Manawatu Hearald. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1889. A MAYOR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 281, 18 October 1889, Page 2

Manawatu Hearald. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1889. A MAYOR.

"We desire to l^emind the burgesk^ thafebeforoiong it. will be their duty to select one of their number to fill the honourable jiosition of Mayor of the Borough. In our public duties we have become too much accUstoiued to rely on volunteers, and though it is ungrateful to look a gift horse in the mputhj ife;Avould sometimes pay bettor if jjfee <i}d, to guage iwhethsr he was \rorSii his keep. /\ s our town is daily gi»ojy ing in import-' ance, and has had a "start given to it j freei ft'om debt and burdoned with a very small rate, it 'is. wisest to see whether this, pleasant state of public affairs cotild not be continued.' Though tho Mayor, is not only ruler of the Borough, thei^ being also a Councit of other six burgesses, yet it is. customary to leave the initiation of business to, the town's •chief officer, and for the Council to, as it were, gungo. thb value of his proposals on behalf of the other ratepayers. Wa therefore require higher equalities in a. Major than are necessarily requisite for a. Councillor, and thus the difficulty of selecting a candidate. We have no intention of urging the claims pi anyone to this position, but wclttld ftndeavdur to impress upon the burgesses ilif** necessity that exists for early thinking over the nwter, and on account o^theaiffioultj', to iaove, •instead' of letting the election go by default. Every inhabitant of a town should look upon the task or"- .serving on public bodies as part 'df-' lta duty,. both or his own, and the town's ad vancement, and the bettter t|ie class qf .me^ who interest th^rhft pi vas 'i ij 'plibUc affairs, the better it'musr. be . |or the of tho district. rWe do not'urge an c ec!i;>n; though mattjprs generally licwunj more freely discussed when thoro is *WP> b.^(Bome? action should hotaken, by requisition orpublic meeting, to secure the scry ice of somo gentleman the public lins confidpnee in An action of tin naf.uve on.courages a candidate, by lottiup; lu'in

understand taatpfspaeitservicash'.ve ■been appreciated, or to an untried man, that his opinions hifiw, the endoi'Seiuorit of a considerable baurnber of the public. An apathetic public makes an apathetic leadSf, and thus reacts on, the j)rosperty of business .au&.tlia value- of property; -~ATrth<r town has sprung j^to life, let us keep it aliye. Who is to be the next Mayor?'