BREACH OF MUNICIPAL ACT.
COUNCILLOR LOiSes. HIS ,SKAT
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TAjUiMARTJiXXH, May H>. 'Mr George H. Thompson, a, local tradesman and a member, of the Taumamnui Borough Council. has been ousted from his seat on the council as the result of the reserved decision given by Mr Rawson. S.iM. Mi- Thompson was summoned at the instance of tw councillors for having participated in a sewerage contract in contravention of the Municipal •Corporations Act, 1908. defendant was formerly in partnersh: with a brother. Alter a dissolution of partnership he advised his brother to tender for a contract, and afterwards supplied his brother with goods valued at £2 lis 9d, used in connection with the contract. The Magistrate, he!/ thai the fact that the amouait was small was immaterial, and ordered the seat to be vacated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 113, 17 May 1918, Page 7
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135BREACH OF MUNICIPAL ACT. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 113, 17 May 1918, Page 7
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