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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1063, 31 October 1911, Page 3

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE AVVAHOU RIDING & WHIROKINO SUB-DIVI-SION. Ladies & gentlemen.—i shall again have pleasure in offering my services as your representative on the Council at the forthcoming election. During the past six years which I have had the honour of being your representative I have endeavoured to safeguard your interests by advocating necessary and important works in this important district so far as funds would allow, including the erection of the Shannon-Moutoa bridge, river protective works, improved roads and the important thoroughfare to the Beach. As a settler, I realise that your interests are mine and while acknowledging how impossible it is to please every one, 1 have been actuated at all times by a desire to deal fairly by all. If my past services have met with your approval, 1 hope to merit a continuance of your confidence. —Yours obediently, W. E. BARBER. TO THE RATEPAYERS MANAWATU COUNTY. Ladies & gentlemen,—My reasons for contesting this seat with our present representative are that events have convinced me, while holding Mr Barber in very high esteem personally, as our member on the Council he has not done what might have been done in the best interests of ratepayers of the district he represents. I claim, without fear of contradiction, that I have a practical knowledge of the requirements of our district. I am a large ratepayer as well as one of the largest users of the roads for all classes of traffic ; I have a farm of my own at each end of the riding, and want for my neighbours and myself much better roads than our present representative aspires to for the money he has disposed of. lam seeking election at the request of ratepayers from all parts of the district in order to achieve this end, and if elected feel confident 1 can do so. My opponent claims credit for advocating Shannon Bridge. I, with many others, was at that years before he got in the Council. It was “ all over bar shouting ” then, although the bridge was not actually built. River protection works. —Although this is the first time 1 have mentioned the fact, I take second place to no one on this head, and 1 make no boast when I say that most of the most successful works of this nature here have followed my suggestions. Also I have done a mile of my own, as well as some of other people’s, incidentally protecting parts of the road. Mr Barber has had reason to know that I have been active in advocating this and road improvements during his term. These are some facts some may not know: Burr’s road has been a cause of considerable expense to the riding for years owing to damage by flood. 1 got the engineer down, with Mr Barber’s consent first obtained, boarded him, paid a man to help him, out of my own pocket, to take levels with view to putting bank up. I canvassed land owners, and kept going until it was up. This bank cost the Riding £25, private owners approximately £3OO, and Moutoa Drainage Board £l3O. The bank near the old ferry cost the Riding roughly £IOO, private owners £27. The bank protects the road and enhances the value of a large area of land opposite about £5 per acre. I don’t blame the land owners, 1 blame the ratepayers for not taking more interest in the spending of their hard-earned money.

In my last conversation with our present representative re roads, rates, etc., he admitted that to put the roads in proper order he anticipated the necessity of increasing rates. 1 there and then finally decided to offer you my services to prevent this. If elected, and 1 fail to considerably improve the roads without rates, 1 will place my resignation in your hands. We have a really good roadman, but he is handicapped with his proper work by being put at work that can be done for a tenth of the money with horses and proper implements A lot of the work done on the road that 1 have been in a position to watch, I would guarantee to have done at half the cost by proper methods. It may be coincidence, but a number of very necessary pieces of work for the safety and convenience of ratepayers and the travelling public have been carried out only after my repeated representations. There are other matters I do not care to mention here I shall be pleased to place before any ratepayers interested, also Mr Barber. If elected, I should give the Fox-ton-Palmerston road very careful consideration. The Beach road is now well in hand, and I will do my best to push this work through expeditiously Space prevents me from mentioning other matters. I make few promises, but carry out those I make. I will save my time and energy to safeguard our interests as ratepayers. My election or rejection 1 leave to the discretion of electors. In seeking election, I have no private axe to grind. Hoping to be honoured by your confidence,—l am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours Faithfully, WALTER S. CARTER. MOUNSEY & co., AUCTIONEERS, LAND & ESTATE AGENTS, A GENERAL SALESMEN HAVE decided to open a branch of their business in Foxton, and have arranged to hold monthly sales at Mr Nye’s coal yards. The first sale will take place on Monday, the 30th October, commencing at I p.m, and the Auctioneers will be pleased to receive entries in live and dead stock of every description. Correspondence invited, prompt settlements JNO. MOUNSEY, Auctioneer. ICE, ice, pure crystal ice, made from artesian water, cooling stores, Princees Street, Palmerston North, ’Phone 428. Telegrams “Freezer.”