MAYORAL INSTALLATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 2

MAYORAL INSTALLATION.

NEW COUNCILLORS SWORN IN

■'''■The Mayoral installation and formal swearing-in of the newly-elected members of the Borough Council took place at noon to-day. In addition to the Mayor-elect, My. W. G. Sherratt, thferft were present: Crs. H. Miller, G.G.P Munns, W. Tucker, J. Brown, 4 B. Oman, H. E. Hill J. Mouat, and j. Wauchop. Cr. F. R. Ball attended! later. There was a sirhall at&cnddMCe of citizens. After the customary declaration had been signed, Cr. Jas. Brown Was vdteel to the chair, when the minutes of tho last meeting were read and adopted m the usual Way i -. • Cr. -Brown explained that they hairnet for- tho purpose of ■ installing the Mayor mi n the chair-, and* he desired to thank .Councillors for thefrhoftor of.&j**'pointing him to preside;.- fi«\w< pleased, as the Oldest cpnndllpr, ,to haVeu.the honor of -welcoming .Mr. SffierraH td,sid chair for a third term oi office. P_?h.e Council had many . matters . -m. hafid, works that Mr. Sherratt and his late council had initiated. Some of . theni were : not finished, hut he assured -councillors that the delay was :rtbt due^to the old Council, for, as they ati. kheiq**they were m the hands of ;the war authorities m the matter r of; .procuring plant and material. He wa^ quite satisfied that with the. gentlemen pecupyihs. 4he chairs at the Council table, all that the ratepayers could reasonably • htijpG for, fair progress and all that co-fdd'^lW humanly done .to c'oirtplete. the works . ih hand and to have new. 'work- carried Out, would be done.- >*He had much pleasure in -'•installing ' Mr. • Shetratt •-iu the chair for a further term.;. . a i. After signing the declAr^tioh, the, Mayor-elect , said;, he was . very ,' much 6blv?ed to Cr Hrowri fot-'.-his remarks, md he was very milch obliged to the ratepayers who placed their confidence m him by returning' hint for another ,- term of two years. His J Worsh:p congratulated the councillors % 4 ho. had loeen • , elected ; he welcomed the old faces, and ,-■ also (the new. There were three : new X& councillors*, and these three ' were all '* good sound business men— men wlurhad had a great deal to do -with worldly ' goods. • ■''..:'■•/■''■"**• Voices: Five. ■ P v His Worship P I beg your pardon -, yes, there are five; He thought that witli these gentlemen, with vthe old councillors, who -had been 'tried' and found not wanting, -the biisittees of -tHe Couhcil would i be 'carried... out. m ai satis--1 factory manner,' to -the' Council,; to the Mgyor, and to the • borough. There weife a lot of ittip'ortahlt -works' to: >be dohe; they were not finished f- : and .it the duty, of the Council to pusli these works on- as-;, far » as /possible to Coittpletion, and after "they- were finished it would be. ai matter theii for tho Council to decide , whether they should - ; go in 'loi* further .loansi,.' and "Jt would ' also be a subject . for cbnsideratidir whether the vyar was ., over. Whatever ; was, (done Avould not be done , m a hurry , ! buJt,; after careful rOonSidera*k>n. s "IOiight a-^niind' the f :ne"«v councillors," added Mr. Sherratt, '-that there is a minute on the; .jninut© book, .which allows: each councillor ten minutes to Bpoak m. If » he proposes a motion , he has 10 minutes, and, he-has. 10 minutes m which to reply. One* of the old counc illors said, the .ritefo Council had been ■ more like ,«j meetings. Wo considered: a subj^t, noti |o^ the: sakei-.of talking, but we discussed it as business mehj and I hope the new Council will Continue to conduct the business m the same way. I am .certain we will work harmoniously tog^thSr , . and , Whatever policy I bring down I arm perfectly willing to have it discussed thoroughly at this table, and> if thought necessalty, . altered. There is one . thing I ani very * strong againsfc^-aud I thavb kept Pit down, here during the past three years i > — that is psirty feeling. We have > wol'ked \vithout party feeling>- and tha#V »A is as it should be. You. are elated 1 ', the benefit of the whole ' bofoUgh, and ," * it is your duty to push, oh tlie work for ■'" - the whole borough and hay©, ho pt^Sty •fueling. (Hear, hear.) T 'again' thank > you ahd- the electors fot-' the honbi* "yoti -*" have done hie' m putting the m , -this chair for another terni. (Applause.,) Cr. Ball arrived when the Mayor was speaking, and when hi« Worship concluded that councillor signed the usual declaration. \v, A . „'

Worship intimated that amongst the first 'business next-TuesdSy PV^Uld! be the consideration of ( estijriatesPand the appointment of .tlie Cduricil^ re'P-e---sentatives^>n the Paitrfcifcie ■ ComUiiitee. Ther_ wer^also the standing committees for the year to appoint; $&& Council appointed five representatives to the Patriotic Committee,, __id,,th_ Tt-fcries iand Labor Council . onev - Tp ••" hasten matters he moved that the *frades arid Labor Council bu written *nd -Select their member, so tji^t'the appointments oould all be ritade' next Tuesday.—CarriecL P Cr. Munns referred to the possibility of Mr. Birrell droppingA out of . -fche Patriotic Committee'axwork aiid tho work of the Claims Board: ; He yras on© man they could hot .afford to lose, and he suggested ;', .the Council, might take somb action. ' '' ; - - p The Mayor thoua-ht they, should first ascertain whether .Mir.' Birrell would accept nomination.. ; ■. ' Xy> ■•■ ' , '.■■..■ '.'•.*'.•'., ■ Cr.; Brown regretted tnat his colleague, Mr. Bhfrell, cbhteinple/ied r_I signing, and expfeinedYthaWthe, iatter's \Va« riiofce ni ihe^taaifcurfe of a 1 protest agamst the system than a personal one. He suggested- th^ett ..eOmetjiing could : be done hy^ the,."patriotic^Committee to meet the position, or that the/ Claims Board nught '*meet every secondT day instead of daily. If ithis was done he thought Mr.^Bm-ell \tfduid continue .to ajßttf^ij-'. ;-;'■ .-.■■,. •-...'.•... .', The Mayor said the maitter l-fested iVith the Patriotic Cbmmit'tee, which, he thought, could make *«n alteration when they next. .met. ... It was agreed to pttfceed 'with the selection of the Council's five representatives.. .Cr. .BipwjTi . declined, re-appoint-ment, intimating that he would" be Unable to give the necessary time during the next few months. Crs. Miller. Ball, Munns, and Oman, with Mr. R. M- Birrell, wei%Miltlmately appointed. .... Cr. jVlouat -Ufcged' that tlje Council *«e---prescntatives shbnld guppoUt the appointment of .a 'first-class [organiser 4 for the, Patriotic Conini-itteef. Cr. Munns pbinteq* "out llOha^l. rrtove.d for such, an a£pointmen ( t, and the M^ybr had seconded jthe proposal. , ■""' */*'■■* : - The Mayor sadd •.'; they could tafe it that was file .opinion, of thfe^ Council.; This concluded . theP busing. P'';* "';"'