CANTEEN FUNDS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1921, Page 3

CANTEEN FUNDS

AI.I.EGKI) IRREDPLARITIES

WELLINGTON. October 27. Serious allegations were made at tuc Siiprcim. 1 Court before Mr .lustice IJosking. hv the Coniniandaiil ol Ir< n tha m Military Camp. Lieut.-Cohmcl I’nwhs and the Committee ol Management of Die Treiillunn and I'Vitlierston Camp canteens Major Richardson, s*i'.uea lit-Major St’avey. Q.M. Sur.reaiit B' ll and Coriiural I' ran- s as to Die management of the ea.it'ci fends by Thomas Balfour Mason. It was alb\,(.,| (Ini a sum of LT2-4I had gone u-.il.n wild" D'e cantreiis vmr under

Mason's manage nt. and Dial -um t|,e Commamlaiit and Committee sought to recover.

It was alleged that* in .lull" 1920. Mas, ii -.. ioiigfidly ivinovl ' coiner boiler valued at £2(l from KeuDn'rs'oil O'llip. also that lie pm ehasi d two tanks giving Die vendors to understand that the tanks were lor the Trent ham Camp, causing them to remit ;"i a'count for k'4l to Die phiintiirs wliieb amount- was duly s'-lll'-d p v i Imm. It was 's duty, -aid oliintill's to sell slock at a l’rebt of |2\ per cent, to cover Dm working e\peus"S of the ,-.intern. During the ,-criod March 31st. to dune 30th he | stock amounting in value to (■0333. of which stock Dwiy rem lined on June 39th. goods value I at LJM2. During Dial period defendant ai-eoiiiit-,<d for sales amount, to 02983. It was allogrd that as defendant had I'ai'ed to aeeoi'lit for the balance of Dm slock. Die plaintiffs had satiris'd a less nf £129. Plaint i(I s alleged Dial defelld- : I*J bad suppressed debts wliieb be tied incurred fiom March 31 si lo .lime 30th.. 1929 representing Dial Ilf " "'- , bases fur period were £3091, whptens the oiiinnt of stock tillifhased was ae-t'l-dly Cll4l. Of Dial stock nbi'iitifl t said Die shortage was 0743. Til- pl-'d”-t ill's dallied tlm reenvery of 01241 lls lOtl. the sums mentioned above nad in-

t crest. The defence dill not admit 'hat plain nil's WITH the Committee of Manage incut of i lie Tmilliain cant eon. or eiititlcl to bring action. Di-l'-'n-hinl -■ iij.il being 111 rvnlit or ag'nt 'I tiepla ini ill’s, hut admitted having 1 '” employed in a i-leiii-al capacity >•' connexion with the I'cat heist an i-aa teen. He did nut. take a copper boiler and said lie received instructions from the chairman of the then commit lee to remove all stocks to Tientham and to sell all surplus plant and fittings, lie pronoseii to purehase the l.oilei toi his own use. hut found it unsuitable. ||e admitted purchasing four tanks f ruin 1 ami priori- and Co., for £3l, hut denied that he fraud iilen 11\ infmi: l.einpiiere that they wre for the canteen and that, lie ciilsc.l the price to 1 . entered to the debit of the plaintill's. II" denied that he failed to account for tin* balance ot the stock alh'g,,,l lo have cost £i.i.l ts ttfil, or t h.i-t I lie I'lainhU'x had suffered that or out nllwr loss. The rase is unfinished.