VALUE DEMANDED.
SUVA'S WIAYORAL CHAIN. CODRT CASE POSSIBLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SUVA, June 8. The situation concerning the official chain of the Mayor of Suva lias reached a stage when lively developments are expected. When the Government abolished the elective principle in the appointment ofs town councillors in favour of a nomirt nated Town Board, the retiring Mayor,' Mr. A. Barker, was presented with tha ; Mayoral chain as a keepsake, on » motion which was supported by threo councillors, Dr. Beattie, Mr. J- A. ! and Mr. J. T. Johnson. The auditor | refused to sign the board s accounts unless the chain, 11 v! | declared was an asset of t e i was returned. , I Months passed without any further ( ja,v f l„pn,»« I Muir received a letter . . iwa 6 , ™id bT a "certain'date the auditors would have no option but to sue hiL. i the Supreme Court. And so the matter stands. ihe iiin," sav thev had the right to Sive™the chain" to Mr. Barker, who is m England, while the new board wan.s its "property.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 11
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