TE KUITI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 257, 7 May 1910, Page 5

TE KUITI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Statutory Meeting. 1 'The statutory meeting of the newly-1 elected Borough Council was held last! e"Venig in Hattaway's Hall. | 'The usual formalities were gone | fhrdugh and the Mayor and Councillors | having signed their declarations, Cr e Hardy welcomed the Mayor to his chair | and at the same time eulogised thel work done by the Returning Officer. I e Crs King, Julian, Young, Stevens,! and Somerville also spoke eulogisti-B ca£ly with regard to the election of Mrg Bgddie as Mayor. _ 1 •His Worship reciprocated the kindS expressions extended to him and heart- B ily welcomed the Councillors to the| table. I ' It was resolved that the Valuations ' department be at once written to anal requested to have a Borough roll made | up to date. | It was resolved that applications be | called for the position of Clerk to thel Borough, at a salary of £l5O per an-I 'Bum, the applicant's whole time to beg de-voted to Borough affairs. I The next meeting of the Council will | be held on Friday, May 20th, at 7.301 . p.m., in the Returning Officer's room. | • After the meeting of the Borough I Council last evening his Worship the jj Mayor invited the Councillors, the un-1 saccessful candidates, members of the | Borough Committee, the Returning | Officer and representatives of the Wai-| tqmo County Council, t'o a banquet at | Mr King's boarding house. Full jus-| tice having been done to the many | good things provided, Mr Boddie ex-1 tended to his guests a hearty wel-1 come, regretting that for unavoidable 1 reasons, some of those whom he had f wished to see with them that evening, i could not be present. Mr Boddie pro-1 posed the toast of the new Borough of | Te Kuiti, and said he considered that | the future of the Borough was a| great one, and that the work to be| done by the first Council would be a| great factor in the prosperity and wel-| fare of Te Kuiti. He coupled with I this toast the names of Crs Hardy! and Somerville. I Cr Hardy considered that in Mr Boddie they had the right man for Mayor, and he. felt *ure that at the end of the year each Councillor would * feel himself'to be, through Mr Bod_die's tuition, a better man. He hoped the Council would have the sympathy of the people with them in their efforts, and that they would carry on in unity of spirit, bond of peace, and in righteousness of living. Cr Somerville said that he felt at the present time somewhat young and experienced, but felt sure that the tuition he would receive from the Mayor and his fellow Councillors, would do him a very great deal of good. Mr Stevens also returned thanks for the hearty manner in which the toast had been received. The toast of the "Unsuccessful Candidates" was proposed by Mr Finlay and responded to by Messrs Chil- - cott, Cotter, Pearson and Sims. Cr Stevens propose 1 the toast of the "Waitomo County Council," coupled with the names of Messrs Scholes and Shaw. He thought the County Council were doing good work and that the roads were being improved year by year. - Mr Scholes said it gave him great pleasure to be present that evening, and' thanked those present for the kind way the toast had been honoured, arid was sorry that mere of his Councillors were not with him that evening. He offered his congratulations to the elected Councillors and also to those not elected, and hoped that in all future

the County Council and pßorough Council would pull together. H Mr Shaw returned thanks for coup-, Ifling his name with the toa3t and conllgratulated Te Kuiti upon their formaPtion into a Borough. §| Mr Finlav proposed the health ofthe ||Mayor, which was received with musifgcal honours. Three hearty cheers were pgiven for Mr Boadie and three more ©for Mrs Boddie. H Mr D. J. Young gave a recitation pfwhich brought forth well merited ap|§plause. J Mr Boddie, in returning thanks for fgthe hearty manner in which the toast gpof his health had been received, stated jflthat he considered a word of praise pjwas due to Messrs Broad foot and FinSlay for the able manner in which they Ifhad carried out the arduous duties in with the formation of the Igßorough. 1| Other toasts included, "The Ladies," 11" The Press," "The Caterer," and the If''Bachelors,'' a most enjoyable evenSing concluding with the singing of lithe National Anthem.