THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 47, 11 March 1901, Page 2

THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

; REQUISITION TO MB JAP. BELLRINGER. On Saturday morning a deputation consisting of Messrs Cork ill, Berry, J n kiuscn ard waited on Jj|. Jas. Btllringc-r with a view of makino . sure of ensuring his canddatuiv at the forthcoming eWcti< n to the Borough Council. Mr Cor kill in presenting a numerously signed very rcprefent-th-e requisition alluded 10 the htroag iltsiiM wi.idi Wisfc.d amongst the requisifionist to 1 r-tiin Mr Belirioger's #ei vices co th< Oourcil. They cnsirfered it wae m:rc important that Mr should b - cme a candidate fur a se-is on tli • 'o'.ineii which ho wi's sure to obtaui, 'atber than tint hn should coi'tist the Mayoralty, s-eing tint ho would makf the third candidate in the field for r. Speaking personally, Mr Corkill he h»d bren aw ciated wi h Mr Bellringnr iu tha Cquncjl f«y a long timp, and al"hough he had on occasions opprsed aim in 3,'me matters, rap-.'cially in his yaxwgw days as a councillor, there was no one in tbe b rough who had a higher seuse »f Mr Be'lringer's Value as a member of tha Council. Ofl tha ques tioD of tha BtroDgeat.candidate for the Mayoralty, he was not cei-Sain, but the •utepayeifj sirni rg the requisition wanted to makesuie of ratuning Mr Bellringer'a services to the borough by returning him again for the East Ward. Mr addid a few words, ■stating that a large number < f the ratepayer s desired to retain Mr Bellringer's services in the C.-uncil, and to attain that o*>j' : ct they had promised to wort ind vote. Mr Boih inger, in reply, thanked thetu for the requisition that they had presented. and add- d that be would consider the request, and h t them know 'his depisiof} p.xn qs pcr-siMe, Kfej I might mention tl;at a number of 1 ratepayers had spokeu to i> : in i>n tho same; question, ar»d had asbu.ei tiw of their'

supyrnt. K'\ was inilnenes dja coating ouo for the Mayoralty oy the thought tint »bo tim'-i J-.ad arrivod when ho should never hip, connection with tho Cornell. \\o and ba.-n a long iiin<: in the (.'oHi'cii, and some people thought re knew too much—at any r.:to he hi>d that impression in his mind, and alsof that in consequence ho did not receive! t!jo support ho might, otherwise have got wiu'ii moving any question in the Council, lie, therefore, vhought that it would bo pr-tfe-abla te HHrve ntother term as Mayor before severing his connection with thG Council. As a Councillor lie had always worked for the benefit of the borough as a whole, and if he was re-slectod ho would pursue the sr.rae policy, During tho next two or three years therw wouli piobabiy be I important works carried out in tho Borough— at itny he hoped so if they dufived to push the town ahead and if the loan sanctioned by the rate payers could not be obtained at 4 per cent., then he considered another poll should be takon to sanction the raising of tho monsy a? 4.| per cent. Therefore looking at the wkele circumstances! of the case he would give tho requisii nn I careful cout.ideratiosi.