REPLY TO MR MUNGALL'S QUERIES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 455, 12 August 1919, Page 2

REPLY TO MR MUNGALL'S QUERIES.

1 A member can speak to a motion to be proposed by himself, which implies that it need not be : econded be-fore he i 3 allowed to speak in explanation. After it is seconded and discussed by members, the mover can also rise to speak to order upon a matter of privilege suddenly arising. 2 Tho mover of the motion can ii.se to a point of order, and the chairman should rulo out of order the amendmont if it has no hearing on what the motion conveys. The mover, or any member, can discuss the amendment. ;; All correspondence must be filed previous to tho meeting, and cannot be dealt with without stating the farts. Tho Board then decides if such correspondence will be allowed. If a member of the Board should have been ignorant of the facts that the correspondence was not filed, and should make a motion on the same, the chairman should ask that the motion be tabled for next meeting, to give the members a chance of perusing and becoming conversant with the contents. 1 It is an extraordinary thing to hear of a local body having no standing orders adoptel during the period of five years. Business could never have been carried on satisfactorily to the ratepayers under such conditions. RATEPAYER. Tuakau, Ilth August, 1919.