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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4954, 11 February 1937, Page 4

“An outstanding feature' of some of the early councils was that their members dearly loved an argument, and numerous instances occur in the minutes where there would be a motion and up to five amendments on seemingly not very important subjects,” said the chairman, Mr. W. G. Belton, in responding to a: toast at the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Patea County Council last week. Mr. Belton instanced a case where there was a motion and four amendments regarding the salary to be paid to the chairman, one councillor proposing that no remuneration should be paid. Eventually the council had unanimously decided on an honorarium of £SO and had then adjourned for half an hour. Probably, Mr. Belton added in jocular vein, this was in order to allow the chairman to “shout.”