A DOUBTFUL POSITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 10

A DOUBTFUL POSITION.

MAYOR OF MORRINSVILLE. DfTEimON TO RESIGN. AND SEEK RE-EI.EC TION". CPy h.—Own Cerri spr r, M('KKIN-VIU.E. i..iy. Something 1.1 .1 .'i v...at the meeting of the Murrin-v iile li.»rough Council when the Mayor. Mr. S. S. Allen, announced hi- intention of resigning from office on -lune Ui. Mr. Al>u intimated that he intended seeking reelection as >oon after the end of the month as pos-iMc. Mr. Allen's rca»oii for resirninz is. that as a member of the i:r::i that conducts the council"* legal bu»ine>s i Allen Needham and Morion). he may become liable to disqualiticat ion. He retires from the firm on .Tune o". and l>v resigning office now and seeking re-eb-ctii>n as soon after the d.Ue a.- j— il»Io no uue>tion of dis.jiialiniMt-on can !v ati-e. Mr. Allen has obtained ail «.• j•;;■ i■ ■:: from an expert on u»uii:ei;iai ia . and. the jH>int involved a h.jh.v .-";jn:.-.il one. it s-eems desirable to t.ike the contemplated. There i- 110 .:;;,-«tion o'l any charge being made to the borough for any legal work done durin- the period for which he has held ofrie,-. bn; it may i>e the di.-bur.-eii.ent- made bv the firm and refundevl to it either bet'. :,- or after Mr. Allen's ret i: e:i.vi;t n . -.iid involve a di-.jualifiea: A- th.safest coui.-e he has ,;.-d t ., on dune 1 and seek I e-el.vt ;••!!. It there were no other iioii.ina: • n lie o u!d be returned without much dvlav an ! the iHte>lion of dis<-pu!:::--a:ioii then t>e beyond all doubt.