OTAKI SEAT
MR. FIELD AT MANAKAU. At Manakau, on Thursday evening, Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., addressed a well-filled hall, Mr.«C. Neee being voted to the choir. The candidate received a most sympathetic hearing,, and was given a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence.' Mr. Field dealt at some length with a complaint made against huil, and venf'tated in tho Press and on the platform by Qtr. Evelyn Macdonald, the LiberalLabour candidate. Mr. Field eaid he had not uttered a word to hurt the feelings of either of his opponents, and lie knew nothing against Mr. Macdonald, and therefore could say nothing to jus detriment. Mr. Macdonald, at ihe beginning, of the campaign, had dealt with a telegram h& had s&nt him (Mr. I 1 leld), and the reply thereto, on the question of leaving it to a farmers' conference to select a candidate for the Otaki seat. Mr. Field said he thought it wise, to read Mr. Macdonald's telegram, and give reasons for his reply thereto. Mr. Field said he fully understood Mr. Macdonald to be a likely candidate, and he very scon afterwards declared himself, but whether he was a candidate or not he was perfectly justified iu wiling as he did, and he (Mr. Field) took no exception whatever to it. It seemed, said Mr. ■Field, either very childish for Mr. Macdonald to take offence over such k trine, or else he was intentionally manufacturing a grievance which ho knew did not exist in order to , excite a little svmpathv. Mr. Field said he had never accused Mr. Macdonald of trading upon the name of the Farmers' Union. Ho had dealt in temperate and respectful language with his "platform utterances. MB. E. MACDONALD'S CAMPAIGN. Speaking-at Upper flutt on Thursday, Mr. E. Mac Donald. Liberal-Labour candidate for Otaki, iti addition to the remarks reported in yesterday's Dominion, said that whatever Government was in power the position regarding eoldier-set-llcment woulo' have to bo reviewed. John M'Kenzie (Minister, of Lands in a Liberal Administration! onco introduced a Fair Rent Bill, but it had never ha,d fair nlav. He felt sure some measure of a similar nature w<|uld have to come, and lie hoped it would have a hotter chanOr- of becoming law: (Applause.)
Useful as Brickbats, but— There is a saving grace about some of the official Labour candidates in the election contest. They do not liko their leaders. Mr. Munro, who is representing the extremist group in Dunedin Central. told one of his audiences that they nee« not worrv about tho present memhftrs of the Labour ftroup in Parliament. "I am not Semple or Holland," he said, with the evident, desire, to be reassuring. "I have a groat admiration for, Mr. S-mnlo in manv ways. There is no need to be afraid of the extremists. . . . ptc rejrn rd*d hs a kind nf hrioklwt—i\s - tho only way of the people expressing their disapproval of the Government!." The Dunedin Centval electors apparently were not satisfied with this lit'.le explanation. Some questions mocaedetf as follows:— An elector: If returned, will you support the leader of the Labour Party (Mr. Holland)? Mr. Munro: It is a question whcthei he will be the leader, but if Mr. Holland is appointed by the Labour members as the leader of the parly I will Wow him The elector: In thai ca c e it does nut snv much for your intelligence. (Taughfer'.l Mr. Holland has been Ihe friend of the shirker. Will this meeting stand for that? Voices: "No," and some signs of disae il. Mr. Munro aoded Hint the military question wan only incidental lo the Labour question: Mr. Dunbar Sloane, the Liberal candidate. was to have addressed a meeting at Miramar last evening, bill owing lo the inhospitable weather conditions Ihe meeting had to be oosnioncd to December 3.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 8
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635OTAKI SEAT Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 8
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