A CIVIC BLUNDERS.
(Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Nov. 28. At last meeting of the Port Borough Council it was decided to demand the rent in advance of the quarry leased by Luttrell and Scott for the new dock contract, This was Resented by Luttrell and Scott, who discharged all the Port Chalmers workers employed by them, On Saturday a deputation of workers waited on Mr Luttrell and the Mayor, and protested against thoaction of the Council in publicly demanding rent in advance, and expressed sympathy with Luttrell and Scott in the position in which they h d been placed. Mr Luttrell said that the action of the Council was evidently not approved by the ratepayers or workers, as he thought was the case, the men discharged would resume work on Monday, and would receive half wages for the time lost. In the ovoning a public meeting was held at which a resolution was passed calling on the Council to expunge from its minutes the motion calling on Mr Luttrell to pay the rent of the quarry in advance within 12 hours. The meeting was nt times somewhat lively, two of the candidates for Port Chalmers taking part.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7988, 27 November 1905, Page 2
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197A CIVIC BLUNDERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7988, 27 November 1905, Page 2
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