TRAVELLING EXPENSES.
ALLEGED ILLEGAL PAYMENT. TO dffiHRMAN OF A COUNTY . COUNCIL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) FEJjIiDING, Night. ; At theCroua County Council meeting ti>-day, the Chairman ([Mr Hugh BurrelL\ laiSt oil the table/ a., letter.: received' from the Auditor-General. The letter pointed out that the. bal-ance-sheet showed that ; £35 U 1 travelling allowances had been paid to the Chairman, in lieu of the 'actual* travelling expenses provided, by the Act. The .letter further said: • 'This being .the. case, my duty is to call upon you to refund < the . amount of such* allowance, and* i shall be glad to consider any reasons you may wish to submit why 1 should not take tion accordingly." Mr Burrell jsaid thai when lie received th« letter he £*nt & cheque He looked upon the letter as "an' insult. The matter Raised a storm in the Council. The opinad'n was expressed that" the Chairman was quite entitled .to receive the sum, amd should not have made a 'refund by cheque. It lyas decided to ask Mr Guthrie, M.P., to - inquire into the position,; :
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 August 1913, Page 5
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175TRAVELLING EXPENSES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 August 1913, Page 5
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