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f 21th. T " Cot~* *A4icqexecsxkaamampnat AFKIDAVIT IS READ | | _ SUPPORTING CHARCE AGAINST INSPECTOR Careful Investigation of Por-- guis Junstion Case | Promised | enfi _ Charges of two Porquis Junction men that they had worked on the farm of F. C. Richardson, Northern Develop-- * ment Inspector, last summer and had 1 been paid out of Northern Develop-- . ! ment funds, were reiterated in the Leg-- | islature yvesterday when Liberal Leader i Binclair read an affidavit to that ef-- 'fect from James McMahon, one of the | pair. | Last week, when the charges were gfil'bt alred by Mr. Sinclair, they were | in the form of a signed statement :trom the men. In reply yesterday Hon. William Fin-- |layson. Minister in charge of Nor-- | thern Development, recalled to the | House that Richardson had denied the ' accusations, saying that any money paid | for work on his farm had come out | of his own funds. Mr. Finlayson, how-- | ever, assured the House that "the most | careful investigation" of the matter | would be made; that an auditor would ' check up the accounts, and that the ! Crown Attorney would be called in for t action if the official was found guilty| | oOf the suggested charge. | ' _ Mr. Sinclair produced the affidavit,| ' in the course of an attack he madei | on the Government's Northern expen-- " diture policy, during second reading of l'cm act to appropriate $10,000,000 for | Northern development purposes. He . condemned the Government's system of bulking expenditures, claiming that| | it permitted "a wonderful opening for' irregularities." Mr. Finlayson should, he thought, be the last man to ask| | for such a bisg appropriation, when there | [ was no adequate check in his depart--| ; ment on the expenditures. | The Liberal Leader took occasion to -- | point out. however, that he was not | critical of a development program in the North.