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SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIQIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII3 31111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118 MAYORAL ELECTION The retiring Municipal Council, including Messrs. Flesher, Beanland, Rev. Archer, its sitting members and mayoral candidates, stand charged before the great bar of public opinion: That while they were in office they did neglect to fulfil their duty to Christchurch and its citizens by pursuing a policy of STAGNATION. The following are the charges in detail:—< I. They deliberately shelved the Waimak. hydroelectric scheme for Christchurch, with the result that Greater Christchurch will starve for light and power two years hence. 11. They failed to co-operate with the Canterbury Progress League and Chamber of Commerce in legitimately demanding that the Government duplicate the tunnel, installing electric light and power therein, giving Canterbury Province better access to the sea. 111. They ignored the will of the people—who gave . them the necessary authority—to proceed with Dr. Chilton's water scheme giving us an adequate water supply, and hence better sewerage. IV. In the valour of their ignorance and the vanity of their greatness they never attempted to ' establish a Metropolitan Board of Works, one of our greatest needs. v V. They endangered the health of the community by neglecting to construct a municipal, sanitary, cool storage depot, Centrally situated, for the proper care and handling of all our fresh food products, viz.: vegetables, fruit, fish, oysters, etc. VI. They were lacking In their sense of duty when they failed to secure a just proportion of Government money for the purpose of erecting homes for workers. Incidentally, Auckland City procured £20,000. Christchorch nil. , VII. They refused the assistance of voluntary patrols from the Canterbury Automobile Association, yet knowing full well qur street traffic was being badly handled. VIII. They have refused to take the electors into their confidence and tell them what arrangements they made with Mr Coates, Minister of Public 1 Works, in renewing the city's contract for . electricity from Lake Coleridge. On the eve of an Election, JOSEPH HAMLET, on behalf of the community, i demands an answer. The evidence is all in, and the people have given their verdict: "Mene Mene Tekel Eupharsin" (Weighed in the balance and found wanting.) This is the greatest indictment laid at the feet of any administration during modern times —since Warren Hastings. The electors will relegate these ambitious, yet nonprogressive and vain-glorious, individuals to oblivion—where they justly belong—and will return JOSEPH HAMLET as their next Mayor with a progressive team of Councillors. Then, and not till then, will our city v receive the recognition it deserves. Be Sure and Vote HAMLET V imiinilllfflllllHlllllMinillillßllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllHHlllllHlE