THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 9

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

T0 the eW'.-K OF I'HI *«*.«. —\s S.r Hugh Acland, whose *!!' in this mayoral campaign may »T b " service for air-which, injld it has been in his past life—dethat his majority should be fCI in,nDtr one, may 1 remind your a • ...f, f tue lessons aHorded by the £nn;unicipal election? I .iirui'i hke to ask them the folV q „oMio'is. for the answers , ve food ior thought. i,nd incitement <!■ How many Labour lu .^J., n c;-V (.rnittc;i to so to the pole? *■> many of their opponents , t ;r..>;ed to V'.'.i •' , , . . -.'•p ;;U know persons belonging to the' three dasws of the latter: those discovered i'-o late that they not on Ihc role; those who were ■V.'onvM of the £lO city rental quali-htu-band and wife, nonvf'dcn'. in the city; those who were ko ;.pathc:.c to exercise their votes. *ime Si s s ceme for us at best to r ... out of past mistakes, to ,'eVmbei- that wc "fall to rise, arv bafi'ed to f.ght better." So let each 0 f us make a point of ensuring that tho=e who ccir..' under our notice are 'or;!iv.-;ih enrolled. Let each see that ,j.. . . 0 { our acquaintance who belong to "the second ;;roup are immediately e .,;;«htcncd and enfranchised; and, r.< < ur'itnt of a 1!, let each strive to h'-t-nk dvV.-n that, deaconing apathy i ' worse than active i C:.:: wc i'"t awaken these apathetic , - t . k. a sense of their responsibility iu i th'-rs j;:;d t'» a realisation of the i.'-i-i f-;r helpful co-operation? V.Y! :.<.t !o;.rii from their fellowtii an»«n:s the Labour supporters? V.'i.fi i'f these i.> ever neglectful of . ;*•;.! j •: ■ and its attendant { ;.(;■. ? Who "f th ; e docs not realise, tc rot made to realise. the value cf ie?n>\verk. the inestimable benefit vi u loyalty that is active. The enthusiasm with which Sir Il'i.zh Aebne's candidature has been received shows that one step at least i;£.s b'f.i t;:<; n towards breaking down that apa'hv. We must rem em - b;r. t r o. that th.e mayoralty is not the o::]y fnder :n the elections: and we r.ius* do es much 'or these who. with Mr C. E. Jrais will stand behind him i:j the ilgh. a< candidates for council reati. —Yours, etc., L.B.S. March 3, 1933.