The column was calling on them to be more accountable in record keeping and filing with the Companies Office. MIE’s new ‘Captain Mainwaring’ – one Dave McGaveston of Nelson on Sea – penned an email to the Hound’s boss claiming such a “malicious” claim “brought into disrepute” MIE and it accountant’s business. However, your old mate notes that when the item came out in Rural News June 7, the Companies Office records showed MIE as not having filed its financial statement for the year ended March 31, 2015, despite this having been signed off at its annual meeting on July 29, 2015. However, these records magically appeared on the Companies Office register on June 15, 2016! As another Dad’s Army favourite, Corporal Jones, used to say, “They don’t like it up ‘em”, and it seems neither does MIE. However, it is good to note that the $200,000-plus of levy payer monies MIE sucked up have now been properly accounted for, thanks to a little prompting by you-know-who.
