WHO'S WHO? IN THE ELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 100, 29 April 1913, Page 3

WHO'S WHO? IN THE ELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Altogether thirty-seven candidate* have been nominated for seats on the City Council, and fifteen are required to -be elected. Following are brief biographical notes respecting the candidates :—: — Arthur Richmond Atkinson is a member of the firm of Atkinson and Dale, solicitors. He is an ex-niember of Parliament, and has occupied a. seat on the City Council since 1909. William Henry Peter Barber was in business for many years as proprietor of Barbers' Dye Works, Cuba-street. H© is an ex-member of Parliament, and from 1891 to 1905 occupied a seat on the City Council, and again in 1910 up to the present time. In the latter year he ■unsuccessfully contested the Mayoralty of Wellington. Mr! Barber is chairman of directors of the Wellington Woollen Company, a director of the Wellington Opera - Hotteo Company, and a member of other joint stock companies. Waltee Scott Bedford, master tailor, took an active part in municipal affairs in Dunedin, and largely assisted to bring about the Greater Dunedin | scheme. Mr. Bedford ' is father of Mr. H. D. Bedford, who represented Dunedin City for three years, in Parliament. The, candidate was a member of the Caversham Borough Council and also occupied a seat on' the Dunedin City Council for some time. E. J. Carey ia a native of Gympie, Queensland. He. has been a resident of Wellington for about twelve years, and in 1910 occupied the position of president of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Carey, who is secretary of the Cooks and Waiters' Union and the Grocer's Union, is contesting the election as one of the Labour ticket. n , John Castle, chemist, has occupied the position of president of the Central Pharmaceutical Association, is a director of the Newtown Bowling,. Club, hon. treasurer of the Wellington Zoological Society, and a member of the Newtown School Committee; Falk Cohen, draper, has been a member of the City Council for the past nine years. He has resided /ih Wellington for 49 .yeavs, and has been in business on his own account for 29 years. Mr. Cohen occupied a seat on the Hospital Board for five years, has been a member of the Wellington Fire Police since that, body first came into existence, joined the old volunteer fire brigade in 1865, and remained a member until the brigade came under the control of the corporation, and has occupied a seat on. all the more important com* mittees of the City Council. John E. Fitzgerald, principal of the firm of Fitzgerald and Co., was first elected to the council in 1909. He is also a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boagd. Mr. Fitzgerald is also standing for election to the • Harbour Board. , t Robert Fletcher, head of the firm of R. Fletcher and C<j., Customs agents and carriers, hasTpeen a member of the City Council since 1907. From being an employee of the Wellington Harbour Board he worked himself up Until to-day he is chairman of that body. Mr. Fletcher is also standing for re-election to the .Harbour Board, George Frost, a retired builder, was Maydr of Melrose at the time that the amalgamation with the city was effected." He first entered the' City Council in 1903, sat till 1907, then re. tired, but was again elected in 1909. He has occupied a seat on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board and many other public bodies. ' , •• , John Fuller, jun., is a member of the well-known firm of- John Fuller and Sons. Mr. Fuller is manager of the firm's Wellington business. He waß educated at Auckland, and for 'eighteen years has resided in New Zealand. For the past two years he has occupied. a seat on the City Council. James Godber has been in business in Wellington for many years as a confectioner and caterer. He occupied a seat on the council from 1901 to 1909, .and hae served on many local public bodies here. He waft again elected to the council' in 1911. $ ■ Alfred H. Hindmarsh, solicitor, ha» occupiedv a seat on the council since 1905. His sympathy with Labour has j secured him a, place on the Labour | Party's ticket. Mr. Hindmarsh