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Council, and indeed as I have only recently discovered I
am practically obliged to have him on, since by the Standing Orders of the Council the Director of Public Works
So that when Kenniff
is a member of one, and Chairman of another, of the
Standing Committees of the Council.
arrives, probably about the end of this month, I will
appoint him provisionally in place of Hazlerigg, who is
uite willing to stand dorm and will resign his seat.
The six unofficial members are those whose names
There are still
were agreed upon before I left England.
two places to be filled.
One of these is to be nominat ed
by the Justices of the Peace, and I expect to get this
done very soon. Not long thereafter I hope to be in a
position to make a recommendation for the filling of the
last place.
Yours sincerely
kranke
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