LOAM OF MONEY.
COUNCILLOR TO BOROUGH
At last meeting_ of the Borough Council, the question was raised by Cr. Hodgen3 as to whether or not a councillor could lend money to the council and still retain his seat. Tho speaker cited Cr. Milverton as having loaned money to the borough. ' “A councillor cannot do more than £lO worth of work for the borough in a year,” said the speaker, “and I think that if a councillor loans money to the council, the position is analagous. I move that the matter is one for the Municipal Conference bo take U!> Cr Clausen: I think that a councillor should be allowed to loan money to the council. _ ' ... Cr Fitzherbert: When a councillor lends money to a council, it shows that he has confidence in the borough. It we could get more men on the council who would loan money, to the borough, it would be a good thing for the comwas lost, only Crs. Hodgens, Mansford and Canton voting in favour of it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1928, Page 8
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