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29
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth
For the Year ended. 31st March, 1909.
1. At the Meeting of the Council on the 9th November,
Election of Councillor Archibald Davis Dawnay was unaniMayor.
mously elected Mayor of the Borough for the year
1908-9.
2. On the same day it was unanimously Resolved :—
The Ex- " That the best thanks of the Council be given to Alderman
Mayor.
John William Lorden, J.P., for is able, courteous, and
impartial conduct in the Chair, and for the time and attention bestowed
by him in the discharge of his duties as Mayor of the Borough and as a
Justice of the Peace during the year 1907-8."
A copy of the foregoing resolution was sealed with the
Common Seal of the Council and handed to Alderman Lorden.
3. At the same Meeting the Mayor (Councillor Archibald D.
Dawnay), on behalf of subscribers (Members and Ex-Members of
the Council), presented to Alderman Lorden his portrait in oils,
painted by Mr. C. E. Butler, and a replica thereof by the same
artist. The portrait having been unveiled by the Mayoress, Alderman
Lorden thanked the subscribers and presented one of the
portraits to the Council. The Mayor accepted the portrait on
behalf of the Council, and it is now hung in the Council Chamber.
4. On the same occasion Councillor Wise, on behalf of the
Presentation subscribers (Members of the Council), presented to
to Mayoress. Mrs. Lorden three silver fruit dishes as a mark of
appreciation of her services in the discharge of the duties of
Mayoress during the past year.