THE MAYORAL ELECTION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 561, 29 November 1881, Page 2

THE MAYORAL ELECTION.

To-Momiow a Mayor will bo elected to govern municipal matters in Akaroa for another twelvemonth. The two candidates are both well-known burgesses, and each seems to have a strong following. Of their respective merits we shail venture no opinion, but we should like to say a few words to their supporters. Party feeling s j eins to run very high, if we can judge by the letters appearing in this issue, which we have allowed to appear in our anxiety to allow every public matter the fullest ventilation. Now, there is nothing like a good contest ; the different arguments adduced by opposing parties are listened to by many ratepayers, who have no personal opportunity of seeing for themselves ; a spirit of emulation is engendered, and anything like monopoly or unfair advantage rendered impossible. But matters must not be carried too far, or the public interest suffers. Things are often-said in. the heat of tho moment that cause rankling sores which last for years. Uivo as many hearty buffets to each other as you like, but no stabs that will o use wounds difficult to heal. We boast .that Englishmen are always able to have a good fight and shake hands afterwards, iuul we have no doubt this will be the etiso on the present occasion. Once the battle is over, let all hands settle to work steadily for the public ■good, and whoever the victor is, support

him heartily in every effort he may make for the welfare of the town, and prove tho truth of tho adage that " generous adversaries are often our best friends."