ONCE MORE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 6 August 1889, Page 3

ONCE MORE.

.liie"^uflerfenfie between- the Wanganui BducAuoivßpatiEl and* the Committees .arenot Wro- allowed to slumber, If the meinbers^>f,the Board can possibly prevent it. Mi*wi3^rwas,very anxious to have a most meddlesome resolution' of hia carried At Ihe last sitting, meeting upon hisown<>s>- illicit. IKferareglad to find that one uiettibej- a vailed hiiDßelfiaf the rules, and stated that it was; a .motion pi which notice should be given We entirejjr agree with him, and so will all reasonable people who read ' the same, which is "as fallows :— " That committees be notified that in future the Board wiilap* jxrint one, auditor to, audit the aceottufo. of -*H the Committees in the district, and that in due course committees will be notified of the name of the. gentleman to whom' their books and accounts are to bq forwarded,^ Surely the Board must be aware thM this is only one more effort of the well known Mr A. A. Browne to eiercige a little more of his officioiui interference with the Committees. TOxe Bdard as a wXote we have before now despaired of acting much ■ beyond the, die- • iatesotjheir gietfetary, and we should have avoided any^efewnce to their action, had nottoeCtMi>tina n half-heartedly expressed tvs ettocti/iieace in the viewa «f the mover: D^ng^r'Ciw^ott's tenure «3f the chair he ™apj6periy exercised, his authority over Bw r£ %. Browne and kept that gentleman »'itf 'frying he was the Board and he »>Mfe;liut this slip of the Chairman, .will, if the'motion is carried, kgaitt give him an opening r to do the work so -congenial to his tastes. Qf course, it. will no doubt, be argded that the motion as written is good. and/ that only the". 1 - appointment of Mr feownawill be bad. We believe, however, that the motion is bad, unless it can be ahoym, to be/most necessary, which it cauno>b«,with6tit showing that the majorityof tbea'cQinim'ttee.s are actually dishonest. Ate the.tyfe/ent time the audit is done for the coittinittees without charge by the •pditow^Bey appoint, and the few ftccounts *hat^go,direct tdthe Board's office are also a^toS free. It all the committees pc> counts are to go to -Mr Browne for audit, to will soon 1 be ««king for more salary, and that fit, where the reason* lies; If Mrßridge thinks ■ that.i tiie Secretary, requires . more /ifctgoujA tie better to say s.o right out, than to propose a motion vilifying hiß electors, on purpose to suggest extra work for Mr Browne. This' proposition is most astounding for the ejfctreniely clumsy way it is proposed,, to clear the evil banted. at as ci- : istiog. ; „ j|(it is -true that some auditors pass items ic^arged by 'gomtniUees against the sums ,*oted t f or certain specified purposes, sorely it would be cheaper and pleasanter to issue's circular for them to hand to their auditors, i>pinting out the only legitimate manner of using such money, and it "would answer also as a guide to the committees. Some members of looal bodies sqem unable to do work Withqnt.fuss and insinuation. .. ,