PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7953, 17 October 1905, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

MONDAY, OCTj 16. ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr Seddon announced that the Government had decided to appoint a Commission to thoroughly invests gate every phase of Ilia Meiklo cascT an<l that the Government was prepared to act on the recommendation i o! such Commission. The following Bills were read a second time Public Works Compilation, Taranaki Scholarships, Workers' Compensation for "Accidents, Industrial Conciliation iafld Arbitration! Education Reserves, Factories Act | amendment, and several Bills ol loc- | al importance only*

WIYS OF THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. A REMEDY WANTED. f J'or Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 10. An inquiry by a Judge of the Supreme Court into the audit systemi will open at tho Supreme Court, next Wednesday.

A largely attended meet of ratepayers passed a resolut'i.n calling the attention of tho Government to tho very incomplete manner in which the Andit Department cnrr'<>-> out its duljrs of auditing the twits of ljral Viudics, and would 'point' oilt. that while no notice is taken' of outstanding rates, etc., an open door is !eft for embezzlement, which could easily be closed by the Department sending out notices of such outstanding accounts from Wellington, with an intimation that if anythingi is wrong with the claim a communication must b» held direct with the Audit Department and not with thu local body) coneernwi ■; the cost to be borne by the local body.