A MOTTO FOR LONDON.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 197, 24 September 1914, Page 3

A MOTTO FOR LONDON.

•« LOCI DVLCEDO NOS ATTINET. '' The London County Council, which is now the supreme authority of the British metropolis (comprising twentynine boroughs, each headed by a mayor, the smallest of the 'boroughs being the City of London, presided over by the Lord Mayor), has recently adopted a coat of arms, and is now engaged in the selection of a suitable motto to adorn its escutcheon. Quite a number of mottoes were discussed at the last meeting of -/the County Council, the one recommended by the General Purposes Committee, which had zeen instructed to advise in the matter, being as follows: "Loci dulcedo nos attinet." The translation of this is, "The sweetness of the place holds us," and is taken from Tacitus, who, referring to the withdrawal of the Romans under Suetonius from London in the reign of Queen Boadicea, speaks of the 'sweetness of the place" and of the reluctance of the Romans to leave the city. It is understood that this motto will be definitely adopted, and will be included in the armorial bearings which King George is now about to sanction, by means of a royal warrant, on the recommendation of the Royal College of Heralds. But there are already some who attribute *a double meaning to the motto, and who insist that it will be construed as referring to the" fondness Of the city fathers fo-' oflice and their reluctance to surre*.m*>r it. Indued; thee are many municipal office-holders in America to whom this? motto of tlu? London County Council would 8«om par i it* ularly appropriate.-