WELLINGTON CITY.
Wlhiatever may be his other f&ultfcs, the Mayor of Wdiiington, (Mr T. M. Wilfoind, M.P.) cannot be rißarged with, am .excess of modesty. He has 1 , pferhapsi, a greater respect for the personal pronoun than most mm of his age. liu an interview yesterday with a representative of the Wellington evening paper, he toid ho.w the debt of the city, which had been £16,000 when he took office, had gradually evaporated 1 , chiefly through Ms ability ,to say "No" when furth>er expenditure was asked for. Now, almest everybody knows that Mr Walford is a keen financier. - But it
ha® yet to be demonstrated that a Mayer, in, hiiir.iselff, has: the right to reject overtures l for tihe exjaeaiditaire of city revenues. _ Ocaskmally the Counen? 1 has, a voice m> the matter. Mr WiTiford, however, would a(ppeai\ to tlwnk thiat a CVmncil is. a sort of munneiipaf' excrescence.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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149WELLINGTON CITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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