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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 6

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■', T^ThoViuembora'iof' tlw City Oouncil nu<J V;ji) ;■ : I: the';"cori)orati6n';."officers," with their wives, '? [ h " 'inet. yesterday "afternoon in tho f 'Chamber ,, ut the Town Hall, to take : tea';, J. i, ■• 'nnd , to'Wekomo back to AVcUiugtou , Mr; ,; •:'■" ;'■ ■T: v -M.iAVilford ) U.V., ex-Mnyor of WeUi;ft~ ■': litigton.. . The Mayor (Mr. 1). M'LarwO--;/,.- , ...- ." jircsiiled.., ■'":':.'■■.'.;'■- ..■.■■ . ■'.-*' ~:U ■?■ ' :: 'After the tea the Mayor congratulated j>;: Mr.V.Wilford'ou liis healthful appearance, .s'■;■■'. ■ I and assured him . that everyone present ':.i:->. '.J ut.tho gatiiering was rejoiced to seo ;. j return with restored health and strength,,;;^'; , . .*• Otlsef niesnbers of. the council tho Mayor's remarks. ~ ' ' ,; Vl >. . Mr. Wilford. was greeted with applause. s.j when ho rose'to reply. ■■ He said, iirst 0f,...i. : . : all,'that ho felt rather more pleated thaa'vj.;- , .- he could say to bo?.given such a welcome.'-' Ho admitted that when lie 4'■) left , Ne w - Zcalnnd lie was very nwr. ■twffh being "down ond nut." : As'ama'tCT nf !;;>;■.■ '• fact, the doctors i;i Enfland had told him•■(;"'; ■ tluitlf ho hncKllot como-nway he would';*;, huvo Iμ dciiil,-... Kojiad finiilly *lnrlmff; : : - 'on. tho'-up pnulp'-'al'lcr a tiireo. woeksi fri'-'i'-:- •■ ;• : joiivn' , nit ..llm'.Kise". of the ,, Pyronrc!-,;. flixl' , '*' ■' : ' ' S'iico.lbe'n , he'lind never looked hack... luXf. , , ■ !(is vorasriiißs holiiid kept his oven ;'■"■ for'anythine pcrtnining'to municipal. pov.-j;j"■■.. ■ crnmimt-.'-iiiid (hn simi-nl. hiKobjeiTntiimir , ; , wns Hint llio Council lie well advised to fend" M.v.' Jlnrton' (tlieV;-.; ■. City Bnginocr) round Uio world in senHtijj nf/'infonnatiou ««d ideas. . Our;import-j'^:.;, nri'w-'wiis well slio-A-n by the,size a(- Xmv:n?j. 1 -Zealand on tlio ninp, and it was' a mis-C;. ' ta!co:for municipalities hero not'io h:ivn-.; :;:, . a man in their employ who had hnti.".i' , ;- , ■■'■- chance of observing tho progress of niu'-'f-.:.■*'. ■ ' iiicipiil evolution ill other lauds. ■■ HnVisv ; thoupht, too. that New Zea'rnid must snini^K'Ji; ■ divert its attention to water powor—tho^a , '? iwwor of the future—and he told of plaecs : iy : j& in Western America to whicli power had •'■;,.■?-<■■ )m\\ led two hundred miles. ■■ Here .in : :i):Z Wellinßton twenty-four miles was thought; .■■'■■■;;■: too long ft di'lanco. Ho iwwled npiiin -~%\. (o Hie nopessily for knowledgo of other '■'■■'$ places before'onibarking on biK'imuiirinul :-M!j> csitfrprises. and lie drew eomjra.risons be- ..:■:'*■■ I Iwccn Wellington, llio cli\tn«st eity in ''TS :' -Anslralnsin, and the big American ' and .../■■; ; Kiirnppnn eitiins. Of nil raoes ho had swif'/V'! and nhwrved. ho had most comnwnrfn- aj: ■' H<ai for tho French. Ho thanked (he '>■:';:: councillors for their cordial welcome. ' :■*