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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18868, 5 May 1931, Page 1

PUBLIC NOTICES. THE MAYORAL ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF TIMARU. RADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— In respectfully soliciting your support for the Mayoralty on Wednesday, I think I am sufficiently well known to electors to make it unnecessary to indulge in self-praise or self-adula-tion. That is not my forte. I prefer to be judged by performances. I have been a resident of Timaru for fifteen ; years; my permanent home is in the Borough. I am a ratepayer, and all my interests are in Timaru. I have served on the Council for seven years, and for two years held the position of Chairman of the Works Committee. Your interests and mine are identical. I have no desire to indulge in extravagant promises, which, perhaps, cannot be fulfilled. I will approach all questions without bias. Our expenditure must be controlled by our resources. Our income must be conserved in every possible way consistent with efficient administration and maintain- ' ing essential services. If elected, I will | leave nothing undone to uphold and maintain the good name and dignity of 1 Timaru, to advance its interests in every way and place it, with additional ‘ firmness, on the map. I am confident that you will cast your franchises in the manner which you conceive to be ' in the best interests of the Borough, of ; which we are deservedly proud. - Thanking you in anticipation for ' your must-esteemed suppport. Yours faithfully, P. C. VINNELL. Timaru, May 4, 1931. TO THE BURGESSES OF TIMARU. Ladies and Gentlemen: I am again offering my services as f one of your representatives on the j Timaru Borough Council. I have been 3 one of your representatives for two years, and all my interests are hi Timaru. My aim has always been, and always will be, to advance along safe 3 lines our beautiful town, and whilst we must keep abreast of a progressive age, it is incumbent that we should make certain that our funds are expended i wisely whilst the exactions by way of rates and other charges should be re-

duced to a minimum. I can visualise the Timaru of the future, with its magnificent Bay, to say nothing of the other attractions, and if again chosen as one of your representatives, I will spare no effort to further the interests of every section of the community, and pave the way for the certain destiny of the capital of South Canterbury. In furthering this object, all should act as a unit in promoting common interests. The fact that but five new candidates have come forward is abundant proof that the work of the present Council has met with the approval of the people. I think I can, without presumption, say that I faithfully carried out my pledges in the past, and I can assure you that, if honoured by your confidence on this occasion, nothing will be wanting on my part to demonstrate the sincerity of my desire to further the interests of Timaru and every one of its 17,000 inhabitants. Thanking you in anticipation, I am, your faithfully, M. H. RICHARDS. Timaru, April 30, 1931. TIMARU MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. TO THE ELECTORS. AND GENTLEMEN,— The question of remunerative employment for all who seek it must form the basis of all legislation by the Council to be elected on May 6, and as I am a candidate for a seat on the Council, I intend, if I have the honour of beingelected, to strive for this result. An immediate reduction in the rates, however desirable, may not be in the best interests of the ratepayer. Greater efficiency and, if possible, greater economy, is demanded, but as the question j can only be determined by an estimate! of necessary expenditure, the decision must be left to the Council. The fact that over £5,000 per mile was paid for re-surfacing and sealing about two and a-half miles of streets during last year, and which could have been : done equally well for less than £lO per ,

chain, clearly shows over £IO,OOO wasted in unproductive effort. This is no re- j flection on any member of the Council, or staff, who believed that the work done was absolutely necessary in the best interests of the ratepayers. They simply did not know any better. The best roads in the world are built with broken shingle, which is superior in every respect to the quarried macadam used here, yet uncrushed shingle litters every linear yard of unsealed roadway and footpath within the Borough tc-day. Users of these streets uncomplainingly pay many pounds annually in the attempt to crush it and roll it themselves, in order to save the Council a few shillings, simply because it always has been the custom to do so. My lengthy experience and observations in all’matters of transport should prove helpful to the Council, especially where immature opinions and costly experiments are so much in evidence. With this object in view, I place my services unreservedly in the hands of the electors, with tne firm conviction that their pencils can do much on the 6th inst. in determining whether Timaru shall stand still or advance in the scale of Municipalities. I remain. Lacnes and Gentlemen, your obedient servant, CHARLES F MASON. McMILLAN’S, TEMUKA. FOR HOT WATER BOTTLES FOR HOT WATER BOTTLES RADIUM HOT WATER BOTTLES, Made from the finest quality. Rubber. MOULDED IN ONE PIECE. NO SEAMS; NO LEAKING. Large Size; Jazz Colours. 5/9 EACH. Other Make. Bin x lOin, 3/6; Bin x I2in 4/9; 10in x I2in 5/6. It will pay you to inspect our Stock before purchasing elsewhere. McMILLAN’S. FANCY GOODS AND STATIONERY, I TEMUKA