VOTING CONTEST

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7027, 15 January 1910, Page 6

VOTING CONTEST

» • ■ ii ANOTHER PRIZE OFFERED. MR GEO. T. WHITES ENTICING PROPOSITION. 'WELLINGTON, January 7, 1910. Contest Managor,— Dear, Sir,—To the candidate having 8000 votes or less recorded pn the morning of January ,Bth who shows the largest "in- . crease by February Ist I will give any article in my store to the value- of five guineas. Wishing the contest and the enterprising candidates heaps of good luck,—l am, Faithfully yours, GEO. T.WHITE, Jeweller.

Tha Contest Manager, heartily thanks Mr, White-for his very liberal and novel proposition to inspire work, with, the hope of reward, to the candidates not among tho runners,' and on their behalf accepts the offerHere is a splendid opportunity, not only to win a valuable prize, but by making a strong effort the industrious candidates now below 8000 votes will find themselves among the leaders. Get busy.

IMPORTANT.-—The Winner-of ; tlio.above 'prize will be announced in this Department on the morning of February Ist. All Candidates competing lor this prize'must'have their ballots in the bos not later than ip o'clock p.m., January 31st. ■' ■' '": ,'.■

Determination. '.'■ . .'.''': -. Determination is the thing.,.-. .. Determination is half the. battle.. Determination won -the ,<; Battle -of Waterloo. ' _ ' ' ,- ' /.., , :_ Determination, nrade jthe airship possible. ■ ■ '■ ; - '■'-' ■' Determination has.made the* British Empire. ' " . Determination, will win the " world's tour.' , :"::'■■- Determination is the Keystone of the Arch of Succ-iss. : _.,.;. Determination will land you among tho twenty leaders. " Determination will win every . one of the twenty valuable prizes. ~. Remarkable instances of thought transference have recently been- recorded; and experiments on the subject are now constantly being carried on by students of psychical; research. 'A school for the elucidation of vote transference would be appreciated/by some" of our candidates in their "search and research for subscriptions. .:!...'■''"'. Effort in this, contest is .wholesome exercise. Endeavour produces endurance and- the power*to .win. .'.■.• If you meet: with brambles and boulders, reflect that they are fewer toward the end. ' Ideas rule the world, make, or unmake nations, cause; the rise or fall of empires. . Voting contests make candidates, candidates get subscriptions, subscriptions get votes, and votes win prizes. Get busy! • "The country is beginning to realise," thunders -Mr Balfour. So are our candidates.

1; While Lord Kitchener is inspectingcolonial volunteers he should not over'took our army of candidates. -, He "will, B nd some, splendid • Generals among them. !'■-■-..- . ■ . ',, )-. ■

Every, candidate is the custodian of| his or. her. own vote. , This Department only announces the ballots deposited ini the ballot box. Watch the figures, and if they do not tally with your record notify this Department at once, and th» mistake, if there he one, will be promptly rectified. But two complaints have so far been made, both, unfounded.. < -

Mr James Brown, jun., is . heading; straight for the top, and with another, "ood plump he'll reach the 100,000 mark.'

Sir G. G. Callender has landed on the other side of the 100,000 line, and—well,, look out, you boosters. •

Mr Thomas • Dickson and Mr J. H* Reynolds have commenced to climb inj that modest, steady way that, means they ore to ba' reckoned with in the' finals.. ■ '..

When old Henry Haroer died he willed his millions to charity and'his will to his sons. ' This is the letter, they found in-his strongbox: "I gamed; mv monev from ■ men weaker than myself, and I; return."it to them.. If you, are strong enough and bright enough to i-etain my'estate, vou have the necessarytools with which .to build ■ one of ycur own. If you cannot succeed without my wealth, vou couldn't have succeeded in holding it. Others will think I have pauperised' you, but I understand howgreat a -legacy I have willed yon: the incentive to prove yourself—the supremeright to your powers, without the handicap of assured maintenance. Only the builder trulv rises, ab=ve his fellow. Go out into the world to earn and thereby learn. Rub against men and get an edge. Eniov the most supreme of all recreation':—the'thrill of creation." Old Henry is dead and gone, but his phi] ; osonhv" will endure for ever and. _ir adopted by some of our candidate* will. surely have a salutary cfiect on their efforts to riso. . '