Seven members of the Newmarket Boron sill Council have instructed tliejr solicitor to apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Mm or. Mr S. Donaldson, to put » certain motion. This re:erred to “misleading and improper statements circulated in a paper called the Newmarket Ratepayers’ Gazette, and with a view to stopping the publication of the' paper, stated an Auckland Press Association message. It was proposed that a copv be handed to the borough solicitor. " The -Mayor refused to put the motion, saying it was unfair and he was not going to have the council shouldered with the responsibility of securing legal advice or the cost of litigation.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 9
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