MAYORAL MATTERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 8

MAYORAL MATTERS.

-ft,.'/'. ' , 7:- ; . v'' Kv.; CITY SINKING FUNDS. , _ ■The conclusion of .the meeting of tho City ;■ Council last night was marked by'an in- . jidcnt. .■■ • ' . ' - 1 . Councillor Fisher asked the Malyor whether It would be within the'evening's business to discuss tho the sinsing fundsi; '~ ■ 1 The- Mayor,: in .reply, stated .that tha. proV per ;place iat which ,to .bring;.up. tho matter ■; was' a -meeting: of the 'Finance Committee. ; - :.,;.Councfllpr Fislier: -The. matter'has .'been / raised in your addresses.' " ; . The Mayor: Councillor Fisher has - been a member of. tho Finance 'Committee for 12 ■ months, and. ho couldeasily vhave brought: up the matter there. " Councillor. Fisher: I thought it might just M well be raised hero as in the Press.' 1•" The Mayor: I have already, said that'the' S roper .place' is. afmeeting of'the'Finance ommittee.. . • ..': . , : . Fisher: I shall; bring . it, up where, I think it ought^'-to'be brought up.? ' ; .. The.Mayor: I suppose that you will. . -Mr. Hislop again referred to the question of: tho City Corporatioii's,,Binking .funds at ! his meeting.'on Wednesday The effect"'of Mils 'statement,.was,"that .with' 'the object.- of increasing ~the.' returh-.fr'om ..these funds tho (Committee, of the Council: con-' trolling tho funds decided .to. withdraw, them :from ..the building societi'esjwitli" which ■ they were invested and -money. elsewhere. The money was withdrawn from the . building societies, and the Town Clerk was instructed to ,- see as ;many;. solicitors < and others as , were likely to require 'investments.' . Unfortunately,.!.however,' ,;the wore not-sufficient to take, up the money. When this - was, reported ,to the Committee, ■: the Mayor told.tho Town ; Clerk tfrat" ho,had better try Brandon; Hislop; and Johnston's : : office, .' and .askJtlie;'gentleman in '-charge, pf the _ investment branch if' he .could not get applications: for investments sent along'At tho iSame time-tho Mayor told the , \.ofhis firm that -with: regard j'.to/'any! . moneys.'dealt with through' the Corporationp or with■ regard to, any. .agreement..-between tho' Corporation and. the firm's - clients,, 'ths ( . accountant was to be careful that Mr! His-' lop .did not participate, in .the, profits,...but -that -they, should be . set; aside entirely'for, ..the benefit of his . partners. :. (Applications .' camo in, therefore, "from; his, firm>, and up' . to tho timo when applications / from 'other - firms were sufficient to absorb the money .. Jcffc. This arrangement was a. distinct loss to him,, because tho. firm could have placed. . their' investmen ts,\with.. other., .lenders,' / in" which: case all the partners .would have par-ticipated-'in the profits. Ho called upon tho . citizens- not. to .allow: any --malicious -state-' .:ments in regard to the matter to.affect.them. :.:The /wholo:'6f the., papers,-connected; with , the transactions -were ■ open to 'the public,;. and. .... his-own' books could to any perBon, who was at.-.all sceptical on .the- Bubject." 'It was a matter of regret; to r him . that:' for a time -at least there- was a- preponderance of applications; from -his • partners,but r tho i result was a distinct .benefit.to .tb'o city.:- It.was ~inade:-a ruler-that. no;-investment:: was ■: made _ without the unanimous;. consent • of tho committeemen . present when the - .applica- . tions were dealt with- . .

ELECTIONS SINCE 1901. ; : Thoi following .statement of. the' results, .of Mayoral elections. in -.Wellington 'since the' present .extended franchise under-; the'. Muni- .. cipal Corporations Act;. 1900, "came into force is of special interest at. the,present time :-r ' '1901.—: J. G. W. Aitken (re-elected)... 5801 i T..M.,Wilford ... V ... . ... - 2732 1902.— J. G.\ W. Aitken (unopposed). ' , 1903.— J. G/W;-Aitken. (unopposed). 1904.— J. G. W. Aitken , . ... ...' 3052: • T. M. Wilford ; 1565 T. W. Hislop 1530 <••. 1905.— T. W. Hislop ... 3060 W.. H. P. Barber ... ... 2377 .J. J/'Devino ... ... 1725 J. P. Luke ... ... '1456 , T. Wardcll 60S i J. Smith ' ... 1 ". 433' . 1906.— T. W. Hislop (unopposed). 1907.-T. W. Hislop ... ... ' ... 5658 V \-T. M. Wilford ... ; ... • ... 2998 Supporters in. tho- Brooklyn district of the Hon. T. W. Hislop's candidaturo for the - City Mayoralty are invited to meet at Wood's ■ ] Kooms, -Brooklyn; this evening, at 8 o'clock, - fof the purpose of forming local committees. MIRAMAR. Mr. C. J. Crawford (Mayor of 'Miramarj lias definitely decided to- become : a candidate , for-, the Mayoralty next month. «So far noother nominations l , hare been definitely an-' nouncod: :The hamoof Mr.Fred. Townsend,' a former Mayor, has been mentioned, but ! it is understood that -ho does, not feel inclined to'enter, tho lists this year. v ■ ' • '•-■■ ' ... . J ■■ , . , . KARORI. ~, ... Asked whether, he-would*.stand-again this year for tho Mayoralty,' Mr. A. C. Pearce (Mayor of Karori) " replied, " Absolutely, - no!" .>He,- qualified his " absolutely " : by, stating subsequently that- tho. 1 only thing ■ that would induce him- to-reconsider his de- . oision. might be, tho -matter; of .-tho proposed extension of the tramway to Karori township, but in -the meantime his answer is, "Absolutely, no!"

To the gentle-Afridi our usual plan of jampaign is merely an exciting picnic, a tiling "of joy. He is no loser by it; rather ho is a'gainer, owing to our futile custom of paying for all supplies taken in an enemy's — ".World.".. ..... . , The future of golf depends largely on the preservation ofthis feature'of the 'old Scotch game—its solemnity. If golf - once degenerates into a game at which one can, at one . and the samp time;*"frivol"; arid';'"play," its days will be numbered;—" Golfing." v , ■■'.If we take the experience of this Colony, T?e are arriving at a stage in ..which the 'better classes of, Chinese are tending to drop opium; and take, to . the , consumption ' of - liquors.. Champagne is by,.no means unknown, and whisky and soda is -a..common- : place, of domestic conoamption with well-to-do-Chinese Free Press," Singa- ■■:■■•. poro. ; v '■ ■■