MAYORALTY ELECTION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10612, 19 April 1912, Page 5

MAYORALTY ELECTION

MIR T. C. HOAR AT THE TOWN HALL.

J dVIr T. 6. Hoiar, on© of the candidates for the Mayoralty of Ma«teuton, addressed a public meeting in the iTmrai Ball last evening. About fiity ' persons were .present, including sevj eral ladies. The chair was occupied I by Mr 0. N. 0. Pragnell, who .stated : that he admired the public spirit' of ! Mr Boar in coming forward at this stage to enlighten the people on the ! affairs of tlie Borough. Mr Pragnell '(stated that in. recent years there had not been that discussion of Borough j affairs thlat there was at the time I when' tlie Biorough Council bad .separate icomimiittees. So far as Mr Hoar was concerned, they all knew him, and faad read of his work at the Council ttaible. He was a man who called a Spade a spade, and ,who had the faculty of hitting the nai 1 upon tlie i head.

j OVEr Boat, iwho was received with applause, stated that tin's was the i first occasion, upon which he had come . Ibefore the burgesses as a candidate , for the Mayoralty. He explained the 'circumstances under t,.n-;u v, Wd | come before the public on such short notice. Since he hiad been a member !of the Bbrough Council he had been plain, frank and outspoken, and bad , dpn© his best in the interests of the j IBorbiigh. Th. performing what lie I considered to he his duty, he had at 'tames come into conflict with the Mayor and other councillors. Be wished it undlerstood that in this cfant'est he did not intend indulging in, personalities. I (Applause.) He was. on.the best of (terms with His .Worship the Mayor jand other members of the Borough Council. A RECENIT EVIDENT. Mr Hoar proceeded;, to deal with a recent incident in the Borough Council in regard to plumbers' licenses. He cJaiimed that. in. this matter he I was right, and the Mayor was entirely wrong. He maintained that if the {Borough Coundl had by-laws, it should adhere to them. The Council should not permit uncertificated men to do plumbfing work m the Borough. After being told by the Mayor that (he must, apologise, or he would not Ibe allowed to speak, he had attended a meeting. The Mayor, at that meeting, hiad not mentioned the matter. Bad the Mayor been a strong man, he would either have apologised or maintained his portion. The•• Mayor knew that he hoe wrong, and yet he had allowed; the matter to drop. -

BOEOUOH XOANS

The candidate then referred at some length. ,to ,flhe various loans of the Bor--1 tough. The first- loan, he was sorry, ibb Say, had beer, raked without any prbvisdon being mlade for a sinking fund. One of the mosfc useful loans tfcwsed was lor the abattoirs. In this connection. Mir Hfoair mentioned that Hie had heen responsible for a. return bshowihig what cliase of stock was being at the iahiattoiris. The that the expendi•iure' «af £l7W' : bh' : a■ • road'' ; crushing; pila-rilt and a) road roller was in the [ Ibest interests c f the • Bcr.ou gh., •He , Ibetteved thjalt gjood" work had been done out of loan money in improving the 1 streets and in providing public baths. | Mr Hoar stated that it was through his anshrumenfoality that Wa-igley Street extension had been placed upon the loan schedule. He had also been! ireqptorisnMe fcr the improvement" of i Victoria Street. ~ " .' ..

THE, APPROACH

BLBNTM2EU

I The .candidate descr-iibed the northern, approach works as "the northern approach blunder." It was, he ! claimed, the greatest, blunder that had been perpetrated in the history of the Borough. He had been, opposed to it from the beginning. Personally, he was of opinion l that there should have been- only one brtfdge, and that should have been at the Borough end. The present' work'had cost the Borough £3155 for 7%. of bridge; The original cost to the Borough was to have 'been £2500, and the .speaker did not know how the .amount had been increased to £3155. It looked now as lif the Council ,would have to find several hundreds of pounds more. Mr Hoar gtated. .that lie had proposed a few weeks~l»ack itbat steps be taken to determine the Governor's warrant. This resolution liad been carried,, but, ito his surprise, he found, at .the next meeting that it read that the warrant w!»& tto ;be determined "if the Mayor and Town' Clerk considered it advisable." The candidate did not think this a' right way to do business. THFj OATCiRJ}»AFT. ■Mr. Hoar mentioned, that the interest on the overdraft had heeax reduced, and ,thtat the rates, were coming in well. The finances were, he isiaid, In. a satSstfiactory position. TABBING AND LANDING. ' The «flidid&te stated that at a recent meeting he had said that he favoured kerhing and asphalting the footpaJtibis in preference to tarring and Bandung them. He still entertained that opinion. At ,the same time, he candidly admitted! thalt Ma- Archer ibiad done excellent work in tarring land gravelling the footpath®. Had he known' that the p(aths were to have

been tarred and gravelled, lie would not have opposed the proposal. r SETTLEMENT AND INDUSTRIES. (Mr Hoar claimed, that it was theduty of the Borough Council to s*rivo> , *o (secure close settlement for the dis(trict. They had a new Government jin power, and they should push the matter of dose settlement, which alsojtwiais essentia! to the progress of the /tfown. The candidate also iclafimed tfchat they should endeavour to secure for the town.

A CHANGE WANTED-. The candidate claimed that the tame hiad arrived when they should have a. change in Mayors. They had got into » groove, and should endeavour to get out of it. The speaker claimed that he wag quite a© competent as any other person in the Borough to fill the office of Mayor. He regarded a Mayor as a gentleman occupying the position of a Judge. He pointed out itbfat when he brought ainy proposal 'forward foi' the Borough, the siMng Mayor said, "It's alright, Councillor Hoar, I have it here; I was going to (bring that mlatter up.''' The Mayor did the same thing ,to other Councillors. Inl conclusion, Mr Hoar statied ttihaffc when the numbers went up he felt sure they would (show that the people were desirous . v a change.

The candidate resumed Ms seat ftmidist applause. ..Ontlie inlcVlaon oiMr S;:R. : EdIwafrds,. seconded by .-Mr..; J. C Ewingftoni, a hearty vote of-thanks was passed to Mr Hoar for his address, and the hope, .was expressed ''that hie would S€B his way clear to addres© .the burgesses again before the- election.

• 'Mr Hoar stated that he would he pleased to give another address on Monday, when he would deal witk the Gasworks loan, and other imporfrfen* municipal matters.

Mr J. M. Coradine will' addrees the burgesses in the Town Ball.this evening, and Mr Hoar will speak at Kuripuni.