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Show LONDON'S NEW MAYOR. JJ In Sir Vezey Strong, who has lreen '. L elected lord, mayor, London will have a' Jk its first chief executho who is a total ' abstainer. The temperance element ; A: in England is elated, for he has never ; used liquor and is a keen worker in $ temperance organization. )Cp Those who are not teetotalers are - U not downcast, however, fcr he has ': 5 promised to maintain In every way v 5 tho traditions of civic hospitalitv and 'J to glvo liberty of conscience arid ac- ' V tion to men whom ho welcomes as .-, ' guests. This means that wine will be S served at the Mansion house func ,' (V tions, as it has always been in the 5?J past. I J Sir, Vezey Strong has been a mem- '; ji. ber of tho London corporation a littlo t, t more than ten years and slLs at the $ 5 Guildhall for the ward of Queenhithe. W Throughout his term of service he has f ft been regarded as one of the hardest J workeis and ablest speakers in the ' " board of aldermen. To him was duo I 10 in large measure tho passage of the ft bill fusing the 112 parishes cf the ; 'fe city into oue. 1 Sir Vezoy Is a past master of tho H't Stationers' and Plumbers companies h i Special interest attaches to his per- ' fi; sonality now because he will b- lord J k$ mayor when the coronation ceremony , ! takes place and also during the com- J 1f. ing year the SOOth anniversary of the t' fj, Guildhall will bo commemorated There is talk of holding tho two cele- J "ft, bratlons jointly. S r The election was by unanimous 1- ity! vote. aud. as usual, the princfple of , rotation was followed in the selection. '; te Sir, Vezey wss born in the city. I (SI n" V fc? |