BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTION!

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14566, 30 March 1918, Page 5

BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTION!

l „..,...'. . „ 4. — f^ r *-; ..■',;... [ V L^OR CANpIDATES VIEWS. On Thursday . afternoon Mr. <John!y •Gilchrist gave' an address to the emt'ployees of' the works at Kaiti, i . In his opening remarks tho ■ candidate ■ dealt with the need. for labor representa- > tion in general, ami deolared that the' "j reason why the masses of the people Ydid not got justice was because they 'jhad neglected this in the past. He . ' showed how the rise in- ; the?cosb of living was effected by .those- wlm manipulated the world's markets. His first principle, that of municipal trading, woxild he said, if carried into ., effect bysympathetic councils, go a long way to- , wards public control of th© markbts. •'■•'. He deplored the oversight of council- - lors in allctwinv the opportunity of ac--1 quiring the Motuhora quarry to slip Vipstst. The latest samples Of this ston© "l^ere better than the first, and it was J '/good enough. Now a company stood-, \ between the borough and the supply. ' .'The members of this company wene m i many cases public men.' Tlie borough , ■ in clrawmj? its supply from the quarry r would "be paying not only the cost of 3 quarrying, biit a profit to' tho company. 5 The service of, : electricity ought to bo ' oheapor, aiid iri future ' extension he r would advocato a more economic and bettor method of generation,, namely, water power. An; adequate supply of puye, w ( -ater /mas a vital necessity, and he recbgtiiHcd. ' j that Gisborne vTO 'a long way behind . ', ail other towns of its size in-, this respect. '. He was of the opinion that tho cause ; of a great deal ot illness in the borough i would bo done away with had wo water. t le-ss thick iit quality. Up-to-date public t sauipiiry conveniences ought to replace i the present unsightly; things that , did ' duty at .present . The proper placo for , 1 *a public sanitary con vehience Was. underground. Other? matters dealt with' [ iwero the. improvement of -reserves j ryads 'and footpaths, .the extension, -of tho trams; a dust .-'destructor, to^take tha place of the Kit generator in Victoria Township. ' Y ?•!.. In answer to questions the . candidate said that he was in favor of /day labor. He would not be in favor- of a'motor;bus service. He thought that the counI oil ought to take advantage bf Miv W. 1). Lysnar's ofl?er to, complete the tram J service, as originally proposed, with the t money now in? bank, he (Mr Lysnar) : 'undertaking to guarantee any loss over 3 the first three years of its working. -This was a real public-spirited Offer on ■ tWp part of Mr Lysnar, ahd should bo L accepted. i .' 5 ; At the close of the questions a' A*ota '; l , of thanks and confidence was proposed' \ and unanimously earned. ~ ■