MUNICIPAL CONTROL.
NEW DEPARTURE AT NEW
PLYMOUTH
New Plymouth, Nov. 3,
The Borough Council decided tonight to adopt the system of control of the borough by a general manager. The council will sit practically as a board of directors, who will decide on policy matters and control of finance, but the whole working of the council’s departments,' which arc increasing considerably a® the result of the development of the town, the hydro-electric resources, tramways, etc.,, will be administered by the manager. ilv F. F, Bellringer, town clerk, was appointed to the position at a salary of £BOO per year, rising to £9OO. This departure is understood to be the first made in the Dominion,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2050, 4 November 1919, Page 2
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114MUNICIPAL CONTROL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2050, 4 November 1919, Page 2
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