ROAD BOARD ROW

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 149, 14 September 1927, Page 9

ROAD BOARD ROW

MEMBER KNOCKED DOWN PERSONALITIES RESENTED LIVELY MT. ROSKILL MEETING DERSISTENT indulgence in per- *- sonalities and constant interruption of a speaker at a meeting of the Mount Roskill Road Board last night led to a member being knocked down by another member. Feeling had run high all the evening, land despite warnings from various members. The victim continued to have i his say. The board was holding a special ; meeting to consider the question of concreting the roads of the district, and there was a full attendance presided over by Mr. E F. Jones. Mr. J. R. Robertson was urging the need for the board to go ahead and seek the opinion of the ratepayers for a loan of £BB.OOO to eoinpleie the work. It is stated that Mr. Thomas Davies persisted in interrupting :he speaker and indulging in personalities. Mr. Robertson asked Mr. Davits to forbear from making remarks and to allow him to get on with the important matter in hand. Similar requests Toother members failed to have any effect, and when Mr. Davies mentioned that a certain member was ‘ not a man anyhow." that member rose in his place and struck Mr. Davies a blow over the eye which knocked him to the floor. There was an uproar, which was only settled by the chairman adjourning the meeting. Before this was done, however, Mr. Davies signified his intent ion of resigning, and was told he would have to put it into writing. It is also stated that the personnel of the board will be considerably clianged at the next meeting. When seen regarding the disturbance this morning. Air. J. I:. Robertson w ould say nothing, although, when the fact* were laid before him, he made no • nial of them.