MAYORAL INSTALLATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 191, 7 May 1908, Page 9

MAYORAL INSTALLATIONS.

WELLINGTON. • SPEECH BY 'THE HON. T., W. HISLOP. The City Council mot at-noon yestorday for tlia'installation of tho Hon. T, W. His- ■ lop, who - has been.rc-clectcd for .a fourth torm of ofiico as Mayor. Councillors J. T. Luke-'J:. Smith, P. Cohen, T. Ballinger, W. ■H. Hales, A. S. Biss, T. Carmichacl, W. H. Morrali/.F. M. B. Fishor, A. H: Hindmarsh and Shirtcliffo- were present. ' Councillor • Luko'• occupied ■ tho ■ chairj- and tho Mayor-. elect, and Mrs.; Hislop w?ro seated on either Bido of him. Mr. Ilislop did not wear the official robe-and chain. ; CONGRATULATIONS Councillor congratulated Mr. Hislop ■ on being re-elcctcd, andsaid that tho Council would doubtless .agree', that his return V'. as not only an'expression of. confidonco 'm him' . (is the chief oxequtivo jo%or, and chief inagistrate.of tho citVj but was also an endorsement of _ tho policy, of tho. Council under the able administration of,the last three yea-rs-Tho councillors all-recognised,that,Mr. Hislop had'Hot'-'sfjared'hiniself. in any way in his work for '.tfie" City. .'Some of'.theni .would ■ havo- liked -to see him re-elected without a contestj-[but "tliero; were .those ; who thought ... othorwisef . So long as-an election was fought " onhoriest/graunds; ho regarded it as a good v thing, ;T)"ecauso it 1 opened ..! up . 'public disenssion on Jmiinifcipal 1 affairs.':- The peoolo of . Wellington i also appreciated Mrs.. Hislop's .; services •to : the City.'; .Sho ?was'a woman of (Treat. capafity/' afid;;woridorf ul energy. .. Sho had spared; lieither!'; her ;timo nor pursoiu giyirig*'to' r 'th6so. who ihebded 'it; such help as-should-bbrrori3Sred by"those'.who' were abloi. She'' hadfthoroughly i; endeared ' herself' to- the people ,Vof Wellington, and the Mayorwas very.fortunate "in, having as his.helpmato oiia who stood so high in the affection and esteem , -. of .the'.City. V Councillor; Luko again ;.cgngra- ; tulatod-jtho Mayor upoh'tho electors'.decisive expression of -goodwill; and confidenco'in, his . administration, and expressed at : the ,end of thepresent year tho councillors would; b0.,ab1e... to ko before ..tho ratepayers with i confi'&ricb' : as'" to their verdict oh tho Tork dono. (Anplause.) THE'"MAYOII'S SPEECH The Mayor Councillor LuLo foi •: his kind exprossions' in regard to Mrs. Hislon and himself. - Municipal 'affairs had been . so fully discussed during, the.' last five, weeks that thero was no need for him now to take up much'of tho Council's ! time. It was a little; disappointing to liim that lie "had to contest'tho electioil; ; attd"had:ho known ear-*- ■ lior. that-'theroH'as. to'be. a-fight, lie ■ was not at all-sure that he wbuld have undertaken it, involving, as it did,; giving up fivo weeks to explaining to thiS" people , what he had (lone as Mayor. He did 1 not'at all object .to , a fight; in - fact, he' rather enjoyed it,. but. ■ thoro -was no doubt Y that'municipal matters had suffered through, his having to undertake it. .As Councillor Luke had very nicely said, the election had : been a- vindication. of . j tho . actions ,of . the.-j.ppuncil. , He was perf the .Counoil would,. bo ablo to go on as.m the;past;devoting itself'' to what seemed best m the . interests, of tho City, and lie honed they woulcj be able to I ca,rry .out • some of ; the. programmo which they had before thorn for-the next twelve . -months. Only those who had experience, of tho : . of carrying ■; through public : affairs could-realiso what a tremendous ; programme ...iU.was. vlr.ltv would .require - tho - co-. onoration Jof • tho Council, .and-.ho had no doubt'-that-that; 1 would bo'-given. He again thankcd '.thei Council, and Councillor Luke i as its'spokesman.': Tho ordinary business of the Council was then taken.'•' .',.;' ■■:. • : ' "■ EASTBOURNE. At tho-umisualhour of 10 a.m. Mr. F. G. '.- ; Boltorfj'.who as , : Maydrvof Eastbourne, ;was-yesterday sworn in ; formally for hife'Mfoiftl t?rM r 'of offifco.. poiinciljor Shorft, : as senior councillor, - acted as v isking Miv'. Bolton'. ■ to; sigft-'jWe- ■ his' .opinion, Eastbourne : was fortunafco in ' eecuririg' his Bolton's),, services .for another .