COUNTY HIDING ACCOUNTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2551, 27 August 1915, Page 10

COUNTY HIDING ACCOUNTS

—fr— ■ QUESTION OF 'AUDIT. ' A deputation from tlie Featlierston ! County Council, introduced by Mr. J. ' T. M. Hornsby, M.P., waited upon the , Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. G. AV. Russell) yesterday regardinp- the ' audit of the accounts of various" ridincsi ' ! Mr. A. D. M'Leod, chairman of the County Council, said that if the exist- . in#» contentions _ of tlie Audit Department, that entirely separate, accounts should be kept of expenditure in the various ridings, the ultimate result ] would bo the splitting; up of tho coun- 1 ties. This, lie-knew, was foreign to- 5 the ideals of t'ho Minister, who rather favoured the .enlargement, of county ! areas. ! ' Mr. 'A'. Mathews said that road ; boards and county councils had always ■ been unanimous in their desire to coil- i tribute from financially strong ridings ] to the assistance of the weaker ones. I If this arrangement was rendered im- ] possiblo thero would be widespread in- 1 convenience and complications. ] Tho Minister, in reply, said that ho favoured the contention of tli© deputation, and provision would bo made for the carrying into effect of tho wishes of tho deputation. KENZTH'S PEPSO enables you to assimilate all tho nourishment from all tho food. ~As a result indigestion disappears and nervous and muscular strength rapidly increases. All chemists and stores, 2s. Gd.—Advt. L Stock auctioneers insert farther en- £ tries of stock to ba auctioned at sales to Jja held to-day. and duriag .&aati rccift;