WELLINGTON SOUTH

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 65, 10 December 1919, Page 8

WELLINGTON SOUTH

COLONEL MITCHELL AT NESYTOWN

Lieut.-Color.el 6. Mitchell, B.S 0., ad-drr-SKI a large and enthusiastic meeting of ladies at fit. Thomas's Hull, 'Newto™, vc--.lcrdi'Y afternoon. The great problem of to-day, ho said,.was to g'M the people settled wrn and to rid oitr-J-vus i.f that spirit, of nnrest which seemed to lie perm«at'n? all countries at the •j>reiJo;it time. ?; 8W Zealand Tims the freest and most democratic country in the world. There were .serious economic problems eotiiron'jin" New /.salami to-dav. One of ihe forlorn contributing largely to our tioublfri was the. jjm-d and desire for wealth of these already rich, but it was idle to s.iv that the fault ".ay all on out- Mde. 'He strongly nrge-l iner-Ms«l land settlement, for !n land settlement iiir the salvation of the country. (Applause.) He considered thai returned soldiers should he the firs! to tie oUue.l or. the land. Dealing with hydro-cleel ne power, he said that if our water power were developed we would mi longer h;> en dependent upon Ihe tea! supply. The fake Coleridge scheme showed what a v'oiylerful boon hydro-elect riv power would prove in lliis eountry. To-day the Civ : l Hcrvaiils !i?d superannuation, but whv lould not there be Mipernnliuatkm for' all, soinefhin:; which e:iuid be claimed as ol vbjht by all in the evnt of death, sickness, or disablement, and not as a chaiity. lie lieiioved chanty \va« TenuKnanl to all Brit'sliers. ( Aj>plause.)' lie did iml <|iiarrel Willi superannualior for public servants, bu. what 1,„ ni-imc' was Mut a wioilsif '-wleei fhotild apply Jo nil (ho people. We vero .... -V.IM- • I UK' OcnliU*: Willi if n pnid ' the State, ho said, to brin- up laincrlcss children away lroin meir mothers, surely if would pay the Slate belter to grant the mothers .-ut-ii allowances as would enable them to bring up their own children in tliorr own homes and under a mother's ijillueii'je. lApplaiise.)

At. the conclusion of his address, a vole ol thanks and confident 1 :' :u Colonel Mitchell was enthu?instica!ly carried.