TAKAPUNA AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 303, 20 December 1917, Page 5

TAKAPUNA AFFAIRS.

c MR. GRLMWADE'S RESIGNATION. a ' ■ t -.- ■ s The resignation of Mr. E. E. Grim* wade wa3 accepted, by the Takapuna * Borough Council last evening. The fc Mayor said that as the reasons for Mr. c Grimwade's resignation had already beea y ! » published, it rested with him as Mayor r to refute certain statements which gave ' I , I a wrong impreesion. Concerning hi* 1 first reason, which was to the effect that h the Council showed no disposition ,te i comply with the recommendation of the c National Efficiency Board, regarding ecor I nomy, the Mayor explained that the e l Council's loan works put into a j operation 'before the war, and it was not *■ ' new work. It would be carried out with, c efficiency and economy. Regarding Mr. h Grimwade'e second reason that the f money raised for loan works was being , s expended without proper organisation, r the Mayor said the loan money had been t expended in the most economical manf ncr possible in rotation on works that t were contemplated at the time the loan c was raised. 3 Regarding the drainage scheme, t the Mayor said that the eni, gineer had been, instructed, on the c approval of the whole Council, to formui late a comprehensive scheme, and that •, scheme had for some yeare been in pre* s paration, and councillors were urging s that it be expedited. At the last meet* c ing of the Loans Committee it was de- !• aided (Cγ. Grim wade being the only dia» 0 sentient) to carry on those works which - were considered necessary in the most -, economical manner. Councillors Bise, Duncan and Arthur 8 spoke in the same strain, after which a the following resolution Was unanim- > ously carried: "That the Council accept 1 the resignation of Mr: Grimwade, and c sincerely thank him for his past valu- * able work 'for the borough." I- " ' '