Mayoral Expenses: Winchester Refuses an Allowance: Councillor Sankey proposed at a meeting of Winchester city Council a motion that the mayor should be allowed up to £250 a year for expenses. He said that as things were at present, he was deprived of the Mayoralty, and he knew other members who could not afford to take it on. Many ex-Mayors had moaned about the expense. … … (discussion) … … Councillor Major Pinsent: The Mayor should be allowed sufficient to cover official entertaining. The motion was defeated by 12 votes to seven.
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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957