TWO VOTES CHALLENGED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14807, 10 October 1911, Page 4

TWO VOTES CHALLENGED.

PECUNIARY INTEREST SUGGESTED, jj ■, '■_:'";; .',-.■:[ ;;.-.;> ■"..'..■■■''■■■ ■ ■_■ ,:.".-.' '-Mv'../■■?J The question of the adoption of certain ■*"'' by-laws having for their object tie control of noxious trades in the borough c;; Grey Lynn was brought3.befere thtf Borough Council >by the Mayor (Mr. ,W,yl H. Murray) last night. The opinion waff! expressed by several members of the Coring cil that there was no necessity for these regulations, as the Public Health Act ; covered the whole matter. After con-, * siderable discussion, Mr. ;■ Tatterffi&d,;?; moved, ami Mr. Warnock . seconded,; a\j motion to the effect that the Council did;"" not think it necessary to pass any; by-law:{' I of the character proposed. .>>.;, Mr. Baildon moved,. and Mr. Parsoni || seconded, an amendment referring the matter to the Legal Committee, with the, request that the members 'should consult with manufacturers in the district in re-' jj gard to" the matter. On the vote being \ taken, Messrs. Baildon, Parsons, and the Mayor voted for the amendment, rind Messrs. Tattersfield, Warnock, Donald, . Brinsden, and Norgrove for the motion, which was declared carried. %?l^ The Mayor, on making this declaration*® pointed out that under tne Municipal : Cor- 1 [.•orations • Act no councillor who *«< - directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested M in a matter brought before-the Council, 1 should vote or take part in a»uy m discussion respecting! it, under "a X posablif || penalty of £60 for each offence. m • Mr."Warnock: Oh, that has i absolutely no effect upon it at all. I presume yoo r are i referring to Mr.Donald arid' myseifJ. , The Mayor: Yes, I am. *■;•$ Mr. Warnock: Well, I have no pccuaJS ary;;interest in this matter, for I aaj merely a servant of my firm, and Tll';|i sland*hereall night and take my risks -?WB being fined £50. The Mayor: I'm not here to give a legalj| , interpretation lof the Act, .but I'm . simply : directing attention to the words in it. Mr. Donald: And I'm of the s%rafi| opinion, and in the same position as Mr» | ; Warnock. -■.-,■_:•.,,;•„:, -..;..>.•; - r*i|H ; i The original motion was then-put (the amendment having been negatived) and H 1 carried by the me votes, the Mayor mmarking "that he did not wish to ha-' any friction about the matter, but to .;■■;» the resolution placed upon the Council'*;. ' books was legal in form. Mr. Warnock: It's your duty, sir,',,; to see that the vote of the . Council aj taken and recorded. The Mayor: Yes; true; but on previous occasions the '. <■: of the Council '&*j2l been found to be illegal; and if a vqt" is illegal, I'll see that it is ejipunjijd v ■ .iK«a tie books, u