The Press. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1911. MR J. D. HALL FOR CHRISTCHURCH NORTH.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14110, 1 August 1911, Page 6

The Press. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1911. MR J. D. HALL FOR CHRISTCHURCH NORTH.

AYe Kiro very glad to bo able to cjnnoum:o this morning that Mr J. l>. Ball, in response to tho request of a number of electors of Christchurch North, lias consented to offer hi 9 services as a candidate for the vacant scat in Parliament. It ia at all times gratifying to see the younger generation of New Zoalanders evincing a practical interest in tho land of their birth. Mr Hall, we feel sure, will be especially acceptable to the electors of Christchurch North, not only as a son ot tho distinguished, high-mihdod Prime Minister of the Colony, whose name and .services will always be held in grateful remembrance, but because he himself has always shown a , genuine j .dosiro to be of use to the people in his day and generation. Mr Hall has j done his work in a quiet and unostentatious way, but as a mornber of H-he Clity Council, as a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, ami as chairman of tho Fire Board, he has proved himself a careful and painstaking administrator, possessirg shrewd common senee and ever animated by a sincero desire to do what is right and honourable. Not tho leaut recommendation is the interest ho has shown in social reform and movements for the uplifting of tho community. This has been specially evidenced by the active part ho has taken in the administration of tho Boys' Gordon Holl and other philanthrope • work carriod on under |c beneficent provision of Sir John Hall's will. Being one of those men who shrink from publicity, preferring to do what good they can without making a fuse about it, he is probably not so wellknowo as many who have not done so much for the public weal. /We can. Tery -well understand that it is at the sacrifico of some personal foeling, as well as tho more material sacrifices which a professional man must necessarily mako in devoting himself to the service of the public, that Mr Hall has consented to come forward on Ibis occasion. There has been for torn© time & complaint that men of tjnis stamp, having their own businesses to Attend to, cannot be induced to facp the worry and unpleasantness of Parliamentary contested elections, so that the v field is being gradually abandoned the professional politicians, with a consequent lowering of the standard of publio service. It is a serious loss to any country when it is unablo to secure the co-operation of it« best citi&ens in working out the problems which arc over growing in difficulty with the increasing complexity of our social life. .Now Zealand is now approaching a stage ,when she has need of the ability and integrity ( of her choicest - men, attd wo hope that the electors of' Chxistohurch North will shdw 'by their encouragement and support that they appreciate the opporbeing able to elect as their representative a candidate, who, we feel sure, will do good work in Parliament and reflect credit on those who sent him there.