Barton said ths the stH’iety s quadrupled in xeatments over four xeat* were providing an mvaluah r butter again-t cmuert de flcits Rut it behoved members o' the .octets and the choir t "get out and .el!" their con poster advertising tor thlast concert was not becausr of insufficient posters but be cause of a lack of people t find places to disniav them