GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1260, 21 December 1882, Page 2

GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

THEy»nnual?iM^iigJfdif : lhe initallinjf thei?newly: elected ■'! Mayor x tppk v ■place'!itthefCouncil Chambers; at noon' 'yesterday.';-Present: His Worship the Mayor,- Gra Baillie," Gray, Gallagher, Kimberleyy': Bright, r Haigh, :ind; Varnham,

-The minuies uf last meeliaK were read ■aiid .confirmed;":.".; .' :':'-: j ::: i ■;:;-■-.-■•■ H

His Worship then, vacated the chair, and Cr Udy was voted to that office pro tem. Or Gray proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor, and said he felt sure that during his form of office he had gained the confidence of the burgesses and councillors of tho borough by the impartial and enorgetio manner in which ho had conducted the duties uf the office,

Cr Ijaillie seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried. U> ; His 'Worship thanked Jhe Council for. their kind expression towards him, and also for tho courtesy and support accorded him daring his term of 'office, He had been told when ho first took office that he was going into a hornet's nest, but he was '-happy;to say he had found the oonnoil quite the reverse; as he had always had every courtsey shewn hinuby them. He .then signed the usjjal deolaratioVWid was •installed for his seoond term of office, C' *■'_ The'h'otice of motion re the Post Office tyte then came on for discussion^, Cr Baillie moved "That th&Govern, inent be requeßted'lo ereofr tlie t new. : .Pbst Offioe .as. near the temporary, offices|as poeaible, it being the most central part of Borough." He said that bo was almost sorry that he had tabled the motion as it had caused suoh a commotion in the Borough, and he had been so\ severely criticised and knocked about, especially by the local paper, that he hardly thought it safe to go about unprotected; he thought the criticisms in. the 'Standard' quite uncalled'for, They" ha J" told him unless he abandoned his'motion they would tell some truths about him, he hoped they would, for nothing but untruths had been told about him so far. Notwithstanding their threats, he would still press his resolution as he considered that a more central site should be ob tainod,-

Or Varnham in' seconding the motion thought that iu ju.'iice to the settlers of the district a more'central site should be obtained, and hoped the; would try their best to get the Government to procure one. . '.

A petition signed by about a hundred settlers 'was' presented by Or Gallagher praying that the Council would not entertain thonotico of motion,

A petition not so numerously signed was also presented praying that the Council would do its best to have the Post Office shifted near the Town Hall. Y%

Cr Haigh thought that as they appeared undecided where to place the Office,he would move "That,the Government be requested to provide a. bus' as a perambulating Post Office," • Or Gray said lie did not agree with shining the Post Office from the old site, in fact they could hardly expect the Government to go to the expense of buying land to build upon, when they had the present site suitable for it. He thought that if the motion was carried, it would cause a jealous feeling in the Borough, and one-half would bo set against the other. If the public wished it removed let a poll be taken-ihat would bo the fairest way and let the Government decide what was best to be done, ■■.,'.

CrKimberly said that when the Government thought of removing the Post and Telegraph offices to the railway Station, the people had petitioned against it, and the Government had graciously acceded to the wishes of the petition, He though that if they pressed to have the offiees. .remdved from.'the old. Bite, they to be erected ,when the Government intended iliey 1 were to be placed viz,, attho Railway station, which would be worse still. 'He 'also though!' it would be absurd to expect' tho, Government to expend money in l buying a site, when they had; one already ;in the; best business part of the totfn, ; • J ■ ; i ; '". ; His Worship thought that'it would le useless lo ask the Government to shift Publio offices,' although';he ; thought fully two thirds of the residents-were!in favor of ii, and would also be. benefited by their being remold to a more central spot. Tliemoliun'was i then put! arid lost on the/voices, '":'[ :! /'- l ;'' ! •'•'^:'- V; . • : ' '■'.•'. the ineel i.ng then adjourned/ *•' ■