MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.
CHARGES AGAINST OFFICIALS.< THE INQUIRY, OPENED. Bt Telegraph.—Press Assn--Copyright. Received April 26, 5.5 p.m. London, April 26. At the opening sitting of the Munitions Inquiry Committee, Mr. Loseby, a member of the House of Commons, who originated the charges, called two ( witnesses, formerly accountants in/ the Ministry of Munitions. They gave evidence that E. J. Sutton, occupying an important position in the Ministry, instructed a meeting of thirty members of the staff to destroy documents called working papers. for the purpose of preventing the audit officials from nosing too deeply into the accounts. The witnesses thought no papers were destroyed, as the staff feared the consequences would be serious to themselves. The cross-examination suggested that the alleged instructions were merely a jocular remark during a discussion on the necessity of expediting the liquidation. of the Ministry’s accounts, and that the witnesses we actuated by resentment in consequence of their subsequent discharge owing to retrenchment. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ‘
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1921, Page 5
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160MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1921, Page 5
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