MR. MACK'S CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 3, 28 September 1918, Page 8

MR. MACK'S CAMPAIGN

Mr. M. J. Mack addressed a meeting of the electors of Wellington Central in tho Willis Street Schoolroom . last night. The room was much too small to contain tho people who wished to hear tho candidate, but the meeting was quito orderly, .and a. lot of questions, some of them hostile in character, wero asked. Every question of whatever character was answered by tho candidate. Mr. J. R. Burley presided. The most "intenso" of the questions addressed to the candidate wero those in which it was alleged that tho candidate had official relationship with the "P.P.A." Mr. Mack replied that he was not a member of the P.P.A., nor was any member-of his family. Ho criticised also the hole-and-corner method selection of the Labour candidate which had to be observed, under the,rules of tho Labour Representation : Committee. '

. Tho. meeting was wholly friendly in character. i

ELECTION DAY-HOTELS AND SHOPS

Section 123 of tho Legislature Act, 1908,_ provides that on the day of the election of a member for Wellington Central it is nccessarv»for every hotel and for every shop within the electoral district that is required by, the Shops and Offices Act to close *or a weekly half-holiday to observe a Ijalf-holiday from midday on the Thursday in place of closing aB usual on the Saturday afternoon. It is not necessary for factories to close, but reasonable opportunity shall be afforded workers 'for recording their votes, no deduction to be made from their wages provided the time taken does not exceed one hour. The observance of these provisions will result in the closing of shops and hotels west of Clyde Quay and Cambridge Terrace and thoso_ in Tory Street, Taranaki Street, Vivian Streat, Courtenay Place, and Cuba Street, rnd Willis Street, except those portions north of Dixon Street and 'west oF Lower Cuba Street.