MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2425, 1 April 1915, Page 6

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

♦ r— LABOUR CANDIDATES SPEAK. Several Labour representatives who will be candidates for seats on Wellington bodies at the coming municipal elections addressed electors in St. Peter's Hall last evening. Mr. J. M'Kenzie presided. . Mr. A. H. HindmarsTi, who will seek re-election to the Harbour Board, mentioned what hs considered to be the reasons why Labour should have representatives on the local bodies. Certainly, he said, Labour should be represented on a body which made big laud purchases and spent other large sums of money. Municipal government was eminently a practical matter, so he trusted that the Labour candidates <rould be practical. Mr. H. Holland said' that Labour was running six candidates for the City Council, eight for the Hospital Board, and three for the Harbour Board. There would be about 35,000 electors on the roTl, and ns 80 per cent, of these were Labour electors it would be tho fault of the Labour people if the labour candidates were not elected. Labour had tho power to return the wholo of the Labour tickets, and the oiily question was whether Labour would exerciso the power. Labour would like to see municipal bakeries, and to have tho system extended to other enterprises.. Respecting voting for the Harbour Board, Labour wanted to see the voting power of money wiped out, and the voting power of the people made the only authority for representation. For the first time in the history of Wellington, Labour would go to the poll undivided, and if tho supporters of the party .stood solid a great victory should be recorded on the last Wednesay in April. If tho Labour ticket won in the confest for the City Council, the story of that body would" thenceforth bo wfTtten in (Efferent terms. Labour's candidate for tho City Mayoralty (Mr. Chapman) said that the party was out to win every seat that could be won. A change was needed in the Mayoral representation. Mr. Luke was a good fellow, but lie had not the interests of Labour at heart, A change from Mr. T,uke to Mr. Fletchor would simply mean turning tho penny over wilhoufc iiTteriiig the coin. Mr. Fletcher was not hound to Labour in any way, and, moreover, he had bis position of member of Parliament to look after. One job, one man, should apply in Mr. Fletcher's case. Mrs. J. Doimlclmii, Labour candidate . iof lie HosDital Board, also spoke.