VOTING CONTEST

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7024, 12 January 1910, Page 7

VOTING CONTEST

If you try to make life too easy you’ll 900:1 find it too hard.

ft' you but hnevr it, ambition is a dn-'Mu without an awakening unless it makes your will as eager as your wish-

If you but know it, effort js exorcise; endeavour produces endurance. Its no trouble to out through butter, but it won’t develop strength. Tho hewer ol stone wears the strong arm and bears the long labour.

If you but knew it, persistence is tho key to existence. Success invariably rewards tho good fight. Simply knowing what to do or how to do it won't bring results. Action must drive ability. The nnii is useless without the hammer. Courage iy the complement of knowledge.

If you but knew it, easy ro*ads do not lead to case. Worn paths run to spots and things which others havo already found. Imitation is not greatness.

If you but knew it, opportunity is tramph?d 'undor foot in tho crowded thoroughfares. Tho greater chance always lies just ahead.

All ballots and free vote coupons brought to tho “Times" office by the candidates or their friends MUST be deposited in tho ballot box kept for that purpose. This department will not bo responsible for any votes handed to an outsider or an employee of the “Times." The ballot box is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in tho counting room, and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. in tho front office.

Tke walls of ostracism are sometimes colder and thicker than those of a prison. Do not bo ostracised in this contest by being a uon-votc-getter.

Busy people are seldom tempted—they haven't time to got into trouble. They’re too occupied with performances; they’re too intent on deeds to bo diverted from tho safe road. Hard work stiffens as w:eli as straightens a man’s backbone—especially if .it’s getting votes and winning a world’s tour.

Nowadays ono is not paid £or what ho does so ran eh as lor knowing how to do it. It pays to get votes in this contest, and if yon don't know how, sec the Contest Manager.

Hearsay evidence is not good in a court of law, and it does riot go in this contest. AVhat a candidate ffi reported to have, or is going to get, docs not count. The vote's tho thing.

If Candidate Smith can convince Candidate Jones that tho latter hasn't a ghost of a chance to win, that’s Smith’s good fortune and Jones's misfortune. "Show me” is the only way.

Just why tho French Army marched up tho liill and down again has never bten taken seriously by the world's military authorities. No candidate can bo taken seriously who permits his or her voto to stand still, though they some* times deceive tho unwary at the finish.

Call and see how the “Times” circulation has grown in one month. No trouble to show goods, and the proof is not lacking as to tho quality or quantity.

If there is anything this Department likes better than .an 'investigation, it is a close, rigid investigation. Wo court it, wo Invito it; we expect it; and lie or she who honours us with an inspection, of the records docs us a very great favour. Among the Appreciated callers on this Department yesterday was Mr 1). Milligan, ono of this city’s leading met chant tailors, and a largo advertiser. Mr Milligan came, he saw, ho was convinced that no pUpor in New Zealand has over enjoyed a greater boost in circulation in short a period as has tho “Times" since tho inception of this contest. Ho marvelled greatly thereat, and if you, too, would enjoy a like surprise, just call and do likewise—investigate. Everything in this Department is wide open, including competition and circulation.

What about I but five guinea prize offered by Air George T. White? Just give your total a good start yourself, and then your friends will see to it that it grows.

“Nothing succeeds like success." Boost yourself, and others will Ixiost you.