A COUNCIL DISTURBED.
UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE. Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 26. The action of the Auditor-General in refusing to pass accounts for £2OO, in excess of the unauthorised expenditure allowed by law, was discussed by the Auckland City Council. The principalitems were connected with the farewell to Lord Islington, the reception of Lord Liverpool, ami the'opening of the Town Hall. The councillors who voted for the spending of the money are liable to refund £ls 14/.'s each. Or Nerheny said he would defy the Auditor, and would willing go to gaol rather than pay. The council resolved to ask. Parliament to legalise expenditure of the amount disbursed. ■ —»
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 120, 26 June 1914, Page 10
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106A COUNCIL DISTURBED. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 120, 26 June 1914, Page 10
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