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MR. W. F. P. BARBER AT ISLAND BAY

Mr. W. It. P. Barber addressed a meeting of thu electors at !he Island Bav Schuolroom last evening. Councillor J. O. Shorland presided, and in introilucing the candidate enumerated the various and important functions ho had performed as a member of tho council. Tho candidate spoke of thu abnormal conditions which had been experienced during the last four years, 'flic council had been prevented from doing much in the way of new works owing to the shortage of labour and difficulty in gelting material. He believed ihe council deserved credit, for despite the disabilities thev had to contend wjth they hud not had to raise Ihe train fares nor put up tho price of electricity, which, . he understood, was unique among local bodies. He mentioned, however, that thov could look for a reduction in the electric light charges in the near future. He referred to the trip abroad of tho City.Engineer (Jlr. W. .11. Morion), whom the council found it advisable to send Home and to America to get the ideas which had ben proved efficacious by larger countries who could afford to spend more in experimenting than Wellington could. The improvement of the streets and roads was made essential because of tho advent of motor traction. Willi motor traction tho macadamised road had becomo a thing of the past, and it was imperative that they should law down improved roads. In his opinion Mr. -Morion's trip would pay for itself over and over again, and it would benefit, not only Wellington, but the whole of New Zealand. He spoke of the congestion problem, and argued that the Cily Council should endeavour to open ui> the larjje areas of vacant land which luv round alwut Wellington. There was a large area at Mornington, which was not difficult of access; then there wero splendid building sites at Northlaud and Wadestown, and now Onslow had come into the city, they could, with a better suburban railway service, make avr.ilnble some of the most beautiful building sites in the vicinity in Wellington. He strongly advocated better, faster, and cheaper railway services to the suburbs as n partial cure for con. Kostion in tho city. Ho was also a strong advocate of a housing scheme. Thev had an area near the car sheds at Lyall Bay where forty houses could he 'erected—why. should they not build those houses for their own employees, for they would never bo able to build cheaper than they could to-day. He thought that the neighbouring boroughs should be amalgamated with tho city, ! not only Miramnr and Karori, but also the Hutt and Petone. Mr. Barber also urged the duplication of all tramway tracks. He referred 'to the coming of the Mangahao electric scheme, and dwelt at some length with Mr. Morion's water supply proposals for the future (which he said would not be dealt with by the council until Mr. Morton returned from abroad). At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Barber was given a hearty vote of thanks. CANDIDATES SjTHE COUNCIL Mrs. Donaldson, one of the candidates for tho City Council, addressed a meeting in St. Hilda's Schoolroom, Island Hay, last night. There were in all nine j people present, including the candidate, i Mrs. Donaldson spoko first of.the qnes- j tion of.whether women should sit on the I City Council. She said that.it was not! gooi always for women to concern thorn, j selves only with their homes and their children. Certainly the chief function of a woman was to care for her home and her family, but many bright and clever women became dull by being too closely cribbed in their homes. One of the first questions- that must come before tho council was the housing of the people. Tho provision of homes and the sort of homes required wero especially the crncern of women. She hoped that no New Zealand women would tolerate an introduction of the tenement system here. There was not the slightest need for it in a country with acres of unoccupied land. She spoke of tho need for restrooms in tho city, and for creches where mothers might leave, their children when going to work or going