BOROUGH FUNDS.
(To tlio Eiitor.) Sin,—Kindly allow uio through your columns to thank the Mayor for liis aotion in Bioppiug thu ontinuous robbery of ten shillings weekly from the Borough funds Bui what "uo fellow can understand" i<, why the porpelrator was not immediately dismissed and prosecuted according 10 law. .Not even ono of the councillors hud the honesty aud moral couroge to propose such a course. On the contrary, Councillor
liuusl.aw wae weak enough lo ticL tlio apologist, and wanitd 16 tiller the uiolioo limn before the Council, so u» to enable thu culprit to hold hie poehion "without u stain on his character," lean find a
reason why councillois Radford and Wood did not tako any action for die bcaefn of ihe ratepoyois, Aeunold ratepayer whose name hut) never yet appeared 0:1 ilio defaultore*. list for unpuid. rutea, I. tlnmaod that the Mayor ond Council do thuir duty as trustoea of tlio Borough filed;. Aa to tho Mayor, I trust he will continue to do his duty. All honour to him !-I urn, u'.c, IS. ■
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 2
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177BOROUGH FUNDS. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 2
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