BOROUGH COUNCIL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1432, 15 December 1886, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The annua! meet! g of the Ashburton Borough Ccuu il w-s h’ld t the Council • "lamberj, at i.oun to—iay. I’rasencThe May r ard Crs Reid bealy, Tuci-or, i ’\om.is, H uiison. Wi'liamsou and Craighead. The Mayor apologised for he absence of Cr Bird The were also present Messrs Hugo F- ied’anf’er and T. Bullock, ex-May or*, Mr C. E Fook-», the Borough. .• ngtneer Mr ! Crisp, Bir .Urfh Solicit >r, M. J 0. D mean, Bor. ugh Auditor, and -erg ant Felton. Tne minutes of the previous annual meet ng hiving been read ai d coifi med, the Miyor /tv ewtd the works which had been cmien o ur Py iha Council during his term of office, the principal of which were the extension of on' fa’l drain, completion of traffic bridge, improvement of the Domain by t' e unemployed, and the planting of eight acres In the riverbed. In retiring from he chair he desired to rrtnr i h'« thanks to th-* members of the Council for the asststtnoe they hid rendi rod him during the time he had occupied he chair. It cave him muc'i pleasure in calling on Cr Sealy to sign the dto a-atioj, and he was sure the burgesses deserved congratulation upon having secured a gentleman of »uch ability f.r the position of Mayor. He then handed over the keys to Or -coaly and vacated the chair. Or w ea ! y, the new Mayor, then took his seat and rece ved the congratulations of toe Council.

Mr R. Friedlander, ex-Mvyor, proposed the health of the new Mayor, who, in returning thanks, exp eased his thanks to th retiring Mayor for the kinds sentiments he had exp eased towards him. He trusted ha might be enabled to do hisduty during his term < f office in a way that would be b<m< Seal to t ie town and pleasing to the Council. He only trusted he m ghf succeed in the manner that his pred*'censor had, 1 nt the felt this w. uld be a difficult ta>k He trusted th/' good feeling which existed in the Council would continue m the fum-e, and Hint at ihe conclusion of his year of office he might be able to o mgrat >la’e the 0 m-ncil upon the disappearance of the depression now existing.

The Mayor then proposed the health of his predecessor, Mr It Friedlander Ha sud that he had eat with that gentleman as Councillor and Mayor, and ho had lound it a pleasure to work with him in either ca acity It was mainly to Mr Friedlander’s tact and ability that the traffic bridge had been erected on such favorable terms to the borough, and in innumerable other instances the Council and borough had received the bemfit of bis experience. Mr Friedlander, in replying, said he regretted that he had n t accomplished more in the interests of the town than he had. He had always felt it a pleasure to work for the benefit of the burgesses, but had he not received great assistance from the members of the Council, his endeavors would not have not been crowned wi'h such success as had attended them With regard to the traffic bridge, the County t ounctl de eived the thanks of the town for the manner in which they hsd met the wishes of the Borough Council.

Mr T Bullock proposed “ The Borough Council ” in a neat speech The Mayor, and Crs Williamson and Harrison responded. Cr Thomas proposed the health of “ The t x-31ayors ” The toast was responded to by exMayora T. Bullo'k, 11. Friedlander, D Williamson, and R. Fiiedlander. In the course of his speech, Mr H, Fiiedlander expressed tbe opinion that slWurt d would xentually be ore of the richest boro ugh*: in the colony Mr H. Friedlander proposed “The C unity Council,” coupled with the name of ex- ounciilor Bui'o k. who responded Mr K Fr edlander proposed “ The officers of the Council " lie spoke at great length, an-l referred in the highest terms of praise to these gentlemen, upon possessing whom the Council might well congratulate itself During his term of office, he tad received the greatest assistance from the Town Clerk, Mr O Braddell That gentleman had all information that might be required at Ins finger’s ends ; be was diligent in his atten ton to his duties, though those duties made great inroads upon time which he should have at his private disposal He earnestly hoped that during the present Mayor’s term of offion the Comcil would find itself in a position to augment the Clerk’s salary to an extent that would be more In accordance with the value of the work be performed than that he was now receiving. Mr Friedlander paid a high oorap'iment to the Borongh Engineer. Sir 0. C Fooks, and adduced the present appearance of the t> wn and the recent improvement which has been carried out in the Domain as a testio ony to that gentleman’s worth and ability. The Borough Solicitor, Mr E G Crisp, was deserving of the thanks of Co.mcil for the service he had rendered Mr Friedlander th n expressed hia thanks to Sere eant Felton for tbe help that had always been afforded by him. He concluded by paying a neit compliment to tbe auditor The toast was responded to by the Town Clerk the Engineer, Borough Solicitor, the auditor and Sergeant Fe’ton. The toast of “ The Press ” hi ought the drcceedings to a close