CRAWFORD TALKS.

NZ Truth, Issue 252, 23 April 1910, Page 4

CRAWFORD TALKS.

Prom one or other of the candidates ;for the Mayoralty of Wellington, m which, by the way, the general public ■ does not seem to be getting unduly excited, one occasionally hears some remarkable utterances, especially when the particular candidate feels m a prophetic vein. "Troth" has m mind a recent vainglorious deliverance of C. J. Crawford, who, with the support of the genial doctor now about to retire and a host of "sassiety" folki,\ aims at tile Chief Magistracy of the Empire City. lt lf elected," said C..J..C, "I feel I could help this city (Wellington) to forge ahead till it is even more than the undisputed capital city of New Zealand." Another wonder come to light ! Crawford not only has unlimited faith m himself, but he has unbounded confidence m the future of Wellington, as he says, "I think that sonic day it will rank with Melbourne and Sydney as one of the great cities of the Southern Hemisphere." Does Crawtord fondly imagine that Melbourne and Sydney, with a combined population (now over a mißlion) far m excess of that of the whole of New Zealand, are going to suddenly stop progressing while the miniture city which rushes down the side of a hill into the sea (with a population of G*),357 souls) makes a mad dive into the forefront ? Crawford endeavored to flatter his audience by adding, "You will m those days deserve to elect not a Mayor but a Lord Mayor." * 'Truth" would go one step further and suggest the title of "Lord gaud Mayor."