ON THE HUSTINGS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 42, 25 October 1946, Page 5

ON THE HUSTINGS

MOVEMENTS OF CANDIDATES

IN AND OUT OF DISTRICT

Mr W. Sullivan has opened his campaign in the northern part of his electorate. He has experienced successful meetings at, Waiotapu, and at Rotorua. At both places he met with litle or no interjection and his audiences displayed an interest and an obvious National leaning. One of his most pointed remarks on the occasion of his election address in Whakatane was Mr R. Boord’s reference to the Whakatane Paper Mills. “Here you have,” he said, ‘one of the finest examples of the benefits of import control you could want. Were -it not for the control the industry which means so much to your town would not be able to compete with the imported article and many workers would be thrown but of work. By protecting the industry the Government has enabled it to operate profitably and to build up a growing industry for the benefit of the country.”

Keen interest in Mr Sullivan’s address was evinced by a substantial audience of electors at Ngakura last Wednesday evening. Mr Sullivan discussed many subjects of political interest and at the conclusion was accorded a motion of thanks _ and confidence by unanimous vote.

Mr R. Boord has been vigorously working the East Coast. His progress amongst the electorates more scattered settlements has been successful and he his holding his own, according to reports.

For an outside candidate Mr Sullivan ,is meeting with remarkable success in the Rotorua district. This can be explained by the candidate’s growing reputation amongst the members of his own party, and further by the favourable reports coming from all parts of the Eastern Bay of Plenty regarding his fairmindedness and determination to be of service to all irrespective of their political leanings. .

An insight into Mr Boord’s intensive campaign is gleaned from the following engagements: Today (Friday) Maraenui (noon), tonight Raukokore; Saturday, Te Kaha 2 p.m., Top Toa 8 p.m.; Monday, Nukuhou 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Opotiki 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Otar a 8 p.m.; Thursday, Waiotahi 8 p.m. Mr Sullivan has accepted an invitation to speak in the South Island and may be heard on the air from Timaru on November 11. He will be away approximately a week. His immediate itinerary is as under: Today, Mourea at 2.30 p.m., Otakiri this evening; Saturday, Thornton 8 p.m.; Monday, Waiohou, Kopuriki, and Galatea (afternoon), Murupara 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Prentice’s Mill and Minganui (calls), Te Whaiti 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Ngongotaha Mills 2.30 p.m., Mamaku 8 p.m.; Thursday, Paper Mills (noon), King Street Hall, Whakatane, 8 p.m.