NO MANDATE TO PROCEED.
The poll taken on the concert chamber loan cannot be regarded with any satisfaction. The official count gives a majority of 100 votes in favour of the proposal, but there were no fewer than 1547 informal votes. In the face of these figures it cannot be contended that the ratepayers have given the council a mandate to proceed. We think that the new council should reconsider the whole matter, and place a concrete and well-defined scheme before the citizens. Tlie authorisation of a large sum like £35,000 for a hall which should not cost more than £20,000 is a most dangerous proceeding-. Our main point, however, is that a majority of 100 votes out of a valid total of 10,688 votes is too insignificant to be regarded as a warrant to go on with the rather nebulous scheme which was discussed prior to the poll.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 6
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149NO MANDATE TO PROCEED. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 6
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