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Otago Daily Times, Issue 1603, 19 February 1867, Page 8

Etec ioa Notiw. -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the following questions will bo pat to Mr Macandrew, at the meeting on Tuesday evening. They arc made public in order that Mr Mac- j andrew nay have every opportnnity of dnly weighing and considering his replies. The questions are entirely confined to those subjects which Mr Macandrcw's supporters aver lie h able tatLsfactorily to explain :— 1. What consideration has the Govern ment of this Province received for the payment ordered to bo made by you aa Superintendent, of the euhi of LlOl2 143 SJ, to Messrs Kajner and Co? 2. In reference to the above sum, are you the individual in connection with whom the entry appears in the Provincial Books—" Defalcations of James Macandrow,Llol2 Its 5d ? " 3. llo\r can you explain the fact that the Government oS this Province hae been compelled to pay a second time ! the sum of LIOCO en account ol Clutha Railway Plant '{ \ 4. Taking your own statement us to the purchaso of Bills of Exchange from Mr James Thompson, drawn by the National Bank on Messrs Gljn and Co., what became of the money, from the timo you drew it from the public account at the Bank, till tue time of the alleged purchasa of these draft* several months later ? 5. How comes it that the National Bank of Scotland and Messrs Glyn and Co. deny oil knowledge of thi3 Draft ? 6. Who is James Thompson ? 7. Uow conies it that, if, ac you Allege, you are inroccnt of tlcso niattcra, you do not take the usual Bteps in prosecuting those persons who publicly make such charges ? 8. You luvo asserted publicly that, when you were Superintendent, a bribe of L3QOO wan offered to you to throw certain land into the market. Have you any objection to Batne the person who was bold ; enough to offer this bribo to a Superintendent, and bow do you account for having orerlooked the insalt aad offence committed thereby ?