NINE Conservatives Confident Claim r e a d y


f o r t h e FRAY WITH “ TH E SAY THEY.


FOUR BEST MEN,”


COUNCILLOR BOOTHMAN’S REVIEW OF TH E WORK OF TH E COUNCIL. COUNCILLOR ORME ON HOW TO DEAL WITH SLUM PROPERTY.


RANK AND FILE URGED TO PUT THEIR ELECTION WORK.


\jpicfiust party assembled iu force at a meet- called la 'iSuppoi*t


\U'jubci> «'f iJie club iuid supporters of tne candidalbuixj of


7 . » 3 ®


IDGE INSTANTINE


Sat., at 7 GROUND


pR R E S TER Iby th e Oandidaios'i


Couiicillei's Onue iuid Boothman, Messrs. Maiilev and Wood, liold iu the billiards room ,.j Tuesday ovoniug, under tlie chuinnansliip .Mr W. CiariicU>, J.I*. Tlio candidates had of Aldermen Kobertu and Wliitc- Councilloi-s Standriug, Todd, Clayton ’ r.ulun.son, ajul Mr. J . H. llamsbottoin,


[-0


cVeurinan of tlio Canv.TSs Committoo. I'no ttiiiorlatiou to “work,” which, was cm- tsiicd by successive speakers, was first pul l-.y the Chairmau, w.ho siud it was •


p'O Tiislil -


J,u.'Uiv lo enlist support for a <iuartetle of --jrJuiKii bu well-known in the town. Conn-


BACKS INTO


twelve to tho iicre, ©very one with a nico bit ot land attached to i t and which, if they can be let at a rca&ouablo rental, will prove a boon to the many married couples living in lodgings or with pardnts.


Socialists’ Soft Pedal. “01 right.


assertiou made by our Labour fnends last November. And tuey were liglit, absolutely ll io mice went up sixpence 1 Since


course the rates will go up ,»lu


1S19, when Labour l>egan to rule, Maiiclies- ber’s rates ihavo gone up 7/8 ;t and from


I MentiiyT 'rydvil to the London Boroughs it is j the same -all tho way only more so. Ait<I no when t!)o Communist and Socialist town


w, ____ . _ __________ ___ _______


cillcfr lh;oti!muui and Oime had done good ! couiicils havo used up all tlieir resources, they tervico, mid he felt sure Uiat tiie ratepayers j calmly propose Uiat Llici'o sliould bo a Hat M. clidieiuo would be tlie fu-st to recoguise j


tlif-ougliout tho coimtiy. Towns like


jhiii M'jvicc. leman wlx) put up a most excellent fight last j udvanliigo they now jxisscss as Uio result of


prvvt* tiy; cUK'tiori. >Ir. Manley was well-known to I'ull of fight, ho was anxious to


TE re 7 -3 0 lidates WIKSTTLE


fONSTANTINE. J IG L EY .


for YOU


OF HOURS. r.) liiCM.t loti for an


!:,•


.1 •-i . j i : oil Novonil^er 'I,.-


ijiui. jloiol and


o Dif-iricl Utility oontinuo


•;i, i '


r ti.i ' . •'


•; r. a : : i


i ihofC is A to get


' o’r’lock bo- i'< o of somo


of the ‘-xU'iwion but


• i • oMon.sion was ‘I- ii;,'! 1)0 objection !!;l':«-tidatioli tho aj>-


Fi ri’turnvd, and there w'os not tho slightest doubt tiiat if 1ms aspirations mn.licnaliscd h vuuld maJ;e a valued member of the Town Council. ‘’But wo .have got to work Uve p^t, to make a .specially big effort this Mr. Garnett continued.


“I t is not •


to Ik* an easy biitllc; we sliall need m put forth all our powers. We Jiave been


:o!d iliat money talks. • Unfortunately, in :ht.M (li*])re^.sing times, very few of us have Eionev. It is \s*ork, at election times, which til.ks’ lomhT tlian money, and 1 appeal to you


',-b.!*MluNirt*dly into tliis figlit. I feel we liave j ')'o n^ad tiKe Labour h‘ajlots and election ? i:e.-ai cluiiice of reUirning four Coriser\’atives 1 addios&es givo no duo to this; t.heir aims are c\i iy iiicjiiL t of tlie club and party must | ao conceahKl and Uioir policy so diluted in


r.tjnb4-r of Uie pju-Ly—to tlirow ^ ^ - .


