MAYOR'S RULING VETOED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 594, 21 February 1929, Page 6

MAYOR'S RULING VETOED

VACATES HIS CHAIR SPLIT AT TAUMARUNUI (From Our Oven Correspondent) TAUMARUNUI, Wednesday. “Thank you. I consider this as a vote of censure, and cannot take it as anything else. It is humiliating and degrading to put up with it.” With these words, the Mayor of Taumarunui, Mr. G. E. Manson, vacated his seat at the fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council last night, and, followed by Crs. G. F. Thompson, CJ. S. Steadman and L. Rickards, left the meeting. The trouble arose over a notice of motion introduced by Cr. U. M. Simmons, to the effect that a former resolution of the council calling separate applications for the position of borough inspector and traffic inspector should be rescinded. The Mayor only agreed to allow the motion to proceed if he considered Cr. Simmons could produce fresh evidence bearing on the position. Cr. Simmons proceeded to state his case, the main point being that he could prove that by reversion to the Government sanitary inspector the borough could save £ 3 10s a week. The Mayor did not agree that fresh evidence had been given, and declined to allow the notice of motion to proceed. After some pointed discussion, Cr. C. A. Boles asked: “Will you take a motion now?” On the Mayor's agreeing, Cr. Boles moved that the council disagreed with the Mayor’s ruling. On being put to the vote the motion was carried by five to four. Mr. Manson and his supporters then left the meeting, and the chair was Taken by the Deputy-Mayor, Cr. J. E. Ward, the meeting terminating at midnight.