DISGRACEFUL SCENE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10624, 1 May 1912, Page 5

DISGRACEFUL SCENE

AT A ROAD BOARD MEETIMB.

AUCKLAND, Last Night. The- Auckland- correspondent of i'be Evening Post telegraphs: — Dissension 'has existed for sonic time among iinembens of the Remuera Road BoivrtC 'aaida special meeting lastevening ended in a disgraceful Rcene. Lately, by .means oi a cheque signed by memibers of the Finance Cc«iimittee, pajmentf. bf £IOO was made to a firm of contractors for certain metalcnishing work. That that payment should not have been made without iW consent, of the full Board is the contention of the chairman (Mr Cawkwell), and the question was to have i :beon discussed at last evening's meetillg' . The chair man iuicrmed a reportei after the meeting £hat there had been a disgraceful scene. One memtber made inter ject-fcais e'ontiruuilly, attd at ono stage took off Fvis coat ivnd announced a desire to fight. Mr Oawluvell said he asked rtflie member, fto allow business to proceed, and the imemiber then made, certain aspersions, and he (the chJiirmadi) resigned. He rsaicl, in Ir.s written resignation., that he declined to iLttay «ii any body of which the person he complained of wii«s a member. A •resolution was .passed asking him to recon sider-hi* decision., hut lie declined. Thoro was disorder. Another mem'ber of tihi> .Board, when questioned, 'bore out jft£* Oa>wkwell's version. "There was » most painful scene," 'ho said. 'The other members tried to pour oil on tho troubled waters, but the disputants, were not to be appeared."