CIVIC FEASTS.
To the Editor of the Globe. Sir,—On the eve of the election of a Mayor for the ensuing year, I take the liberty of drawing the attention of the Mayor elect to the following suggestion : Would it not be much more in accordance with common sense if the Mayor, instead of wasting money in dinners and wine, would give the money he proposes to spend in such a way, to objects that would be thereby benefited. I don't know whether the Mayor elect intends to throw away a heap of money in a banquet (?) But I feel certain of this, that every sensible man and woman in the city, would form a much higher opinion (and justly so) of Mayor Hobbs, if he manfully broke through the ridiculous custom, involving no end of tomfoolery and headaches, of dining his fellow councilmen and a few so called nobs. Of course, no one expects that a sensible man like Mr Hobbs, will disgrace the city with another orgie like that of last year. It is to be hoped too, that ho will take a more sensible view of the position of Chief Magistrate of this city, than to appear in public in a washerwoman's bedgown of cotton velvet, with a collar hanging from his chin, making a perfect burlesque of himself and the business he may be conducting. Yours, &c, H. VVYNN WILLIAMS.
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 154, 1 December 1874, Page 2
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233CIVIC FEASTS. Globe, Volume II, Issue 154, 1 December 1874, Page 2
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