An innovation wns seen with the Mr, Little's Amendment councillors, and Mr, F. Paul Scheel, Senior Consul and Chairman of the Meeting being accommodated elevated platform, being accessible only from the rear, and with the speakers other than Messrs. Keswick and Scheel and officials of the meet ing, addressing the gathering from a special platform erected apart and a distance away from the officials' plat form. The ratepayers present represented a total of 1,072 including 25. Japanese. The meeting was hold with the police exerting special vigilance to prevent a recurrence of the upheaval of January 23 which resulted in Mr. Keswick and cher oMfals being shot, Mr. Hayashi's amendment to the Council's Resolution I for the levymit of the 40 per cent, surcharges of Land Tax and Rates and a second amendment of Mr, B, 8. Little, Jr. seconded by Mr. V. MI. Allington went to the polls and were lost by a great majority, An amendment proposed by Mr, Little seconded by Mr. 8. A. (Magnussen {o Resolution III regarding snereased. licence fees asking for omission of all reference to. dairies was defeated by a showing of hands, no ratepayer having proposed that should go to the polls as in the case of the previous amendments, The popularity of the Councit chair= man and the sympathy in which he Is being held by the ratepayers were evidenced by the loud and sustained applause which greeted him whenever he spoke. He appeared un-rumlied "and entirely recovered from his harrowing experience on the afternoon of January 23. He addressed the meeting In his usual confident and composed manner and sympathy was even extended to him over the injuries he sustained at the previous session by a protagonist of the: Couneit's resolutions present.
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