MR. KING AND THE TOWN CLERK.
TO. ,THE EDITOR OF THE STAB. Sir,-— Mr. King, injiis letter in last Wednesday's issue, says he " would point out one by no means peculiar illustration," Now as the word peculiar has two mean.: ings.— the one . is appropriate, the other singular — I do not know In what sense tho word is meant by Mr. King. If tbe first, I fail to see that it is appropriate for the Town Clerk to be absent at such a critical time. :If Mr. King means that it is singular, then I am surprised, inasmuch as he (Mr. King) is one of the councillors, consequently must also have been one of those who granted leave of absence to the Town Clerk; but should he (tbe clerk) have gone away without leave of the couucil and close the borough office for nearly a week, I must Bay it is singular, and would not have been done anywhere else... By doing so the clerk must hold the council in contempt, or else be a r brother in arms. If the borough offices can be closed to the public for a weekthen there cannot be much work for a clerk to do and the salary should be given .accordingly. If the work is neglected, and the offices should have been open to tbe public, tbe remedy is in tbe bands of the couucil. — I am, &c, I won't go Home till Hobming." Hawew, July 20, 1962.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Issue 277, 21 July 1882, Page 2
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