MUNICIPAL HONORS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 658, 4 January 1881, Page 2

MUNICIPAL HONORS.

(To the Editor of the Daily.)

' Sir,—You labor diligently to.eneouraga free expression of opinion, in order to promote a healthy popular inteiest in publio affairs, arid ■ properly deplore' symptoms of apathy. It .is disheartening .to think that Masterton has no aspirants for municipal honors. lij the honor doubtful, or have theigood burgesses "suddenly become meek 1. .Did .they depend, too implicitly upon a promise -by ■; the immediate exMayor—that he had a ma,n ready to fill tKe'vacanoyl That was fatherly I • He took the constituency uiider- his expanded &c-Mayoral wing, ; and tenderly proposed to provide for it. That was motherly! .•■ •'! ;Nb*doubt all' the " old electors swelled with, gratitude, and with .folded atmsdetfoutly gossiped about'the' " Baby." '. The hour, arrived, but not the" Bsy." The ex-MayOr's. hope had miscarried, and : Jiasterto.q, : wai ; without ■ a .counsellor, -What ! ! -No one anxious to. represent an ex-Mayor ?vThauk goodness, liud .take courage.' ;■ Hdre-is cin .opportunity i-~': '. The ex-Mayor's ill-advised and unfortunate conception' may be'Conv'erted to public advantaget by. rousing the ratejiybra to a sense of their duty to' publio business, and prompt theni to guard their privileges and exercise, their right .to chose who,shall represent tliem.-

Be prepared on Wednesday.'. Look out for the " Wet Nurse I" Let the. i'.old women" coddle the. "ißaby,.".' Yours respectfully,.Lrax. Masterton, 31st Jan., 1881. . <i

N.B.—Many electors would'be glad if Mr Thompson,. " Prince of, • Wales," would consent to represent their interests iu the Town Council. He is.aboiit to retire from business, will have ample leisure to devote to public interests, and 1 is in every way. fitted to fiii the position.