THE ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 38, 8 November 1919, Page 7

THE ELECTIONS

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CAMPAIGN DEVELOPING

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES WELLINGTON SUBURBS. .Mr. A. W. Croskery, tho Labour candidate for AYelliuglou Suburbs, delivered an address at Melrose I'ost Olfico last night. Dealing with llio housing problem, Mr. Croskery said the Labour Party would deal with this question bv eliminating tho private exploiter from the business by State sawmills to cheapen Urn tost of timber, liy State cement works, Slate brickworks, and State joinery works. Ho spoke ot the evils of land aggregation, the abolition of which was ono of the main planks in tho -Itflipup Party's platform. Regarding education, ho said the Labour Party stood for ireo..secular, and compulsory education from the kindergarten lo tho university. The. candidate said .tho Lnljonr Parly proposed to deal witk profiteering by establishing Stale coal mines, State ships, and Stato deliveries. Mr. Croskery traversed a number of other plunks in. the Labour Parly platform, including the questions of pensions and the cost of living.

; T.HB OTAKI SEAT.

Mr. W: 11. Pield, M.P., is busy meeting his. supporters at the chief centres of the Otaki electorate and setting up committees preparatory to delivering public addresses in all centres, un Thursday evening he addressed a meeting of supporters at Otaki, after which a strong committee was set up lo work in iliis interests, with Mr. W. Tompsitt as chairman and Mr. Herbert Freeman as seerelaiy. Mr. field will commence his public addresses, particulars of which will be advertised, early next week.

THE IIUTT SKAT

At a meeting' held at Lower llutt, la«t. night, a committee was formed to support Mr. Waller Cotton (Moderate LaPour candidate) at the forthcoming election. Mr. Cotton did not address, tho meeting, but will speak to the electors at L'puui Hamlet on Tuesday next. On Wednesday, ho will meet his. supporter* in Pctone at the Lodge Itooms (next Simpson's), Jackson Street, for the purpose of forming another committee to work for him there,

THE WAIUAKAPA CONTEST. By Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Masterton,. November T. Mr. A. D. M'Leod, (ho L'cform candidate for the Wairarapa, had successful meetings at lihc Lower Tauru on Wednesday night, and at Langdale on Thursday. Air. 11. .Morrison presided at liofch meetings, and the candidate was. accorded hearty voles. of thanks.

LABOUR FIGHT I'Oll WAIvAYJPU. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, November 7. Air.' A. Asliworth, Labour candidate for the Wnkaliipii noat, spoko al. Alexandra last night. He contended I hat both .Mr. Alasscy and Sir Joseph Ward bad drifted - a.wn.v from Hie principles adopted by the ' late Air. John Bnllauco anil the Into Air. Seddon: Mo spoke slirongly against land aggregation, and advocated Stale ownership of the lending industries and also a Slide bank'. Jlo .supported taxation on unimproved ■ values, and advovafod the .repeal of the Military Service Act, favouring a voluntary army. The candidate was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence.'

MAYOR OP TKMUKA TO STAND,

Timaru, November 7.

Air. Thomas tiiinniou, Alayor of Temukn. will stand for the Temuka seat as an independent, with, leanings towards Labour..

W POST OFFICE SQUARE,

ADDRESS BY UK. HOLLAND,

Air. 11. Holland. AI.P., addressed a crowd in tho Post; Office Square shortly after noon yesterday. Tho gathering was presided over by Air. .T. Read, the Labour candidate for the Wellington North seat. Air. Holland devoted himself to condemnation of tho Liberal and Reform parties, and to vindication of the record of the official Labour Party in Parliament during the past session. Ho said that the issues to be settled by tho country to-day were the greatest, that had ever been at. stake in New Zealand. Tho fight, was "between Labour and its enemies, whether they called themselves Liberal or Reform." Ho was anxious that just as the other parties should bo judged upon their record, .so the Labour Party should bo judged. The five Labour members representing Labour organisations had fully justified their presence in the Representative Chamber. Ho would dhow vbto by vote and debate by debate that: tho Labour Party in Parliament had been "true to every principle of human liberty and against every law and every Act that made lor oppression and injustice." t\li-. Holland endeavoured to fulfil his promise by explaining in some detail the attitude of himself and his colleagues towards such things as tho Peace Treaty, the Address-in-Reply debate, loans for discharged soldiers' settlement, gratuities, the Samoan mandate, etc. He ' especially condemned the introduction of indentured labour into Samoa under British rule. It • meant slavery, ho .submitted, and was contrary to the principles for which our men had fought.

THE CAMPAIGN IN PATEA

SITTING MEMBER'S OPENING, By Telegraph—Press Association.

Hawora, November 7.

Mr. G. V. Pearcc, tlio sitting member for Pa tea, opened Ms campaign last night, when In; spoke at Hawcra. Ho defended liis attitude on (ho prohibition question, and referred to Ihe good points' in tlio recent Government legislation, especially tlio Housing Bill and the AntiProfiteering Bill He criticised Sir Joseph Wards taxation methods, pointing out vh.it he considered anomalies, also the butter equalisation tax, which should have come from the Consolidated Fund The candidate, refuted statements made by Mr. .Morrison at Jlaxwolltown concerning Mr. Alnssey and \Biblo in schools, and denounced tlio land gambling, which he thought might lead to a washing-up some day. IHO was against nationalisation of the mines, hut agreed that the State mine was a good tiling. II r. Pearee concluded by warning the electors against the dangers of extremism in the Dominion. A hearty vote, of thanks was accorded Jlr. Prarce at the conclusion of his speech.