LABOUR MEETING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 45, 17 November 1919, Page 6

LABOUR MEETING

A Labour "rally" was helo! in the Artcraft Theatre last night. Mr. G. Ward presided, and the' speakers were the Labour candidates for Wellington and suburban seats. There was a fairly large audience. Mr. P. Fraser devoted some of his attention to, the Wellington -newspapers. He mentioned the editors of the Wellington newspapers by name, and said that editorial opinions wero written to order "either by the editor or by some poor hack employed by him, who earns his living in the same way." Tho Labour objective, ho added, was the ownershin nnd control of New Zealand by the people. "We cannot get it immediately." he said. "Wo cannot get it through violence or through disorder. Wo can get it bv methods of common sense. It is to that end that we aro putting our arguments before the people." Mr. It. Semplo, M.P., askco.' where wa.s Hie "ntiw world" that had been promised the workers as the outcome of the war? Tho workers got no' new world. They were being offered tho old shackles instead. Sixteen thousand New Zealand bovs had died, believing they were dying to beat Prussianism and make the world free, but now the New Zealand Government proposed to put "slavo labour" into Samoa. The Government was going to do the s same thing in Samoa that the Germans had done in Belgium; it was going to put in Kanakas and Chinamen to pollute ami destroy. Mr. Semplo proceeded to protest against the suggestion made by a member of tho Farmers' Union that Chinese should be used in nnmestie 'service in the Dominion. The girls in domestic employment, he said, were entiiledi'ti>,;daim the highest wages thev could secure. They had a right to bo as .well-dressed as "tho parasitical women wiio-eveii employ working girls to dress them." He added that ho repudiated nothing he had saio.' or done in the past. Ho referred also to "the Judas coin, the viper's tongue, tho liar's pen" used by the opponents of the • Labour Party. ..„,„, , T i Messrs. J. Rend. A. W. Croskory, A. L. Montoith. and D. K. Pntchard also SDOko,

The meeting closed with cheers for tho Labour Party. s IN OTHER CENTRES TIMARU SEAT. By Telegraph—l'rraa Atnoemilou Timaru, November 15. Mr. Thomas Gunnion. candidate for tho Tcmuka seat, addressed electors last night. He announced himself as an Independent, with leanings towards Labour and Liberalism. On a no-confidence motion ho would vote for Sir Joseph Ward in preference to Mr. Massoy. His chief aim would be to ensure full justice being done to returned soldiers. MR, POWDRELL AT HAAVERA. By Telegraph-Press Association. . Havvera, November 15. Mr. W. D. Powdrell who is standing in the Reform inlorests, in his first address here, said he came out hecauso tlfb majority of the Reformers in Hawera and other parts of South Taranaki preferred him lo tho sittiii" member (Air. G. V. Poarce). Mr. Powdrell said ho supported Mr. Massoy, and during his speech criticised several jioints of the Liberal policy. He stated he was against nationalisation of mines and a Stnte bank, hut favoured a vigorous immigration schemo, free denial treatment for children, hydro-electric development and prohibition by a bare majority. He denounced the "go-slow" methods, and thought systems of profit-sharing the cure. .He considered much greater uso should bo made of machinery than was dono at tho present time. "Tho candidate had a good hearing and a voto of thanks was carried without dissent. . A CLUTHA INDEPENDENT. By Telegraph-Press Association. Dunedin, November ")G. Mr. R. A. Rodger, Independent candidate for tho Clutha seat, snoke at Balclutha on Friday night. He contended that there should be onlv two parties in Parliament. He supported tho nationalisation of public health restrictions on the export of timber, a vigorous immigration policy, a progressive public works policy, legislation for attacking tho cost of Hying problem in earnest and making profiteering impossible. He hoped a sano progressive Government would rise from the ranks of the new Parliament, selected from either the Liberal or Reform side, and supplemented by members returned under any ticket other than extremo Labour. CANDIDATES MEETINGS. .Mr. E, P. Rishworth will deliver an address to tho electors of Taita at Welch's Hall, at 8 o'clock to-night. Mr. R, A. Wright will deliver his open, ing address in tho Suburbs campaign at Karori Methodist Schoolroom to-night. Mr. W. H. Field, Reform, will give'an address to tho electors of Otnki ekjetorate at Ohau to-night, and at Koputaroa to-morrow. Messrs. R. Semple and A. L. Monteith, Labour canoidates for AVellington South and East respectively, will address tho electors in the Victoria Hall, Newtown, to-nisht. Dr. A. K. Newman will address a meeting at tho Oriental Bay Kiosk to-morrow evening. Tho official Liberal candidate for tho Suburbs scat, Mr. Dunbar Sloane, will address tho electors ,in tho Ngaio Hall on 'Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Read, tho Labour candidate for tho Wellington North seat, will ndoress a meeting in tho Sydney Street Hall on Tuesdav evening. Mr. F. Pirani, the Liberal candidate for. AVellington Central, will address tho electors in St. Peter's Schoolroom on Wednesday at. 8 p.m. Mr. J. P. Luke will address the electors of tho AA'cllington North electoralo on Thursday in the Sydney Street Schoolroom, and on November -27 in tho Masonic Hall. Boulcott Street.