ABUSIVE LETTERS
CITY COUNCIL ATTITUDE NO REPLIES IN FUTURE It was disclosed at the City Council meeting last evening that not only the council, but also the councillors individually, are receiving discourteous, abusive, and libellous letters. The matter arose when the Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, commented on a letter from a person at Point Chevalier, and said that as a result of the class of letters that were being received in some cases, he would move that in cases of objectionably couched letters they be not replied to. Councillor A. J. Stallworthy said the letter—which was read to the council —was discourteous, abusive, and libellous, and he trusted that none further of the same character would be read before the council. Councillor J. A. C. Allum remarked that the letter was mild to some he had received. It called one man h liar, and practically called another a thief. Some letters he could not handle at all, they were so objectionable. The correspondents did not realise their responsibilities. The motion was passed, and any letters of an objectionable character will be impounded.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 275, 10 February 1928, Page 13
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182ABUSIVE LETTERS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 275, 10 February 1928, Page 13
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