POST OF DEPUTY MAYOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 8

POST OF DEPUTY MAYOR

CLAIMS OF MISS MELVILLE

PROTESTS ro THE COUNCIL Protests against the non-appointment of Miss E. Melville, senior member of the City Council, to the post of deputy-, mayor were received by the council last night. The New Zealand Housewives' Association forwarded a unanimous resolution asserting that just recognition had been denied to Miss Mriville account of her sex The same opinion was expressed by the Kohimnrania-Mis-sion Bay Progressive lvague and the New Women's Club

On the motion of the Mayor. Mr. JA, C. Allum, the first two communications were received. When the Mayor moved similarly iti regard to the third, Miss Melville said that, in view of the 1 interest taken in the matter, •die would like to ask Mr. A. St. (lair Brown whether he would repeat the remarks he had made at an earlier inlornial meeting.

The .Mayor remarked that Ihe roquet was out of order, but he hoped that an \ oouncillor who wished t<> speak would do HO. "It this implies that üba; ,vas , = „ in private will not bo said in public, said .Air. Brown. "1 will repeat what I said in proposing that .Mr ( oakle.V should be appointed deputymayor Ho said he had pointed out thai the person chosen should Uo-'acceptable as the .Mayor's deputy, as chairman ol till' council in the .Mayor's absence. and to the Mayor personally. He had eninincnded Mr. Coakley as l i"'-- n .'' three conditions, and hail :id !• i! as there were I!' male ei-am-incr*. presumed a niaioriU ol coaiaii -i ,ar, ( ,■> 10 would wish a man to lib : ' •" ' iiad said nothing about .sii - MeK d < The letter was received.