LABOUR JOINS WITH THE LIBERALS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 8

LABOUR JOINS WITH THE LIBERALS

MR. M'LEOD CAUSES THEM ALARM. 'By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent. M'artinborough, December 10. 'Hie Labour Party in the Wairarapa, alarmed at the prospect of the scat being woi l bv the Reform candidate (Mr. A. i). M'Leod) are doing their best to in('nice tlieir follownre to vote for Mr. Hornsby, the Wordlst candidate. There is «. Labour candidate in tha field also, but he hai no real chance of being elected. awl now th? Labour organisation arc connsellini: their members not lo vole for hini. The meeting was held in Martinboroujh last ni(?ht, airansred bv some leading Labour men from Carterton, ninl the scheme was there e» nlaincd to the workers of Martinboroush. Tlu) meeting,™? held in secret! Labour v.a.= uracil t<> vote for Mr. Ifornsby, as otherwise Mr. M'Teod was «nrs to win. It was explained thnJ the Lalwir Party do not a]imwc of either Mr. Mass?y or Sir Joseph Ward, but the less of two evils, it wis siißsrwted, would 'be Mr. ITm'n.'ibj). One reason urged was that it mi?!it be pcs'-ible to dislodge Mr. Tiori'.ebv .at a wib«*(n<>iit election. but i! wruld never bo ps;sible io dislodge Mr. M'Lpoil. K?upaial!y were the world's •i>4:kl not to vote for Mr. Danahcy, the Labour candidate, as a split vole would licln the 'Mnssev candidate. There :'s gerd veny-on to believe that the scheme Vi'ill not bo effective in infliieneinp the M'r'rri'rnna workers. Sir. M'T.eod stands well 'wit'h the workers of this district, and he if; rfjardd as an almost certain winner in the light.