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itXK UNITED PRBBS ASSOCIATION..; Napibe, May 8. At a meeting of the Harbour Board to-day a sensational report was read by j&fr Carr, the Engineer. He stated that when appointed he heard certain j-umours to the effect that the contsactors were being paid for more rubble than they put into the foundations,■and he personally kept tally of the quantities. used. When Mr Grainger, Clerk of the Works, was asked for the quantities, he gave a return showing a very much greater number of •cubic yards each day. home days the excess reached from £20 to £30 in cash value. The Chairman suspended Mr Grainger, and called a special meeting of the Board. Mr Orainger, in reply, did not dispute Mi Carr' s figures, but urged that he had too many things to attend to. He «sked to be allowed' to resign. After « lengthy discussion, the Board refused his request by a majority, and him. It is not known how far back the false returns have been made, but it may have been going on for years. In such cases many thousands of pounds must have been overpaid. •
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 136, 10 May 1890, Page 3
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189Dishonest Work Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 136, 10 May 1890, Page 3
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