A WORTHY SUGGESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 93, 8 April 1908, Page 3

A WORTHY SUGGESTION.

I'll lint Kditor. Sir, - In ;i few week- ihe present .Mayor will retire from otlicc and lln-po-ilion o! Mayorcs- In* occupied In' another. During the seven ;iud a-lmif year- she has filled the oliii-.- of Mayoress Air-. Duckrill has rendered iiiviihiiili!- 1 help to nil section- of tin* coiunuiuitv, Churches. benevolent institutions, liibrigade, sports and athletic clubs, mi l societies of every kind have appealed again and again io her lor guidance an I as-i-tancc ill their various function-!, ami have never licen denied. The cheerful willingness with which .Mrs. IJuckrill has ever responded to all tin- calls made upon her surely deserves some recognition at the hands of the people of New Plymouth. That this is the general feel-ing--I might, say. universal desire—l am fully persuaded. and have therefore decided, after consulting other friend- who think as I do, to ask all those who arc willing to join aking some public appreciation of the work -o nobly and ably done by .Mrs. Dockrill to meet in the Council Chamln'l' of the. Town Hall a! :> o'clock on llie afternoon of Wednesday, I3th instant, to decide what shall be done.— I am. etc.. ('. K. UKUJtINtiEH.