A WORTHY CITIZEN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 4

A WORTHY CITIZEN.

The public recognition. made, oriTuesday last x>l : '<36.ux'cihob Jomv Smith.-■wa'3:-\veit''tlesiirr-: ccl. In these .;da'yßV- -'t'afkand showy pr6tessi&'n.'(c'b)int:- : fbr/so", much, it is there are peop]eV;iri.4tKe : -'-cbiiihiuiiity ? who not only reepgnisei'the"'-vilue.' of . earnest and sobcri/svprk;ii£sie inters ests of the- public,:'lkit.'are- "pife-. pared in a practical:.way-to .giye evidence of their ;ap'p"^'e'^i'ia'tipn , . :i>'f '■ jtl' Mr. Smith has 3npue3b£ tria' ; '.gifts of platform .'.cap"turp ■ the" ears of the m iilt"i.E'iKl6',"-ani!; : -li.Jttrci: ofthat personal. ■assjßrfci'ypjridgg ■' \y-luclj; serves to keep -a.- pub.lic: .nian- well i.ii the limnliglit .and.' ■increase. .Iris: importance jn the-.:eyp.s.:p£-'aiVjiiKri.sce : i'!..--, ing pulilic. IJ'i'it. ■h;is\ ; s&-v;ie'es tii. thecity wore noiiej'Jii'e 'Ifesa &•$, on that account. A moclpstf,, practical and straigKtf^ i rAvnaid;in liisdealings, he has: foij .spve'i' ft miarlbr of a century sb.ryg.d!.ihe-.Mnuc'in'al ; i'fcy to the best of;!iia, rapacityj :nncl: : established a r^ecora- in Sy.lii ch ;h'e. can justly take pride,, .arid which' c.i.f.ui-u.j would he ungrateful: iitfe'd- to. overlook. He lias- worked: triuror iiuin'.j" Mayors, and ji'tjis. safe/fo -say thai: tlicre is not oiie; o.f tlii;- n'lin.ili.ov npw' living who \voiilcl nut readily wdorse the ooivipl.inipij't'ary. refcreiict's' made- by the present hol.de.r- 0.1- the office and nreiyiiiji .at: I he gathering pii. Tnesilay livst. Tire respect in which ij\? \t\a¥<in councillor was liel'd.'by-aii'l. w-hg have bceiv associated ' wiith, -hi'-iiv ill. liiiiiiicipa-l work was iveli-.: ,e'.y-jiressecl "by Jf>. Di-Tinii, wlicii hfr Said tiiii-tt tbuing the, timn tlnH-:Hr ,(.M;it. l)!ynjW : Si\m the Mayoral 6ffi.w--th6,;cc.uri'c : 'il.-of. that

ire'riocl: ;.Uw;t;ys looked' to, iitUi. waited uj'iu.ii, MiSi S.i.iiTii's opinion, on inrifcr lets of inonii'ii't-. U'lui elijurnmii of the c-fii'iijn'i.t.li'ci wljieli. tyii's'lesi through, so. , HU'f;c?f;/isTuri : ,v l : h« id'-'a of extendi rijf . la. ihi. Hflrn'n same i : i.i;;iaHe;i;l .evideiiw- of n,ii.)ii'(!f;i.H!.ioi! of iiis ifmg wr- .': vi«y*i Jill. J. (.!. W. An'S'K-N," Wits : Vi-ry f)Vi)..]K'i-ly tionipliiiiented on Id's (Mji'uiii'c.t of tin:, affair. Ml'!, AITKEN' l.iln.isi'ill Jj-iiij .it sjti'wil'K idaim on (lift KriiHhuhi of eitkiMis. far xtrrvircs rcty, (ii've.tl, ijiuf no one is more ready film) lie I'* assist jn any worthy ■bji'.i'sc, *];i'!.liiM' it bii id vlii; ivakiwi! .of .a . trihiiij? to n. .p'nlil.i:(vK]Tti'itecl citizMv sueJV : as; that su- justly hustoived, on Jfl;. ; &M«'ji, wrsisinu^JH'A'oraent.directly ilii: the .boii.efi.t o.f the cwnisnajiiy jiii Wge.