A COUNCIL AND ITS RATEPAYER?

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 6

A COUNCIL AND ITS RATEPAYER?

. TALK OP INTERFERENCE IN i , , ~;: ■ ELECTIONS. . ■ • ; ' . The request of a meeting, of Hiramar. rate- ! parers,, held on Wednesday; evening, for the j holding of a publio meeting before the; term , of office os the present. council expired, camo ' up at last night's meeting of the Miraniar Borough Council. ■ -'■'. i l A councillor;':. What is tho meeting for? : ! Another councillor: They give no reason, ( 'The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Crawford): I don't see what object would be served'hy Buch a ' meeting. A deputation recently waited upon us. . 1 only received 24 hours' notice of the ' meeting on. Wednesday night,, and could not ( attend, owing to a previous engagement, but I etated that I would at all times give all the ' information I could about the affairs of the borough.. What is it about? Tramways? Or ' what is it? . . .'. „ *....■■■ . ■ A councillor: Matters in generaL'-if 1 ' ; , The Mayor: The new council must Sβ elected, t and any would-be councillor Jias a right to any information; If we called a publio meet- ] ing, a little body might try to manage tho , borough by such moetings, whioh is not desirable; It rather tends to interfere in the elcc- i tions, and this is one thing we don't want to • do at all. •! think I have given all the infor- ' mation about the tramways I oan think of. •It was decided, on the motion of Councillor ' Cooper, seconded by Councillor Brddie, to re- j ply that tho council could not see its way to hold the meeting. . r. ' * ■ • ■ n