THE MAYORALTY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 294, 21 January 1910, Page 7

THE MAYORALTY.

DEPUTATION TO Mil. G. TiSCIJ. Yesterday morning tin- Council Cliamlior w:i~ crowded to excess bv tile meiii--1 hers nf a deputation wliii waited on his Worship the Mayor, Mr. U. Tisch, and asked him to re-consider liis determiiritiim not to stand again for Hit: .Mayoralty. Jhe deputation was the largest and most inlluential that lias ever been formed in New Plymouth. Tile lirst. speaker was .Mr. R. Cocii, who said there was a unanimity among the ratepayers that .Mr. Tisch should i-c asked to offer his .services JV ;I > least another year.—(Applause;. ..>»;*iag his (tile speaker's) olliee as .\ayor, .Mr. Tisch sat as a councillor, and at that time he was so impressed with his ability that lie then expressed the opinion to the Council that lie would make a really excellent Mayor. This opinion had been fully borne out. fur he was convinced thai the town had never had a better Mayor.— (Applause), lie went on to refer in eulogistic terms to work accomplished by Mr. T'iscli in the interests of the borough, and instanced particularly the esplanades. One of the prime reasons they were desirous that .Ur. Tisch should again take offieu was the active interest he was taking in the electric light system and tile proposed tram system. They all recognised that this would tie a grand thing for the borough. Such a system might not pay for a year or so, but the tradespeople would reconj) the benefit even if they had to pa;.- a Id rate—(Applause) —by affording facilities to enable people in the suburbs to come backward and forward to town at a cheap rate. In the electric light department the Conn- j cil had a progressive business,-paying over xIOOU, and he was satisfied that if the scheme of the Mayor's were given effect to it would pay double "thatamount before two years had elapsed. As in the borough, if there sl.Xiuld lie a vacancy on tne Council Ie would be pleased to come in and wo-k as a councillor, and help Mr. Tiseh in .those very desirable schemes,—(Applause). j

Mr. T. S. Weston testified to the excellent work of Mr. Tisch during his term of office as Mayor. It was not often one could eulogise as they ought to uo so on that occasion the services ef the chief of a borough council, because so many wer c always ready—and sometimes with great justice—to complain of their doings and to complain 'of their shortcomings, but in this instance lie thought Mr. Tisch possessed all those qualities to fit him for the Mayoralty. —(Applause). The work Mr. Tisch had done had been of great benefit to this district, and would continue to be such. If he had done nothing else than lo form the esplanade along the sea-front lie had deserved the thanks and gratitude not only of the people of to-day, but those who would come after them. He quite endorsed the remarks of Mr. Cock with regard to th e electric light. In Xew Plymouth, if he might be permitted to say so, we had been lagging behind. There had been a want of real earnestness on the part of the leading people of the place to push it on—to insist on their rights, which would make Xew Plymouth one oi' tiie fair, st towns in Xew Zealand. He hoped that, time liad passed away, and if one could itidge by that large deputation of lending citizens, Xew Plymouth would in future exact her rights from headquarters and get her full share of public benefits, tie hoped this would be the case, and that they would all pusi ihe district alo'ig- promote industry, encourage pop.ihi:'i.n in every way" they '•ould—beci'K-e unless they couli pro cred on tho-e lines, the industries ot batter and cheese and so on would never make it what it should be—j v, of the leading towns of the Dominion.— (Applause;. , s Mr. M. Irt-ror said he was on:; of the mm who voted against Mr I'Udi, bu* since Ui'ii ho had been coiivirU'J He ha'i n t!.-' :>• or of his \va.< :• ii.l noticed with great pleasure th e excellent way in which the Mayor had managed the affairs of the borough and the deep interest he manifested ill ail that, tended to the welfare of the di-triet. However mane times he came out in the future he was one of those \\!o would vote st'.j.'ght out for h;m. The Mayor ixp essod his gra',it'id« ai ■seeing so large a disputation '•'.'present'ng every shad' 1 of commerce miJ trade in the borough. Two years ami n <f* - {•.rf'tion wa.'- ', u. on him urg ag I 1 in to forw.'l and in his wovti-ss n#. consented ite was glad to <••,> f.'i t the small efforts he had put forward had been appreciated. He had said at that time that he would do all he could to beautify the town anfl make Xew Plymouth what it should be—one of the finest seaside and health resorts in Xew Zealand. He commenced witll the Esplanade, and the town had now a promenade from the breakwater almost to the Waiwakaiho, without a singie penny cost to the ratepayers. Th< ?i there was the concrete kerhing and channelling. This ho considered was a very important work..and he was sure they all recognised that more had been done in this direction during the past two years than in tiie previous hiato'y of Xew Plymouth, lie briefly referred to trials which had been made to abate the dust nuisance at the small cost to the Council of £l3. He held tile opinion that the position of Mayor should be a rolling one, and h j (. would have been pleased to give the incominu' Mayor the benefit of his experience, but in face of such a unanimous request from the ratepayers he would consent to again offer his services.— (Loud applause I. Referring to the electric Jiafti department, the .Mayor said that for .the last yenr the electrical engineer had reported from time to time tint .the machinery was runninir at iis full capacity, and that something must l.e done before next winter. They would nil recognise that it was not wise to run the plant continually with such a heavy load. The report on the question of providing increased power furnished by Mr. C'limie he considered an excellent one. and the proposals would shortly be placed before the ratepayers. 'When lli' took office he bad expressed hi' intention of endeavoring to obta'n a greater Xew Plymouth, but there had been so ninny things on hand that very IHfl,. had been done in this direction. He had now, however, obtained certain information front Mr. Ellis, the cle-'k to the County Council and Mr. Morton, clerk to the Barrett Road Board, and proposed at an enidy date to plate Ihe Question before the people interested. They wonid effect a great saving in the amount of their rales by joining the borough. The meeting terminated with cheer* for the Mayor.