THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 88, 14 April 1905, Page 5

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Mr. John P. Luko addressed n meeting of electors at Hoginbotham'h Hall, Kilbirnio, last p\eniug. Mr. P. Ellis presided. Mr. Luko gavo an interesting account of the initiation and consummation of tho Greater Wellington hdih'ine. Dealing with tho works i-on-t.uiu'd in tho agreement, Mr. Luko expressed pleasure at having beon a member of tho Committee from its inception. Tlio authority having been given to raiso tho money for tho extension of waterworks and electric lighting to the Melroso district, the candidate thought that these works should bo pushed on with tho groatest despatch. Ho hoped to soo an actual start mado with tho tramway extension work within a very short tune. Tho Corporation wag daily expecting tho noccssaiy authority from the Govornmont. Dealing with tne proposal for a rocreation ground at Kilbirlvio, ho advocated tlio conunonromont of tho construction of a* retaining wall, thus giving facilities for residents to deposit spoil insido^ tho wall. In this way a largo area could bo reclaimed ut 6inall cost to tiho city. A'ftor describing what ho considered should bo the (uturo policy of tho Council in .olation to progressive works, Mr. Lulc; emphasised the desirability at abstaining from further borrowing for somo considerable time. The caiuUduto ruceiyod a votu of thanks and confidence. .Mr. J. Smith has been unfortunate in tho carrying out of hia arrangements for addressing citi/.ons in tho suburbs in furthernnco of his caiulidaturo for tho Mayoralty. Last night he was to ha\o addressed <i mooting iv, tho Schoolroom, Island Bay, but thero was no appearance of carotakor or key, and tho waiting burgesses had to return home and the candidate to tho city. A similar miafortuno occurred to Air. Smith al Brooklyn last week. Tho Island ]3ay Scihool Committee h;i«l agreed to let Mr. Smith have tho use of {ho building last night. To-night tho candidate is to speak at Hcgiubot ham's Hal I, Kilbirnic. Mr. W. A. Worth, who is a son of tho lato Councillor Worth, is a camli•data for a seat on tlio City Council. Mr. John P. Luke is to givo an address at tho Methodist Schoolroom, Syd-ney-street, this ovoning. Mr. T. W. Hislop is to givo an address in St. Mark s Schoolroom this evening. Mr. J. J. Doviuo will ad dross tho electors ut Victoria -Hall to-night. Mr. A. C. Pcarco will address a mooting of Karori burgesses at Mrs. O'Shca's now atore, Tiuakori-road, to-night. Mr. W. ft. Ttistin will address the burgesses of Karori in tho Northland Methodist Schoolroom this ovoning. Mr. R. Davenport will addu^s tlio city burgesses ut St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Nowtown, next Tuesday evening. Tho hour for dosing tho poll for the municipal elect ionu in Petoue, Karori, und Wellington has been extended to 7 p.m. I on 26th insjt. Mr. Wardell continuod his campaign for Iho Mayoralty by addressing a meeting at Victoria Hull hist night, Air. W. H. Westbrouke presiding. The candidate expressed himself strongly against a proposal to cut up the Bivsin Reserve and to piirclmso an area of land for iv reserve i" tho vicinity of Huining-stroet. Tho cost of purchasing the proposed property would bo altogether prohibitive. Hie Busin Reservo should bo kept intact under all oircumstunces, as it was absolutely necensiiry from a hoalth point of view. Mr. Wnrdoll wtis accorded il voto of thanks and confidence. Mr. Hislop addressud tho electors at Brooklyn lust night. During the course of his remarks ho emphasised the necessity of n chnngo in tho administration of tho city's affaiis. He did not, he said, blame Councillois, but ho thought thero had been too little initiative ; they scorned to have lout control. Tho meeting passed a vote of t hunks to nnd confidence in tho candidate, amid onpluusc. It is unlikely that there will bo strong competition fur tho Oumlow Borough Cuuncillorehirm. In regard to the North Wun| there luo sw far been difficulty in getting three c<imlidute*i to como forward, a tttato of things attribulub'.o to tho laigo proportion of Civil Servants re-sldent In tho wa.nl, who, by mison of their Government employ, aro ineligible to hold office. Thu retiring Mayor of the Borough (Mr. \\. B. William*) inlcmk to offer himself for ie-election. No other uspirant to tho otlice is at present known of. Mr. W. If. P. Harbor, M.H.R., hold a well-attended meeting in tho Palm-grove Church-room. Berhamporc, lust evening. Mr. G. Flux you voted to tho chair. Tho candidate intimated that his »pccche» in Parliament on tho private streets injustico had been reproduced from llan«:ird for distribution in pamphlet form. Ho dealt exhaustively with the emoko nuisanco (a "burning question" in Kfowtown), and insisted tlmt official documents ho quoted from proved that Messrs. Luke and Devino, two of his opponent*, had displayed heartless disregard of the protests of sufforora from that inflictipn. He stated that Newtown Park hud already been damaged as a place of resort by tho smoke nui»unco, und that ho feared serious destructive effects there from thut causo would presently be manifost. After covering extensivo ground in respect of actions for tho welfare of tho community, in which ho claimed ho had tnkon n- prominent part, a vote of thanks and confidence in tho candidate wa* curried unanimously. At his meeting last night, Mr. Wardell took Mr. Barber to task for having attended only 72 committee- meetings of tho Council out pf 249 held. Mr. Rurbcr asks uit to stute that Mr. Wardell bused hia criticism on wrong figures selected owing to non-ucquaintftneu with tho Council's procedure. Tho truu position is that he (Mr. Barber) is not v member of every committee, and conld not attend tho meetings of thoso of which ho is not a member. A roturu compiled by the Town Clerk, whioh is before us, show's that Mr. Barber attended I 44 out of 48 meetings of tho Council, and thut ho wan summoned to 87 committee meetings, of which ho attended 72. Mr. T. W. M'Donald has been nominated as v candidate for the Hutt Mayoralty by Messrs. Robert Orr, W. Joliffo, F. de J. Clere, Dr. Hector, Frank Matthews, Win. fit rand, senr., James Judd. ' sonr., F- W, Oftklev, R. Hiuelwood, John Cudby, genr., J. R. Kingdon, It. M'Ctttilay, E. Hayes, Mesdamos Routley, Hobbs, and O'Connell. "In your roport of my meeting at Knrori," writes Mr. J. P. Campbell, 4? your ; reporter »iy» 1 "admitted that tho cost of tha Lonibnrd-Gucrin system per cm mile was only 3id." Mr. Biilkloy naid so, bub I did not admit it. On tho < contrary, I nm of opinion that taking into account interest on tho expense of construction, the cost per car mile of the system referred to will bo ut least Is 2d. , The reason* for my opinion I shall givo ut a future meeting." Mr. Arthur E. Gibbs, Secretary of th» Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society for the punt fifteen -years und a director of tho Wellington Woollen Company for 1 over eleven years, offers his services to the citizens us * member of tho City Council. ALL BTBRL FLUSH-JOINT VRAAIKS. Tha frnmes of Rudgo-Whitworth bicycle* aro made of cokl-wofkod high grado iiteoi exclusively ; no malleublo, cast, or hot-stamped iron is used. They »re oongoquontly of uniform teropor throughout, and posnos* unrivalled stiffness and strong tli. Tho flush-joints givo a perfectly smooth contour, with no ledgos or angtoa in whioh mud or dust o*u lodgo. E. Key* nold» and Co. (Limited), 74, Willii-streot, Wollinirton.-Advt.