The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921. EXTREME LABOUR—AND THE MAYORALTY.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 623, 12 April 1921, Page 4

The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921. EXTREME LABOUR—AND THE MAYORALTY.

The campaign for the Mayoral election was commenced in earnest last evening when Mr Mason, late aspiiant for Parliamentary honours on the Labour ticket, addressed the burgesses. Labour throughout the Dominion is extremely anxious to capture Mayoral seats and seats on local bodies and school committees at the forthcoming local is all part of a great scheme serving onc end—the domination of Labour. Mr Mason possesses many qualifications necessary in a Mayor of a borough but he has been unfortunate in his choice of politics, and tu-daj the most brilliant man is useless to a community which does not care for the particular brand of political pei - suasion affected by that person. Shorn of the Savage-Holland brand of politics, Mr Mason could easily assume the position of chief citizen in the Prime Minister’s main town, but as be refuses to drop his convictions, and claims it as a virtue that he should not, it simply rests with the ratepayers of Pukekohe to decide whether he shall be elected to that position or no. What rejoicing theie would be in the Official Labour Party if it could announce that in the Prime Minister’s own electorate a Mayor holding Labour views had been returned, in the face of candidates bolding- less extreme views. It might be asked why does it matter what brand of politics a Mayor holds provided he serves the borough faithfully and capably. It does, howevermatter a great deal these days when those views coincide with the expressed platform of a party which in New Zealand, Australia and in England sides with strikers, agrees with Russian revolutionaries and is always and forever opposed to the accepted and recognised form of Government. Should Mr Mason be returned as Mayor it will be a moral victory for the New Zealand Labour Party and' another step in their plan for labour dominance.

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