VOTINGS CONTEST

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7017, 4 January 1910, Page 6

VOTINGS CONTEST

Steady work. . ' .. j Steady plodding. Steady climbing. Steady, substantial subscripfcsßiis. Steady steering for first placed March 19th. Steady stream of ballote ■ means 6ure victory. Steady, straightforward swilng for the home stretch. Steady, strenuous' success betjets greater success. Steady suffusion of your influience among friends inspires more sumptuous gains. Steady, superlative support superadds your total, and mates success sure and Bupreme. "I intend helping you -when I see 7011 have a good chance of is the sort of encouragement a camlKTate often receives from "a friend, which, ia no encouragement at all. A good-tiized vote is the only way to encourage yora- favourite, and a few of these will easily put the lowest contestant among the Ifeaders. The candidates who permit ri> few thousand votes to stand between them and that world's tour should beslr in mind that what one person can do, another is! also privileged . to do. The earnest contestant only workß the harder when the other fellow's vote climbs, trad it must also be remembered that no one person can secure a monoply on first place at this Btage of; the . game. It is the wise contestant whur keeps his or her own plans to themselves. Brag never gained anything yet. Talk is cheap, but it takes votes to win. If every candidate knew th» actual strength of all the other ca'SdidaiteT'there. would bo no contest. There would be n'.y crowd at the racecourse if it wais a -or."agone conclusion that a certain horse wo/i>ld win. There is always an elamenfr_of diMibt in all sports, and the same rule nm.ker„ this contest possible, and lends interest- and eicitcment to the finish. If some of the contestants weald only turn themselves loose, the wiseacires would lose their reputations as proph'e(:s. "The unexpected always happens"—o-70 n in voting contests. Do not lay the flattering ivnctimn to your «oul that the candidates' •are :not busy.

The numerous visits to the "Times" count. tag room and the issuance of the many coloured little ballots are' spelling victory for some and defeat for others. Now is the time to make votes before the other candidates gel; there first. ~,/ Do not underrate the valne of the o.*e free vote coupon, nor one one month's subscription. If you needed either orU> at the finish, they would be worth / the world's tour, or some other vairaablo prize. / The Contest Department is open housa from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The candidates, including their friends and supttortors, are always welcome. Come and.Bjto how the voting record-is kept, and yo-tf will'get a fair idea of the value of clo*n, clear and systematic work. , . ■ Any failure to receive yevr/r paper promptly Bhould be made known at once. Unlesi a complaint is made, ttie publisher will hardly know, and it i»-always a pleasurflto see that your paper is delivered promptly and regularly. , ~ , • Now that the holiday season is practically over, the mijxy candidates can devote themselves to systematic vote-getting, which, owing to t'fto prosperous tfauo that has made everybody happy,, will nqt be found a very arduous task. There is a saying: "Him who' hath, much more will he given, and to him that hath not, much will be or '/words t o that effect. At S/U events,■,-, candidates should paste the'idea in: their hats. March 19th, 191ty—3?ii that date in your mind, avid keep it v,here, for that will be the de/.yisive day when the result' oT youe labou/.vs will decree you a winner or a . Ov.r esteemed contemporary, the "BuiletE'a,** which is noted the world over aa boding, the very quintessence of facetiousre>i'ss, indulges in a bit of humour anent 'the "Times'! Great Voting Contest, the ■ ,'iiko of 'wliich is calculated to excite the '-^'risibilities''.of a. poley cow. The said cow. ' however, jibing a grand aggregation ol - stupendous, stolidity, and without aproper I sense of humour, the "Bulletin's" phunnyfc graph falls harmlessly short of its real 3 intention. The Society for the Prevention ' of Cruelty to Cows should sea to it that no stray copies of the "Bulletin" are allowed to blow about for innocent bovines ' to consume, 5n which event the poor * animals would have more nonsense in thelp 1 stomachs" than brains in their heads. Mr Ij. J. Hall, of Elthara, steps into the arena this morning, and he promises to >■ soon appear r.mong the leaders with a • I substantial vote.