COUNCILLOR LOSES SEAT.
BREACH OF CORPORATIONS ACT. [BY TELEGKAFH COBRESPONIxENT.J' WAIHJ. Friday, A charge of having received,- while, a member of the Wailii Borough Council, a greater sum for services rendered to the council than is permitted under this Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and its amendments, was made against W. J. Brown at the Magistrate's Court to-day. The Act stipulates that a member of any local body shall not receive more than £10 in any one year. It was stated that the member in question had received considerably more than.; was provided for by the Act. •"'■■>■■—*■"■< -%*•*] The Court decided that his seat;slipujd be rendered vacant. . . •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17330, 29 November 1919, Page 11
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105COUNCILLOR LOSES SEAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17330, 29 November 1919, Page 11
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