THE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 1

THE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON.

R CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON, who was bveommon consent chosen as the right person to till the important position of Mayor of Wellington during the Jubilee year, is a son of the late Hon. John Johnston, a gentleman well-known throughout the colony a- — one of the most respected of those enterprising spirits who. selecting New Zealand a- their future home, laboured both in public and private to advance the best interests of the colony. Mr Charles Johnston "a- born in Wellington in the year 1845. and was educated in England. He is a member of the firm of Johnston and Co., was one of the first directors of the Wellington and Manuwatu Railway Company, and is Deputy-Chairman of the New Zealand branch of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. In 1852 Mr Johnston was elected to represent one of the sub-divisions Te Are of the cityof Wellington in Parliament, and was again returned by the same constituency in 1885. Mr Johnston has al ways taken an active interest in the Volunteers, and was Captain-Commandant of the Wellington division of the Naval Brigade. Mr Johnston is aCatholic. was married in 1870 to a daughter of the late Dr. Featherston, and has a large family. He is Consul for Belgium and for the Netherlands at Wellington. He is thoroughly respected by all who have any dealings with him as a good business man. of unblemished probity, and of great ability. His private friends are many, and all speak of him in the highest terms