THE SYDNEY FRAUDS
Tho two npecial auditors, Mcfs a G. Durham aod J. C. +■ iles, recently ap pointed by tho M-tyor of Sy loey to ex j mine the books ami accounts of tho Corporation, Eent m a pr u;runa report ou Thursday i<»at, showing tb.i discovery or an embezzlement of cily mi:iej"B amounting to £21,708 2a 8.1. This applies only to tho city enginncer's department, and extends over the period from Djcombvr, l£Bl, to December, 1885. Tho books for the terra fr^m January, 1880, to Jane, 1881, h»va noi yat boon lound, but a search ia b. ing made for them. It ia believei that before the audit ia completed defalcations amounting to something like £40,000 will be disclosed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1800, 27 March 1888, Page 3
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120THE SYDNEY FRAUDS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1800, 27 March 1888, Page 3
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