The Toowoomba Chronicle is responsible for the following annecdoto : “ The mayor of an up-country town in New South Walos went to Sydney and tarried long. After being absent from three consecutive meetings, the rest of the council passed a voto of censure on him. Next mooting he was in his place and did things. After the reading of the minutes ho asked fiercely, “ Who proposed that motion of censure ? ’ ‘I did,’ said one of the aldermen, and before he could state the reason he was silenced by a heavy clout from the irate mayor. No one replied, all thinking discretion the bettor part of valour. As the motion has not been seconded, I rule it out of order,’ said the mayor. ‘Therefore the minutes are incorrect,’ he said, as he tore the leaf from the book.’* I
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Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 102, 17 October 1918, Page 4
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