•term,. All the councillors knev< the great-amount, of work, he had dona fop the borough,! afid ,had ifc not. been for his goneral- : ehip;Hha J)orough .wouM-haro : beon; involved" ,'in considerableAlegal'.^^expenses in the preparation vof the? by-laws '• and .other matters. :AiU)i ho had . signed .tho" declaration,'- Miv. > . Bolton'said that what ho had done had been ' a labour- of love. At first, lie felt it ..was', a;' : shortcoming that ho did. not resido in the• put it to. tho ratepayers, vcho evidently did not think so.- • They had reposed, trust in and on his .'.'. part life;hau'^.endeavoured./to;.-satisfy .tho peoplo as . far;.as he : personally' could'do 'so. Tho ? councillors, too, ; had dono their full • ;.. share' ; of., . policy .that'-had' ■ boon., outlined; '" th6y. had, • curedtho sand, drift,,;iwhich had ?been a .serious menace to ■~ tho district! They had : framed: a set of by- ; laws, ...and had established various public works. . • Their . loan •, was ; raised.on most ■ favoiirablo:terms—4i;per ccnt.—sineb whichi ■J-', time tho' prieo .of. money ;had 'gono.up,. owing l to a stringency in tho inarkct. • • ■ ■' ! '. , '.' ; ;.-''V'WithVi : oferOTca''to''tiia;'futm i e','.lio'''said ebn-= ..'Bidoration would bo:given .to-tho important' Suostion of -water supply and drainage.- He id, not; know, of any'; otjiei". borovigh ' /where t-he rates , were so'low as at Eastbourne. ■ Jhey :had a .general ratoi'of' lid. iii' tho £, . a, special rato of. Jd., and 3-16 d.' hospital and chantablo" aid . rate.■ ; He -. said;, that the Borough _Clerk "(Mn J.- D. Avery) had performed, .his .duties-most .ably, and had oxerCBod;du'e ; ecpnoiny. : ;, Ho 'thought the .Council was;tpb6, Congratulated '.on the-fact that , ' its/wprks . had'; b;e'en..; done '-.by,..'day, Labour, ..which meant. ccpn'omy i. a'nd ; employment : to ■ men in tho borough;.'.; . ' Councillor P. Robortson and Mr. F. : Wills added v their ' congratulations , to;.;otliers. the • Mayor had received, the lattor briefly returning thanks. , ' ' ONSLOW. At, the -meeting of tho. Onslow Borough ; - Council'".-last'--Weningi'v'Mr.' J.;^-Harkness, • •*ho was r,e-cloct!cd'tiii'opposed as Mayor, was duly installed; tho'Town. Clerk (Mr. Henry Abraham) presiding.''-' ", Councillor Lynneberg cougratulated Mr. Harknes3 on. his ic-olcction, and complimented, him .on'his-tactful methods of con- . ducting the.meetings. , . Councillor Kiernan also congratulated the Mayor. He commented on the; desire for pi ogress ivhich had • of :late years been mani- . fested in t.he borougli. • Tlierd 'was a time ; when tho ratepayers would not. look-at a loan, lie had no doubt some progressive measures-,would be: bffectcd • during tho com r uiy, iw. . . .. v , . ...... . . ... . . Councillors tfitzgorald, Aplin, Plimmer and Watson,,'also congratulated Mr.- Harkness on his re-eleetioh. ,; The Mayor, , in replying; said that ..but'for. .tho.unanimous request of-the councillors, he would probably not have consented; to bo nominated ' again.; "His ; unopposed return showed that the people approved of the policy'of tho Council. . Ho thanked the councillors, for;.thoir_.support, in tho .meetings. . Tiio- annual financial. statctnent would show - that the"'borough was in 'a better position financially' noiv.'than it was a year'ago, notwithstanding that Wadestown had been- 'cut off during'the year.' Permits for new buildings to the value of £18,224 had been issued' during ; tho year,. including,.£6B3B for Crof-' 'ton, £8592 for-Khandallan, : .'and' £2794-for Kaiwarra. Tho sum of £45 -had been ro- .'. ceived in fees for .'tliece permits. -Eightyfive chain's of'new. streets had been liiado by different land companies,' and 74 chains of streets \vero now lrader . construction, and would , shortly be' opened. ■ Seventy-five acres . of land had" been subdivided. Tho drainage system. at Eaiw.arra. would shortly be an' assurred success, though certain- minor diffi-. culties yet had''to bo 1 overco'mo. Tho initiation of a higli-pressurb water supply for the North Ward was'-practically, assured, and a drainago scheme innst necessarily follow. During the coming year, ho believed that the Council, 'in yioiv; of the now; valuation, would bo . able to reduco the general _ rato..'Tho improvement of tho Domain, if vested in,the Council as a pleasure resort for tho borough, should be taken.in,haiid... With the carrying out ofv-thesp proposals, and with improved access to .tho North Ward, there should be a : . period'of 'groat prosperity. 'Tho."subdivision

