THE GOVERNMENT AND LABOUR

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 4

THE GOVERNMENT AND LABOUR

THE FARNELL SEAT. Tho writer of Labour notes in th« Auckland "Herald" comments on tho Parneil contest' as follows:—"Tlio Government, lor it is tho Government that ia at the bottom of it, has set up Sir John lfindiay to contest' the scat for I'a.rnell, and that, too, with a Labour candidate already in tho lield. So much for ils practical sympathy with Labour. As a matter of course., Sir John Findlay will be nominated by Hie City and l'uusouby Liberal and Labour Federations for not onco have these bodies nominated or supported a Labour candidate. Novorlholoss, let us hope that Sir John Findlay will find himself 'No. 3' on the day of election, and J. Mack, with a substantial majority. Tho Liberal opposition to tho Labour'man deserves to bo well marked, even to tho extent, where thcro is not a Labour candidate in tho field, of voting Conservative in every constituency." The Auckland St-ago Employees' Union has passed the following resolution:— "Tho members of this union are disgusted with tho Government in sotting up Sir John Findlay to contest the l'arnell scat with Mr. J. Mack; and unless Sir John. Findlay is withdrawn this union will use its influence in advocating tho return of Opposition candidates wherever there nro 117 Labour or Socialist candidates in the field."