LORD MAYOR'S CAR.
'•WORTHY OF SYDNEY." SYDNEY. January 20. I _\ii item r 'n the Finance Committee*! ■report at tho City (ouncil meeting !a*t 'night antliorifing the purchase of a '< motor ear for the use of the Lord Mayor, provoked ho?ti!e discussion from the Civic R-eforniers. 'Die Lord Mayor explained that the car ' was bought for the use of the Lady Mayoress and himself. It was one of : the liest enra available, and was comi parable with any Rolls-Rovee at the i value of £1500. J Personally, he rarely used the car. but there was no car in the possession of jthe Council worthy of the oecaaions on which it was called into use. j Alderman Stephens, speaking against ; the purchase of the oar without the ap- , proval of the Council, said he would vote against the item as a protest. But the item was adopted, with eight Civic Reformers in the minority.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 7
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