was' a ! meniber of the executive of the Muni* j cipal Association of New Zealand and a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Andrew R. Hornblow, master .printer, first entered the printing trade in the Wairarapa. He iB now in business in Newtown. Leonard M'Kenzie, chemist, Son of one of the founders of Wellington, had been , president of the New Zealand Chemists' Association, secretary and treasurer of the Wellington Pnarma^ ceutical Association, and a member of the New Zealand Pharmacy Board, and a member of tho Te Aro School Committee. He was first elected a member of the City Council in 1911. * Michael John Reardon is secretary of the General Labourers' Union and. the Slaughtermen's Union, and a delegate and trustee of the Trades Council. He has contested a eeat on the council on previous occasions in the Labour interest. William John Thompson is a native of Victoria and head of the firm of Thompson Bros. He has previously occupied a seat on the City Council. . Charles Thorpe, a wharf .labourer, is contesting the election as an Independent Labour candidate. James Trevor, builder, sat on the council from 1905 to 1907, and again from 1909 to the present time. He has beeii in business in Wellington for very many years, and has always taken a keen interest in public affairs, the administration of Hospital and Charitable Aid affairs occupying a considerable portion of his time. Martin Maxwell Fleming Luekie is a son of the late Mr. D. M. Luekie, late Commissioner of the Government Life Insurance Department. He has been a member of the firm of Messrs. Field, Luckie, and Toogood, solicitors (now Field and Luckie) for many years. Mr. Luckie has been actively identified with most forms of athletic sports for nearly a score of years. He is an old Wellington College boy, and has presided over the. deliberations of the Wellington Cricket Association for } several years. Havty Buddie, a member of the legal { firm of Messrs. Buller, Anderson, ' and Buddie, is better known io the Wellington public perhaps on account of his prowess on the Rugby field. He also senior honours on the cricket field. Mr. Buddie was educated at Wellington College and Victoria College. Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop is a son of the Hon. T. W. Hislop,. exMayor of Wellington and ex-member of the Atkinson Ministry. Mr. Hislop received his education at Wellington College and Cambridge University, England; where he took Ids degrees ana graduated for the legal profeeaon. Quite recently he returned to New Zealand, and has since been in practice with Ws father in Wellington, - - iCootdwttsi oo page &>1

William Perry, st member o! the legal fi»m Of Messrs. Fitzgibbon and Perry, a native of the West Coast. He •finished his education at Wellington itJollege, and then joined Messrs. ißell, Gully, Bell, and Myers. Mr. *Perry has been identified with the •[Wellington Rugby tJnion management 3oi' several years, and has seen "active Service" on the cricket field. Latterly She has been treasurer of the Rugby {Egtbel^ltaftHorcl Williams was a .member of the original Jubilee Singers, Sand was bo enamoured of this country Jthat he left the organisation and ••graduated for the New Zealand Bar. jMr. Williams is, not a novice in local ♦government matters, having occupied *the Mayoral chair for the borough 2of Onslow for some years. Salomon Gordon is a pictttre-framer, do* *ing business in Cuba-street. He has , £been identified with the New Zealand 'Labour movement for. many years, *>emd is one of that organisation's most supporters. 'fl§homas Neave, senior partner in the -legal firm- o# Messrs. Brown and Dean, ♦3s a native" of Gore. He "joined the Law Department after practis*ing in Wellington for a brief period. TAFter acting as Crftwn Prosecutor for >ome little while, Mr. Neave joined *the firm he is at present associated > %ith. Ufohil'' Henry Pollock has been a resident +fiL Wellington for thirty-five years, i ant! has been prominently identified with most forms of sport for many ,fe"SSFB', ( He was'a"nfember of the WaBorough Council for three During the late 'seventies and yearly 'eighties Mr. ' Pollock was * a of *the firm of Pollock ' and »J Young, wholesale ..butchers, Welling3!ton. B"e' is no* more -generally known handicapped for a number of racking clubs, and is one of the keenest •« supporters of amateur athletics in the wril Tanner, barrister and ■^solicitor, wag a member of the Wellington / City Council some seventeen ;-;years ago. in the past Mr. Tanner j-has- 6eefl && aspiraot tot political hon,he being a close student of politics.' He has closely associated him'«self with many movements in the city js during his lengthy residence here. ( (Edward Kennedy was bom in .Westport . £'in 187?. Some years ago he followed ■a the -occupation of a miner, but for the 2 last ten years has 'been a resident of • Wellington. He is" president of the Trades and Labour Council, and secreJtarj? of the Wellington Building Labourers' Onion and the Pert tone' Woollen Mills Employees' Union. (<■ 3E Cjfiajyfcta was born in London, Jjjand caine~ to New Zealand in 1905. In J*1893 he fought with the Labour Party Sin England, and was secretary of the # London Federation of the 1.L.P.; a which has since elected him a 4 life member. He contested the Wellington South seat at the General * election ifl 1908, and in 1009 stood for «*the City Council. /$ G. W. Dalrymple comes from GlasS|ow. He amved in New Zealand in jg 1863. He is a public accountant in 3 Wellington, a fellow of the Federal £ Institute at Accountants, and a Fellow 3of the New Zealand Association of wAceouataflts. t He has acted as organ- % iser ol 'the liquor, trade in the local t option battle. Ifflr. F. W. Mackenzie is a son of the Slate Captain F. W. Mackenzie, of ff t Otago. ( He studied for the medical -.profession at the Otago University, and afterwards at London, Edinburgh, -aiKLßruKjete. For several years now he has been a resident of Wellington. i\V. Dobson, a plumber by trade, who is now secretary of the Wellington, Plumbers' Union, was bom in Galashiefe, Scotland. In 1863 he arrived in Queensland, and for many years Eyed at Wairwich, where he was sutpenntendenfc <>f the local Fire Brigade. Fdr-ffie past' nine yeaijs Mr. Dobsoa has been a *esid6nt. H« is a prominent Highlander,, and recently strenuously opposed the abolition of the kilt ,when the Territorial scheme was- in-* augnrated, iW. M~. "Hampton was born in Ashburton, and has resided in Wellington for eighteen years. He has been chairiMfAjjlthe Jlitchelltown School Com--iali^ieei-pi'esi^ent of the Trades Council fof two terms, -and chairman of r the United Labour Party. By occur~pation he is at journeyman carpenter. fh Aa Wright has been resident in the i dtw for "thirty years, and is a partner i "l3BfiJie' t-pTfiiitiagt -pTfiiitiag firm of Wright and Carman, ffe first came before the pabhd itt 1903, when he was elected to' the Licensing Bench. In 1908 he r J3Jtac:elscted. ,to Parliament for South *• WelKngton, bat was defeated at the last poll. Mr. Wright is chairman of iXJSos. ..2 "and 3 Co-operative, Building , . . , V;' Mowarty is a tiatit e of Canterbury, and was educated at the Ashburtott High School. He has resided in Wei- , Ungton for six years, and ia secretary of the Wellington Furniture Workers'Union and the' Federated Furniture Trade Workers' Association. He i? standing as an independent Labour candidabft. (W. C. N«ot, a native of Swansea, Wales^'has resided in Wellington since lafl^'and has been prominently identifiecVwith the Labour Party sinee 'that tinie. He is at jpresent secretary of th^f Wellington Tramway Employers' Union, and has occupied the position of president of the Trades and Labour $crancil. Edward' Tregear, who is again standing in the Labour interest, is the ex-Secre-tary of the Department of Labour. He i£ a native of Southampton, England, . Mfd arrived in New Zealand in 1863. Hfc served ifl the New Zealand war and for a long period of years l»eld impoJtant positions, in 'the public servitfe\ Since he retired he has been chairman of two Royal Commissions. Mr. Tregear has been a voluminous 'writerund has published several books. T. Young, secretary of the Seamen's Union, Wellington Branch, was, born at Kareri, and for several feaifc followed the calling of a seaman, firlater years he has been a prominent figure in labour circles, being an. exgiesidertt of the 