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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 138, 28 February 1918, Page 7

I ■ : " . I It is an old trick to wrap faulty goods in gaudy packages. The goods the electors want are not contained in the , package 'labelled "Luke. ,, • IET THE APPEAL BE .TO THE REASON-NOT TO THE EYE. MR. LUKE'S VARIEGATED ADVERTISEMENTS ARE TYPICAL: OF-HIS POLITICAL COAT OF MANY COLOURS. ' " MR; LUKE'S FRIENDS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO WRAP HIM "IN THE UNION JACK. '"'■■■■"- . BUT THE SWIFT GALE OF PUBLIC OPINION HAS TORN ■■■•'■■ (THE PEOPLE'S SYMBOL OF LIBERTY FROM THEIR -. ■.; • : - ;••■■• GRASP;.AND ;. MR LUKE STANDS EXPOSED-WITHOUT IDEAS, WITH- • ■ ; . . OUT JUDGMENT, WITHOUT PERSONALITY, WITH ■ • . : NO POLITICAL MERIT PAST OR PRESENT. " :: ' ; WITH NO CLAIM FOR SUPPORT OTHER THAN THAT HE \ .IS PREPARED TO BLINDLY FOLLOW ME. MASSEY WHENEVER THE DIVISION. BELL RINGS. . Men and Women >'■■■■ : ARE YOU ELECTING YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OR IS MB. MASSEY ELECTING HIM?. Were you at the Town Hall Meeting? : • •■■'■' WHAT CHANCE HAS MR.'LUKE AFTER THATP IF. MR. LUKE'S IMMEDIATE SUPPORTERS EVER REALLY ■ BELIEVED THAT MR. MASSEY'S NOMINEE HAD 'ANY CHANCE, TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEMONSTRATION MUST CONVINCE EVEN THEM, AND MOST CER- : TAINLY ALL INTELLIGENT ELECTORS, THAT WEL- : . LINGTON NORTH DOES NOT WANT MR. LUKE . e •1 ® T3 ® 18 •' • e ..,., ~ EVERY. VOTE .CAST FOR. HIM EMPHASISES THE DETER- • '■■ • ' -■■■■ : MINATION OF THE PEOPLE, WHILE MAINTAINING ' THE PRESTIGE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, - TO INSIST ON THEIR FREE REPRESENTATION IN ' ' PARLIAMENT. HIS RETURN WILL BE THE SAFEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF INDICATING TO THE MEMBERS .OF THE NATIONAL CABINET THAT THEIR ADMIN- . , ISTRATION IS ON TRIAL.. ■ Electors of Wellington North! DON'T BE LED ASTRAY BY THE CAMPAIGN OF PETTY - LIES INDULGED IN BY LUKE PARTISANS, Another Lie Refuted. JDHESE PARTISANS AND OTHERS HAVE ENDEAVOURED ..' . . ■- .TO BOLSTER UP MR. LUKE BY DISCREDITING MR. .' ' BRANDON. THEY HAVE STATED IN EFFECT THAT v • • HE REFUSED THE OFFICIAL NOMINATION FOR THE ■ . ■ ' SEAT. MR. BRANDON HAS EMPHATICALLY DENIED THIS, YET THESE PARTISANS AND THEIR FRIENDS, ABANDONING BRITISH FAIR PLAY, ' REPEAT IT, ■ . . HERE IS MR. BRANDON'S FINAL STATEMENT, ENDORSED BY THE HON. J. C. W. AITKEN, M.L.C.:"I repeat itat nothing was said at the meeting that could possibly be construed into a request or a suggestion that I should stand. I was present at the meeting, Mr. Von Haast ,was not. I have the authority of the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, who was also present at the ' meeting, to say that he fully confirms my statement."- . polities of these ncleai tactics. Tk Mai Who "Bap The dam®."