CIVIC ELECTION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1439, 14 May 1912, Page 4

CIVIC ELECTION.

TOLLING PLACES AND THE ROLL. The election fa fill the vacancy on the 1 Oily Council will take place on Friday " next, and the hours of polling will be ; from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m. The polling places - will be the same as at the recent Mayoral * flection, with the addition of a single * booth in the ladies' waiting-room at, the X ' harbour shed. The .supplementary roll ' lias been printed, and contains 11)04 ! names. The number on previous roTTs ; is ,'lo,ooi>, to tlmt the roll total is now 31,099. Mr. E. Tregear addressed about one hundred persons at I'ullford's Hall, Brooklyn, last evening, in support of his candidature. Mi'. Barras presided. Mr. : Tregear advocated the extension of reserves and recreation grounds. It was necessary, he said, to look to the futuro growth of the citv. The growth of 'Wellington during the last fifty years had ] been groat, but during the next fifty J years it, would lie much greater. In for- ' initiating a town-planning scheme it was " necessary to bear this fact in mind. Ad- ? vocaling' the establishment of market's, J Mr. Treaear said that some growers in ' (he Wellington district had been compel--3 led to abandon their industry on account " of the poor return they obtained for pror ducts. Vet people had to pay high prices for the same articles. This showed that i neither growers nor consumers were getiing a fair deal. The problem of the s hioli cost of living would to a great extent be solved, Mr. Tregear claimed, if I; markets were established. . The Mayor (Mr. 1). M'l.arcn) and Cnnn- '' cil'ior A. " 11. Jiindinarsh attended, ami spoke in supp ol '' °' r - Tregear's camli- ? ' \ vote of thanks and confidence was R carried unanimously.