Alexandra.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 23 July 1901, Page 5

Alexandra.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT^

At the eonolus (in i.f last Monday'.meeting of th» j Buiough com oil. the mayor, Mr H Symts, tendered hi* resignation,

Councill'Tß piest-cd him to recousidei his di cis on, but Mr Symeu could not ee bis wav char to full in with the wis Ins of tLe C'tueillois.

An extraordinary meeting of th» Council was hj. Id on Wednesday, whei. Mr Kelnian v»aa duly deotfd to tie position of H'Bjor to the Borough. Under me lew Municipal Act. the Btnugh Council has tins iiower, and they availed selves of it, aid thereby saved money, which othtiwise would have been sper.t. if an election had taken place. N.iss Spenee. town clerk, has also resigned, aDd Mr Sjmes fas btcn aipointed in her place pro tern. At the Tdinaiy meeting of the Debating Sccitty. held on Tuesday evening, the debalitg guljeut was, ' Should Hew £ea'and federate with Australia,' Mr Jlyltoo led off with tJie.^Susnative,

while Mr Buchanan was the leader of the negative side. Both the abov«, with their supporters, treated the subject from different points of view, and ou a "ote beiug liken, the majority Toted against Federation.

It is the intention of the inhabitants here to celebrate in some way the home* coining of our returned troopers. It "ill be rumunnend that Messrs M'Rnigbt, and White left here together to join fhe Fourth Contingent, which, by the way has earned for itself tae soubri* quet of the ' Dandy Fourth,' Trooper Spain arrived he-e some time ago, and flißsacisf .ction has arisen that no notice was taken of his return, no welcome, or even a notffioaMnn in the loctl paper: The invitation, which has been extended to him to attend tne social, wll in some degree palliate the feeling, will numbers to roll up, who otherwise woula not have attendtd.