Sir – Thanks for our able leader in Saturday’s issue. It is quite refreshing to find you speaking out against the mad manner in which the finances of the city are managed. When annexation was wanted the cry was what a glorious thing it would be to be the second largest city in the world. Of-course this was all bunkum to catch the outside areas. It is quite evident that Birmingham without the new areas was in a bankrupt condition … (continues) … If the ratepayers only knew the money positively thrown away on what are called special schools and classes which Mrs. Pinsent seems to have sole charge of, there would be a short shift made of the majority of that committee. But so long as the public will allow the councillors to be elected on party lines they must put up with the burdens – Yours, Etc., June 16: Tired of Party Politics:
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949