ELECTION POINTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26617, 13 November 1947, Page 6

ELECTION POINTS

Attendances at Meetings The percentages of attendance of the various councillors at council and committee meetings combined were given by Mr D. C. Jolly at the election meeting at Wakari last evening. As an ex officio member of all committees, the Mayor Mr Cameron, had actually attended the greatest number of meetings although, for the same reason, his percentage of attendances out of the total possible number of meetings was not as high as some of the other members of the council. The percentages were as follows:—Cr JoHy 93, Cr M. Connelly 86, Cr McCrae 85, Cr Ireland 81, Cr Barr 78, Cr Wright 78 the Mayor, Mr Cameron, 70, Cr Hudson 65. Cr Taverner 63, Cr Walls 61, Cr Connolly 49, Cr Blain 47, and Cr McMillan 40. No Personalities “If I had to descend to personalities to win a contest 1 would not enter the contest.”—Mr J. Harrison, Labour candidate for the Otago Harbour Board, in an address at Anderson's Bay last night. f ,„. ....... Below Tide Level VI don’t think it is generally known that 938 acres of the fiat section •of the city are below the highest recorded high tide level,” said Mr L. J. Ireland at the meeting at Wakari last evening. “That is why we must go ahead—and are going ahead—with the installation of pumping stations to overcome the possibility of floods in that area.” There was an audience of 27 at the meeting. To Make the City Shine “Dunedin needs men who will grasp the present good times and make this city shine as it should,” said Dr R; L. Cotton, Labour candidate for the Dunedin City Council and Otago Hospital Board, in an address at Anderson’s Bay last night. Dr Cotton referred to the “transport muddle,” the “housing fiasco,” and the “fabulous mistakes of Waipori, where thousands have gone down the river.” A Chance Sought “ Our opponents say I am too young.” remarked Mr E. F. Jones, Labour candidate for the mayoralty of Dunedin, in an address at Anderson’s Bay last night. “ Just after the recent war the cry was ‘ Give the young men a chance, give the servicemen a chance.’ I am a young man and I am a returned serviceman. I ask for a chance on November 19.” Members of the audience loudly assured the candidate that they would give him the chance. Value of Team Work The necessity for, and value of, team work in getting things. - done was stressed by Mr J. G. Barnes at Wakari last evening. In sport, in an aircrew, and in prison camp he had found how much could be achieved when people pulled together, and he had been disgusted to find •on his return home a City Council on which the six’Citizens’ councillors worked together for the good of the city, while the other six councillors were merely obstructionists. It was ridiculous for anybody to stand for election to a civic body if that person was not 'willing to sink personal and political differences and work in a team. Mass Planting . .. :.v “Every time we plant out all the garden plots in the city we have .to put in over a quarter of a million plants,” said Mr D. C. Jolly, outlining the work of the Reserves Department at Wakari last evening. Mr Jolly stated that it was unfortunate that the Government had not seen fit to allocate a larger reserve area at Wakari, but the department was trying to do its best, in the few acres, and arrangements had been made for installing additional playground devices for the children. Renewal of Tramways “There is £IOO,OOO in the tramways renewal fund for the renewal of rails and worn-out tramcars. but that fund has not been used as it should,” said Mr M. Connelly, M.L.C.. Labour candidate for' the City Council, speaking at Anderson’s Bay last night. “If more ■of that money had been used during the . last nine years, we would hot be facing Centennial year without trams, trolley or Diesel buses. Good work is’ being done at present on repairing the tram tracks, but the work is a long way in arrears.” The Labour candidates favoured obtaining, say, 20 trolley buses and giving them a trial on one route, but they did not support the scheme to buy 79 trolley buses to replace 81 trams.