.of land now going on in tho North Ward must bo accompanied by a further increase in population, and with tho water and drainago works, tho borough should become tho most favoured of those lying noar the City of Wellington. Somo peoplo claimed that tho rates woro lowor in same other suburban boroughs, but other considerations, such as access .to tho City; must bo taken' into account, and ho thought that Onslow was, c on the whole,' vory. favourably situated. c Mr. Harkness concluded by emphasising £ tho value of tho services of tho Town Clerk (Mr. Abraham) and tho Borough Engincor (Mr. Clapcott). , ■. PALMERSTON. } (FROM OTO SPECIAL COKRESrONDKNT ) Palmorston, May G. ' 1 Mr. J. A. Nash ..was' to-day installed as Mayor-by the retiring Mayor, Mr. It. Ussex. Thero was a largo gathering of ratepayer!, :inoluding a number of -ladies. , -' Mr. Essex, in a short review of .the year, i stated-that-a largo amount of work had c been accomplished, and there had been an t Unusually largo • numbor of meetings to at- t tend. A considorahlo drain had taken place £ on tho-general account, as some streets re- i quired metal, and others, ■ had to bo K- : formed. Tho whole of the water tables m i the borough' had been cleared out. Four ( and a half miles of footpaths had breir ix>- 3 constructed, and ten miles of footpaths had i been treated with tar and sand. Somo ten i miles of sowers had been constructed. River '■protection-works-.had been undertaken,-and •( .liad ])rov<xl » success.. Tlio waterworks wero 1 complete as far as. the loan was. conceTiied. i -Work had also been- dond towards beautify- < ing the. Square., Tho works of the Counoil i would thus bo considerably lightened for I the onsuing year." The ICawau Cut had not 1 been finished, but ho assured them that, the ] Council, did all ill its power towards , the : completion of the work. Tho finances when ( •■he took bffico, were in an excellent condition, ] and. lie was pleased to state that, after' a ■( hard year's work ,and many improvements, f they woro still ..highly, satisfactory. Thoy i had had differences of opinion at the Ceun- i cil table, but he could assure them that, in i spite of "any. disagreements, ho had alvyays ] endeavouretl to act in the best interests of J tho ratepayers: Ho then extended a.hearty t welcome to Mr. Nash, and felt suro that he 1 would uphold-tho dignity of the chair, and ] rotaiu tho confidence of tho. ratepayers. ' / Mr.'.Nash'thanked the-retiring 'Mayor for. < his.kind,remarks, and also the ratepayers :j for attending.. .Ho had taken >a great in- i tercst' in • tho progress of Palmerston for i .many years past, and as Mayor ,it would bo i his aim:to do what was just. In doing so ho. felt that ho w r ould havo 1 tho confidence of < tho Councillors, , amongst whom ho had worked for the pa-st twelve months. 'i •: Councillors Haydon, Clausen, Stnbhs, Turf \ ,'ford,.-Matheson, and Armstrong alsowel- ] corned Mr. Nash to tho chair. i . , OTHER INSTALLATIONS. ' . , (BY TF.I.EGRArn—I'IIESS ASSOCIATION.t ' j . Auckland, Jfay 6. i ; Mr..'A. M.. Myers' was (installed as Mayor ] of- Auckland for a fourth term at noon ( to-day. ,• He stated that tho. total indebt--ness-'of-the city on March 31, 190S, was i £702',267; "while ; -loans . authorised, but. not, floated totalled £215,300. The ordinary revenue last, year was £46,159; current expenditure, £69,855; and- tho, rateable value of the'city, £505,553—nn increase of £30,863 during .tho year. , ' Wanganui, May G.Mr.! C.-E.-Mackay was in stalled, as Mayor. ; of- Wanganui'..to-day. In a, speech, tho : Mayor said -.'that should the ; present ■profits. : from tho gasworks .continue,; the' Council might in a, sh6rt"timo;consjd9r..thotquostion -; of slightly ' reducing tho price of gas. ' .Mr.; John Jones -was installed Mayor ,of ; Eastbrook. , -r .'-. .. - f : ;.-.