"TAGGED."
♦- A COUNTY COUNCIL'S BALANCESHEET. ' (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) * Auckland, March 17. The eeq'uel to the recent "tag" on tho ( Whangarei County Council's balance-sheet in connection with an item of .£125 for f iitertaining Lord Islington and the Hon. T. Mackenzie on tho occasions of thi'ir respective visits to Whangarci, was a suggestion put forward at the meeting of the Whangarci County Council on Friday that the guests at those functions should be circularised and appealed to for a financial contribution to assist the local body out of the dilemma in which it is placed, i There was, a confliot of opinion among the' members on the dignity of the proceedings, and it was also pointed out that by this tiuio the council's former guests were scattered far and wide, and consequently it would be a most difficult matter to get in touch with all of them. The result was that the proposal w.as nqt persevered with. The members of tile council have collectively rendered themselves liable for the amount over-expended if a demand in 1 lint direction is made by the AuditorGeneral. However,' for the present the "tagged" item will be allowed to stand awaiting developments.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 4
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196"TAGGED." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 4
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