’■c.diN.i his or her individual I'csponsibility. ! those leaflets and addresses iu order to di'ceivc \Vr must leave luj sUmo unturned to aid our i tin iniuss of tilu* nnUiiiiking elec^rafo. Have -andidat.'-. and 1 hope th;i.t next Tuesday ’ yo notice<l bow careful our Socialist fnemls w.. -ball meet hero well satisfied with 1 liave been in tlic.ir remarks, lately, liow i>er-


sij-lcntly tho soft pedsd has been put down.'* Do M


OL be lulled into a eensc of false secur- Gouncil and Unemployment


i.tiirlv oiiie. niontioned the faoi Uiat 'his •A.'-


u.ih* •-ill.: .'■


(.Viuricillor botjlhmaii, who was given a tin.t time ho had had tho privilege of


-.II aiujience ao a c:uulidato at a


tiUKiii iivd rlf'.uon, ‘and tlierefore.’ (after eight yuirs uu tJifl Cx>uncil) ho added, humoi-ously, ■ vou \s-ill luivo to excuse tiho diflidence with •A'.:


i lackle the job. (Laughter). ............ - ---- , ----- . It is a


iiv ; «lo not iiiidor«>timato Uic seriousness of tli« times in which we live. Consider care- fullN what ought to be your attitude towards the social and et:<jnomic perils, the aftermath of the war with which we are facotl to-day. •SpcJilting on tins subjoci., a few weeks ago,


In' job. iuii! before I make an appeal for Vi JT ..upjK)ia and vote on behalf of my col. ivLE'jcs and invself, there ai\» several features ,1'. municipal work lo which I would direct ; .itteiition. Tiiii gi-eatest pi-oblom before , :..!lay is tluit of imemplojanent. So far ; ibering the exi.sting condiUons iu the ,


I*rofes.‘or tJilbert .Murniy, profevssor of mod­ ern liistory at Oxford University, and who b iKit a CoiV-ieiwative, said : “I am conscious of I ceriMiin ohaiigo of einpha.sis in my foolinge. Jlefore the war 1 was eager for largo and .-,\\«y*ping refonn.s, 1 was intolerant of Con- . f,er\at.i-sm, .•


-.liiiiiiT ajuI Women Unionists and every yourselves


wo j reniemlicr ’’


"11 ’


' Party is


vejr ;uul v.iio wa.s anxious to enter iJio <»ntest and tliey felt certiiin ho would im- on the figures cast in liis favour at the


Iji Mr. Wooi^ they had^ a gent- | OUtheixx.*, with a low nite, would loso every \yifjc expenditure and caa*eful administration .n moral ohwacter could remain in public end- of


tile pa.sL No man


such a projicsal was t he bli)e tor... «nir


light of to


o


hoiie.st these


examine


candidates th;ut


to govei'iinicnt ns a for tlie capture Constitution and tlio of business local facts, real


carried. it


integrity


adminis*tration. behoves


town council, aim


of the


step towards ovcrturniiig Uie satting


the machinery up of


a Social­


ist. »Stato. 1'ho new constitution of Uie l>ab- mir Party, publKheil by the Labour Party, slates: “ that tho programme of lilvo party, as declared at successive party conferonew, lias become one of. a distinctly cli.'pMcb'r—the establishment of Sociali.sm throii”h the nuiclLiner .v of local governi .neiit.”


of life


and if


I t would mean In


carefully Uio policy of Lab- the


the elec­ and


to


Labour local


IS hying, to do -the same this time. I t will b e'a poor compliment to him after all he has done for us since iho retired from the Coun­ cil if we do not make sure of the result.^ I appeal: to you tlwrefore to do all you can next I'ucsdoy to return our four candidates. (Applause).


