Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 46
PHYSICIAN AT BHERA Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 46 "This site is between a highway and a thoroughfare. I would need the whole of it. " The Deputy Commissioner turned to the Tahsildar and the members of the Municipal Committee and asked them: "Have you any objection?" They said: "The proposed building will be used for the benefit of the public. We have no objection. " The Deputy Commissioner directed that the required area be marked off with pegs driven into the ground, which was done. He then departed. The Tahsildar remarked to Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n: The Deputy Commissioner has no authority to dispose of public property in this summary manner. The Deputy Commissioner, who had proceeded some distance, came back and said to Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n: "I have noticed that there is an open sewage drain running along the thoroughfare, it will be a nuisance for you. " "You are a wise man. Perhaps you can suggest something. " "I consider that the municipality should put up a buttress against the wall of your building on that side;" and turning to the municipal commissioners asked them: "Have you any objection?" They had none. He said to Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n: "Then that is settled. You can proceed with your building. " After he left, a municipal commissioner murmured: This is a strange proceeding. Not only has the municipal committee been deprived of a valuable