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NOTES OF THE DAY

Electors should note that only a few days remain' in which to secure enrolment if they have as yet ncgleeted to do so. Under the, law tho election writs arc returnable in twenty-one days and enrolment comes to an end on tho day on which they are issued. Sincc it is only twenty-five days from election day the time in hand, so far as enrolment is concerned, is therefore very short. All electors should make a point of ascertaining personally whether they are on tho roll. Taking anything for'granted they invito disappointment. 'In many eases such neglect will mean loss of tho right to vote. The provision in regard to voting by declaration is of limited application. It applies only to those whose names have been removed from' the roll in error, or who voted at the last preceding election in the same electorate. This is essentially an election in which 110 one can afford to throw away a vote, and electors can only make sure of retaining tho right to vote if they ascertain by personal inspection that their names arc on tho roll.

Something of the inner history of the first great campaign in * which New Zealand troops were engaged is unfolded in the Second Report of the Gallipoli Commission, a summary of which, received by cable, was published on Thursday last. Dealing as it docs with the planning and organisation of the campaign, tho report is an almost unrelieved record oi failure and want of foresight. Tho actual apportionment of responsibility may nevertheless still be difficult, the more so sinco one who was very closely conccrncd is dead. It is only fair to read what the. Commission has to say about Lord Kitchener with due regard to the enormous burden of care and responsibility he carried when the Gallipoli campaign was undertaken and while it ran its course and the impossible denjands then made upon the military resources of the Empire. It is not in doubt, however, that the history of the Gallipoli campaign is that of failure to seize a magnificent opportunity, and it is cold comfort to set against that failure and the terrible consequences it entailed to those engaged in the campaign and to many others the undying glory earned by the men who strove no long and valiantly to master the Peninsula and open the Dardanelles. v * * a ' Sir Thomas Mackenzie, who represented New Zealand on the Commission, has put on record an opinion that the vital period determining success or failure was between August G and 10 (1915), when the attack was opened from Suvla Bay. As the campaign actually took shape, this opinion is no doubt supported by adequate evidence. But there is every reason to believe that an early attack on the Dardanelles, if it had been well and secretly organised, would have found the Turks unprepared and gained swift success. The opportunity that was missed was that of changing the whole course of the war and of world history. An early and effective blow at Turkey in all likelihood would have t ten died and consolidated the Balkan States on the side of the Allies, besides putting the latter into free communication with Russia. Such a beginning, besides hastening victory, would have averted a frightful wreckage of humanity. ♦ * * » An exposition of the immediate aims of bis party which was given by .Me. H. E. Hoi,land at AVestporfc on Thursday evening deserves the attentive consideration of electors. When he was asked how his party would vote 011 a no-confulence motion he said he hoped it would come back from the electors ;>s the constitutional Opposition. J[ it did not, and Sir Joseph Ward

in ousting Mi!. Massey, but it would not support Sin Joseph Ward ''unless he then enacted the legislation the Labour Party was fiirl.tini: for." The point brought out is that the hopes of the llolk.'.xi) party are fixed upon plunging (lie country at an early date into the turmoil of another general election, following on that about to [be held. if, that is to say, the 1 Liberals and the Labour-Socialists between them arc enabled to outvote the lleform Party, a year that ought to b: devoted by Parliament and the Government to sustained and industrious effort will lie give i over mainly to a second instalment of party bickering and faction fighting. In view of the extent to Which these conditions would retard progress and operate to the detriment of the whole population it is astonishing that even the most reckless party should openly confess such a programme. The. safe and prudent course for electors who desire to see settled government and a working Parliament installed is to vote for candidates who arc pledged to assist the Government to carry on.

The Liberal candidate for Wellington Suburbs (Mr. Dunkah Sloask) observed (lie other evening that the apparent reluctance of Governments in the past lo utilise the expert business brains available wiis beyond lus comprehension. When the Government contemplated Stale control of any commodity, he added, it must secure the. best brains with a thorough knowledge of the intricate business conditions surrounding that commodity. Holding such views it is difficult to understand why Mil. Sj.oanb is supporting Sia Joseph 'Ward, whose opinion in regard to the utilisation of expert brains; in conditions in which they would bo able to render effective service was pretty clearly indicated in his attitude towards the National Efficiency Board, and is still more plainly indicated in the absence of any proposal to establish independent expert control of the various State undertakings airily proposed in his manifesto. The Leader of the Opposition, of course, has 110 occasion to deal with such merely practical details. All that he needs is something showy lo dangle before the eyes of unthinking electors.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 6

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NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 6

NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 6

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