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Apia Pwd Urged
From Our Apia Correspondent AFTER the announcement that large quantities of Public Works stores—chiefly timber, roofing iron and cement—had been stolen and that some of the missing materials had been recovered by the police in Upolu and SavaiC the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa asked the Government to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate all activities of the Public Works Department.
At the Budget session in March, £lO,OOO was voted for the completion of the new road from Vaigafa to Lotofaga and Lepa connecting the northern and southern coasts of Upolu. It is now alleged that £22,000 has already been spent on the road without the Assembly’s authority.
It has been reported that on the night of May 25 pay envelopes con taining some £2,000 in cash for wages and salaries of PWD em ployees were stolen from the PWD office.
The police found the money, minus £76, under the office floor.