Tho Danger of Skidding. i t is usual lor a ca,ndidato coiupletijig liis


term of office to givo some record ol his stewartlship,” siiid Councillor Oruie, w’ho was coulially received. Ho aniioimcod tlmt he had been totally unable to obtain any features of outstanding brilliance which \vould make him of enormous help as an indindual to tho Council, but added that if ho or any­ body else claimed to have performcrl suclt feats ho would have said that that persoii had rather too brilliant an imagination and that ho was a poison acting on a Coiaicil with colleagues who must be much below the average intelligence. ‘ ‘ What wo want is a team and the aim and object of Coitscr- vati.sm in Clitlicroo is to give the Council sucli a team, actuated by the best principles and highosL ideals of Cunservatism, which will enable them to vlo the work ilioroughly and soundly throughout their terms of ollice. 1 do not for a moment claim that Conseiwa- tisni woulvl bo in its best ihjsition if it iichl evciy seat on tho Council,” went on the sTK'uker. “ Tiiat is never .sound because tlio absiuuo of opptisition teiuls always to de- endonco lUid 1 fwl that iu the iireseiit Council tlio op])ositioii which the Conservatives liave is often vciy well directed and niost Iielplnl to the del’.hcraiiuns of the Council.


J think


you will liml that progress iu municipal work ami Ln general govornmont work is of neces­ sity slow—ill fact, too .slow for most i>eople wlio do not servo uiion municii>al c<iuncil.s or in governments. They hardly realise that it is so ca.sy when travelling uiioii slipjiory sur­ faces too fast to have a had skill and it is this fact wiiicli impresses itself eacli day iii>on tho man who is tiying to do the work ol the Council thoroughly. 1 do not say that we mn.st try lo put tlio brake on, but what I do sav is lliat any progress we make must be


.sound iiii its origin and capable of being maintained. Tiiat, I ibinU, con.'-tiuiles the ))rinciplo of Con.servatism. We take the )K>st from tile pa.st and try to liold tlie lK\st the


future has in store lor u.s. How to Deal with Slums.


Without giving any record of iny own par­ ticular part in the doliborations ol the


Council, i can veiw briefly point out w>uie of tlic attribiiU’S and aini.s that a town slionid li«i\(* ill view, I .sliould **ay liiat. one of tin? most important. Il not tlio most important, is to soiurc a really good water supplv. >\e liave i l . .\notlier is i«» ecenro gooil road.s and general clcanlinc.ss.


1 tlmik we may


.«<iv that Clitiieroc abo lias ilio.s4‘ two a t t ri ­ butes.


Tin* third is to m i* tlmt properly


ltuI I laughed Jit rl.sks. Tlio .social jiad tlicn such a margin of sU’cngtli that siifclv be taken 1ml now, 1 feel a above all’ tilings, of the qualities that j,r«t^*rvo civilisation.”


:• ira<le U toiiceriied, the town council j 'PhLs is wli.al our parly luus always stood ijc'tliiMi;; lint t<. jiroviJo employineiiti , {„,


■.::,:niUoo IB 1| WANT


, ■l. ii s. :m(l ,ii(,n 1 - ' !,■ V r .i i i, locally, 111 n'ioM ioi' l ‘oor IliM I't o! the :,n' —VOTE


■ ' M-. 111 jiathicB O ! I. I.A HOUR.


■ \ ■ ill,crests O - \’OTE


o |.i oiitccrmg— c. iw i r i ; .


I ,;..i!i. OioiiiKie , 1, ■ . |(i|tc(l as it


Iv l i ica t io n - i„ i ; , / Houses, Vi LAJiOUB.


.'c i ,-,,o i iv in the -V O T E


itiing®


: a MV forrader ■!;. Ml ■


■ '


V, V\T I'HOOREtiS ,„.M 'J’liesday, ! l ,c names of


I a . T I N <5 ’ ,H I T T L E !


Ills FO O U B


R • 1 ■•Id;.] .Market \Vi u'orks will add considcrihbly


estate. Ilciuhoin I’ark, and aUor- l.be Waterworks gat liering gi-mind. the


of tin* u>wn. 'lliey will have to


‘ sfiinetimc. Done now, it will provide. h-rd)le iimamit of work and do somo- at


to not iLny rale, towards itsliovmg


•vi:i*?iit. and di-'tress (hiring tin.* vsiiitci. ffirtunatc in being able to make this the CommiU('<q bocsiuse the involve any nddiUoii to tho


nr iu‘C*-5sitatc lw>rrowing the money. :.v,^ -^till about B2,000 in hand of Uie v Mibxribe^l for tlie piircha.se of tho


r . - - . ' : Dl.^rO f'-r Henthorne Park: and L7'^ fi r • !ion--:ali"n. the prcMtvds from tiin-


r.: fellrri aa.l sold during tho war when it kidlv wanted and tetching good prices.


