THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
i Sib, — It is amusing to read the leading r articles in your contemppraiyls i the 4th and 7th instant, advocating ; the ; ;' qualifications of one of the .candidates, ! and hailing his candidature such - supreme satisfaction as if it were quite a £ boon to the community to have him as a I Councillor. For the life of>;me I can't | see what Mr Miller has done hercor elae? | where to make him such a Godfsend. | In to-day's Herald i; letter ajppeared ■'-VJ signed "An Blector^^'touchmg'unon the J merits of the diflferenfc.candr^^.^ He | refers to Mr. Ellis's '" modesty' * in coming : | before the burgesses for' the third time, , | asking for, their confidence.' "," Perhaps Mr ■ | Ellis" is possessed of that, British bull- :| dog's stupidity; he does not know; when ;"| he is licked. He has only been in Napier £ 1 about five years ; Ido not Bee what: claim | , 1 he has. Then comes Mr Cohen. How §| unfortunate to be a Jew! He thinks 1 1 there is enough of/that? class in the^'l 1 Council. Can " An: Elector " inform the^ f public how often Disrrieli; now Earl ? Vr Beaconsfield, was beaten before he got in -^ the House o£ Parliament ? Has ' he eve&jx'M disgraced England ? No, but is an orna- T § ment to the British Empire. Mr Ashton, | I the next, "An Elector " thinks," would fM make a very good member, being a sharp, 1 44; active, business man, and always looked V |f after his "own interest" 'a^d *f^he ; ; | borough's. The next is- Mr OorafjjjjL-;-'. T| whom he places at the head of - the poB^" f I In the future any person seeking a seat ! in the Council (no " small fry" admitted), t ■; v if they want the support of the Daily ;.-.|-: ; Telegraph, it will be measured but tohim s 'i§; according to the length of his advertise- '^ ments. • j&^ I would ask the ratepayers to. give their C:% support to Messrs Cohen and Ashton, H they being old residents in the place.— -I. || am, &c., Abgtjs Eye. 'M Napier, January 7. . .3
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5275, 8 January 1879, Page 2
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339THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5275, 8 January 1879, Page 2
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