WELLINGTON NORTH.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2328, 9 December 1914, Page 4

WELLINGTON NORTH.

MR. TURNBULL AT SYDNEY' STREET. Fully 300 people were present at the. Sydney Street Hall last night to hear the final address by the Liberal-candi-date for Wellington North (Mr. W- H. Turnbull).. The chair was pcqupiqdi by Mr. 0. H. Izard. Mr. Turnhull spoke upon the lines of his previous, addresses. He assured the audience that he, had come hack to. speak "at Sydney Street, with a great deal more confidence than on the "first occasion that'ha met them. He could take all they could give him now. Mr. Turnbull urged the electors to remember that no'was'nqt standing from any per-sonal'ambitjpn.-He was pfrering his ser? vices simply because he felt it "his duty to 'serve, the party to whioh he belonged. The Liberal Party, ho declared, had" not been beaten for 27 years, and he was sure it would,not be'beaten now. He characterised.as had taste Mr. Herdman's statement that Sir Joseph Ward was a failure as a politician, It was, he said, surely Ijelgw the dignity* of a Minister to make soich a statement. ' He pointed out that Sir Joseph Ward had been in Parliament since 188/, and had never been beaten, since that day, Ho bad also occupied the highest positions of responsibility and had been honoured by tho Empire'. He was diffident iii mentioning tho Huntly djsastpr, but he felt that it was, plain the. Government would have tp shoulder part' of the blame. He justified Sir Joseph Ward's proposals for a paby bonus, bt)t tliought t)ip'mother" shpuld receive the £5 at the birth of the. child. There was no ejopso for the' Government not dealing with "the cqst of living, but th'e matter would bo dealt "with ,f when the Liberals were returned to power." He regretted the elections had'been, brought on, and •■ioneht there should be a limited

amount of legislation while the war lasted, and the licensing law should ha left unaltered to avoid dislocation of the revenue. The candidate lesumed his seat amidst hearty applause, Mr. Izett then moved a liearty vote of thanks to and confidence in Mr. TtiritbulJ as the Liberal representative of the electorate. This resolution was oarried Tyith' cheers and cpunter-oheers. Cheers were then given for Sir Joseph Ward' and the Liberals, and also for Mr. Izard, who at the conclusion, made au appeal to the Liberals. The meeting. was quite friendly throughout. ' " ■ THE SUBURBS SEAT. MR,. R. A. WRIGHT AT PSBfRUA, ■^ r \ ?*' last niglit delivered an address in Porirua Hdl. Mr. 1 Windley was elected chairman. 'Tho candidate reform! te : t]ie unjust action of the Press Association in pending out an inaccurate report of the Hon A. L, Herman's mating. Th e id* graphed report made it appear that a vote oi no-confidence was carried. This was coiitj-ary to' fact- A vote of ccnhdence was undoubtedly oarried He also referred to the unjust manner of attack made upon the Government in reference to tho dispatch of troops* to bamoa. and quoted the Hon. F M B Fisher's reply thereto. Mr. Wright urgeil supporters of the Reform Party ™ he very diligent on the day of the poll, rjie battle would prove very strenuous, and no opportunity should be massed. He dwelt at length on the extreme danger to the country if a small band of extremists held the balance. of power. That tlie k Opposition party had some understanding with the Labour party could not be denied. Their action in allotting the Liberal vote' of the troops to Mr. Moore in the Suburbs was evidence of an understanding-' between the two parties. A vote of thanks and confiaepce was carried unanimpusly. ' " , MR. FITZGERALD'S CAMPAIGN. Mr, J. M, Fitzgerald delivered I addresses $t Rowlands and Johngonville last evening. The cwidiidafce' dealt at with the Expeditionary Force's votes, ai}d caljed uppn all Liberals to support the candidature pf one , who was sinoere and consistent iu his ad,«*W of true Liheral'ipm, "wl(0 stood for progress and freedom of ppportunity. Mr. Fit?geruld emphasised that he would support our present splendid! educational system.. The candidate criticised the Labour Party for stating that he had opposed the of the If ire Brigades' Union, and quoted from the minutes of the City Council to prove tbat lie had never opposed tho format tion of that unjon. The candidate'was accorded a vote of thanks ahd confidence on 1 the motion of Jlr. llice. seconded by Mr. Gardner. An amendment of thanks and no-oonfidence was moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Morgan. On the amendment being put it 'was defeated, and the motion carried by an overwhelming majority, amid cheers for the candidate. j ,MR. F. T. MOORE'S CAMPAIGN 'Mr. F. T, Mopre addressed a wellattended meeting of • elector's in tie Mir«mar Town Hall' and Lyall Bay Oliurph Hall last night." He said that his object in visiting these p,entres on the eve of the election was to ensure that lip vote splitting would result because Mr.. Fitzgerald remained in the contest. He claimed that'l the issue lay between Mr." Wright "and himself. He receiyod votes of confidence, ■ and' was given three hearty cheers at bpth centres.

