THE MUNITIONS INQUIRY.
INTERESTING EVIDENCE. Received April 26, 5.5 p.m. ACI LONDON, April 26. TlAt the opening sitting of the muK •.y'ns inquiry committee, cabled on February 23rd, Mr. Loseby, a member of the House of Commons, who originated the charges, called two witnesses, formerly accountants in the Ministry of Munitions, who gave evidence that E. J. Sutton, occupying an important position in the Ministry, instructed a meeting of thirty members of the staff to destroy documents called “working papers’’ for the purpose of preventing the audit officials nosing too deeply into the accounts. The witness thought no papers were destroyed, as the staff feared the consequences would be serious to themselves. The crossexamination suggested that the alleged instructions were merely a jocular remark during a discussion on the necessity of expediting the liquidation of the Ministry’s accounts, and the witnesses were actuated by resentment in consequence of their subsequent discharge owing to retrenchment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18163, 27 April 1921, Page 5
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154THE MUNITIONS INQUIRY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18163, 27 April 1921, Page 5
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