KIHIKIHI TOWN BOARD.
WHY MEMBERS WERE PROSECUTED.
OFFENCE REGARDED AS MOST SERIOUS.
(By Telegraph. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day.
In consequence of adverse comment on the action of the Auditor-General in taking proceedings against members of the Kihikihi Town Board, in the Auckland district, who were fined £175 for breaches ,of the Contractors Act, the Attorney-General (Sir Francis Bell) has made a statement of the position to the effect that the Board on more than one occasion employed one of its members to perform certain services, and vouchers made out in a fictitious name were passed for payment. The Auditor-General was bound to take action and consulted the Solicitor-General, who advised that each member was liable to a
penalty of £3O and costs for each offence. Both officers agreed that they would fail in their duty if no action was taken as the offence was regarded by the Legislature as most serious.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1424, 8 November 1923, Page 5
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152KIHIKIHI TOWN BOARD. Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1424, 8 November 1923, Page 5
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