MOTUEKA
The report th:it ilie metien of thanks nncl conffdcieo rtt ih". nieetinj addiwfcd by Mr. Lomi'.x at Mciueka was lest en liie vote bf.iiiit 'taken :: contradicted by Mr. WilkinsDn, secretary of Mr. Lomax's committee. Mr. Wilkinson state? Uwt tlw Mayor, who presided at the meet)':::;, <|pi:!:im'l the inction la have been carried, a statement uontirnied by a Pras\Afiof'ation mewnge.
The Li'.haur caiuliilf.to for Otaki nddreised u weil-aUemleil meeting of the electors at Mtinakaii. Jlr. J. Ji. Taylor nrcsidwl, and Ijei'or- inlroducinj: the candidr.tp r.'fcri'Mi to tho advantages of the uariy's laud policy from the working fnriaer's uoint oi view. The rafulidnte dealt with the question of ligation, nointin<r out that Ciistoms and excisu t.-ixes ulii3 cost of collection amounted to \b. li'M , wee!: P"r itverajje tuiuily of live pev-'.'!i.<. alii-! ilia! in view of the feet Ilia!. Ihp coi'i.try'e debt was now X'iCO.tCO,fllifi. ,;!i(l iiiiit the Government had permitted wealthy citizens to contract theni-.-ialves out of paying incume tax, there was seriouM (Iniißcr of fui-ther biTuena l>einz placed on those of iiindciiite weans. Tie advocated thiit an ciTort ought ti> be miulo to reduce the coiuit:y's indeb'ledhdss bv :t. Kinking fund that would ratiiieiiish tha war debt in twenty year.?, or bv a levy on capital on the lines iwvoealrd bv Mr. Honar Law., lie then proceeded to outer a strong protest against attacks which v.ere ln'injf nuide upon him insinuating that he was diiloyal, and tlint his mililarr record would not bear examination. On the chairman asking for onestioiM, Mr. A. U b'ndkin asked uerniission to stain that he had beer, attached to the eaim; unit as Mr. M'JCen7,ip in France, and ath-cd that he had been actiiiE-.-iprßeant-mii.ior of his enm■nanv. and that, he could testify that, there.was absolutely nothing against Mr. M'Kenzie.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 68, 13 December 1919, Page 8
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