SOUTH WARD ELECTION.

Evening Star, Issue 3879, 30 July 1875, Page 3

SOUTH WARD ELECTION.

To the Editor. Sir,— lt is really amusing to read in this morning’s papers the generous and liberal utter ances of Mr E. B. Cargill—that paragon of public informers —who says that the reserve tenants should be prepared to sacrifice their properties for a general benefit. It would be a wise act in Mr E. B. C&rgill to look through a tenant’s vision for a little, and lay aside his own spectacles. Have the Messrs Cargill not obstructed and spoiled one of the finest streets in Dunedin south —Bond street—by erecting that dismal wool-store across the south end of it ? Is it not monstrous that such spoliation of the City should take place by the very advocate for (Jity improvements ? Are the Messrs Cargill prepared to remove this horrid blunder for the benefit of the general public and the Bond street residents in particular ? How such an obstruction could have been erected without attracting special notice, I am at a loss to understand] perhaps Mr Cargill will.—l am, &c M John Edmond. Dunedin, July 30.

To the Editor. Sin,—Mr E. B. Cargill is one of the candidates for municipal honors in South Ward, and as tne ratepayere require members who will devote their time to the duties of the office, it may be well to see what attention Mr Cargill paid to his duties as a Councillor formerly. I nnd upon inquiry that he was Councillor for South Ward from August, 1870, to May, 1872, a period of twenty-one months. During that time there were held seventy-four meetings of the Council, of which he attended only twentyseven. He was also a member of the Public Works and Lighting Committees, Of the former there were held sixty-two meetings, of which he attended only twenty-six; of the latter there were sixteen meetings, of which he was present at ten. It will thus be seen that out of a total of 152 meetings he attended only sixty-three, being absent from eighty-nine. Seeing this, it can, I think, hardly be contended that during this period Mr Cargill fulfilled his duties to the ratepayers; and what has been in the past, are.we not justified in assuming will be in the future? Mr Cargill has an unfortunate propensity for accepting any public position his fellow citizens are willing to give him, and then as surely neglecting the duties of it. He is a member of the Dunedin School and Athenaeum Committees, and, if any person is desirous of inquiring, it will be found that of these meetings he attends about one in four, — 1 am, itc., South Ward Ratepayer. Dunedin, Jnly 30.