THE "ZOO."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 8

THE "ZOO."

; MORE V ,' ; MENTHW OF:LEGAL':PBOCEEDINGS;';V^ ■ .The Zoo ; was .tho subject' of,' somo pointed , remarks "by! tho Reserves Committee' at-last;. ; night*s meeting of;, the City Council. '■': The , committee 'reported that tho- action. 1 of', the ■ '.' .Superintendent of tho 'Zoo 'in writing : , to 'the; . press,' and--following up' the- .correspondence, ■"; without;'tho, 6ahctidn' of; tho; Committee :, \\ l aa'■ {■ against-the" terms of his, engagement, and that 'ho should ,be .requested 'to. .desist-';froih' similar, action, in future. '.As far as the'general'/; .management 'of''tho - : Zoo l -was concerned, th,8■' committee were in consultation'with the offi- - e'ers 'of .the' council, and would 'report -to- th»'.'. - next meeting of. the' council'with' their rec6m«. : . ■ mbudiitions-thereon;'" ■'■."-.' ;";,;,..';:.:, '.- '.'.'"... Councillor Luke said this was as much- in-- ; formation on the matter as the committee'' cou(d give at .present. ~„ v ..,,.-.',:. Councillor Ddvine ; took'exception, to the way • in 'wbjeh. the .report hdd'beon.brought up, 7 ', and ■ proceed to criticiso,' ,tho action of ; tB« ; '■ - committee. , -. ~ ~ .''.' ' ;'■.-?■ Councillor-Fitzgerald''moved,, as'an' ' amendment; that ! a special committed' bo set up ;tt)'■"■■" report at next mooting on'the' management'' . of tho Zoo. if, ,".-;■'>'; •-.■■■.■.'■". '.•'■■ ;,Tho amendment was ruled out of order, but, ; in a subsequent discussion,: Councillor'' Fitz- ' gerald remarked that the citizens of "Welling.' ton were clamouring: for information,' and-ha - ; thought that it was timo they'had it.-'-Some: ' time'ago.-it report' had- been' drafted by "in- -'- expert; onUhe"position;of affairs.at the;Zooj- ■ but 'this wpprt had not been madepublic ■ Ho thought that tho timo had arrived-when. ' an, investigation, 'wholly; independent; of the .committee should be held, the committee (as >" ■iar as'ho knew) not having dono'their duty.' Citizens should know the exact ■ position. '• •-''-," Coh'en:' 'Thoy will Low in good i time." "-.', :. •,...." B - - ■ ■ Councillor ' Fitzgerald: ■■ ' "Wo .should ''.'"knw r now.-., -.'• : •; ■-;■; -- ; V;-, ■:■.. •.-•■-.-.'. ■,'■;''/' . The Mayor explained that a' letter 1 'had been/' received.trom a lawyer asking that nothing ' should, bo done by .the -council, peudiug certain - ,lcgal proceeding that were goings on. -.'- vh n^filc c^wittGe,rasMl^B of the whole facte of the case,.and this report ' a^4 be "J ir^ 111 4"* to "safeguard: 'the "in.-:: ' IT$ 1 ' Tll ° sole rc «sou of tha ; report was to let the council know the position/-' Councillor Luke, chairman of the committee,"' also; made an explanation. Ho thoughtthe' ' I . ,tte T/ h f'? U,d ' b,! tr .^tedto.carry ou'thei? ■'". dut.es. If the council, was. not' was mute competent for them-to ■■»'•;' special committee,: or to- «kthe SLSL« to retire from office. It *„/th«duh?S' tt! comm tteo to getMuformatmn'tom : , Tho report was adopted' ;; V;:-: :,V:' '