THE SYDNEY SUNICIPAL FRAUDS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 254, 11 April 1888, Page 6

THE SYDNEY SUNICIPAL FRAUDS.

A H lU'iiMi examination ol the store-room at t-)io Town Hull has ie>ulted in the di«eovci\ or en (am \oupl)Ci>> for a period of 18 ijiontii- (1880 81), which, it is thought, boar upon the iraudb which have been peipciiaU'd. The determination ot the question w hethei these voucheis have been manipulated by >hr contiaefcois, and to what extent, will depend to home extent upon the examination ot t he butts of books from which they v ere i-sued. A seaich has now been instituted for the butts>, and it is hoped tha r / they will be brought to li^ht. The Major luin ieeei\ed .^oino anony inous letter^ relative to the traudfc. One ot the epistle-, put ports to come !rom a woman, whodoelarohthat "hocei tainly could tell ahoufc some missing documents and also buolvN horn the Town Hall, but she i.s pic\ented by boin^ watched and thieatened horn disclosing what she knows. She also state.-, she " could tell some things that have notyetcoinc to light. " She writes, moreo\er: — " 1 have half a burnt book in my possesMi bul L .stole it, ami that would be one tlircit to accuse me of stealing it.'

Mvb Rasper, to her lauuiy physician : '' Do you think, doctoi. that, a little Lemper is a bad thing 1 in a woman ?" Physician, gallantly : "Certainly not, madam — eeitainly not ! On the contrary, it is a <jood tiling ; and she should take care never to loho it."' Pat's Hxperieneo ol Champagne. — " Champagne is a most desaytful &ort of dhrink. Shure, whin 1 thought that I was comfortably dhrunk for the rest ot the evonin', I found that in an hour I was iutively riober !"