CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2876, 28 April 1925, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.) Sir.—ln your last issue I noticed an advertisement inviting aspirants to civic honours to attend a meeting ou Tuesday night. This is very gratifying to the electors, as most of the gentlemen nominated are new to tlu- ratepayers, and I for one would be glad of the opportunity to bear them give an account of themselves. Members of the old Council, 1 trust, will a'lso_attend and give a brief outline of their stewardship.—l am, etc., RATEPAYER.

(To the Editor.) S' l '- —So my friend “Introspect” has cried enough, and awakened to the fact of the truth of the old saying, “Fools always rush in where angels fear to tread.” He has disappeared in a manner that reminds me of a pocket edition of Dante’s “Inferno,” accompanied by his nurse. So be it, lie spilled a lot of ink, in an endeavour to avoid the final issue, then as he could not refute my criticisms of past councils and my pointed questions, and failed in answer a single argument, and as 1 had a notion that he would funk meeting me on equal ground, ' I was quite prepared for his sudden admission of defeat. Treat him kindly, nurse; he may yet become a useful citizen! I have no intention of taking up too much of your valuable space, any further than to repeat my “clarion call' to the progressive forces to see to it that they elect only those who can be relied upon to carry our the promises they have been, and are giving even now. Remember the promises of last election. and then reflect- upon how they have not been honoured. You, Mi Elector, are the judge; it is for you to say how long you are going to put into the Council men who have so far proved only their willingness to he merely strings on the how. You have the issue to-mor-row, when “Progress" will put its strength against the forces that will b“ marshalled against it. Take the retiring Mayor's summary of the past ten years. Would one imagine tt poorer sample of work over such a period? Ten years, ye Gods! And are we going to again submit t“ such a record? I think you can see the handwriting is on the wall. 1 know full well the task * that is before the incoming Council to make up the leeway of the past, n order to bring into being the families that were promised us last 'lection by some of those who are igain seeking your favours ro-mor-•ow, not only in the Council, but as (presentatives on the Harbour

Board. Even if you mv called upon to pay a small rate towards the object of opening up the greatest asset you have, i.e., the harbour, you will reap the benefit by increased trade and competition that will result. What are you going to do’/ Money must he spent to again bring back the trade that Foxton once enjoyed per medium of the river. To-morrow you must elect those you can rely upon to put some ginger into tilings. It is for you to say. Mr Elector, and I think you can safely be relied upon to-mor-row to brush aside the stick-in-the-mud auy-old-thing-will-do element that have no idea beyond their own particular surroundings. Thanking .ou, Mr Editor, for your generosity snd space, T look forward to seeing i period of prosperity and industry, •oupled with PROGRESS.