AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 993, 7 December 1910, Page 4

AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

"IF .YOU WANT TO REMOVE ME, THY IT." (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, December 6. A scene occurred at this afternoon's meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board between tho chairman o£ the board (Mr. A. J. Entricau) and Jlr. J. H. Bradney, and for a few moments the .proceedings took a very lively turn. The incident arose out of a letter from Mr. Bradney, which appeared in tho "Herald" of Friday last, and in which ho asserted that a letter sent to the board some three or four months ago bad been "suppressed at the time."

The chairman, in bringing the matter up, expressed regret that any member of the board should make such a charge against his fellow members. He would, he said, give the member in question an opportunity of withdrawing the assertion that the letter had been suppressed. Mr. Bradney, who remarked that he was of course the member referred to, declined to withdraw his statement.

The chairman: I call upon .you, Mr. Bradney, to withdraw the statement that the letter was suppressed. Mr. Bradney said he would not withdraw any of the statements in his letter, and, appealed to later, he again, refused to withdraw the statement. The chairman said that if Mr. Bradney persisted in his interruptions and defiance to the chair he would ask him to leave the room. Mr. Bradney: I won't go. . Tho chairman: Then I will have yon removed. . • Mr. Bradney (defiantly): Do it! The.chairman: I will ring for a constable. Mr. Bradney: You have gone as far as yon can go with me, and you can't go any further. If you want to remove me, try it. Mr. Napier said the chairman should exercise his authority. The chairman (to the acting-secretary): Will you ring up for the police? Mr. P. J. Nerheny said Mr. Bradney i was very excited, but they should endeavour to avoid the taking of any such extreme steps. . The chairman said he was sorry to have to exercise his authority in' this way (the instruction to call the. police was not enforced). Tho chairman said Mr. Bradney should defer to the chair, and not make these continual interruptions. He moved: "That a committee bo appointed to inquire into the matter." The motion was carried.