Weri: i.peii t.'ie Woone-laae iniproveinenl is lA p ie .d in g , and the Council hope to re-


'•-Ml- fi'.’i; thi- Uiu-inployrm-nt Crania Coni- II Mim of alxiut £1.800 toward.! the cost


■ • i:m)ruv(*in(jnt. Benefit ot Housing Scheme.


• r kii'Aty prohU-m, i-ud one wliich. I. . 1 i!.'.i.-.eil a goo<i ileid, is tlmt of ■ W'e liave iio kousei. oecuiiied n-s yet m.ioimt of v.oi-k In.s l.-xui dom;. over £oO,CXX) l<-.ally for Uus


,. , 1, , .1 £ 10,


Tlii-iftv worliing-men iiiid womc.i '.aviiigs ami 1-ugInt liousiii £20, £b0 .iml up to one


.-.mi-. Mini Unit is Iioa' W got , tvui.li lo huiM tlio liouses


liun- Ihe


«'uk1


...u to runirmliiT Ud.s fuo'.. Tail houses Hi' to seiwo one of tlio most pressing i„s-ils. and yet you find a rertain sretioii i,_- from llieni and slumling about I."


■li.-n:


o f its eriititT;. We stand for sound, safe, or­ dered ptogims Jig:iiii.^t these fn*nzie<l dream­ ers who would put a world iu ruin (as wo hayo


[iplica-tion to the Uiuenployment (.rant jpost deniocnitic StaUr in Idle :sxrrld, in spite for pavenis torv.To-ds laying out ■


.State, wliioli ie even yet tAie freest and -~r-


. . . i


seen it in Ums-sia) to try out t.hcir impr.ietie- ahle t-ln-irirei wJiieli take no heed ot huni.an nature a.s it Ls, and therefore come to grief again and again, :ui they have done in Uie l.ast.


Tho Mon to Support. iq»|A‘-il le you oil heliiulf of my colleuguus


....d myself. ' Dr. Orme, who is (Jliainmui ot | rile Kduc-atioii CommlUt-e, luis tliruo years' txperi-meu in Uie Council, and I can a.seure yon he Inni been a inost useful member of Uie ifealUi Committee.


It is a very importiuit


thing to liave with us, in tlio consideration of iiealtli qiieotioiis, a member of the medical proiession. .Mr. Wood, wlie [lolleel 1,782 votes I'tst NovcinlK*r, when ten c-andidales were u tin field, is a.gentleman who, having retired after -11 Y»‘iu’s' ot service in the Post Office, has now time to devote to public work. Some­ time'. when 1 see .Mr. Wood trudging along in his rotircTHL'Ht, I tlunk it- is a pity he loft-. \Vu have hvti thu penny post, and the tele­ phone lias


to ihe (logs.^ (Laughter). Only


to-day. I ir4,-(*ived from an English linn a cir- I'lilai wliich liad been i>osted in Gennany. It- hole a Gennaii halfpenny stamp, and you win reckon up for yourselvets whai. this means, r.iilv 210 cimihirs can Iw jKJsled in England f i .r 'i i l . h:it hy *-(Midimr tlieni to Gorinany to lx.* .slamp*--d .iiid reiuiiK'd, tlic number is in- . leased to about 2,000 U>v a .similar outlay. It i.s noti nc'vssaiv to emphjuiise tho significiinc-e of tihi". -Mr. Manley, like -Mr. AVo.xl, ha.s also


.‘oKiiali.st ranks. We have an


Mto houglit. ehcaj). in spite of from .-erlaiii of our Ldronr friends.


. pl.ui, for ICO dv.-.li;ng:, and |k-™ is- iino-iit to htiild twenty only.


