THE MAYOR AND THE CITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 57, 7 March 1913, Page 4

THE MAYOR AND THE CITY.

We believe that the citizens of Auckland will welcome -with genuine satisfaction .the decision of the Mayor to stand for election for a third term of office. For Mr Court and the other members of the City Council who last night eulogised Mr Parr's energy and enterprise and urged him to give Auokland the 'benefit of his services for one year more represented, we are convinced, the public feeling of the whole city. Mr Parr has deservedly won a high reputation as a municipal administrator through the farreaching planß of municipal development and reform thM he . has promoted and the many important schemes of public works Miat he has inaugurated. And more particularly at this juncture, when so many of these great public projects have reached the stage at which they need for their successful completion careful guidance and control, it would be detrimental to the interests of the city that the supreme municipal authority should The city drainage, the water supply,' and the .reconstruction of our roads have all "been taken in hand by Mr. Parr; he knows more about the details of these schemes than a new mayor would learn in a year of office; and"he has given ample proof' that he possesses the qualities which arc requisite for the successful management of such public enterprises as these. Moreover, our Exhibition is to be opened before the end of the year, and it seems to us highly desirable that when this time comes there should be in the mayoral chair a man of well-tried public experience and approved energy and public spirit to represent the city, to extend its hospitality to distinguished visitors, and to take full advantage of the many opportunities that "the occasion will afford for the enhancement of its reputation and the promotion of its material welfare. Such a man w» believe Mr. Parr has proved himself to he; and, while we admit that no man is entirely indispensable, and we' have no doubt that a worthy successor to the present Mayor can he found when the time comes for hi 3 retirement, we believe that the 'best interests of the city will be served %y his continuance in office for the coming year, and with this opinion we' are sure the great majority of the citizens of Auckland* already concur.