'Trades ( and' Labour Council, < - : EASTBOURNE CANDIDATES ! MKh&R OF THb"fERBY SERVICE. A meeting „ of about 200. electors was addressed in 'the, Eastbourne Hall -last evAnMg fey 'foW for the. council; ""&fr,. J. P. Kelly presided. Mt. W, H. Stephen stated that, as a tesident of the. bomugh his interests ■wet* .wholly Confined to the, \ ' Bay . " With regard tothe borough Services, he advecatSd municipal control of the boats and a system of water supply. "Whether he was elected or not, he meant to attend the meetings of the new council, and, if necesflaty, agitate that the works sanctioned by ,tfiem might be properly carriecT'otit. "Mr. F. P. Kilby stated that he was a barrister and solicitor, and- that if he were elected his services as such Would fo^at the disposal' of the electors in any' of 'the council's schemes. He was in favotfr of municipaji control of the ferry serviCe, and, if possible, of acquiring the interests of the Ferry Company, should ifi^be thought fit. If, however, it be<Mie necessary to run in opposition to tlw pffisent system, he was of opinion tljSt it' would pay. The water supply wts a secondary though important question, and he feuf ed would have to atand o^er for the present. ■ Beautification of th# hosTQUgh. W;as att important point, and it"^ot#.^e a goQd<thyi& ii'tli© interest.

of the residents was worked up in this direction. He favoured amalgamation with Day's Bay, as the interests of the two boroughs Were identical. Mr. H. Foley claimed that he was the only practical candidate vrith a knowledge of public works. The acquisition of the ferry service, by the borough, as indicated by the previous speakers, was his chief aim. With regard to surface drainage, he pointed out that by the expenditure of a reasonable sum of money* present storm water nuisances could be avoided. He advocated the upkeep and repair of roads out of revenue. Mr. H. Marsden, who said he. came forward^ as a 'ratepayer and resident .possessing useful btisiness knowledge, ex-, pressed the opinion that the vacancies on. the, council «hould be filled by young men. On the subject of a municipal ferry servie.e .he 'pointed out that monopolies acted to the detriment of any section of the community, and the ferry service at present was » monopoly. Tho necessary loan would be reproductive — most pto- ' bably to- ths ©Xteat of a fair mtrplus, and in the municipal contTol of the boats the borough would be recompensed by the visitors to the bay, who at present had the use of their improvements and con1 veniences gratis. A water supply would be necessary as soon, as the ferry service 1 was in a paying position. Bathing sheds ware wanted, and if it was impossible to pay" for same out of revenue they should be added to the first loan. A hearty vote of thanks and confidence to the candidates was carried uflani1 iriouely. 11l his "address in the open, air at Clyde(juay last night Mr. A. Leigh Hunt, who ! is standing for the Harbour Board, again i strenuously insisted , on the part that i body should play in developing the Te; Ato railway. _ . ' ' ! Mr. A. R. HornbloWi one of the select' 1 ed Labour candidates, who stands for; the City Council, announces that he is a : staunch advocate for fairer treatment to! suburbs, strict attention to matters pfi finance, tramways, lighting, gas, p'ublic 1 conveniences in suburbs, , and. making ' the surroundings of the dwellers of thoto ' localities more congenial* , ! Mr. Fredk.< Castle, a candidate for the 1 Hospital Board; solicits the votes of Wei- ( lingtafr, t Kasorij amd Mixamar electors. ; Mr. Gasfcle has-been a resident of Wei-' lington-for over 25 years, 'and has con-J ducted a pharmacy business in Cuba-, street for some time. He is a member of ; the New Zealand Pharmacy Board, and' ; was president of the board for four ; ' years. • ' "I must compliment the Labour Party, on its excellent intelligence department.' On Friday night at Newtown I made a> statement at 20 minutes past 9 o'clock.: Within ten minutes that statement was' replied to by a Labour candidate at the corner of Cuba-street. No other i party in this Campaign , can equal this."' -Mr. R. A. Wright at Clyde-quay last, night. , ; HINTS TO ELECTORS Electors