A LONG LIST OF "TAGS."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 9

A LONG LIST OF "TAGS."

■'. >'»r :■ !• ;; i- , V/. iI. ' - SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE ATjDIT 9FFICE >'(D\ (IBLECB.VIK—irECIAr. COPFESPONDFVT ) ' 1 «» Chhstchurcli,'March 12.• 1 Tlio Sclw \ii County Council, of 11 Inch Mr | George''-"Wiifyi'M:!-'., is:,a member, lias - had;.- : -sqmb 'Ilttl6' ; 'difF^rtii^csV■ witli!thq : 'Atidit:Office;-:.' iPV«r,- tlio - long list-'of rt-iigs which had 'been ■ • attached to':'the' 1 Council's .'bilancejsheet by-;' 'the iATfditor-6enoraT -The matter was mcn T f HiontJ' ! itr c ihe l7 CoflM :!^estcraay;;'wheh'- ; :ttie;v:<v^ : ' 1 Chairman proposed a resolution making two - ; amendments to. the-document ;which wero - ■ , - - imstok6s.\;-\.. ;ifho'Council,~h« proposed to take no.-., 'aotion in regard, to, the otliortjlbzen or nioro.', .' . affixed : Axidit'.Officc.';- Two. mem- \ -ber|f of the-..Councils-.Messrs: : Bedford . .and, : v , . iWilsofiy?tlicn(''drew' point'ed 'a4;t6ntidn-*:tb ■ tlid;./-;-; .partic\ilAf,'iteii),;viz.,' that.it was illegal for -the .Council 'to .cliarge. , ih&rest-';oii'.'the over-'.:/,' ,'f..drawn" acc'tHintslof..spccial ; districts; • Mr.:...,, concerned -,r •'&&&•.• -vtlioy had thri'Councilth^&dh'-fcr.-v:}.;. vant- to- pay-i thought■ it. better for, ■'tho -'Coiin'eil to. .got-the interest: As to; its .. -bejng"».Mtt4jga,l,. ;if;;;thb""- Auditor-Generalcould -. ■~.-., •liavo 'dorib '.anything'/ he.'..Would. have: dono' it-; ..ldng) Tho -. :■ everything-. ! •- TK?i;e was'; scarcely , a single ,Munt"it : di(l''nbt\tagV -It .might be;.a. junior 'iu''.the l 'office I .wh(i was. doing it. Tlio duty of. t'thoAj&dit*"Offlcb'-.ivas": ttf;,asccrtaihi'..wliethor tho bpiiey: had Keen, spoutiaccording '.to' tho -.:■ , .balaiicc-shbet,' ;..-*.lt.'! had 'nothing '■.■ to'. do with . tho la\iv'tl»ou'Bn''to'.'.« r rb?. might,be. iMinted. ;,: 1 ; out.i- .Yet, tiiis"'.-taijgiiig":.iv'ent:'oii.year after year;.; -'''•There.was a'.lot:of. useless quibbling. iron] 'ji^o;4udi{«r-6e^craljranU..in..bteopinion., v. Chairman's motion-waa.- 1 oarriedi'' -'j.