THE TUAPEKA SEAT.
MR. SCOTT’S CANDIDATURE.
Press .Association. lIEIIIOT, May 18. Ate. Robert Scott, a candidate tor Tuapckn. addressed a meeting at Heriot .to-night. He said bo was opposed to the present Government, but did not pled go himself to always support the Opposition. If tho Government brought forward measures for the good of the people lie would support them. He opposed tho Government, because of its land legislation, its methods of retaining power, and its policy of opportunity and sailtrimming. Ho favored; tho freehold system. 'Taxation bad increased notwithstanding the increased population. and tho Dominion was liicraisi„<r her debt but not getting halt lor her money. He believed in tho assisted immigration scheme, but opposed Bible- reading in schools.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19080519.2.26.9
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2194, 19 May 1908, Page 3
Word Count
120THE TUAPEKA SEAT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2194, 19 May 1908, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in