THE PAROA ROAD BOARD SCANDAL, '
[io tse editor] Sir— Can you explain to the public how the extraordinary state into which the Paroa Boad Board's accounts have got was not sooner brought to light ? I know that, by the County of Westland Actyr'a public auditor of the Boad Board's accounts :is required to examine tfyetn. half-yearly, and I know %rt the County Treasurer holds the appointment. I am, therefore, at a loss to understand how those discoveries were not made by that officer, if he has, as he should have done, audited the accounts ; that it was not difficult to find out the errors is proved by the fact of their discovery by the gentlemen whom the Board appointed to -audit the books, and I again ask why has the matter remained unknown for so long a time. If the Road Board knew of them, the blame, of course, lies on their shoulders; if they did not, either no audit, or an imperfect one, must have been made, and certified to, by the County Treasurer. In either case the matter requires sifting and clearing .up. - Tours, &C,, EffQUiRKR. " '"'■
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 844, 11 April 1871, Page 2
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188THE PAROA ROAD BOARD SCANDAL, ' Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 844, 11 April 1871, Page 2
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