CITY COUNCIL'S CONDOLENCE.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13653, 19 February 1913, Page 4 (Supplement)

CITY COUNCIL'S CONDOLENCE.

A WEEK'S ■ ADJOURNMENT

(From "The.Colonist," Feb. 15.)

When the City Council assembled last • evening for the* usual foitnightly moetiiv," the Mayor, innck; feeling ld'erenco io"tho death of Captain Scott mid the ' ..other members of oho Potar party. JTi fj Worship ''id thrt th.> trn~ic rlf'.ltl) f)l C.lDU'll Sf/3tt V.\,[ \V> MlO^'SSiul [>iil\ «hci on i.l' ii 1 oiiiou ud nificli lntl pioloiruih fuic li.-'l iho iuaitf. oi ■the p ">.>]<"> ni tii ■Vi t ".'J !-mvu - Tlio* < Mild '^>t!i r htuV ' 7. i nf iro \j'l.j^l f ,i the jj- .-k -nr1 il .'-* r -Vi'do', nit) '.vbidi tl)1 \ phiii ' '- t'lu'ji Jiev ]"- rrymH^xtl tint In 'I 1! 0 *i 'i ]"P J. cl t'-">' i I'^i <i vjou i(V ■o M v]'lii.-, to, " .'-b • th" •! >v , ,i tho liiji'd\ lci.fljcd the «\ih*crl world. Crptam Poolt's last jnt»- i<;r«. A\iiUf".i in thvo icy Bol'tudes, jjjtii.dst dying fompanions, and facing

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certain death, had been flashed around] the world stirring the -hearts of th*. notions'and' showing that in these days 'men of our nice; could die, .thinking of bthbrs,, bravelyyiraflinchin^ly aiid unwmp*ainingly, like Enghisjhman- i ---lt; would-be some consolatioiK^or th«)ir sorrowing relatives to know that the names of Scott and his brave companions were written -already on the glorious roll ot British heroes whom the riaticii delighted to honour and that their gnct was shared not only feyth« naiaou, buti by-; the world. He would move: "lhat this -Council deplores the disaster which has Befallen the late Captain Sdott and his brave companions on their return trom the South Pole, and expresses its ad- : miration of the fortitude, heroism, and ■ self-sacrifice displayed by all the memmers *ii the ill-fated party. ; Cr. Mercer seconded the resolution,, which was carried in silence, the Coun-.; cillora standing. ««Ti,n++liM' The Mayor then moved: lliat tius. Cotmotl deeply sympathises witii tte», widows and relatives of the late Cap-, tain Scott and the othor members ot tire i expodition & thoir terrxble bereavemMlt-" - d tho resolution

Or. Adams sceonac > to which tho Council signihod its assent by standing. . , Cr Hartoy nmed: "Thatlcopws -of tho aWe resolutions bo sent to the Mori, tfco Prime Minisfceir, and that he be requested to forward same Tho motion was seconded by Ut..ias"That a, a^k of respect to those who have> lost -.then lives in the Antarctic oxpedit on this Council now-adjourn, and that it do attend the- memorial service which is bcina hold in the School of Music . U. Sampson.said there .were pessvmists who told them the nation was decadem,, nft such iinstances of self-sacrifice as they met with in the case of the wreck of the Titanic and the heroic ■conduct ot Captain Scott's party showed them that they had nothing to fear from i ace decadence. Great occasions always found the men. ~, r The resolution was sec°nS^ n n C VI Snod<n-ass and earned, and the Council Sraea until Friday -evening next.