1 key


iomi.iL' .along Muite a-s qu'.ekly ti.s some oiild lilt.', hut, Is-lieve me, it was not i:,t,.re.!ls of eiUieX the ralep,avers or


l- .t ive tenants to hurry matters. W c ■ had t.hore t-.vonty house,! la.st yotrr,


V would have been worso house,., ' v.V>7 .-a-.h more to build Uinn they ..,4 loai.sv. That extra £300 would


...'ll an additional eeonomle rent of .liliug.! a we-k. We w.-uit to hiuld


,11 es and lot them to ratep-ayers at a .'icv ran afford, to pay. Twelve montn.s


r i-alamr friends publidy "Iviscd Uio ■r. of Clitliena. I-. wnteh the ie.u .es. f trust vou have followed ton veeileut, .advice. If so, you will dooht iai.. t'le Lime and Uiougld expended


.. ■ousing prolilem hv your represeiit.i i ir ir - the pa.st vear. I do not suppose


nil ever ho allowed to borrow atiy more for housing, and the present prohl^


.'ft t"' »


l, i neeil. We ought to have Uion) ; riione houses wotdd bring in


■■;...i, £700 and £300 per .anmim in r


• 1(X) lioii*v*" with Uh* £30,w J we


l>o- raP’s.


i'n. v.-al.-r rate would bring in another _ £ 1W, i'.d .i! i-re-a-nt we have the water running to '.’.ete C r r gas lamsiimption would he tn- i -


1‘■


.-1 nr. ordingly. and every extra mtllion ‘ fee! of ga.s would roducc tho <"Ost p' 1 ‘'O feie.. It does not matter whether wo


nir.lu 80 million or 90 million cubic feet per le ’ ’.in. tile overhead charges such an tutor


with his general o,;qeihilities, he who will not ho put off: wo know aorncthnig of his tenacity for getting to tiie root of affajiY-:, and how Jiis .attitude at some of our cluh rn(-otings has lironglit iis nj>


s< ratf-li. A Duty and a Privilenc. Wlun wo w.mt next 'Aie.sd.iy i.s croeso)—


four of tlieui—oi)iK)Sit« tlie names of our four .■.mdldates. and 1 apiical especially to -lie


ladie.s to eoine forward ami carry on tbo good work for tile iaii.-:o. We shall m-i’<l tlie kelp of idl^Imiior and Women Unioiiist.s and every member of the party. He to the poll ami vote st’roig'nt; no croffi-voling, I beg of you 1 )o not make tlie niisfake of tltinking tlio figlii is won or that your vote dins not mal- ti-r I wall show you w.hotlier it matters or Li-iii’n to tJifi.s frtin to-day’.s “ D.aily


Dispatch,'- in reference fo the shooting of Heaieis in Russia on the fidse accusation that


lie w;ls an l-'-nglish .spy:


"If the Foreign Office still eiitoj-taiiis the deluiion that it is dealing witli reformed rakiYi, let it jKiruse I . ’uiii's Ia.te.st pamphlet which (xmlaiiis tho following gems; "nioro must he a terroristic cKoring up. Judgment on t-Ve spot and shooting without words. We will not dr/d with the,se paiiiU'd up iion-iiarty !h>


o))1c in loiifprenocs. ^ -flieir


proper place is in a non-party pri,son.'’ Tlius in Russia to-day no one is allowed to he impart iid or oven to think.


Il Ls your duty ami your pnanlege to go to


the poll. If we are defeated or out-gcncralleJ>|^ next Ttieeday it will ho through the indiffer- rif OUT own party. Wo havo an oiocl-


siiuiil (or lo-day, (.lio up-


iMiKiurv u'.tanict..-r to tiili; over Uiis 1 imijii.j, „[ Puv ami order, Uiu m;dnU>nance u( {^r.<d (,f niioxajnplctl depression liicy have t


which is iu bad ('undiiioii i.s not allowed lo i t- main so; and at-; far as iio-siMo to prevent the. formation "i‘ .slum-. 'I’liai is :i very dillieult qu<.‘3tioii to deal with be<jii:si- slums, nj* to tho proficnt, have existe<l in every larp.* and iminy r>mall towns an<l ii i'' wuerly n^dess for iHioplo lo come loruard and say * \\e must .sweep ibeiii all away.’ Kei:iuse it is praetic- ally iiHpovMble to do so. What we imi.st do. a.s a small eoimminily i< to lake every opjior- tiinity idl‘ere<l to u-' ot doing awa\ witli tliuse Blums and luihygenie dwelling." ami ivplae- nig tlicm wiLli lK*Uer :md Bonm!«*r dwellings. Actually, tlio Council lia.s been doing tlmt to-nigbt ami 1 think it may be v;ik | that as far as possible tlie CoUbervalive.s Imve in tm*u* iniml the neees.''ity lor eoiuinnitn: lyt <lo ii. Anotlicr ihiiig nhoiit ^Iiiin.s i! t h i - : llnit it. is ostrcnicly clillicnit to iivniil tl.ciii tlioro .nre c-orriiin people wlio, even il thev took 11 new tioii.ee. witliiii .si\ eMintlis will have eonverteil it into very imnh like one


