Feb. 4, Noricy has duly been published by the Consular Body that the election of members of the Municipal Council for the ensuing year will take place on the 16th and 17th instant. It remains, therefore, to remind the public that nominations of candidates must reach the Council offices not, ater than 4 p.m. on Monday next, the 9th. At the moment of writing the appetite for public service is not conspicuously keen. Five gentlemen, possibly six, are known to be offering for election. Among the old members Mr. W. P. Lambe, Mr. D. Goh, who was coapted on to the Council to fill the late Mr. Ibukivama's seat, and, it is practically certain we believe, Mr. A. Howard are willing to stand again. Both Mr.
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