MAYOR OF WAVERLEY RESIGNS. - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) - 27 Aug 1912 (original) (raw)

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Tue 27 Aug 1912 - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)
Page 3 - MAYOR OF WAVERLEY RESIGNS.

MAYOR OF WAVERLEY RESIGNS.

Owing to pressure of "private business tho

llayor of Witvcrley (Aid! John Campbell) baa

resigned. Mr.' Campbell,' who has filled.. tho

position of Mayor for nearly ' two years, says

bo finds that be has to give his business close

personal attention; Heria -so easily (neccsslblo

to tho ratepayers that his tlmo has -been'.:un-

duly encroached upon, , #'I am convcnlont -to

everyone," bo told a "Dally Telegraph" repre

sentative yesterday, . "and . the only course ' left

me, if I want to look after my own business.

Is to resign.". Mr. Campbell mentioned that

bo had to spend at. lcqst thrqo . days a wje;ck in

looking after the affairs of the municipality,

and ho could not afford to. continue th.at...Aboui

5060 letters go through the council's office anpu-

ally, and many of Iheso have to bo reviewed by

the Mayor. Mr. Campbell does not object to tho

ratepayers "using" bin)- lie only regrets, that

his business arrangements will not permit, of

bis .devoting tho ti.me. to' public affairjs that' the

Mayorcii position calls for.

The new Mayor is to bo' choson to-night,- and

it-. is understood that' Dp. Lamrock IV I U be," Mr.

Campbell's successor. _ ! j