1 of tlie sliiniK. Wiiiit. mast we do to try to 1 avoid Ihi.sV Siiiipl.v thi,!: We mtir-t ^•dm■:lte all ol tlieiii when they iMe in tlieir enrln-el veni-s lus to the .alejilmo iniportnme of living under Bound and lieaJtliy roiniition- ninl not. only rile iinjKirtn.nee of it hut iil.-o tlmt tiic rea'l iny of life nniy he nlliiincd hy


tlmt


ineuuK. 1 think that in the Ai-i at present hofon* ns. Imt which has not b(-n put into full iqi(*raiion. wc have a mi-aiits tor ;:iving c-dmatioti lo all the ioimumiitv in a way which it Im.'^ never been given before and in that rosix'ct, csp'-cially. that ii ^ivex to cv«*ry cliild an equal opportunity ot headway in tin- world, 'rii-'n-fore. ii ue can continim to carry out the idea and th-* s]»int of tlmt. Act. as wo shall d«*. we Iuijk*. in C'litluroo. we shall not Imve done hadly in


taking our «har(< in b ’aeliinti the youth “f emmtry. or our particular j>erth>n of i t .” f .\pplnuso.)


Mr. Wood's Schemes. Mr WoL-d, who wat assured that he was


“;di rightl this tiino,’" said ho hiul already e.vpre.'M'd his apjtrociation of hho confidiiinco r(.'jK>sed iu him hitjt Novciiiibcr, and ho was liupnful that, it would Ix) renewed uot only by t.h* 1.782 who so kindly voted Uien, but by the iii'iilitiou of a suUicicut number lo onablo iiiiu to id>t.-un a S(*.at in tho Council (iiiamber. Kmpha.-bing iJie alksoluto necessity for wich 5uul evervone working Iheir hardcsst to socure ih- return of Councillors Boothinan aiid Onnc tu iheir present pcxdtion, Mr. Wood said the r:it<qx5y(.-rs’ trust in them had uot been mis- pl.'u.'d. and ihev would coiiLimic to be adu- •ited vd.-ly lo r ‘’ tlie welfare of the tewni on iheir reiurij. “Mr. .Manley and myself are wt miuirrl. <o fiu* (U


S the work of tho Coun-


ri. ia i-niiceriied,*’ lie eoiitiiuied, adding, ^ but we aro willing to Icoi'ii all about its inner


(imo lit Ills disp.)-al ami ij irilliiig to serve i working.-, vou on tlio Council. Ho lia.s spent bis life m | piomotiiig .my til.’ libl l.nrougb, ami we know that, coupied i ui llui rate-ixiycrs guuur.ally. lluu'u critic


iiii)*i to lb.*


and will (‘ml(*avour to assist *n work whklv will bo of benefit are many


eimi.'........ .. t.tie ( 'li.'ifhm'M-ro'ul eml im-ido safe from 'iaiig.-i- lo life. I want the I'asllo to e made a inlying proposition It has been sug- •gesl.-.l lo me that this may he done hy cstab- fisriing a cafe there. I would .adverliso tlie e.’.tering ammallv. so that each of tile trades­ men in tlie tow-n would have an otiual oppor- tunitv !>f temlcring. 1 am amvious tiiat the work" in (-onneotion with the Cenottiph should la- , omph-teil a.s s<ioii as possible.


