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COUNCILLORS OFFENDED
TO THE EDITOR.
—Yours,
F. L. YEREY.
Dandenong, 7/7/’30.
Sir,—Your comment in last week’s
issue concerning certain offended
Councillors needs further explana
tion. You, of course, are not fully
conversant of the nature of their de-i
mand for ah apology, nor is the gen- 1
eral public. Further, I feel that, as ai
private citizen and a business nlan,
I may be prejudiced by a suppression
of the true facts.
I am also furnishing you with
copies of the letters received by me
from the Council’s legal advisors, and
my reply, through may solicitor, to
same.
I therefore feel it is my duty and
privilege to request you to publish
the following letter:
It is evident that the Council’s
i letter indicates that those present at
the special Council meeting, which
I was held in committee, deemed it
. necessary that I should come to heel
j at the. cracky of the whip and tender
I a most abject apology to that offended
; body. The terms of their letter fur
ther indicated that, if I . failed to
I apologise, I might be called before a
j jury for trial, and incur the risk of
! costs and damages .
The last few lines in this threaten
ing letter to me state, in no uncertain
j manner, “that these grossly insulting,
j slanderous and false words are left
j without any justification whatever,
and • the ...Council -resents their use by
you and requests that you apologise
to the Council for having made the
same.”
That the Council has acted in a
manner bordering on the ridiculous is
evidenced by the fact that, when they
found I was prepared to call their
“bluff,” they immediately climbed
down, and decided that no further
action be taken!
The reason for this decision was
that, after examining the shorthand
notes taken at the deputation, the
fact -was disclosed that the words I
actually used, and the meaning im
plied, were entirely at variance with
those appearing in their letter. They
found their position untenable, and
had to. effect an inglorious retreat.
If I did not regard the whole matter
with a certain amount of amusement,
I might go further. I have, I am in
formed, sufficient grounds to demand
an apology for the indignity I have
been subjected to by certain members
of the Council, but L am quite ■ satis
fied they now realise the extremely
foolish nature of their action.
In fairness to the Centre riding
Councillors, I wish to state that they
were all absent from the special
meeting referred to, and were not
identified with the matter,
etc.,
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