MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 6

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

LABOUR CANDIDATES. At the Methodist Schoolroom, Northland, last evening a meeting was held under the auspices of the Labour Representation, Committee for the purpose of placing before electors the views of the Labour Party in with the forthcoming municipal elections. Mr. M. Walsh presided. Mr. J. Head, who was the first speaker, spoke on the lines of his address, the previous evening. He referred to the present car service to Karori as unsatisfactory, especially the e.vcessive overcrowding. Another' point, was that shorter routes should Iμ arranged. The Botanical Gardens, he said, could be much improved by the removal of the unsightly fencing that surrounds the main entrance to tho gardens. Greater facilities for tepid sea baths was a question which the Lnl>our Party was in favour of. Housing by private enterprise had failetf, and tho duty was with the City Council to meet thfi famine of houses.. Mrs. J. Aitken (a candidate for the City Council and Hospital and Charitable Aid Beard) referred to her experiences on the Hospital Board, and eaid that man-made laws were working very harshly on widows who were left with children. I As n representative of women, she protested nirainst the name of charity. Slio urged all women to take a greater interelt in municipal matters. Mr. J. Hutchison referrert to the question of the resignation of the curator of the Zoo as b"ing an exhibition of sweating by the present council. Doing tilings In the dark would not be the. policy of the Labour Party. Too much .business had been done in committee—a very undemocratic policy Ho referred to the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in tho working conditions of the tramwaymen Ho deprecated the small amount that was recorded in the Municipal \car liook for public health. Labour was in favour of good healthy sport facilities. The gas supply of this citv should lie a municipal monopoly in the same way that electricity and water were llio nresent council's management ot tno .electric light was, ho urged, not satisfacMγ Evans, a candidate for the City Council, dealt with tramway finance. A vote of confidence was accorded the epeakers. A nieetin" under the auspices of the Lahotir Party was held at. noon in tho Post Office Square yesterday. Ihe speakers were Messrs. T. A. Emjle. R. M'lveen, A W. Croskery. nntf J. Read. Ihe lastnamed is the Labour Party's candidate for the Mayoralty. In his address lie pointed out that the printed electoral roll was not yet available, and he expressed the opinion that the supplenien(•arv roll should not be closed until one week after the main roll had been mado available to the public.