Motion "Inopportune"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 517, 28 April 1933, Page 6

Motion "Inopportune"

The chairman, commenting on these figures, said that if this board's charges had been the highest in the province there would have been ample justification for it owing to the nature of the district bnt instead of that it was the lowest. At thi3 point, Mr. Peebles remarked that it was apparently an inopportune time to bring the matter up, and also that he had noticed his friend on the right had referred to his notice of motion as "eyewash." He would, he said, be very sorry to think that any member of the board would treat anything referring to a possible reduction of charges to. the consumer as eyewash He took it that th'e remark had not been intended seriously. Mr. Burrett explained that his remark had not been intended seriously but he (Mr. Burrett) thought that in formulating such a motion Mr. Peebles would have had some information to back it up with. The chairman assured Mr. Peebles that if the board could see any means of making any reductions, it would be only to happy to do so. If in th'e meantime any member could come forward, after having gained all the information available from the executive officers of the board, with a practical scheme for reduction, the board would be only too pleased to give it every consideration, but vague generalities were of little use. The board decided to defer the motion until after a review of the estimates.