DINNER AT GREEN ISLAND.

Evening Star, Issue 9153, 7 June 1893, Page 2

DINNER AT GREEN ISLAND.

The Mayor of Green Island (Mr Joint Tooiney) entertained his councillors and the borough officers at dinner at the Given Island Hotel last night. Among the ghosts was M r Toomcy's predecessor in oliiee. The good things provided by Host Wilson having been done justice to, Mr C. Samson proposed the Um-X of "Hit' Worship the Mayor.'' He eniiijilimented the borough on having a mayor capable of looking after its interests both financially and generally. Mr Toumey thanked the company for t.'ie enthusiastic manner in which the toaM l.'id been received. Referring to financial questions, be said that the borough was not in the best state, but he would ccruinly endeavor to improve its finances, and was iquite certain that he would not gel the borough into deeper debt. During his term of office he had received marked courtesy from every member of the Council.and the clerk, and was quite tnire that there was not a council in I he colony that worked more harmoniously together. All questions were argued dispassionately. So far as he was concerned in islanding for the mayoralty, lie was one of the largest ratepayers in the borough, and his interests were identical with those of the other ratepayers. In reference to the work of Ike Council for the present year, he was quite sure that tire revenue would. carry out the work estimated to be done and leave the finances in a better condition than at the beginning of the year.—(Applause.) He concluded by proposing the toast of " The Ex-mayors," regretting that more were not present. Mr Charles Samson, in reply, stated that he was one of the originators of the proposal to form the district into a borough in 1870. He related some hmnoiot,* reminiscences about the first mayoral election and about the keen competition for tltc office. Hie reference to one of the mayor* in the olden days, who was so absorbed with the diguity of his position that it was common talk that he treated men to get drunk and eventually locked up so that thoy T7ere brought before him next morning in his judicial capacity as a justice of the peace, was received with much laughter. When he (Mr Samson) was mayor they endeavored to fet the borough extended without avail. [e was afraid they were too greedy and wanted to take in too much. There, was no question but that the borough should be extended, and eventually would be. Mr James Millar (ex-mayor) also responded, remarking that as well as baing ex-mayor he web the eldest clerk in tl e district in connection with the Road Board, and bod made the first rat* book. When he left office aa mayor the bank overdraft was somewhere about £6, He was sorry to say it was now up to the original amount when he first took office. The toast of "The Councillors" was responded toby Cr Wyria, as the oldest councillor; and to that di V'The Town Clerk " Mr Stott and his predecessor (Mr Kennedy) responded, . the evening songs were sung 1-y

Messrs Stott, Itooinay, Rnasellj and fathers j XtA two flute sole* were contributed by Mr Alderman Jones, a visitor from Sy*nw, who was accompanied on the piano by Cr George Russell.