THE TIMARU SEAT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13708, 24 September 1908, Page 7

THE TIMARU SEAT.

To the . Editor of the ' Timaru Herald.' 1 j Sir,—lt would appeal- that politics are j practically dead in Timaru, judging from | the silent indifference with which the elec- j. core of thin town and district -received j the stilling article that, appeared iiv your « columns a few days ago on the reticence J of the Hon. Hall-Jones regarding the re- j ports that are current and going the j round in the various newspapers of the j Dominion that he is gabout to t a ke up the position as High Commissioner. Everyone with common sense must endorse what you said That the hon. gentleman is shirking his duty Ja leaving his constituents in this state of uncertain!j. They have a right to know -whether it" is the "hon. gentleman's intention to become a candidate for the next general election, more especially when we consider his utterances It" the last election which are quite fresh in our minds that if again elected he would not- neglect them as he had done in the past, but he intended to devote more of his time, and that, we should see more of him than we had done in the past.,-.We are quite aware that liis st\t-re-4Hnw«,. w lias j vented him in a j filling his promise-; -bujt he this, nor give as an excuse- the -multifai'idijis duties which' he has to -discharge in connection with his office as a reason why he should keep his constituents so much in the dark. If the hon. gentleman's loyal supporters are perfectly content to allow matters to continue in. .this uncertain condition, - there is. also iv Jarge 'section of the community who metaphorically speaking} regard themselves as; political orphans: and are looking for a little more attention than has beat-bestowed on iliem recentlv.—l am, etc., • ELECTOR.