A DEADLOCK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1518, 14 August 1912, Page 7

A DEADLOCK.

1 -A COUNCIL'WITHOUT QUORUM. "WILL BEAD IT IN THE PAPERS." The Reserves. Committee's, report.,dealing with •ttevrolatioiis be£ween'ljh'6 ; intemlent' of Reserves and a" member of. the City Reserves staff was to have been discussed at the special meeting. of the City-Council, last .nigjit.;,'jV r - . It was iatp. when the subject jras introduced, the tramways question having been dealt-, with beforehand. Councillor Frost arid 'Councillor Flefc-cher-.siioke on the ?übjcct. ■ Several counr cillors were approaching >the list, and it'.; seemed evident that. there would not be ;a- quorum. • The Mayor (Mr. D. M'Lareh) rose tm'd said that he -wished to refute certain statement) wliich Councillor Frost had made, and which, the Mayor said, reflected on'him (the Mayor). "11l all tjje time I'have been on the council," added. his Worship,' "I " have never heard a, more gross attack."' Ho said that lie wished Councillor Frost to Btay, an he intended'. speaking plainly apout the matter. .. .:. ." Councillor, Frost sald'that iie had"a long way,to. go,'and as:it jvas.very. late (about ll_p.m.) hoi could not stay. . '. - The Mayor repeated..that' he intended to speak plainly on the subject. "Very well," said Councillor Frost, "I will read it. in thb papers in the morning." I . ' - Councillor Frost and another councillor then left thb Chamber. It was pointed out that thero was not a quorum. l _ Councillor Fitzgerald, who was standing.near the door, volunteered to tirv to induce the councillors to return. Preflejltly he. re-entered and said that he had been unable to do so. The meeting then lapsed. Councillors present at this stage were The Mayor, Councillors Smith, Atkinson, Barber, Fletcher, Sliirtcliffe, and Fitzgerald. " . " ~