A LIVELY MEETING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 142, 10 March 1908, Page 7

A LIVELY MEETING.

: PALMERSTONNORTH BOROUGH. " COUNCIL ' i .(BY IEr.EfInAPH —rRE£S„ Assocu-rfoN.). - . " . Palmerston North, March 0. , The Palmerston North Borough Council again met' last cvoiilug .to discuss tlie mat 4 ,t-er' : 'of Curator Sinitli's .'aß;, curator of thb.'reserves."; J';" Councillor, Nash 'once moro put his amendment to-refer the matter to tho ,Reserves Committee,- and the Mayor again'declined'to take either, the amendment or 1 the original resolution ;to refuse to-.a.ccopt -tlje .resignation. v r . • ■~ .. , ■ . ■'A long aiid- heated discussion ensued, duri ing'- which Councillor ' Nash stated his. intension of, informing tlie liis resignation was .iiot aecpptecl;. he.- was to continue to-hold the, position...... - 'v A- letter'' publishedby. -'Mr.- • Smith-an the: " Jlanuwatu Tliikjs 'b was read by. tlip Mavor, who denied/all th'e statements^. ;Hq: said that ho would liko. to know whether ;Mr.v'smith. was ail, employee or governor-of< tho Council, and that : it' seemqd strange to him tliat so; much fuss should be made over cabbagij 1 gardener.' ' ' V.'."i Councillors objected to • tho Mayor thus referring to a borough employee, and ho withdrew tho remark. The meeting closed jnth neithor."rpsplution nor amendment being put, and it is tacitly understood that Councillor- .Nash will act in accordance with .his- instruct the curator "to continue'/ to' .-.ocoupy;; the positipn until tho Council bither-i accepts or- declines his resignation. ' .