shopping. There was need, she declared, for/a better nnd cheaper tram service, in order that people might be induced to como to live in the .suburbs. There was need also for hostels or club-rooms, where young girls could live under decent conditions. Sho spoke of possible benutification of open spaces, and referred to several places now lying wnste. There should be a by-law to prevent the existence of stables near to dwellings, owing to the dangers from the bouse fly. She also thought thero should be a' by-law prohibiting tho exposing of meat and other food in such a wav that it was likely to bo smothered with flies. As to Island Bay, alio urged that there should bo facilities for peonle visiting the bay to get boiling water for tea. Such facilities would cost but little, and ouelit to be provided. "These are tho tilings," she declared, "that men don't see, because those are things that women have to with." A meeting was held at Mitchelltown Schoolroom last evening in support of the Labour "ticket" for the forthcoming municipal elections. Mr. P. Hennessy presided over a good attendance. Tho speakers included Messrs. C. H. Chapman, A. W. Croskery, P. Fraser, M.P., R.-H. Stickney, and Mesdames Snow and E. Lawlor. . Mr. P. Fraser, M.P., referring to the housing problem in Wellington, said that Mr. Luke nnd Mr. Barber were, membors of a committeo 6et up by tho City Council in 1907 to inquire into the housing problem of that day. He would lileo to know what these gentlemen had done in tho meantimo to carry out tho findings of that committee. LOWER HUTT NOMINATIONS. Mr. E P. Kishworth, the present Mayor of Lower Hutt, being the only person nominated for the Mayoralty of that borough, has 'been declared duly elected. The following nominations have been received for the nine vacancies on the Borough Council :-Messrs. G. W. Clout, W. T. Cotton, E. J. Guineas, W. B. Hardv, A. J. Hobbs, W. Knight, A. Macaikill, G. W. Meldrum, J. Mitchell, G. Mumford, E. Nelson, W. C. Phypers, D K. Pritchard, W. Walton, and A. J. West. Mr. H. Baldwin was the only person nominated as representative of Lower Hutt and Enstbourne on tho Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and has therefore been declared elected. CAMPAIGN NOTES POINTS FROM THE SPEECHES. Verv few people understood the amount of work entailed in the office of Mayor at the present time, said Mr. J. P. Luke, speaking in the Concert Chamber last evening. Ho was going to say a few things about himself. (Hear, hear.) Ho wanted to say that he had not been engaged in any business occupation 6mc» he had taken office; and tho reason was that he could not have carried out his Mayoral duties if ho had been otherwise eng'flg*'!- He had been absolutely untrammelled and had been under no obligation to nnvbodv while ho had' been Mayor. Ho rather regretted tho fact that bo hod no business. He would mther have been a man of industry, helping to build up tho country's resources, than iv public man. Ho would say to the young men present: "Don't bo carried away with tho glamour of public life; tho carrying on of a business has quite as pleasant associations lis. tho performance of public duties." (Lsughter.) _ "The men have had a fair -innings, said Mrs. Donaldson, n woman candidate, for tho Citv Council, last night. "And, sho went 'on, "I don't think, on the whole, that they have made the best of it. I think it would lie a fair thing to Hive women a chance. Then, if they 'don't, make, a success of it, you can turn them out." At Mr. Barber's meeting at Island Bay last night Councillor .1. O. Shorland stated that Mr. W. H. .Morton's estimate for a bridge between tho island (at Island Bay) and tho mainland was .£3OOO. Mr. .T. P. Luke last niaht referred to the report of the Citv Engineer on a proposal to remodel tho Te Aro area. Tlie estimated cost of the work, he said, was about half a million of money, and Ihe erection of 350 houses was involved. It would bo a very dear business, nnd would throw a tremendous load upon the people if they went in for it to tho extent of the engineer's plan. Mr. Luke thought that tbecoun-,

