Unofficial Banker.
In reporting a decrease in the number of defalcations by departmental officers, the Auditor-General, in his annual report, states that the largest loss occurred in a district office of the Public Works Department, and was made possible because certain workmen who were employed in an isolated locality, arranged with a departmental officer that he should act as an unofficial banker for varying portions of their wages. Moneys held for these workmen were misappropriated to a total of £IO6B and the officer used £593 of official imprest moneys towards making good the shortage. The Government decided to make good the balance of the loss, which otherwise would have fallen on the workmen, and the necessary sum of £475 was provided from public moneys as a charge against “unauthorised” expenditure.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 6
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130Unofficial Banker. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 6
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