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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12093, 21 March 1925, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS QUEENS ♦ THEATRE 4 elfa (bstestyhuse inijbvJn 0 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT t At 8 o'clock. First National's Entrancing Drama of Society Life. CLAIRE WINDSOR, DORIS KENYON, BERT LYTELL, In “BORN RICH,” Is the life of the rich all joy and gladness, or is there disillusionment at the end of the rainbow? The Romance of a Bridal Couple who lived in a world of luxury. WONDERFUL PROGRAMME Includes TOPICAL BUDGET, SCENIC, COMEDY: "The Dude." COMEDY : "Between Showers." Queen's Select Orchestra, ■ Mrs A. Wright, Mus. Dir. Box Plan at the Bristol till 12.30; after at Theatre —’Phone 22-334 MATINEE TO-DAY, At 2.30. TWO GIGANTIC' FEATURES. s TRA N D TRA N D THEATRE. THEATRE. TO-DAY 1 TO-NIGHT 1 Master Pictures Present FRED THOMSON And His Wonder Horse, SILVER KING SILVER KING i In ‘THE MASK OF LOPEZ,” The best Western Picture you have looked «t for a long time. IT WILL THRILL YOU. Tn addition ROD. LA. ROCQUE ROD. LA. ROCQUE In “THE CHALLENGE.” This is the Dramatic Story of Two Men— Two Women, and One Marriage. YOU WILL DIKE IT, And COMEDY. GAZETTE. S2G CITY COUNCIL ELECTION. ME J. D. SIEVWRIGHT A CANDIDATE. F ELLOW CITIZENS,— In response to many requests from all part 6 of the City and Suburbs I have decided to offer my services to the Citi-zens-as a City Councillor. If I studied my own ease and comfort I would not have considered or acceded to tho proposal. It has, however, been, pointed out to me that the City needs in its voluntary and honourable service men of independence both in mind and spirit, who, seeing what is best in the interests of the City, will bo fearless in advocating and executing.measures for its accomplishment. Tho affairs of the City have reached such a condition as requires services of men of ability and courage to institute wavs and lheans for their improvement and the saving of citizens' resources. ’ In. offering myself my supporters consider I am placing ‘'Service before Self.'’' It is true I have no selfish, party, or political ends to serve. It should, there foife, be established as a principle in our civic life that the man who would fill two positions, however honourable, is not likely to prove himself the best servant of tho City. The management of the City's business seems to me to have become lax, and has suffered from indifference or divided interest. Nearly every Mayor has promised to exercise care and) viligance in the expen- j dituro of the Citizens' money, yet yeai j after year ratepayers are callod upop to meet ah increase in rates. The present j Mayor has extolled ratepayers for their i readiness and promptitude in paying their j rates; while at nearly tho same time he. has deplored the scarcity of money avail- j able—so much so that many works in! hand cannot be completed because there is no more money left j Is that good management? A man j about to build a house first counts the; cost and sees that he has funds to finish j his undertaking, otherwise his uncomplet-j ed work serves ns, the severest criticism j of his management. I Again, we have undertaken works that] for lack of vision as to the City's, growth I have proved useless or inadequate before | worn out. Thus thousands of pounds j nave been wasted; and the rates are still going up and the expenditure more than doubled through lack of foresight and conception. I We are being encouraged and stimulated to cultivate what is called “civic pride," That is good. There is, how-1 ever, far. too much pretence in public! What is wanted is' to make the CRy of Wellington worthy of our civic! pride—and there is much to make us,' proud of Wellington—and our pride in) it will increase as a matter of course. How can citizens fefel pride in Welling * ton . streets when they feel pain and* sprain their ankles on the unevenness of ? xir footpaths? How can they feel pride in streets some of the most used of which are in repair than many country roads I belong to no league, no clique, no party in the City. Anyone who docs is more or ler.s'influenced in his conduct *by such league, clique or party, and a wholehearted unbiased service to the City is practically impossible. The welfare of Citizens and the progress and development of the City should be the supreme ideal, of those who would serve as Councillors. Citizens million , .. - yield nearly half «* .m.uuu sterling annually to the . Corporation; 3C five years by ' nearly .£150,000; and the liabilities of the City exceed 1 millions sterling. The dif- • between good- management and indifferent or bot moans an addition to the high cost of living An axiom in Municipal Government should be, “Take as little, as possible nut nf thr> rvmlmln . AI POSSlble Oil fc of tllO pocket; i • Ciltzens. for the more Citizens nave left the greater is their private enterprise, and increased private enterprise ?5- e i?. n * ,uov r ra ldd development of the v.iry. Oiirs is a grent pstnte and good management is the bovtide of success. experience, judgment and fore jight are required more than ever to-day for tho City's I will further nddro t: #i you on munioi- 1 pnl matters, and meantime I respectfully » solicit your support. I m j. ,j. SIEVWRIGHT.