. im nts whicli can bo made when cir- m-es will jFcrmit-. 1 should like te soo


nd freo I t has


oeiir.iid lo me iJmt. we might help our ratc-s In- ili.i iiitroilliclion of electricity, and thus imidmiiaJIv give work, ill the preparation el file plan’..' eU’ ., to some ot the unemployed. Til’ ll there is the housing question.


the parly had, conferred upon him in selectmg fiitii -witiy their . other candidates at the im­ pending election, and "he hopot^ that, oyeryono associated with the party would strive' to reTiiru all four of their nominees. Most mem- bers of the audience were aware that Im h ^ been connected with several committed in the town, and ho had always tried to give of lids best not only in the work but by regular attendance at the meetings, because ho bad a strong aversion to any person on a commiltw who vms not prepared to attend and do nis sliare of tlie work. One of the committees to which ho referred was tlto Castle Sebomo Committee, against which a lot of adverse criticism had been directed. He could assure the ratepciyers tluit bbo reason why the lay­ ing out of tho estate liad not been proceeded will) was no fault of the committco's. Only two meetings had been sumraoued since Eas­ ter. Proceeding, .Mr. Manley said: As you are well awiue, this countiy is passmg througli a very trying iijoriod. \Vhat wo want is men, atul women, too, who will not bo cimiiimnlly finding fault and puUing down, but wliose criticism shall lilave witibin it some omUavouf to try aud lift up old England to a liappier aud a more prosi>crous sUatc. (Hear, lieary. Tlie great amount of unemployment 'S very regrettable, aud I think the Council ought to get oil witJi the street and other im- proveineiits, and tints find work for some of iliite. who are feeling the pinch acutely. 11 mav be said that if the Council takes Uus coin se .the rates will go up. I t is likely tho rates will increese, but if work is not provided there are many \\'h.o wU luivo to apply for relief, and we nutv find tho Poor rate advanc­ ing like Nelson, ‘wliero an additional 2/3 in the £j Ims had lo be levied. Kven if the rates aro affected it is the best policy to provide work of a Ubcfiil sort and bav© somotlidng


tangblo to sco for tho money expended, and [ am sure most people m-e only too eager te turn t(i aiiv kind of work ratlier than receive roraclhing ‘for nothing, a-s at present. (Hear,


hoar). 1 sliare the hope of other candidates that in this election wo shall keep clear of all iiersonalitios. Every man has faults of some kind—if he Lisn’t lie’s a marvel—but it does no good to fling mud about. In the report of our opponents’ meeting, last week, it was slated by one ^pe;lkel• that wo are out


to sraasii the L'lbour j>arty. 1, for one, deny that suitejucnt. Libour is jlU right if repre- ^cnted by right men. 1 have friends—1 Uiink wo all liave friends—in tho Labour Party, and I hope tiiat difference of opinion will not idiei our friondshipaj *h«P# » no reason wliy it should ; ratlicr let it cement ns in one great jvwVtuei-slup to tiy and Itelp each other te improve and better conditions. iHaving said much, 1 feel like taking a leaf out of the


Town Council’s book «^iid retiring into com- iiiitt‘i(*. (Liugliter). • However, lot mo appeal to vfHi to work for, talk for, and vote for your four candidates, ami if you do, tho result in oui f.'vvoiir will be very obviou-s next 'Aiosday riiglil. (-Applause).


Living in Queer Times. Aldernuiu Wluiesido exprobsed Uio opinion


tihnt their four candidates were much the best of tlio eight who wero to appeal to tlie rate- pjivery—the Inist in every way. Ho could .speak peroouolly of tho worth of tho two luemlKTs of tho Council, both of tlicm experts on education and all matters relating to pub­ lic lioalth, ajid ho could not pofesibly ^ conedvo iii»w tho electors would ovi^rlook thedr cl.'ums at the election. With regard to -Mr. Wood, •Jial was liis second appeal, tuid Uiey wore going to let hbu know what it wus to win. (.\pplause). Tho interesting speech by .Mr. M;inl-y had Ivecn very mudi appreciated, and cominoudt'd him to tiio doctors. Councillor Ikothman had referred l<.. -Mr. .Manley’s nctiv- itip-s at thu mceUngs of tho club. “ Ho is one (*{ those who want to know, and,” said Ald-rman Whiteside, “if wo should liappcn to k>fe tin* vervicos of Councillor Hnrgr«ives we shall still liuvo somelxxiy who can ask quoi- lion.-.*’ (Laugiiter and applause). As Mr. Maidev had jx»iuted out, wo wero living in very queer time.s, UmCvS sUch as had not been kmnvn to gem-rations.


ltundr<Hk atul thou-


sjinds of men in business in all i>art6 of tho omi.try were staring iKUikruptey in the ftice,


