Mayor-Trouble In Fiji
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SHORTLY after Mayor Mac- Farlane, of Suva, in mid-June, threatened his councillors with a Writ of Mandamus if they per sisted in discussing a business premises demolition order (see else where in this issue) mutiny reared its ugly head across the island, at Lautoka.
There, Mayor S. Hollander, at a special meeting of the Town Coun cil, found himself charged as “a would-be basketball dictator” and with “gagging the Council.”
Councillor C. A. Adams, leading the assault, charged that the mayor had denied a woman’s basketball team the right to use Churchill Park unless it affiliated with the
Fiji Basketball Association, and accused him of withholding corre spondence on the subject.
Following a subsequent stormy debate, a motion of no confidence in the mayor, put by Councillor Adams, was carried 6-4.
As the mayor refuses to resign and the six opposing councillors have threatened to boycott future council meetings until he does so, further lively developments are ex pected.
Norfolk Island now has a regular bus service which carries passengers on approved routes for 4d per half mile section. This is a boon to island residents but still leaves a lot of lucrative business to the taxis.