THE VANISHING CHAIRS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 1948, 8 April 1924, Page 5

THE VANISHING CHAIRS.

FROM THE MUNICIPAL HALL. WHERE DO THEY GOP “When we started we had 50 chairs in the Municipal Hall, now there are 23,” said the Town Clerk at the Borough Council meeting last night. He had been reporting that a certain person who had borrowed 27 chairs without permission had returned only 23. It was only after making inquiries that he had found out who had them. He then wrote to the person concerned, hut had no reply,. He did not feel that it was his duty to run after people in these matters. He did not know that the chairs were back until he saw them in the hall. Cr O’Connell advocated suing the offender. The Mayor: Oh no, I wouldn’t sue him; that would be going a bit too far. Cr O’Connell: Well, then, get the borough solicitor to write him a letter. It was accordingly decided 1 to take this course. When the motion had been put and carried the clerk remarked: 1 may say that another of the Council’s chairs was sold in an auction room the other day. The Mayor: Oh it wasn’t much good branding them, tnen! The Town Clerk: I can say this, that the lady who had it sold certainly was not aware that the chair was ours. It had evidently been sold to her by someone else.