COUNCILLOR RESIGNS
CITY’S COAL PURCHASES TECHNICAL BREACH OF LAW Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. The Christchurch City Council tonight accepted with regret the resignation of Mr. Hunter. The letter of resignation made n© references to coal, but the Mayor, in a statement a few days ago, said the city had been using coal supplied by Mr. Hunter and his partner, Mr. P. C. Webb, who represent a party of cooperative miners at Point Elizabeth. However, this coal had been sold to the council through a third party. Tfce audit office had stated this was only a technical breach of the law. Non-Labour members of the council to-night pressed for an inquiry into the circumstances of these coal contracts, but they were outvoted by fbe Labour majority, by 10 votes to five. It was stated in the course of a report by an officer of the engineer’s department that Point Elizabeth coal was obtained at a price 11s a ton cheaper than the coal previously used.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 474, 2 October 1928, Page 16
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