Scene at Hokitika.
.ALTEIK!C'ATIOijS r -A.T BOiKiOUGHi COU^'QIL'S ,MEiE,T!IjS TU-
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HOKITIKA, Sept- 8A veiy lieated scene oacurred ait the Borough Council's meeting. The Mayor (M!r Michel) aiacuised Councillor !, Clarke of ha.vkig anade ar slanderous sbaiteinent about him and other 00-u-n-I cillors- Ho also cihiargedi Ckurke with I lwiiv.i;ng 'tiakieiu inoniey illegally fi'om, nnoithlen." local !body iund being the tool I of a sivnali political clique- The Mayor moved a resolution strongly condeimm-i-np* the suction of Clarke- The latter n-ttemptedi to reply, but the Mayor dcuLwed the mieeting closed. Early in the evening the Mayor accused! am exMayor (Mr Mandl) of 'having illegally talcem: aiway Iromij the Town Clerk's office a muniber of enrolment forms cniuslng forty eight ratepayer's to be disfrnnchiised -at the recent, iborough bye-election-
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Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10591, 8 September 1906, Page 2
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130Scene at Hokitika. Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10591, 8 September 1906, Page 2
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