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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 124, 23 April 1927, Page 1

MAYORAL ELECTION.' E C-MAYOR \\ r ILL' explain his policy respecting * ’ Municipal Affairs and will addr ;s the electors as follows at WEST END SCHOOLHOUSE, TO-NIGHT. Tj karo Church Hall, April 26. All meetings at 8 p.m. MAYORAL ELECTION. A COMBINED MEETING of MR* A. J. GRAHAM’S COMMITTEES wi 1 ie held at OPERA HOUSE SUPPHI ROOM on SATURDAY, 23rd inst. at 7.30 p.m. MAYORAL ELECTION. MR ARTHUR BENNETT’S Committee will meet at the Committee Room, Broadway, TO-NIGHT, at 7.30 o’clock. MS ARTHUR BENNETT AT EVERYBODY’S THEATRE EVERYBODY’S THEATRE On TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK, AT 8 O’CLOCK. Candidates for the council are invited to give a few minutes’ address. Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., will preside. HOSPITAL BOARD ELECTION. JpiIENDLY SOCIETIES’ CANDIDATES:— CUTLER, W. F. FOLLAS, J. PYCROFT, F. TO THE ELECTORS. WE again offer our services as your,, representatives on the Mana vatu - Oroua Power Board at the oomir ; election.

_ The board has just passed through its m st critical year, paid its way, and nil carry forward the sum of £150( to next year’s onqrations. .•. -• r . TVe have always, with board memben, Opposed collecting rates and our actioi s Have been, justified, as a result c: the first year’s business of the b.oard We support supplying power to the borou :1T at the lowest possible price, and vill,> jf re-elected, continue to lools fter the borough’s interests'. Yours obediently, J. A. NASH. M.P. M. A. ELIOTT, Sitting Members. - BOROUGH ELECTIONS. lOj OE more solicit the support and v >tes of the Borough Electors at the f rthcoming Election of Councillors and think it is a' pity that some destri rtive criticism has recently been publis led, as criticism, of that category canno be of any benefit to the communit ’ whatever. The chief attack has been upon the incr'ea e of rates in the past fejv years, but i) stead of placing the responsibility on the shoulders of the present and ] ist Councils I suggest that the positii a respecting the rates is the result o the following circumstances:— (1) Tie present loan indebtedness of the C uncil is about £900,000, practtically the whole of which, has been authoi sed by the ratepayers themselves. (2] t large levy has been made on the C luncfl during the past two or three yeari . to improve the Gorge Road. (3) ' he contributions by the Council to ttu Hospital and Fire Boards respectii jly have materially increased during recent years. (4) ' he amazing growth of Palmerston N< rth since 1919. It s ould be noted that these levies had t< be met by the Council without any o tion of opposing the increased eubsidi is demanded. Coni iquently all I ask for at the fortlic< ming, election (and lam sure all my oo leagues on the present Council 'are off le same mind) is reasonable fair play, rhich I feel confident we are certain to receive at the hands of the | elect n . •; I sti l stand, for;— i - , !

(n) he strictest economy in the ndminifti ition of the Borough so far as is con: istent with the efficiency;and progre 3 of an -important centre tßUbh as Pal lerston North is. - • (b) I o loans or expenditure of money excef t so far as is necessary to provide all Ratepayers with Electricity, Gas, Water, Sewage and Good Roads. (c) The development of' the /reserves (with oi b interfering with their, natural boa lty, where the moriey expended will lie reproductive and not a' charge on tlife Ratepayers. (d) The independence of the Borough employees in the several departments subject only to the control of the heads of th 2 departments. (c) The ,: lowest rates possible consistent wit h the carrying-out of the above policj. W. L. FITZHERBERT. 8 !ND YOUR HAT, TOO, WEI SN' you send your Suit, to .be Cleaned and Pressed at HOUSTON’S K [PIRE DYEWORKS Opp. Ifnpire Hotel. Rhone 6143. FOE steady heat, clean burning, a d economy—Use Glen, Coal. — Child B os., pnone 6447.