BOROUGH OF HAMILTON. Installation of Mayor.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2253, 16 December 1886, Page 2

BOROUGH OF HAMILTON. Installation of Mayor.

A special meeting »f the council was held at the chambers yesterday at noon, for the purpose of installing Mr W. A. (Iraham a* mayor for the third time. There worn present: Cis. Kmox (in the chair). E Igecimbe, Barton, Dey, .Tone*, and Yon Stunner. A large number of burgeons were al>o present. Mr Graham having been forinallv introduced by Cr. X igocumbe. mide the umml decimation. Cr. Knox in a fow appropriate hentericua com eyed the congratulations of the council and burgesses to tho newly-elected mayor, and expiwed a hope that his thir.l term of office would bo as successful as the otlu r two had been. The Mayor, (who on rising w.is gieeted with applause\ said it was difficult to find word- in which to thank tho burgosse.* for electing him ma>or f>>i t!ie thiid time, Hu i»"\ei c spec ted it, ix>i hni ho deserved it. Ho attributed the fact to the good fellowship existing amongst the people of Hamilton. As to what ho had dune for Hamilton, to which Cr. Knox had io giac-r»fully refenud, he had only to '-ny that if Hamilton ha.d n<>t deserved tho position sho had att.iined he could not have bestowed it upon her. It was tho want of a centre for Waikato that had raised the town to its present important position. He referred to the lands which hui been acquired, and said it was a subject for warm congratulatio a that these lands were now leased for the most part by people, good people, who intended to make Hamilton their permanent home. He was happy to bo able to say he had always been on the best terms with his council, and if Hamilton was any better now than flho was two year.s ago, the circumstance was in a great measure owing to the active c >-operation and warm support he had received from his councillors. He felt sure that Hamilton had a grand future before it, as it was the natural commercial centre. Auckland owed her prosperity to. her masrniticient hat hour, but it was becoming evident that Auckland was unsuited for many institutions which now had their homes there. There was no doubt in tho world that Waikato was the proper place for collpges and many other things. He trusted they would continue to act together in the same spiiit of good fellowship that had hitherto characterised their relations with each other. He took his election as a very high compliment, a compliment paid to young New Zealand, r.f which party ho was one. He then made a brief reference to the existing depression, remarking that it was not local or confined to this country, and adding there was every indication that it was passing away. He looked forward to the speedy return of better time*, in which New Zealand would participate. In conclusion, he thanked the council and the burgesses for having placed him in such a proud position, and for the kind attention they had paid to the few unpremeditated words he had uttered. (Applause.) On behalf of the Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. Knox then invited all present to the festivities provided for the younger folk, the future burgesses, on Sydney Square in the afternoon, and in the Public Hall in the evening. The company then adjourned to Gwynne's Hotel, where the customary toasts were duly proposed, honoured, and responded to.