,'Lnd it could otily be by very c<K»l-hoaded airaiigonjonts in regard to tho buoinoss lifo of the rountry iLit disaster «.imld he averted I t followed, tlierefore, tluit Ml nicn who wero apjiointed lo any position in local auUiorities tiu.uld be meti with cool brains and adaptel for irKv-<i jxisitions, and able to do Uic work \ itlenit, listening to all the agitator.s and th© trouble.some peojtle who infe.st Uio country 'I the pivsi*Sii time. Ho thouglrt thoix four eaiididate.s bad given excellent roiisons why Uie (’oMservativo jsirty should do their best


(or them at the coming election, ami it wa'i pi cverv member of that imoting and to


11)1 tlioir frioiuls ami the public of Clithoroo gi-ii-’i-ally to jiiit thrir bmks into tlie elMtiiu .iml SIX) that tlie Coiisvrvativc c:uidufiit«5 wore lHumphan*ly returned. {Applause}.


Out to Complete the Team. (\mm-ilU»r Ste:iulrin(;>ofonvd te CouiiciUor


Onno’s allusion lo Ibo party as a team, and Miiil rrivket ami footteiU twiims rompriseil oloven Dicmbere.


l^c CJoasorvativo party at fuul nine reprebontiit-ivos in Uu^ Ct»uh-


i;il ibaiuber and they wero desirous of making up bhe full team Jio-vt IMobday. (Hosir, heai*). Mention liad Ikvd inudo of tko widening of ChatbunwTvul and ot-hov improvement-. 'Hull matter c/iine within tlio jtun’iew of Uie High-


vvi-.ys deparUneiiL and he was ple;i:ied to Siiy that pracuciilly cvorylhuig Itnd no^s■ been fixed up and that Uto work would be oom- ijii’Mced a« soon a.s tho Woonc-hine scheme had been eomplctcd. ’Iho tvork of the Council Imd boon very luvtvy during iho last, i-wclvo monUt>.


'Jlie Jialf-yoiir ended on the 50t.h


Sq)t.emlKa*. alnd, iu Lonvor.wUon with tho Surveyor, (piito reccully, ho icsked how Uicy stoi.u financially. Tlio Survt^ur told him thev had alnicwit expended the whole of the iiM


thev wero (o carry on for tho next six month*; Cunm-.illor StamU'ing did not. know; they woultl havo t-T do Uio he^t they could.


M 'J’hero was not a grcni 1 am


lie'- hising sigh') of t’he fact Uiat the present r.iumil has given these mattcis some ixinsid- I’.ratioii. lull perhaps wil.h the infusion of new l.Imi.i lo the nmiiieipal body a greater actmly mav result.. (Hear. hear). D’t us all work with tiiis end in view, and I frel sure we have


shall no leiiinn. cans.’ t'i<* im*M M who veil


lering” rem.arks, .^Ir. Wood sold he ava.s afra.’d Hint the rerisioii ot post.al and other chai’-es would still have eam-d hnsinoss men and ^tlie piihlie geiiei-ally to "stjimp, evmi if be htiul U‘*en perm.ltto<l to rontinue as T o^^t*


niaiikiiig Coiim---- ma.ster. M-fniphter)). Not Out to Smash Labour.


.Mr M.vnloy also rreeived werm oncoti^a- iT.c’iit’ from tho mccUng. Excusing himsdf x'


'nrentieu hand .at apecch-making, ho said n.i honour which


to rcgi’ct iiim v>'u the i-w. result ol


Vote early and vote straight ou ii.ihink' will work for tJio beet


for .a.~.


interest, of t'liii grand old borough, (Applause . 'niankiii" Couneillor Ilnolhmaii tor his flat-


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C'batbtirn r<»ad sch<*nio would conie under the ne-w unemployment <seheme of tbe Government ..M ht-n'owed Tnonoy.


lot of now work now in connection with the town M


j far as the highways were concerned.


After Ghatlmrn-rc^'id there would bo the wid- etufui of King teui**. and ut some not^ very flistant Umo ho would like te .sce^ a similar improvement carried out- between King street am? t.ho avenue Iwiding te .School terrace. founcillor Standring added KLs pica on be-


h'nlf of Uie- cendidatos, lind spoko in comniwi- (latory forms of them, and wjx*cially of Uie serNicos rendered hy Coimcillorf> f?rmo ar.d Boolhimin. 'I'im nuvting wa.s also iwldresAUjl by Mr. J.


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