MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2173, 17 December 1885, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

INSTALLATION OF MAYOR. The annual meeting of the Masterton Borough Council was held at noon yesterday. Present—Messrs Caaelberg, Mayor (past and elect), and Crs Clapper, Bacon, Mason, Muir, Heron, Hessey and Perry, The Mayor explained that the meeting was being held in accordance with 'the Municipal Corporation Act, which provided that the annual meeting of the Council should be held at noon on the third Wednesday in Deeember in each year. The meeting was an ordinary one, and ho, therefore, called upon the Town Clerk to read the minutes of the previous meeting. The minutes wore then read and confirmed. .

The Mayor said there was one motion which he had intended to bring before them on the previous night, but which he had overlooked in the crush of business. He alluded to the sad bereavement of Or Williams. It was a very sad bereavementjof their fellow Councillor, whose wife had been cut off in the very prime of her life. The deceased was the daughter of one of the oldest and most respected settlers in'Masterton. Personally ho had known' Mrs Williams over since she was a little girl. She was''also well-known to all the other members of the Council. He moved that the Council offer its deep sympathy to Cr Williams in his sad loss. The motion was seconded by Cr Muir and carried, and it was further resolved that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to Of Williams. The Mayor said he now came to his own installation. Unfortunately for himself, having-been again elected, there was no one to sing his' praises except himßelf, He had known himself for a number pf years, and had a high opinion of himself, but he would Jet them sine his praises. (Mr Caselber? here signecj.% usual declaration). Speaking 'to them as the old Mayor, he thanked the Councillors for the unifoW courtesy with which he had been treated during his term of office, He might say that there had been' very little or no difficulty in oqndqoting the meetings, and that was entirely due to the good sense of the Councillors. He had been particularly fortunate in having to preside over a number of gentlemen who spoke aocordiilg to their conscienceSj and who were not so stubborn as to think that they were risfht and everybody else wrong, There had been a Bpirit of moderation in everything. Hiß position had been a very light one to their adherence to the rules which should goyern qll tfyeir proceedings. He was proud to «y that he never hail to call any Councillor to order. He hoped that for the future their business would be carried on in the same tone, and is the same amiable manner, This terminated tho proceedings, A few minutes later the Council table was laid, out with a very tempting lunch, to which the members of the Council, and a number of its officers and others sat down; Tho hoalth of the 'Mayor was proposed by Cr Perry, and duly responded to, Several other toastß were also duly honored, and the party spent $ yery pleasant titfie Wore breaking lip."