WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR. - ALD. ROGERS ELECTED. - Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) - 20 Dec 1916 (original) (raw)

Contlierabte Interest »«« taken In Tu.l4ar*l

meeUDx, s&d vben tllfl aldermen est.red tbe

chamber tile whole ot tlie Beatific aeeooiisoat

Uou for the public vaa ocnplad, and forme

and dulrs had to' be troubt Irom other por

tlona of the bulldlaf. There vere preseht

Alderaun tloiera, Kaveaaih, Campbell, O'Brien.

atarr, Banadns, and Faruuu. The Town

Clerk (Mr. Kearoa) announced that tae Ha

yor (Alderman L. J. L»mrockt had rtsit-nad,

aad ft vonld ce aeeeeaarr to appoint a sue*

ceaaor. on the motion of Alderaan flirrtcloff.

Aldenoan Kavenaeii iraa voted to the chair,

and the latter propoaed that Alderman H. W.

F. Hour, should be appointed Mayor for th*

Alderman Barraclufl seconded the taoUoa .

A ratepayer: I wlah to move an amendment.

Alderman Kavenafch: Order, pleaae. Ton ani

not allowed to speak here.

Tae ratepayer: I am perfectly la order. I

aa a ratepayer and I want to move an aaenV

Alderman Kavengah: We cant have tbe pra*

ceedlngs here Interrupted.

The ratepayer: It aeems I'm aotiranted here*

There were no farther notnlnatlaaa, and Al

derman Roi.rs waa declare! elected amid ap

plause from the body or the halL

Alderman Kavenaia: In oostratalattaf Alder

man fiofera aald lie knew of so oaa Bore flttael

tar the position. Darlnr tbe nine year, ba

bad been In the council he had worked honestly

and conra*.aoualy In the Interests of the rate

Alderman Sarraclufl asld he knew Aldermaa

'Racers to fee a fair man. He did not bave aa

easy t«k before him. but ba (alt ualdeat

that Alderaan Haters would 011 tie sositaoa

with bonor both to blaself asd iae cannell. ^

Aldermen Marr aad O'Srlen also offered eon

cratnlatlons, and Alderman Kotera aald that

notwlthstandlnc the dunenltlae that mrAt ta

before them, he hoped that In Jane next they

would be able to show a BatlsfactorT state ot

things. It would be' his endeavor to act tatrtr

towards all, aad bo could assure the rataaayara

that -full llaTlit would be thrown an every aettoa

ot tbe conxell. Be hoped tbe period they ware

raterini npon wonld te a 'red letter perte*'

as far as Waverler was coneeratd.

At the conclusion of the vaeetlna; those pre

sent Joined In drlnlcltc the health of the new