MAYOR OF NAPIER
POSITION IN DOUBT. PASSING OF ACCOUNT MAY CAUSE UPSET. (Per United Press Association.) Napier, June 14. The position of the Mayor of Napier is at present in doubt in view of the passing for payment by the Council of an account to a company in which the Mayor (Mr J. Vigor Brown) is a shareholder. The Council’s debt was incurred prior to the closing of the nominations for the last election but the account was passed at a meeting after the election at which Mr Brown presided. The Mayor has since disposed of his shares in the company concerned and paid them the amount of the Council’s account and the company in turn has made a refund to the Council. As it is not clear whether the refund and the disposal of the shares will have the effect of making the Mayor’s position legal, Mr Brown vacated the chair at this week’s meeting of the Council pending advice from counsel. The borough solicitor is to be asked for an opinion and Mr Brown is also consulting his advisers.
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Southland Times, Issue 20204, 15 June 1927, Page 14
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181MAYOR OF NAPIER Southland Times, Issue 20204, 15 June 1927, Page 14
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