The candidates for the Municipal Council, the elections for which take place on March 16 and 17, are Messrs. S. Fessenden. H. H. Girardet, A, J. Hughes, W. P. Lambe, H.W. Lester, A.B. Lowson, V. G. Lyman, 'S. Sakuragi, H. G. Simms, and G. N. Wilson. As already announced in our columns, Mr. Brooke-Smith and Mr. E. F. Mackay retire—it must be very many years since Messrs. Jardine, Matheson were not represented on the Council—and in their places appear the names of Mr. H. W. Lester, manager of Dodwell & Ca., and Mr. G. N. Wilson, of the Asiatic Petroleum Ca. The remainder of the old Council offer themselves for reelection and a tenth candidate also appears in the person of Mr. A. J. Hughes, who is well known in connexion with the Ratepayers Association. So there will be the fun this year of a contested election, with a good deal of speculation as to the result.
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