should note thjkt they are re*, quired to indicate their preference for. 1 those candidates for whom they desire 1 to cast a ballot by placing a X opposita' their names. For the council an elector' is entitled to vote for fifteen or any lesser number, for the Hospital and> Charitable Aid Board fourteen 'or any! lesser number, and for the Harbour! Board four or any lesser number. Following are the polling places :i* Wadestdwn Social Hall, Pitt-street ChurchroOm, Northland , - Sydney-street, Si. Paul's Sehoolrtom Panama-street, TurnbullV Auction Room Panama-street, Harcourt's Auction Room Town Hall, Cuba-street Waiting -Room, Wharf, near Custom's Building Kearney's Tea Rooms,, Tinakori-road Church Schoolroom, Tinakori-road Chttrcnrooin/ Upland-road, Kelburne Churchroom, Aro-street Baptist Church, Brooklyn Masonic Hall, Washiflgton-avenue, Brooklyn - Schoolroom, Island Bay, Clyde-street Church Hall, Tainui-terrace, Maranui O'DpnnelPs Hall, Kilbirnie Pavilion, Bowling Green, Hataitai Schoolroom, Roseneath Century, Hall, Kent-terrace St. Mark's, Schoolroom, Dufferin-street Victoria. Hall, Adelaide-road Newtown Library, Revans-street St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Newtown Masonic Hall, Adelaide-road Druids' Hall, Taranaki-street Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith-street > St. Peter's Schoolroom, Ghuznee-street Reehabite Hall, Manners-street Motor Carage, Manners-street Congregational Church, Courteftay-olace. Holliday's Late Shop, Lambton-quay Karori Borough Council Offices, Karori Russell's Tea Rooms, Karori Miramar Borough Offices, King's Chambers Town Hall, Miramar M'Farlane's Store, Miramar Tea Kiosk, Worser Bay. Electors should note that the polling hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. CHRISTCHURCH PROSPECTS GOOD CHANCES FOB LABOUR. (IT fotEOBAHt— SPKCIAL ,T6 IHI MST.J n CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Labour appears to have a very, good chance of increasing its representation in the Christchurch City Council^ at tomorrow's poll. The roll is smaller than it w.as for last election, but if the report* of Labour canvassers qre to be trusted, the falling-off has not been in working men and women. Sydenham seats, which are held by Labour already, are regarded as certain to be retained, and Labour should win two seats in Linwood, and possibly, though not probably, will win one seat, or even two seats, in the city. In that case it would control the new council. The Mayoral contest id a triangular one, and whichever candidate wins is likely to be a minority representative. Mr. M'Bride, the Labour nominee, is making his first local venture as a Social ' Democrat, and he is a poor, speaker, so lhat if he wins it will be because Labour has voted the "ticket" rather than because he has won • his way thropgh. But he would make a. very interesting Mayor. He is a successful commercial man, with Canadian and American experience of big business and an unusually good equipment of business knowledge. He is also a convinced Socialist, a land nationalise^ and an advocate of public ownership in many directions. Mr. Holland, the present Mayor, is. best described as a ■ moderate progressive, and Dr. Thacker is 'a, very vigorous humorist, wjio ' may one day persuade Christchuich to take him seriously, but probably that will not be this time.

Additions to the 'Petone Post Office, promised some time ago, have been commenced. The wall on the east side of the present building is to be demolished, so that the present public space .may be doubled and a new , counter put up, with more desks for the public. . Similarly the accommodation for the postal officials at the rear will be greatly increased. Leading off from the public enclosure is to be the postmaster's room, opening from which, is the strongroom. A retiring room and a new porch leading to Britannia-street complete the additions. The 1 contract price for the work is £650, and the additions are to be completed within about three months. It is understood that the Postmaster-Gen-eral, in response to the Borough -Council's efforts to secure a new post office 1 , is to inspect the old building 'and view the new additions to be put, up.