THE PUBLICS OPPORTUNITY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14839, 3 December 1913, Page 10

THE PUBLICS OPPORTUNITY.

TO THE EDITOR OF "XHH PBESfi." ' Sir,-—lt is certainly surprising whfen the interests of the community 'are at stake, and thero is a great chance of a ; successful remedy, ac well.as a public expression of aversion against mobrrule and hooliganism, as we havo seen it lately, that our public men have %}ie interests of their couxitry so Bttlo at; heart that they allow their own selfish: ambitions to over-ride their wisdom/! judgment, and ...;,'. In the Corning , by-eiectiori'jthe "pj>bl»j£ has a splendid opportunity 'of voicilaj£ their sentiments in regard to the dolnM of Semnle, Hunter and Co. (now linufc ed). Owing, however, to the action of two of the candidates (one of whom' must be getting tired of his Repeated failures to" gain the public favour) and their -undiluted egoism, the result will probably be greatly in favour of a; presentative of the lawlessness and chaos we have so recently experienced., >Itis not too late for the two gentlemen, who have not the'slightest chance lof election, to withdraw and prove'thafc their personal ambition and seU-plqn-fication are subservient to the welfare i and honour of their country. ■■'':■'• ■:? ,''=. Perhaps when thero is an All-Labpnr-Goremmont, and Parliament issynonymons with Bear Garden, 'as in "Australia, tho desirable nnblic. men :will more sincerely appreciate and*' understand the regrets that Hβ iajfche words, ' f What might have been.^r-Tdura, , etc!, ■'•'■' •' ; ■'. •' ' ' .'■■•. ''.v■'.'■- "V-> "BADLY-:FED : 'I;V,