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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 123, 28 April 1925, Page 1

SATURDAY HALF - HOLIDAY 5 CAMPAIGN. FINAL RALLY TO-NIGHT. OUTSIDE COLLINSON AND SON’S, BROADWAY. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC—FREE. CRITICS ANSWERED. ELECTORS, COME AND HEAR THEM. PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL. J AM again offering my services as councillor and trust that my efforts and record during the past six years will again warrant your confidence and support. M. A. ELIOTT. BOROUGH ELECTIONS. I SOLICIT the support and votes of the Borough Electors at the forthcoming Election of Councillors, and stand for:— 1. The strictest economy in the administration of the Borough so far as is consistent with efficiency and progress. 2. No loans or expenditure of money except so far as is necessary to provide all ratepayers with electricity, gas, water*, sewage and good roads. 3. The development of the reserves, where the money expended will be leproductive and not a charge on the ratepayers. 4. The independence of the Borough employees in their several departments, subject only to the control of the heads of the departments. 5. The lowest rates possible consistent with the carrying out of the above policy. W. L. FITZHERBERT.

TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE BOROUGH OF PALMERSTON NORTH. I HAVE the honour to again offer myself as a Candidate for election as one of your representatives on the Borough Council. Having had a long and varied experience in the administration of the Borough, I feel confident I can render efficient service to the ratepayers. If elected I will give every consideration to the needs of every section of the community, while studying the general progress of the town as a whole. I will endeavour, by the elimination of slackness and inefficiency in the various departments controlled by the Council, to raise them to a standard of efficiency that will ensure the highest quality of service to the community. lam not in favour of any further borrowing proposals other than those necessitated by the needs of an improved water supply and the extension of the drainage system. A. J. GRAHAM.

MASTERTON’S SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY “LAMENTABLE “ LAMENTABLE FAILURE.” FAILURE.” EXTRACT FROM ADVERTISEMENT APPEARING IN TO-DAY’S DOMINION: “Since Saturday half-holiday has been in vogue in this town during the last four years it has proved a LAMENTABLE FAILURE besides ABSOLUTE INCONVENIENCE TO BOTH TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENTS, and has diverted trade to the larger centres, therefore VOTE SOLID yourself and induce others to REGAIN SATURDAY OPENING and assist the Town in regaining its old-time business' prestige.” Out of 263 towns in New Zealand 214 observe the Mid-week Holiday and only 49 observe Saturday. VOTE SOLID WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY HALE-HOLIDAY HALE-HOLIDAY BEREAVEMENT NOTICE. MR J. S. GREENHOW desires to thank his many friends for thenkind expressions of sympathy with him in his recent bereavement. Bunnythorpe, 27th April, 1925.