A HOUSING SCANDAL.
DISCLOSURES IN AUSTRALIA.
OFFICIALS DISMISSED
GROSS MISMANAGEMENT
(A. & N.Z. Cable.; SYDNEY, June 2. The report of the Select Committee on the administration of the Housing Board has been tabled in the Assembly*.* It recommens that tlie manager, architect and chief clerk be severely censured and dismissed from r the service. The Committee said the evidence before' it showed the Housing Board did not take the necessary care in the administration of its affairs, but there was gross mismanagement, carelessness, incompetence and improper conduct on the part ol the manager, architect and chief clerk. As the result of their incompetence a large sum of money was lost, and further losses must occur. - ' •
Among the instances .of mismanagement tlie report mentioned the Board built houses land over which it had no title. In the absence of .proper contracts and specifications, contract® were entered into with prospective purchasers for amounts which were not sufficient -to pay the cost of the Board’s buildings. The report recommended the Board’s business he closed down immediately.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16139, 2 July 1924, Page 5
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172A HOUSING SCANDAL. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16139, 2 July 1924, Page 5
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