THE LOCAL ELECTION ACT.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1259, 24 July 1880, Page 3

THE LOCAL ELECTION ACT.

TO IHi: EDITOR. Sir,— l see by your ad\ ertismg columns that the Local Electiou Act id to brought into force in the Newcastle DistricCso putting an end for ever to the objectio nablc and unfair syt>tcm of proxy voting. I think it only right that it should be known that the whole credit of assuring this boon to the ratepayers belong* to Mr Corboy, our respected and energetic County Councillor, who, in the face of considerable opposition, cairiedthe affair to so successful an issue as to enable the ratepayers to elect their trustees under the Act, at the next annual meeting, on the 31st, when it is to be hoped they will all roll up, and vote for the men who have fought so well in their best interests. — I am, &c, Ratepayer.

There are said to be 40,000 lawyers in the United States ; 198 of them are in Congress. Men without occupation. — The man who has nothing to do is the most miserable of beings. No matter how much wealth a man possesses; he can be neither contented nor 'happy without occupation. We were born to labor, and the world is our vineyard. We can find a field for ourselves almost any where. Inoccupation we forget our cares, our worldly trials, and our sorrows. It keeps us from constantly worrying and brooding over what is inevitable. If we have enough for ourselves, we can labor for the good of others ; and such a task is one of the most delightful duties a worthy and good man can possibly engage in. Have Patience. — Young men are betrayed into impatience in their plans for life. Education takes too much time: "school is a bore." Of what use to a fellow in a bank will corner sections be ? So they rush from a not very thorough school course to the business of life, and they do it in a slipshod way all through, because they begin it too soon. "The man who mows (the proverb is older than the mowing machine) is not losing his time when whetting his scythe." Be patient, young man ! Ten years of a thoroughly educated man's life— other things being- equal — will be better than twenty of yours, with your defective training and compulsory dependence on the information of others, with all its unoertaintiea.