The Mayoralty

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 November 1915, Page 2

The Mayoralty

UEbiG.NIvD BY MR B. Jtt. GARDENER. After ten .years taithlul (service to ilio borough as Mayor, Mr B. It. Uardenur intimated! at _the Levin Borough L'uiiHcil ]ii« intention of resigning, and in: acceptance of tlio position of Town Clerk. Mr Gardener, in making the an--noiinceiiient. stated that ii tliore wai an election foe the position it would i;ave to be held in about three ■weeks' Lime, and it would be necessary to appoint a returning officer. He thanked councillors for flic courtesy and kindness that they always had extends led to him as mayor. During the u'holftf of the ten yoars tliat lie had occupied the position ho never had a quarrel with a councillor: he had :*rli'iineiits, and perhaps an exchange of compliments but never was there any malice. Ho accepted the council's kindly intended resolution /e resigning bis public positions as a cordition of taking up the town clerkship : it would be too much For one man to attempt the lot. , However, tliore was ono position t%* : .io f«ft sorry to leave": his seat on ife Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. He had fought long for severance, and helieved that next session a bill uouicl be passed) granting it. He .would like to have held the seat until then. There was ono who would \>.it pleased for bits rosiguing: Mrs Ga ,, - di.'iier. In the last eighteen months, awing to so many appeals, on account of the war, her work" ha<l' been constant and arduous, and now she would br gladi of a rest. He would do ills ibost for the borough and the people hi his new petition, and hoped that the same good feeling that had existed between the council and himself in the past would continue in the future (applause). Councilor JJlenkhorn said that Mr Gardener always bad carried. 1 out his duties wttth great, thoroughness and would be quite successful in his new duties. The council decided to appoint Muss Goldsmith as returning officer for one, month", a period sufficient to cover the mayoral election shouldi there be one."