Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 1920. HOLDING OVER.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7472, 13 August 1920, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 1920. HOLDING OVER.

No less than three questions — certainly all of some importance — were held over by the Borough Council on Wednesday night for consideration at its next meeting, in order that a decision might be obtained from a full Council. What guarantee is there that a full Council \v> 11 then be present ? If Councillors arc not" all there then will consideration of these matters be further postponed ? Repeatedly, both in this Council and in previous Councils, matters have been discussed at length, and then held over for a full Council. Twenty minutes was wasted on Wednesday night discussing a proposal that was ultimately relegated to the mythical '' full " Council. The habit is growing and is a most pernicious one. Councillors were elected — they offered their services —to carry on the affairs of the borough- Every Councillor knows when meetings are to be ncld, and why, because any particular Councillor or Councillors happen to be absent, the business of the Borough should be hampered and delayed, is a mystery. This holding over practice—after wasting much time in discussion —is pernicious and vexatious. Only in rare cases can it reasonably be claimed that delay is necessary.