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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 68, 13 December 1919, Page 22

ELECTION NOTICES. PATE A REFORM' Candidate: ■ PEARCE •;*s?■ -■■■-.■ '•' •' ■\'Mr. G. V, Pearoe,-M.P.,-foi: U*\« Awl' 3? J' pie, and especially to preserve-tlie Patea, is a native of Devonshire. interests .of the small freeholder.'; He came 'to-,]S T ew.Zealand..ahout. ,•, . h He defeated.. Mr. C... E. Major,, thii'ty-five years -ago,. . and,.•■has,' - by 2,640' votes to- 2,388, and lived in the. Patea. district ever L&$§?•) 'i justified his ' election by inaksin£.e.,.,...As a. good, colonist and a; rfS** x ' 1 1U ° a impression' on! man-;alive to ill«.interests 1 of^his• & *'3f4V.l the land legislation, which fdllqwfellows; iie-'Ms. f ? J>*&lSH* <■ -® e iWas responsible for the est .iii the. affair ■"of ;his'. : ' *"• * ' proposal adopted by the House of 'Eormany years he was'a'member ; jjs i llepresentatives by which ' the of the; Patea County Council,-and *' * * freehold was made available to is - now chairman of ; that-body;-' K'tft..* Crown tenants, as. was subse-. ah(l he has also Been-chairman of . •' quently recognised by the leader. tße^l s atea Harbour Board and the " of the Legislative Council, when Psea Hospital Board. U#'- t • A ' the matter came before.that cliam;K;k- • . • 7 ' :- v - r- ' 1 »; ->< -&>: 4$ ber. -He has been Chairman of ;«••• ' ' -—— • ''•"•'; h, s \wt- > U> \sp < the Local Bills Committee of.the " . ' " " House for seven years; a,member ; , lit ; 1908," a 'strong attack '.was »» %. ' ' \ ' '%■*} of the Industries Committee; Aade on the freehold .tenure, and & ' ' '►*',* ':| which made sucli a valuable recandidate in opposition to the Gov - . V -J .• port last session; and a member , Mi'fPearce offered himself- as a ; !j 3§?i,; < i~h % V-'Vtfj/,' % ' v of the. Meat''Trust Committee candidate in opposition-, to' the jy,' ?■s)* ' •&*'"> V *'» tyr' $■' * . M (1917) on. whose report . Armour Goferiment 'of the day. to .assist. a 4 Co. have been stopped- oper- * inihevfig'ht -to, retain the ,-princi-. ? atiDi S ™ New Zealand; " V ' :V '• l> ... ■. .■ - ■■ • ■ - -As a member of the-Beform Party, Mr. Pearce is now ofEering himself for re-election to the House. • He-is specially.interested in licensing proposals; While he has consistently been opposed to a bare majority referendum, he has strongly supported, air proposals to' abolish abuses : in:. the liquor traffic, aud has voted for all the improvements in the existing laws, including sis o'clock closing. •He-is-opposed to the State control of the liqixor traffic as a.whole, and in this connection lias an interesting proposal involving the control by tlie State of ,the.wholesale.part of :the trade. contends that four breweries could supply all the requirements of the New Zealand trade, 'and ks, regardis tte supply' of spirits the Government would receive the wholesale price as well as the Customs. revenue from all, and the retail trade receive pure liquor. Such a system would also do away with the "tied house," which is the cause of of the' evils 6f th'e H'C|,ftbr.traffic under the present system. ■ ; / . Vote. for . PEARCE on Wednesday

STRATFORD The Official REFORM Candidate JHqjl''J. R. HINE ;■ -tfy- 'V Farmer, ' Your .. . ~ : : , Bkaafrgate »■• ,& ■• •JSmSSm s&sdrateeifr-fe JmBmBwII 1 •■■■-■"■ ■ Soldier, ■ \. • • Tried and ' and ~ Minister .".. ''•$ '*'*' ' • Trusty .'• ' " - ■ ,•' -of the : Grown x I'Sl"'' ■ till Member -• --:■ vr m - ■— x I /*•., * .V,,' t b «.4, « t J. { "Vfl . ' v . 1•: u-.£* *. >. '■ ' l '-r 5* * ' « > j * j| The Hon. J. B. HINE is a new Minister, but no novicc in politics. First entering Parliament in 1908, lie quickly came into prominence in..'cbianectidii with the "Ifino chargcs," in wliicli he courageously exposed malpractices in connection with kind dealing, in which an ex-member of the House of Representatives and a Native member were involved. The light lie cast on these matters was the occasion subsequently of an important.amendment in the law. After the Reform Government took office in 1912, .Mr. Hine became Chairman of the Public' Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives, the most important of the Parliamentary Committees, and held that position while'the Committee remained in existence. He devoted much time to Defence, training', and at the-outbreak of war held the rank of Captain/though he was not then attached to 1 any unit. Offering his services early in- Hie war, he was called ■up in 1916, -and in the latter parr, of that year was sent to Egypt and took command of the Second Wellington Mounted Rifles. . At;the beginning' of November, 1917, ho was severely wounded in the attack on Gaza. While convalescing he paid a flying visit to New Zealand, t but he returned to-the Palestine Front in time to participate in the whole of the final offensive, in which the, Turkish armies were smashed. In his wax .service,he earned promotion to the rank of 'Major. On returning to New Zealand, Major Hine immediately, resumed his Parliamentary duties.. - He .was prominent amongst t hose members who fought for the redress of the injustice to which butter,producers were subjected under the operation of the equalisation fund. Tn the reconstruction which followed the Wardist withdrawal from the National Cabinet, Major Iline was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Reform Government., and also assumed, control of the,. State Fire Insurance Office, and a number of other departments. On his record of service he is particularly well qualified tp represent in. the House and in the Ministry'both returned soldiers and the primary producers of the country. r :f; ■ Vote 1 for ; 4 HI PS