MALVERSATION OF BOROUGH FUND.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 971, 12 September 1878, Page 2

MALVERSATION OF BOROUGH FUND.

Sib—Tf "Spectator" would look to Municipal Corporation Act, 53 -d clause, he wou'd see the Mayor had set at naueh'. his oath. is his faithfully and impartiall executing the power vested in him ? Was there no other blacksmith, no other carpenter, ho other cabpnetmaker, in the Borough ? By " Spectator's " latter the Mayor has been nxceedinglv faithful to himself—£ss 6s and other bill* du3 for work and material •lone by the M*yor for the Borough, to the exclusion of poor tradesmen who are wanting employment. Oh ! as to Coates as 'a Councilor supplying timber, the afinity— you help me I help you (bet.weMi the Mayor and Coates) is explained. The 63rd clause provides for acting unlawfu'Jy aa a Councillor, at by " Spectator" -Supplying goods to their own order, and voting the money to pav themselves. In place of the Borough GVmncil being composed of men of character fand ability to devise and advjse upon questions tending to and effeds*g the future and present welfare of the Borough, there will soon be, if this sort of thing is allowed, a scramble for offijn by other tradesmen (if they can be found) who will find it convenient to set at naught a oath and right. But, what! its only a Borough oath—principle, honor, uprightness—rairged virtues at most. Get it, honest if you can, but get it, appears to be the order of the daj'.— I am, &c, Looker Ox.