"QUESTION OF TASTE."

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8832, 7 May 1914, Page 2

"QUESTION OF TASTE."

SCENE AT HARBOUR BOARD MEETING.

(Per Press Association.)

CHRISTCHUROHi May 6. "When the engineer's report was being considered at this morning's meeting of the Lyttelton -Harbour Board, Dr.Thacker rose and asked the chairman ito request Messrs T. D. Boag and J. | Storry to withdraw a ' 'libellous stateI ment" circulated by them recently in newspaper advertisements to the effect that the speaker arid oher city representatives had voted against improvements in the port of Lyttelton. Mr H. Friedlander asked the chairman what these personal matters had to do with the Board. / The chairman (Mr It. Moore) said the Board could not concern itself with the utterances of candidates. Dr. Thacker: That means, then, that the Board endorses these statements- as correct. Messrs Boag and Storry were members, of the Board right up to the time of their re-election. Mr J. Storry said he was not aware that any such statement as Dr. Thacker referred to had ever been made in his advertisements. The chairman said it was not a mat-; ter in which he could interfere. He knew nothing about it. Dr. Thacker: You know all about it. I reckon it is a scandalous thing to be allowed at all. The Chairman: That is a. question of taste. Dr. Thacker: It is not a question of taste at all. I am going to obtain a legal opinion on the matter, and those who made these statements .may see the wisdom of withdrawing them. Mr J. J. Dougall said there was no question that the statements complained of by Dr. Thacker had been published

After a little further discussion, the unit to: was'dropped.