A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
[*T TELEGRAPH. J
Christchurch, To-day,
At a special meeting of the Kaiapoi Borough Council this morning the Finance -Committee, who have been making a special audit of the municipal accounts, reported that three sets of the rate books and the balance-sheet for the year 1877 were all missing, and that they coaid' not complete their work, as the books and papers of the Council wore in a most disgraceful state. When they found that state of things in existence they had summoned the Mayor, who bad immediately suspended the clerk and , taken charge of the office. They considered the auditors had been grossly negligent, as their work had not been done. They also reported that as far as they could ascertain there was a deficiency of sums amounting to L 550, extending over a period of four years. It was also reported that the Town Clerk, Hr 0. E. Dudley, after being suspended by. the Mayor, had sent in his resignation. The Council decided not to accept the resignation, and to take proper measures under the Act for ousting the auditors from office.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 841, 13 January 1883, Page 3
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186A STARTLING DISCOVERY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 841, 13 January 1883, Page 3
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