A COUNCIL’S CENSURE
AGAINST MR J. HODGENS, M.P.
PALMERSTON NORTH, Monday
Cr. J. Hodgens, M.P. for Palmerston North, and a member of the Palmerston North City Council, was removed from the positions of deputy-Mayor of Palmerston North and chairman of. the council lighting committee, and from membership of the special committee set up by the council to confer with representatives of the Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board regarding power supply costs, at. a special meeting of the council, held to-night. This action rvas taken following the receipt of a telegram Cr. Hodgens, which the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr A. E. Mansford, said contained “a studied insult to every member of the council.”— (P. A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 September 1936, Page 4
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