The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 28, 1905. THE ELECTIONS.
JBhe r-eeenh elee&onis li'ar* c®sjU*te<l in "the reCuui of a Council 'Bhu.fi ia fairly, of* itlip ariiolc 'district, and can be regarded tw» satisfactory, inUfywtujaHy: anjd qoliacifWi*ly. Some .were rajecfcejl ,w!h!ps* s#&vices would kave been of great yalfue to the Borough, hut the rdecH'ora have ‘mad® ; %iueciu choice and a ci- o' high order: has resulted--Thu election for Mayor proved, Bjurong other things, that the electors arc arriving at the ooinclusion ithat rthe time has nearly, arrived for the office to go round. Highly qualified as Mr .Townlcy has proved, himself for the position, it is one to which all Willo take Part irs municipal affairs should ahoul/d aspire to • occupy when they have proved (tiiein cal>acity to fill such positions. Many of’ Mr Towniey.’a warm admirers on Wednesday coinfessed that'they were in' a dilemma. They were advocates of the Mayoral office being made a position to which prominent public men should seek hex reach j yet they Would never oast a vote that might imply want of confidence in one who had senved the people so well.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1440, 28 April 1905, Page 2
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