cil ought to consider opening up new areas for building upon, und should develop the To Aro flat on a different basis at tlio present time. Ho was in favour of acquiring laud, borrowing the. necessary money, and erecting houses. "If there had been women on the council such a notice would never have appeared," said Mrs. .Donaldson at her meeting last night, referring to the nolice that was once put up in tho tramcars asking women to travel home before ■1.30 in the afternoon. "It was," she said, "an insult, to the women of the city, because every woman has a right to go homo when she wants to go.home, and not when men want her to go." In dealing with the housing problem, Mr. J. P. I.iifco said last evening that lie uid not think (hat the responsibility for the provision of proper dwellings rir-led with the Government and the City Council only. Abroad, some very large enterprises made provision for the housing of the workers they employed, llr thought that some of the big companies operating here might expend some money on the matter. Tho point ought to bo brought home to them. At his meeting at Island Bav last evening Mr. W. H. P. Barber stated that the sum of ,£10,984 had been paid to employees who had gone to the war to make up their pay to the amount they would bo'getting if-they had stayed at home. . , I . "I do not think that any person could have done more than I did, aud 1 think that a lot oi peoplo would have done less," said the Aluyor in answer to a question regarding tne inhuenza epidemic last night. "Tne epidemic was iot brought about by in.-.anitury conditions in tue city of Wellington. It did not i originate m 'Wellington.-It was not con- ■ tinwl to Wellington, and it was not con- ; lined to insanitary areas. It entered the j nest homes as well as tho worst." "1 may be vrei'imcure, Dili. 1 believe that tne island should be connected with the mainland," said Mr, W. 11. P. Barber at his meeting at Island Bay last evening. He said there was a good reef running out' which wuuid form a solid j foundation for a connection, and he ; thought it would be very nice to drivo i round the island and to use it as a holi- I day resort, it would also help to make a splendid boat harbour." "The Wellington City Council exercises its function (according to its members' ' opinion of what is best for the city, and i for the Dominion," said Mr. Luko last j night. "If the City Council refused the ! use of the. Town Hall to any particular ! class of peoplo or for the preaching of any i particular doctrine during the war period, j then it was perfectly justified in doing j so." This statement was made in reply j to a question as to the council's reasons &>.• refusing the Labour Representation Committee tho use of the Town Hall for a -meeting called to protest against the extension of the lifo of Parliament lust year. "The Government assures our experts that with the llangahao scheme in oper. ation, Wellington will spend ,£25',000 per j annum less on electricity than it does to-days-Mr. W. H. P. Barber, at Island j Bay last evening. "Are you prepared to put proportional representation into operation?" was oie of tile questions put to Mr. Luke last I night. The Mayor said that he did iot approve of tho application of pronor- l tional representation to municipal elections. This system of election was based upon parties. It \va6 intended to secure i the representation of parties. He fcei lieved, however, that parties wero not j wanted in local politics. Tho party I clement should not be introduced at all. j The citizens' required to be represented i by men who had the interests of tho city at - heart and who were not concerned with fighting party battles. A prominent Labour man from the Old Country had stayed with him and had said, when no heard that tliero were fifty candidates for fifteen places in the Wellington Council, that "there was no room for proportional representation." "I was blamed for the fiasco at the milk cleaving station at Thorndon, and I hail no moro to do with it than yon had," said the Mayor (Mr. 3; P. Luke) in answer to a question at his meeting last night. "I had nothing to do with the station at all, except that I stopped its operations when I 6aw what was happening there." Mr. Luke added that he was in favour of the municipal control of the milk supply, but he did not favour tho company system. He believed that the council ought to buy out the vendors, not confiscate their businesses, and then run the whole system of distribution itself. Messrs. Bert Royle and E. J. Righton publish a notice to the electors. ME. GUNSON HE-ELECTED MAYOR OP AUCKLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, April 22. Mr. J. H. Gunson has been re-elected Mayor of Auckland unopposed. CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY". Jiy Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, April 22. Mr. J. M'Combs, M.P., announces his candidature for the Christchurch Mayoralty in the Labour Party's interests. Other candidates aro Mr. j. J. Douga-11, solicitor, and Dr. Thncker, M.P. THE DUNEDIN MAYORALTY. j Hy Telegraph—Press Association. | Dunedin, April 22. ! The following have -been nominated for I the City Mayoralty -.-Councillors William" Begg, Robert S. Black, Robert Gilkison, and Dr. Gordon Mac Donald. Twentythree candidates liavo been • nominated for eighteen seats on the council. Mr. W. H. P. Barber will speak at the ICelbum Kiosk to-night at 8 o'clock, and at St. Thomas's Halt on Thursday night. Mr. S. M. Stone, who will contest the Miramar Mayoral election, _ will speak at the Masonic Hall, Seatoun, to-night, at 8 o'clock. Mr. F. Towiisend announces by advertisement that he will be again a candidate for the office of Mayor of Miramar. A public meeting to be addressed by tho Mayor (Mr. P. Levi) and councillors of Eastbourne borough will be held tomorrow night at 8, in the Eastbourno Hall. Tho candidates nominated by the Greater Wellington Towii-Planuing and 'Municipal Electors' Association, to contest tho municipal elections, will place their views before tho electors at meetines to be held to-night at 8 o'clock at Roulcott Street (open air),, and also at Vetch and Allan's corner. -

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 8

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MR. W. F. P. BARBER AT ISLAND BAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 8

MR. W. F. P. BARBER AT ISLAND BAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 8

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