CITY OFFICERS
CLERK AND ENGINEER The new city engineer (Mr (J. A. Hart) and the new Town Clerk (Sir E. T. Noriuan) were tendered the city’s official welcome yesterday, when tho Mayor (Mr C. J. B. Norwood) presided over a luncheon attended by nearly 200 guests, including representatives of various local bodies and of the City Council.. After luncheon the Mayor extended the civic welcome to the new odicers. Mr Norman, who had come from Melbourne, possessed a good record, and when he advanced he would take his colleagues with him. He wa6 quickly gathering in the threads of office. Mr Hart was described by the Mayor as a “Yorkshire-liancashire man,” who would over pursue detail, and to whom Wellington’s civic problems should present no difficulties. The engineer’s department in the City of Wellington covered a great deal more ground than in many citiee much larger. The Mayor dwelt upon Nature’s endowment to Wellington, and claimed that its development and progress were largely due to civic administration. The city had come to the time in its municipal life when it was really taking shape as a city; in fact, a new era, and he hoped that this function might mark a truly satisfactory commencement in dealing with the expansion of the city along lines commensurate with the growth and future development. Wellington, if things were properly ordained, was the true economical oentre for tho trade of the Dominion. To-day we had a condition and position unique, the appointment together of the two civic officers who would control the destinies of Wellington which he believed was very fortunate. The Town Clerk, Mr Norman, thanked the Mayor and the gathering for the welcome, and said he had worked with New Zealanders in Australia, and without exoeption found them the finest possible comrades and mates, it had been an. eye-opener to him to Bee what they had done in making a city out of nothing. He had feit a little uneasy about his position, as there were so many trading departments in the system. By working together with the officers of all the departments he might bo ahle to achieve a great deal. He felt that to do much good he must become saturated with Wellington’s affairs, and he wished to thank all the officers for the great help they had been already in this respect, and also the others who had called to wish him well. Mr Hart also extended his thanks to the people, and likened Mr Norman and himself to a pair pf hacks drawing a worthy carriage upon its route of progress and advancement. He hoped that when they had laid down policies for their officers they would see that they were properly fulfilled and the officers supported.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 2
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459CITY OFFICERS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 2
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