POWER TO SUSPEND.
„ t (BY TELEGRAPH".) f (UNITED PRISSS ASSOCIATION.) i Thames, January 17. \ -A^varm debate of an hour's*durationtoo.k. plabe at a meeting of tlie- Thames Borough Council to-night regarding t<h4&otiori'o£ MrF. O. Dean^ the Towh Clerk, who recently; suspended J. B. Mason, the holder of- a number of other .municipal • appointments assigning as a reason that- the latter had been convicted of ar^iult' and severely fined. A very humble- apology from the delinquent, and a plea for reinstatement ...was received. Th,o~ jfiajbrity of the councillors expressed the conjrictioriitliafc the Town Clerk had'autKbHty to- susspend.' Eventually'ft'resolution waff'^a^ried 1 Accepting r theftpolog^ and^ hfereeing to Tfe'inltiitement. An additional^b'iiion ' v^as, however, passed affirming ithe opinion that the act|on of- the Town Clerk m suspending^withont consulting the Mayor or any, member of the council was both injudicious and uncalled for. After the conclusion of the meeting Mr Dean publicly stated his intention of giving the necessary, six months' notice and resigning his.-appbintmrnr.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 January 1884, Page 3
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