UPPER HUTT ROLL
DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL
THE MAYOR'S ACTION
A question as to who authorised men to go round the district in connection with the electoral roll was asked by Councillor W. Greig at the meeting of the Upper Hutt Borough Council last evening. The Mayor (Mr. A. J. McCurdy) said that the main roll was in a deplorable condition. The Town Clerk had no men to send round in connection with the roll, so he told the clerk that he was sending out men to find out whether residents were on the roll or not. The men were told they were not to do any electioneering or enrolling, but if any residents wanted to be enrolled forms would be sent to them. Councillor Greig: I understand you did it on your own authority. The Mayor: The need was there. Councillor Greig said that in the past councillors were consulted in; matters of urgency, and it should have been done in this case. . The Mayor stated that in addition to residents enrolled at the office, 101 people in the East Ward and about 50 in the West Ward were found not to be on the roll. Of the men who were put on to the work, one was on the foad for 3 days, one for 21 days, and one for 3J days. r ' ' ; Councillor Greig pointed out that his complaint was that the Mayor did not take the councillors into his confidence, -i ■•.;.'..•■■ The Mayor said no disrespect was intended, and he apologised if there was any; . ; It was further stated by the Mayor that the men were paid at unemployed rates in advance. . A long and involved discussion followed as to the financial aspect of the matter. To cut it short, Councillor J. Purvis volunteered to pay the £10, which was the amount involved, for the payment of the'men, and lie threw a note for that amount across to the Town Clerk, but he was later persuaded to take the money back again. Further consideration of the matter was left until this afternoon.' The Railway Department's advertisement, announcing that the; Wel-lington-Upper Hutt (and vice versa) Sunday trains will be discontinued after tomorrow, appears elsewhere in this issue.1 ...:.■•-. r
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 13
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370UPPER HUTT ROLL Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 13
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