ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS.
(Pint United Press "Association.) INVERCARGILL, April 20. A special meeting of the Harbour Board was held this afternoon to investigate the iiniuices. It was reported that a shortage ot between £350 and £400 in the accounts of the secretary, J. E. Fox, had been discovered. The audit was not yet complete. The board decided to institute criminal proceedings. James E. Fox, secretary and treasurer to "the Bluff Harbour Hoard, was arrested to-night on a charge of' misappropriating tho board's moneys, and will be brought before the court to-morrow. The actual sum involved -has not transpired, but it is said to be, several hundred pounds. The board holds a. fidelity; guarantee for £500.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11403, 21 April 1899, Page 5
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114ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11403, 21 April 1899, Page 5
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