MAYOR OF THE CITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13709, 27 March 1908, Page 5

MAYOR OF THE CITY.

1 '• TRIBUTE TO MR. MYERS. I "'.. '"' PROBABLE FURTHER TERM OF ',-■"' OFFICE. 1 ' ~ ''■At-hst' night's meeting of the Auckland I ' * , '- i Citv Council the present Mayor (Mr. A. M'. 1- Alv'ers) was asked to allow himself, to be | : . nominated for a fourth term of office. I At.last night's acted spokesman for.the City Council the present Mayor (Mr. A. M'. Myers) was asked to allow himself to be nominated for a fourth term of office. Mr. C Orev acted as spokesman for the Council. Ii was unusual, he said, for the ' /•' Mayor of Auckland to retain office so long, V " but under the circumstances it, was thought i that the municipality would, suffer a dis- '. tinct loss if Mr. Myers' services were lost • to the Council at the present stage. Durr in" his term of office he had acquired a cast amount of municipal information, and jhe Council felt assured that the ratepayers "-■ ,'•'would gladly accept his services for uiiather term, if they were available. (Ap- " plause. 1 : Mr. A. -L Entrican, who heartily sup-' I ported Mi'. Grey's remarks, said that on I • > this occasion the Council would like to see an exception made to the general rule in Auckland, and the present Mayor accept office fm >' fourth, term. The questions of "-'drainage, the new town hall, and several ' /other important matters, it was. considered ,'• "should he put through by Mr. Myers, and * it was the opinion' of the citizens that their i '• lV interests would be best served by his re- « : taining the Mayoral chair at the present- -■ h juncture. Messrs. Bagnall, Tudehope, Casey, and f ' Court all cordially supported the Mayor's ■'/'■•. ' nomination. i" »"•"'•"The Mayor said he felt proud of the ;; unanimous request that had been made, " ' though for the last few months he had been looking forward somewhat anxiously for the time when he should hand over the reins of * " office to a successor. During the last three J fears he had only been absent while in . 'Auckland from two Council meetings. He- \ had attended all committee meetings, and,' ; ■■■. on the whole, it must he admitted that he i'r was justified in looking for a rest. Then, again, he thought the office should be a rolling one. The position was a difficult "''one to fill. His recent arrangement? had • •. : been in the direction of relinquishing duty ." "'■•'_ in May next. On the other hand, he felt .'.;„ ,". that he had still a certain duty to perform . in connection with certain municipal schemes that had . been formulated during ,'■'.. the last three years. Perhaps-, after all, - it would not be right to leave. Loud applause.) He did not feel inclined to give , a definite answer, but, possibly, it would , * ; pot be right/ for. him to do'anything else ;""'•. than accede to the request made. (Renewed applause.) The only condition he '. y. would make was that if bis health would .;},... not permit it, he could not accept the re- ' . ' sponsibility, and. in any case, he doubted v whether he could take office for the lull. -~v ;, ...term. . ■ , ■■.■■;. /' -.- . .*'• ' ;■■ "';