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Grey River Argus, 8 November 1938, Page 6

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For Councillors IN CITIES AND TOWNS. [Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 7. Payment for service as a City or Borough Councillor is favoured by the Christchurch City Council, which proposes to seek'the opinions of other Municipal authorities in New Zealand on this subject. To-night, the Council - adopted a recommendation, from , its Finance Committee, that the following remit be submitted to the annual conference of the Municipal Association of New Zealand, which v*U be held at Dunedin next March: “That the Government be requested to make provision, in the Municipal Corporations Act. .for the payment of fixed allowances to members of City and Borough Councils, or as an alternative that provision be made for members of City or Borough Councils to be compensated for by any monetary loss resulting from time lost their permanent employment while attending to the business of the Council.”- ; The recommendation was approved without discussion., ......... • Another rejnit, approved for submission to the Municipal Association, asked that the Government be urged to introduce legislation to control more rigidly the consumption of liquor in licensed dance halls.