THE HUTT SEAT, MR. 'A'. M, SAMUEL AT PETONE. The seating capacity of the Empire Hall at I'etono was taxed tp'itp utmost last evening, when Mr. A, JU[. Samuel deljvef-ed his finaj political address in that borough. Tlie' Mayor (Mr. J. W. MjEJwan) presided." Mr. Samuel was ceived with loud cheers, and a large bouquet was presented to him by little Mis§" Grace A card attached bore the words, "From the ladies of Petone," The candidate thanked the audience for its enthusiastio and mentioned fit the outset ' that throughout the electorate ho had received good hearings. He stated that the audience knew by this, time what his politics were, and what side he was on, but he had fpuncl' it necessary to •again eome before a Petone audience to reply to certain statements that had been recently made. Mr. Samuql then mentioned the alleged somersault regarding- tlip Bible-in-echools referendum, and claimed he had not deviated from, nor would he deviate from, the stand he had taken up, namely, although opposed to the movement, yet on democratic lines he would vote for the referendum. (Applause.) When the candidate was referring to whafc th« Government had done for tha teorker, a rowdy element in the rear of the hall endeavoured to- make a disturbance, which was promptly silenced. Mr. Samuel dealt with the inorensed wages and benefit in "the railway servico, in the first and second divisions, and stated that the cry of the 'Opposition was that nothing was being done, but he would say: "Why wasn't something 'done during the years of the Continuous; Ministry P"_ (Prolonged cheers!) Matters pertaining to the Hutt Road and women workers were touched 'upon, nnd regarding the latter the candidate stated that if eleoted the women workers would be his care, not on thg eve of an election,, but nil sloijg the line. Mr. Samuel favoured the cost of the Hutt Road as a main arterial road being placed upon the Consolidated Fund, and was of the 1 opinion that the Government should' be made pay rates on its property. When speaking of the retrenchment Gf 1910, wheu 1041 men were discharge from the Government on. account of the muddled state of the country's finances,' lie ' stated he was confident the present Government would not retrench unless upon the verge of bankruptcy, a condition which they, as sound business men, could not come to. (Applause.) Numerous questions were replied to, and a hearty vote of thanks was carried on the motiqn of Mr- tynne, seconded by Mr. Beale. Cheers' for Mr. Massey and counter-cheers for Sir J, G, Ward terminated the meeting.

TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS. Hon, A. L.' Hprdman, Sydney Street, School, at 8. > ftlr. J. ?• Luke, at St- Thojnas'a (Schoolroom, at 8. ' Mr. R. B. Williams, at Newtown State School, at 8. Dr. Newman,, at St. Mark's; Schoolroom, at 8 ' Hon. P. M. B. Fisher, To mi Hall, at 3- . ' . . Holland, open air, LewisyilleiTerraco at 8, and Sydney Street at 8.30. Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald, at Wadestown pt 7.80, and Karori at 8.30.