DEFENCE EXPENDITURE.
COMMISSION AT WORK. -'M [BT TELEGKArH— CORRESnNDENT.] „fy' WELLINGTON. Thursday. '_.f| The Defence Expenditure Commission has •'£.: not yet reached the stage when it can *>- begin to take evidence, being occupied still 1> : with an examination ,of the matters on which it may he necessary to call evidence. •yIt .is understood that the chairman of the '. \ commission is of opinion that the sittings need not extend for the length of time that he had at first thought necessary, , and that the commission will be able. ,--; report before the date fixed, June 30. There has been a continuous audit of all Defence expenditure ever since the war began, and this may lighten the labours of the commission a great deal. This audit ,;■. has been made in the ordinary course of •.:.=$ duty by the Auditor-General's Department. .; A decision as to whether the sittings of - the commission will be open to the press r: or not will have to be made by the Cawnet. There is no objection to publicity, :-_ except that it is feared it may hamper, _. and perhaps render less efficient, the in- ;,p vestigation to bo made.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16763, 1 February 1918, Page 4
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