MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17122, 18 April 1921, Page 9

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

LABOUR meeting in victoria , SQUARE. On Saturday night ssveral of the Labour candidates in tho municipal elections gave brief addresses from the Victoria sauaro band rotunda. Thcro was, despite a cold wind, a largo attendance of electors, , tho majority of whom apjxarod to Labour supporters, and , the 'spoakera wore subjected to only a im interruptions. ■ Jfr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., who acted ns chairman, said it was unfair of Mr (J.-P. Agar to refer to the fact that ho (Cr. Sullivan) had only attended 21 committee meetings of the City Council. Ho had been absent for six months while Parliament was sitting, but he had como down from Wellington to attend tho meetings of the Council, and he had only missed three out of thirty meetings. Ho held a record of having attended 104 meetings in one year. •It was impossible for one to carry out diitlon in two places at one time. A voice: Then stick to one job. , Mr Sullivan; "That is for the electors to say.'.' He directed attention to the clasa of advertisements published by the Association, and what he described aB the misstatements served up about "caucus rule." What the Labour caucus really did mean was that those elected met together to consider the questions coming before tho Council and decide what action should be taken and who should move tho resolutions. The Citizens' Association representatives on the Council had brought the rates up to the limit allowed by law. The La.botir Party hoped tp rectace the rating, and as far".as was consistent with sound administration of-public affairs it would -give'the people tlie benefit of the increased" rating revenue on tho higher valuation. (Applause.) Mr 0. "Renn said one of tho mam planks in the Labour Party's policy was .the amalgamation of. the local bodies, "and, particularly, it Was believed that the tramways should be directly under ' the control of the City Council.. If tho • amalgamation scheme were carried out it -would mean a great saving in ■ office expenditure. The Labour side stood for a municipal bakery. It should be' possible to. bate the bread for the Seoplo, on more hygienic lines,, and .un, or the control, of the City Council. There should also be municipal* control of. the milk supply'.; The scheme under wliiflh the pity would,, supply; the. milk, to thopeople would provide for the . ,city also owriing and working .the dairy farms. Hiß'party alsp stood for. Parliamentary .franbWse to every citizen .'in local body Mr Renn spoke town-planning and public health;: and ,ih connexion''with this matter bo said tUai tiie tlrainagp of ChristchurcH city " %&S J .as the times of r> jßhaerlea: tf 'ifie prtfc&t" drift iiage , Venditions-wjere., a', scandaL. 'The drttinQS&. ot the .dlty was a paramount matter to handle, and if the other counciUora. "would, not helpjthe Labour councillors' wduld themselves clean this'iriatter uo\ (Applause.); V ' Mr T. Butterfield said he had been twonty-iflVe yieasa iatbe Labour movement in New Zealand, and he had traWled all the streets, of 8(k he submitted that he knew something aßout the city and its needs. Ada Wells, who followed, advocated municipal kitchens', more ' playgrounds for the tlie lishmg of hostels 'for girls coming to the city—in this : connexion the can•didatc said that there was no fault to •he fotitad witS the T.W.C.A. and other feligiohs homes.' ' Municipal laundries yere also advocated. In concluding she 'said that tho Labour Party w£s Ijring'lSSg in new ideas, 'all of which were for ihe'wood of the community. (Applause.) ftfr E. Laagley confined most of his to the. municipal coal transactMg of the winter of 1019. He said .Council by establishing the coal *jil«rt>6t had been responsible for reducing ;'the price of coal from' 8s 3d to 4s 6d bag, but the scheme was killed bemuse lit affected the interests of cer- • tain coal merchants, who got behind the scenes and prevented good coal from ctahiag to tho Council. Although there " jcas' ft losb on the 'trading coal account $290,° the shutting down/, of tho CtfttkjOicipal coal depot was a dear thing BfdrrChristchurch. He honed the eleo(f&JWWOUld remember the Labour councillors* efforts in that matter alone to Strife/the people Sotte. expense. ' At' the conclusion o£ the addresses questions were, answered. Mr ifas by an (elector: "If you jrhave a, 'municipal bakeiy. and a man [-doesn't lilje.the bread, rwnat is 1 he going gfcj'dowheo'be can't change his baker?'' il(Ca^ghtej;iVIt Vi> the same as railwav»—if you don't like pfifliE'erTiee, "shove tlio Minister out." OF NOMINATIPNS. of candidate's, .for the |Mkyqralty t the City Council, tho Lytp.Mltpn Harboui' Board, and tiro Hosand Charitable ;Aid Board clo3D to|aay at noon, . pfisiUp to noon on Saturday two Tiominahad boen received for the city Mayoralty' 29 persons had "been nomin™edtfor<rthe sixteen seats on tlio City foConlicil j; eleven for the seven soatß on |tbe Hospital and Charitable Aid Board; |f*nd stfreft for the four seats on the Har[fbojtr Board. ' fe 'Mr'and Mrs B." P. Herbert will adllaieiis the electors to-morrow evening in athe Loydon street* Hall, Linwood, and Bin the Waltham School. , piiMr R; St; Clair McKenzic was nomiEiated on Sntm-day for a seat on the |*Gity Councp. He will stand at thef election as an Independent.-

Meetings will bo addressed by the Citizens' Association candidates as der, each meeting to commence at p.m.:—To-morrAw, April 19th, llugt>y street Methodist Schoolroom, St. Albans: Social Hall, Lc.vden street, Linwood; Baptist Schoolroom, Lincoln road, Spreyclon. Methodist Schoolroom, _ Brougham street, Sydenham; St. Michael's ScsioolToom, Durham street; North School, Milo road. Thursday, 21st, Oddi'cjlows' Hall, Linwood; public school, Waltbani road; Church Schoolroom. Opawa. Friday, 22nd, Guild Hall, Winton street, - St. Albans; Methodist School, _ Stanmoro, road, Richmond; Methodist Schoolroom, Selu yn street, Addington. _ Saturday, 23rd, Band rotunda, Victoria square. Dr. Thaeker, M.P., will addresa electors as under:—Kaiapoi factory' employees, Allen street* to-morrow, at noon; St. Mark's ScnoolrOom, Opawa road, to-morrow evening, at Hibernian Hall, Bnrhadoos street, tomorrow evening, at 8.30. ( Or. J. W. Beanland, Deputy-Mayor, will address meetings this week as follows : —To-morrow evening, Brougham •street Hall, Sydenham; Wednesday, Rugby street;* Thursday, Waltham School; Friday, Beckcnham Hall.