MAYOR CENSURED.
TROUBLE AT WAIMATE. Timaru, May 22. ; The.new- Mayor of Waimate. Mr. Geo. Dash, has fallen foul of the council. At a meeting on the Bth inst. ho,ordered the •I,Wn Clerk to enter ,in the. minutes the fact that he had "censured" Councillor Inkster (one of the oldest Cpuncillors) for defying the chair by continuing to refer to "old estimates" when told not to' do so. Councillors protested 'at the time against the Mayor's order.. To-night the Mayor ruled out of order a motion ho expunge that minute, and on councillors insisting, the Mayor declared the meeting closed. He lelt the chamber and ordered the Tcwn Clerk, to leave also. Councillors immediately appointed a Deputy-Mayor, ordered the Town Clerk to remain and continued the business. A motion was submitted that the censure be expunged. It was said this could not be idone' as if) was a correct record,, so an amendment was moved, and carried unanimously, expressing 1 disapproval of the Mayors 'action in censuring The latter thanked councillor for' the fight put up for thei right of councillors generally. ' >
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1917, Page 2
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