CITY COUNCIL’S GRANT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2030, 17 August 1920, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL’S GRANT.

REDUCTION'TO £l5O TO STAND. A deputation from the Progress League, consisting of Messrs A. CL Henderson, H. HollanVl, C. T. Aselunan and P. R. Olimie' waited on the City Council last night in regard to the matter of grants. Mr Henderson explained the executive’s views on the subject. After the deputation had retired, Cr E. E. Langley moved that the request of the league be complied with. The reduction of the rote, he said, was virtually a vote of no-confidence in the league. He believed that the league deserved more from the council than £l5O.

Or H. Hunter, who seconded the motion, s;iid that if>the council wished the league to continue its valuable and much-needed work for, Canterbury, it should pay iis quota, which was, . no doubt, based on a proper assessment. Or H. T. Armstrong said that the council, considering its present financial position, had treated the league liberally. The council had granted the league £3OO a year for the first two years of its existence, but he thought that £l3O a year, or £;! a week, was ,as much as the league had any right to expect. Considering that The legal limit for the council's general rate had been reached, he did not think that th? £l5O should be increased.

It was the opinion of Cr IT. F. Herbert that the Progress League was being treated liberally. The league could raise its rate of membership subscription.

Cr E. IT. Andrews suggested that the league should endeavour to increase its income from individual subscriptions, and to reduce its expenditure. Cr .T. O. Jameson moved, as an amend ment>that the grant be £2OO. This was seconded, pro forma, by the MayorThe amendment was defeated. The motion was then put and declared lost, the grant thus remaining at £l5O. '