ELECTION EXPENSES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16725, 28 April 1920, Page 2

ELECTION EXPENSES.

THE WALLACE CASE. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, April 2g. The reserved judgment of G. Cruickshank, S.M., in the case of the returning officer Tor Wallace v - Adam Hamilton, 31. P., on a'Charge of failing to render a proper statement of election payments as required by the-Legislative Act. 1908, holds that the statement as furnished by the candidate’s secretary did not satisfy tho statute. The candidate must himself supply tho correct statement vouched for as required by section 172 of the said Act. As tho breach was due to carelessness a fine of only £2 -was imposed.