WELLINGTON CENTRAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1301, 2 December 1911, Page 8

WELLINGTON CENTRAL.

• Mr. ! W.T.. Young, Labour candidate for tho Central • scat, addressed two well-at-.tended meeting's in tho pppn air. Mast imght.':-""At""eacK meeting the' candidate was well received, and' was - accorded' a unanimous vote"-of : .thanks-and' confidence. .In. referring to tho'matter ' of. ocean' mail services; "the .candidate'deprecated the : 'action of "the 'Government ■• in entering into contracts' for the; Vancouver and San Francisco services without calling for tenders) and contended that where public monies were involved it was' the duty of those 'administering the affairs of the country to call for tenders in.the ordinary' way. .'Referring;.to., the. 'administration of justice, the, candidate eaid that he/'was in favour of public' defended. '■■ ' . '• . '■'• '. '. ' ' ■' ■ ;; . •'• A large . and interested" audience assembled last evoninc to hear Mr. Fisher at Alexandra Hall. The, candidate dealt at length with the progratamo of Keform which if was tho aim of: the Opposition to carry out," arid said their desire was to feryo as a national party, 'to restore confidence, and 'give a fair, square .deal (o nil-comers'. The present' ■'Ministry had run its race, and if tlioi pc'oplo were wise they would '-change the Administration next week. At the con-, elusion of the' meeting Mr. Fisher answered a number of questions and was Kooorded a iinimimouo vota of thania and ooafldAßM txd ttacttki tiuw ' ksttrty |

WELLINGTON SUBURBS. Mr. J. P. Luke, the Government candidate tor Wellington Suburbs, addicsswl a large meeting of tho electors at the Church Hall, Maranui, last night, Mr. W. H. Morrah being elected to'tho chair. Mr. Luke, among other questions, dealt with the ■ operation's of tho Advartccs to Workers' Act. Referring to the question of the I,.LP. tenure, he said that tenants to the ntimlier of 3600 occupied areas totalling '663,000 acres, with an nn r nual rental chnrgcof X 191,000. A. la'gc number -of these leaser had changed hands, and the added vaiuo had gono into tho pockols of tho original selector. A hearty voto of thanks and confidence was carried, on the motion of M.r. .I. P. Koran, secondod by Mr. S. Bruce.

Mr. F. T. Moore, labour candidate for tho miburbs seat, addressed a meeting at Seatoun Inst night:- - Mr. Camptell occupied the chilir. Tho candidate said that when Labour's programme of nationalisation of monopolies and other things was oonipletc, no taxation ever would bo levied upon anybody. Tho rents from-Crown lands and the profits to bo derived from - Stato-owned mdustrios and-from mercantile and .financial Departments would cam all tire revenue the country required. ' The spirit of nationalism that Labour sought.; to inculcate was lofty and noblo and - would make nations r«illy great. A vote of thanks and. confidence 1 was carried unanimously on tho motion of Mr. M'Kenzie seconded by Mr. Davidson.^

Mr. 7. E. Fitzgerald addressed ■ wellattended meetings at Maraini and Mirama'r last evening.- He dealt'with the necessity for ■ good ■ laws, and the. proper protection of children and .aged, people. Ho stood for strengthening : educational institutions in order to allow every chance to future citizens of the' Dominion.' The arid confidence at both places.' '. ' candidate received hearty votes ' of thanks