COUNCIL EXPENDITURE.
A MAGISTRATE'S DECISION. Pre** Association. WAN'GANUJ, April 27. Mr Kerr, S.M., gave his reserved decision to-day in the case of Rex v. seven ex-members' of the Wangnmii County Council, a claim to recover £9 ;">/- excess unauthorised expenditure. The Magistrate Haiti that in the first item —sending a delegate to the conference —the council was not acting in the execution of any requirements of the county, and was not doing anything which the council wan empowered to do. lie gave judgment for £4 against the defendants.
in regard to the travelling expenses of the chairman to the Counties' Conference, tho Magistrate found that the expenditure was justified, and regarded the sum of £5 5/~ as an authorised oxpendit ure.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 378, 27 April 1915, Page 10
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120COUNCIL EXPENDITURE. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 378, 27 April 1915, Page 10
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