GREY ELECTION BATTLE.
A FIGHTING SPEECH. MR. MICHEL AT RUNANGA. (Dj Toleirrapliv—Bpctlal Correspondent.) ,
ureymoutn, juno 30. Mr. H. L. Michel addressed a' fine meeting of 700 people at liunanga, a' groat federation stronghold, which nt last election roughly handled Sir Arthur Guinness, and refused to hear him. Ml'. Michel was well received, and gave .a, Hnlnmlwl annonli rnvnriim Hl,„
Government policy oil land, finance, labour, and other leading planks. Hu expressed himself strongly in favour of tho Arbitration Act, explained the Hon. Jus. Allen's volunteer expeditionary force, and said he was in favour of sinul| contracts instead of co-operative labour, and, ■ tho upholdiujj of the Defence Act, though • realising tho necessity of amendments,
and care lest it Iwcoiuo 100 expensive. A voto of no-confidence in the speaker met with 110 socoiulcr, and a. vote of thanks was carried unanimously. ' The papers here are both-bitterly'Op-position, refusing correspondence in f iiv- • our of the Government, while giving'free, scope to the Opposition, but Mr. Michel is'putting up a great iight. Mr. Michel speaks at Groyuioufh on Tuesday. l
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1790, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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175GREY ELECTION BATTLE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1790, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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