ELECTION NOTES,

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 8

ELECTION NOTES,

<t , .. -..-«»... — ' - In addition to the reports published en page- 4 of this issue, other .candidates jior municipal honours addressed meet--dngs. Mr.- V. E. Meredith,- a candidate for }the Mayoralty of Miramar, addressed jabout forty people at the Seatoun Tea iKioskr" Mr.- H.- M'Lean- ~ fßreßHksd. fiSpeaking of tramways, he said he did mot "agree with Mr. Brodie that 'the^ trams should be run all day, regardless -of loss. - Cars in tie day time, he contended, were not necessary, except in J a few imfivi<iual cases. The money lost on these cais* could be better expended an, lighting and improving the faotjpaths where necessary. -At the present 'time there -was no prospect of an injrush of setHement to the suburb, and the running- of empty cars would not ''draw -people. The camdidate-_:advocated '/the abolition-of the extra -penny charge-: yto residents on the trams, and urged /that there should be a minimum "through" fare from the city during •ithe rush .hours of traffic. Mt. T. Smith, one of 'the Labour •eight, addressed about. forty people at' jMifcchelifcown last evening in support of, Ills- candidature for a seat on the City' ..Council. He advocated the-'-extension of trading facilities, and stated: ■•that- he was opposed to-the«6al9 of the-■!and;the"COTopora±ion*oOTai<ed--in Adeiaide-rs-oad. If it was not too -valuable for ;-the> ,porpcse, it should be- utilised for-/Jiomes-ior council employees. The candi,date advocated the speedy construction - -••of hot-water "baths, which could be con- , Etructed at- a comparatively email expense, and the extension of the Con•^table^street tram-line, and the completion, of the Charlotte-^fereet loop. He } also 'urged- that- the City Council should •have -dealt with the claims made upon it-tby the General Labourers' Union and •ithe Tramjvay Men's "Onion. In conclusion Mr. Smith strongly supported f the •^Saturday half-holiday movement. In tb» address which Mr.- W. Scott Bedford, a candidate for a. seat on the City Council, delivered at, Brooklyn last aiight, stress was laid on the necessity ,sfor making a commercial success of municipal enterprises, and an extension of the city's functions in that direction rsvas advocated. Unnecessarily restrictive by-laws' (find no favour with Mr. John Fuller, ijun. Speaking at Island Bay last -evendug, ho said it was time to call a halt, as these restrictions thwarted ordinary •enterprise, and if 'i-citizens were not carerfnl W.& encirclkig by-laws would invade ■[their -own. firesides. Mr. G. G. Farland, assistant secretary of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union, and -a candidate for a seat on .the Harbour Board, .addressed a meeting in Brooklyn last evening. He said tbat"\he had been, requested to contest a seat 'in the interests of the workers,, and considered that there was a necessity for ■some live men on the board, which at the passant time Was largely a one man chow. He critieiaed tho action of the--CStizens' Leagne in seeking to dominateall public bodies, and hoped the people would awake -to the fact that vested interests had already too larg-e a control. Mr. Earland stressed tie necessity of a steady progzessrve policy and tie building up of a .reserve fund, and 'the continuation of reclamation. He deprecatedifehe present-system of encouraging jsurplus labour to the waterfront, and advocated the Continental Bureau system, together with stated- hours of engagement for the [workers. At fhe meeting of the Hataitai Municipal Electors' Association last night, Mr. A. Leigh Hunt, at the request of 1 1 the members, gave a short address iiL furtberance-of his candidature for a seat on 'the* City Council. - Mr. Hunt touched briefly upon the main planks of his platform, and" said he was not standing solely for Hataitai. He had the interests of the city at heart, and if elected he would, do his utmost for the benefit of Greater Wellington. TO-NGHT'S MEETINGS. Dr. Mason will preside at the rneetinc to be addressed in St. James's Hall, Lower Hutt, by Mr. E. P. -Bunny to- - night. Mr. J. Piper announces that' to-night, in* St. Augustine's Hall, Petone. he will igive an account of his stewardship as a member of the local Borough Council. Mr. John Brodie at King's Chambers. Mr. John Fuller at Kilbirnie and Maranui.' ' ' Dr. Cameron at Abel Smith-street. Hon. J. E. Jenkinson at Tiffin TeaRooms, Manners-street. Mr. E. P. Bunny, at St. James's Hall, Lower Hutt. " Mr. J. Piper, at St. Augustine's Hall.. Petone. Mr. W. Scott Bedford' at Wadestown. Mr. S. J. Moran at the Druids' Hall. The Mayor and Councillors of KaTori £t-the local Council Chambers. • . TO THE -EDITOR. Sir, — Mr. Brodie in his speech, as reported .in yesterday's Post, charges , certain councillors with "running away" •on the Kings-road question. The position, ifi iEe : — A councillor b^ resigning

submitted the single point to the electors, "Is King'e-road to be narrowed?" The electors, by the result, said emphatically, "The road is not to be narrowed." The state of the pai-ties in the council was then, three (fortified by the electors' mandate) for the wide road, and three (including his Worship) against, four forming a quorum. It was only necessary, therefore, in order that the will of the people should operate that the three councillors in favour of the wide road should not attend the special meeting called to confirm the motion" narrowing the road. Had the three, Messrs. Bowie, Muir, and myself, attended, the last -mentioned would have been debarred from voting, or the casting vote of the Mayor would have defeated the expressed verdict of the burgeeses. Mr. iJrodie has, I think, several other involuted concepts known to members of the council, and this charge of ," running away " is in keeping with >them. For one or more of the councilUors mentioned to have " walked into the " would have meant subjecting -fche will of the electors concerning the froad to the fate of the fly. — I am, etc., H. N. M'LEOD. Miramar, 21st April, -1911.