WARDISM'S SPURIOUS CLAIMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2299, 5 November 1914, Page 6

WARDISM'S SPURIOUS CLAIMS

I - • ' . . . MB. R. A. WRIGHT AT-MIRAMAR • , Criticising the programme of the Lib* eral Party as laid down by Sir Joseph Ward on Monday evening, Mr. R. A. Wright, the Reform candidate for the' Suburbs, epeaking last evening at Mira-' mar, taunted the Leader of the Opposition on priding himself upon being an,' adept at electioneering— a doubtfulqualification to say tiie least 1 No doubtby dangling before the eyes of the eke-" tors a- highly visionary bill-of-fare ha hoped to gain a certain amount of sup- ; port. But it must be recollected that' during the time he was in office he never boldly attacked existing monopolies, whether they were monopolies ia land, in food, or in,anything else that" concerned the, internal development of tho country and the'welfare and prosperity of the people. The Massey Gov-' ernment had vigorously addressed itself to the opening up of the back-blocks,' and in this connection Mr. Wright paid a tribute to the progressive policy'of the Hon. Mr. Eraser,- who had travelled , the length and; breadth, of the country with a view to erection' of • bridges,' the construction of roads, and the general development ( of the countryside. At' the sametime a prudent economy had' characterised Ins policy, By developing the agricultural resources of the coun- ,) by placing nioro people on the land, the towns and cities directlv benefited. That was the policy of the Government.For years Sir Joseph Ward had indulged in wild and grotesque promioes, and had accomplished practically nothing. The history of his laud legislation was,to say the least, deplorable; it was. con- ' demned_ by Labour, and-had prbvokeoV the derision of many of his own supporters., ■"■'. : '..■'■' , ,