BREEZE AT A BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 11 April 1907, Page 5

BREEZE AT A BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING.

VIOLENT SCENE. By TC graph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 10. The transfer of Wadestown from the Onslow Borough to Wellington City has ;.ot been accomplished without some turmoil. Certain technicalities are still uncompleted, but when the Onslow Borough Council met, to-night, the two Wadestown members (Messrs Nash and Larkin) found that the other members had closed upon their seats, and the Mayor (Mr R. B. Williams) ruled that they were not Councillors. They protested hotly against what they called the disfranchisement of Wadestown, and a violent scene occurred. They resented being; called "Mr,"and when the Mayor threatened to summon the police they defied him to do so. The Mayor: "I'll give you five minutes. Where is the telephone list?" Mr Nash: "Give us ten minutes if you like; you can't shift us." The Mayor: "You are what would be characterised in law as a public nuisance, and possibly, as a Justice of the Peace, I could hand you over to the police." Mr Larkin: "It would cost you more than you are worth if you did." Mr Nash: "I will consult my solicitor." The Council then went into committee, and the Wadestown members withdrew. It is understood that matters of finance affecting both Onslow and Wadestown were on for discussion, and the Order Paper contained a notice of motion by Mr Larkin to rescind a recent resolution granting the Mayor an honorarium. Mr Nash threatens to apply for a caveat, and contends that he is in office till the 24th instant.

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