PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 40, 16 August 1921, Page 7

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

PUBLICITY NOT WANTED BUSINESS TAKEN IN COMMITTEE. At the commencement of the ordinary fortnightly meeting ■of the Petone Borough Council, after the minutes of the- previous meeting were confirmed, Councillor Brockelbank rose and stated that he had a motion to bring before the meeting. The Mayor stated Mat, Tin nmiM nnf,

accept a motion at that stage, as he was bound to take the business in this order stated on the agenda paper. Councillor Broekelbank stated that the tio h d j d move . was: .. That bus{ness on ft ofd rf ft coilfirma tion of the minutes should bg taken oonmritteei » The Mayol . rukd that th<J nofcion was ont of order at that stage. Councillor Anderson protested against tine Mayor's ruling, and held that according to the standing orders the connc^ th? right to vary the order in which business "was to be conducted. Durin the cmmß of his remarka c^. cmor Anderson made us'of the word <. i(i j otio >. iv r<sa , rd fo tne I . nling of the M At | he Mayor - S Mq ° est the / d was withdrawn, and Councillor Anderßon ex p ress6 d -his .regret if tfie had coneMered the remark offensive The business of the council was then commenced, but when the fourth letter on the order paper was being'considered, Councillor Anderson moved: "That the matter ■be taken in, committee," afterwards amending Ins motion- to include tll° ™hole of tbe business on the agenda _=££3*iwt business-like munner. c^^ Brockelbank -^a he waa M ft M h d thi - th< / motion . Tho , moUon TO to- the right direction, and would help to keep many unpleasantnesses out of the papers. Councillor Churchouse considered the ™>Y e 8S ,? ne !n c !"_>"& direction; council was the people's business, and they had a right to know, what was going on. Councillor Jones said he had always been opposed to committee business, tut after the demonstration given at last _counicl meeting by members of the public against the remarks (of somei councillors, he thought it was time such members should be given a lesson. Councillor Brockelbaifl? remarked'that there was nothing of a policy nature in tne business before the council,' and it^l?, well he.^ m in c?ln,mitte?-. i°»«'- «S"s -£ tStjS" who elected the councillors had a right to know not only the decisions arrived a*' but also the reasons actuating councillors in coming to the decisions. AH the brains oE the community were not under the hats of councillors, and the public had a right to have its say in then put and carried, p Councillor, Hartley Cook. Bedim?-' fi w Ande F iind Brockelbank; . • t . Th • Cmmdllor rf ld chm . choi 4. . '