THE CITY OF NELSON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 27 June 1891, Page 100

THE CITY OF NELSON.

Continuing on the course we have set before ourselves of presenting to our readers the notable features and identities of the town of Nelson, we publish in this issue the portraits of the Mayor and some of the members of the City Council. Also illustrations of Christchurch pro Cathedral, with two of the ministering clergy on the following page. The Archdeacon of Waimea, the district in which Christchurch, the subject of our illustration lies, is the Ven. Charles Olliver Mules, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, incumbent of Spiing Grove and Waimea West. He is the

examining chaplin of the bishop, and has, like his colleague, the Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, been frequentlyoneof theclerical representatives of Nelson to the General Synod. The Rev. John Pratt Kempthorne, incumbent of Christchurch pro-cathedral, Nelson, is an old Auckland boy, being the son of Mr Kempthorne, of Parnell. He received his education at the Church of England Grammar School in that city, and passed with honour the highest grade (Grade IV.) examination of the General Synod of the Church of England in New Zealand. NELSON CITY FATHERS. Nelson City Council was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1874, the late Mr Joseph R. Dodson being first Mayor. Mr Francis Trask, the present Mayor of Nelson, was born in 1840 at Merriott, Somersetshire, England. He came to the colony in the barque Mineroa in 1860. After a six months’ residence in Christchurch Mr Trask went to Otago, and thence, after a like period, to Nelson early in 1861. He has held the position of city councillor since 1877 continuously. Nine times he has been elected on the Licensing Bench, and for five years he has been chairman of that body, and in 1885 he was placed on the commission as Justice of the Peace. Mr Trask is a deservedly popular man, warmhearted, generous and charitable. It would be safe to say that no man would be more missed in Nelson than the present Mayor. Mr Joseph Harley, one of the oldest residents of Nelson, was educated in the place, and was for many years in the

Government service. He was elected as councillor in June, 1876, and has, with the exception of two years, been elected as a member of the City Council since that date. Mr J. A. Harley is a maltster, hop grower, and brewer by trade. Mr Webster is a Scotchman, and an old resident of Nelson, where he has for many years carried on the grocery business. He was chosen as councillor in July, 1886. His

popularity is attested by the fact of his having been re • turned in this position ever since without intermission. Mr John Scott, builder, architect, etc., was first elected to office as a councillor in March, 1888. He is also a member of the Licensing Committee, and is a much-re-spected member of the community. Mr Everett, formerly carrying on business as a draper in Nelson, but now retired, was first elected councillor in 1875. He held the position of Mayor in "76 and ’77, when he was forced to resign to attend to busipess in the old country. He was re-elected in 1881, and has sat in the council uninterruptedly since. [Our correspondent has been unable to obtain a portrait of Mr Everett.) Mr Gully, the Town Clerk of Nelson, is a son of the late John Gully, the well-known landscape painter. He was educated at Nelson College, and was appointed Town Clerk in April, 1875, being at that time in practice as a solicitor in the town. Mr Gully is also clerk to the Licensing Committee, Secretary to the Charitable Aid Board, etc. We are indebted to Mr Gully for kindly supplying us with particulars as to appointments of councillors, etc.