NOT ANTAGONISTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 672, 26 October 1933, Page 5

NOT ANTAGONISTIC

TONE OF, COUNCIL'S REPLY TO CHAMBER OF . . ' commerce a. Exception to the tone of the council's reply was taken by the secretary of the Rotorua Chamber pf 'Comnierce in a . letter' to tiie Rotorua Borough Council last eyeriirig dealing with the recent ansWei made" by the council to the cliairiber's charge that it * wa's unhecessarily purbliasing goods;out of Rotorud: Both fhe ehai»ber's letter and the eouncil's rdply thereto were published in the "Morning Post." > In the letter received by the council last eve'ning the se'cretary of the chamber pointed out that in'his letter no reference Was made -to aiiy particular class of goods, but that the council'S reply referred'tb Such matters " as" niotor vehicles . and "groceries. Stroiig exception was* taken:to the antagonistic tone of the '.reply to * $ cburteoiis request, and' it* was pointedout tliat the cbuncil ; 'shOuld^welcome suggestions from "the aSsociatiOn^ as their objects are in many Ways identical iri that they were-.solely .for the good of Rotorua and the ratepayers gendrallyr w "I don't see anything antagonistic about' that reply; your' Worshlp," «aid Cri'E, *T. Johnson, when the eouncil's reply had been5 read, . ,. ... ... - K,"The Mayor:- It is just a'plain state•jperi^ -.of 'tlie* f acts. - * *'• •*'>*The phainber's letter was receiv«d.