AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 405, 22 June 1880, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

To the Editor of the AJcarott Mail

Siß.r—My mate Jack wrote a letter toyon about election of Mayor and how it is kept quiet, and that.there is somethingunpleasant hanging to it, or we should have heard something abont it.

I am as bad as Jack, for I have not Been ( any notice as uaual in the paper. „ I have asked a few, and they tell me it is not compulsory to insert it in t&e paper. Well, Sir, I suppose this has always been the law; but yet those in power formorly always had the courtesy to inform me satepayerson this most important matter ; for it is no.small thing to be elected Mayor, as some candidates; have found it. We}l, Sir, 1 should like to know if theperson I have heard a 8 being elected Mayor is. the same as tried some time ago.and got eightvotes,and not all those hisvoluntary snpporteis, for some of them told me and ray ! r»rtte-that they voted for him ho that he should notlose ten pounds. I don't know what he meant though; m I don't want to rub out what I just wrotedown,.but my mate 711 st tells me that hefound out that the cove what's in is the very same I am Talking about. r If so, by Jove Tie is the Bame too as \¥as chairman of the Finance Committee, which he jacked up when it got into a'mess through a lot of broken promises with the Bank, and then he took to be chairman of the Works. Committee, which lro chuckedup 5 ; up in quick time because something offended him. ' '* ' m Well, some.'pernrmH have a cheek. Now, Sir, I want fcnow who nominated him; for not only has the candidate" grossly insulted the ratepayers by presuming so much; but his nominators are equally to blame. Now eotno say, **no nhohut him cam& forward, and if he..did .not the election would have tohe held over again." What of that? Would not the ratepayers huvo seen »t once the necessity of" prompt■ ncttoi) ¥ I say they But this sneaking into office by one so thoroughly unpopular is a downright insult to the ratepayers. Yours, Ac, NED.