SEAMEN'S UNION FUNDS. LIBEL ACTION BY A UNION SECRETARY.
> ' UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I 1 London. 24th July, r Mr. J. H. Wilson, M.P. forMidlesbroush, ! is sning a London evening paper for £1000 > for libel, in accusing him of recklessly expending the funds of the Seamen's Union, of L which he iq Secretary. , In his evidence Mr. Wilson admitted that I local securities to the extent of £2000 had f been ombezzled, and also that the expendi- . tnre per annum on salaries and management , amounted to nearly £20,000 before the mem- ' bers of tho Union derived any bonefit;. He also admitted that it was illegal to apply to i the expenses of management £8000 of sub- ' scriptions rccoivod for a special purpose.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 22, 26 July 1893, Page 2
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121SEAMEN'S UNION FUNDS. LIBEL ACTION BY A UNION SECRETARY. Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 22, 26 July 1893, Page 2
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