THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2312, 3 October 1908, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

THE BAY OF PLENTY ELECTORATE.

MR MACDONALD'S CAMPAIGN. Mr W. D. S. MacDonald, the Government candidate for the Bay of Plenty seat, opened -his political campaign with an -address to the electors at Wharekopae on Thursday afternoon. There was a fair attendance, and the candidate received a good hearing. Mr MacDonald then crossed country, and addressed the electors at Willow Crossing the same evening, when the new dining-room at tho accommodtaion house was comfortably filled. Mr M. B. Hickey presided. At the conclusion of the address, which occupied about an hour, a vote of thanks was unanimously carried. Last evening Mr McDonald spoke to the -men of the Waihuka Valley Public Works camp. This evening Mr MacDonald speaks at Rakaurqa, 011 Monday afternoon at Matawai, and the same evening at Motu. On Tuesday evening the candidate addresses the electors at Whatatutu, Wednesday -at Ormond, and on Thursday at Te Karaka. Mr MacDonald then proceeds- overland direct to Rotorua, and -after holding meetings in that district and at Taupo, returns, via the Cape, -holding meetings at each of the townships en route. In order to go round the constituency, Mr Mac Don ald has to cover oil horseback -a distance of over 800 miles, and address some forty meetings. The following is -a. copy of a letter Mr MacDonald has received from the Hon. Mr. Carroll: Office of Minister for Native Affairs Wellington, 28th Sept. 1908. Dear Mr MacDonald,—lt is with a deep pang of regret that. I find myself, through the alteration in boundaries, cut off from so many of -my old political friends whose cooperation and assistance I have -always highly valued, and in the campaign that is now before you I can wish you nothing better than their support and confidence. T-lie opportunity you will have for personally meeting the settlers throughout the Bay of Plenty Electorate will. I am sure, he sufficient to impress them of your merit as a candidate, worthy and able to uphold the best traditions of Parliament and of this administration, and, in addition to the records you will he able to place before them of good work accomplished, the programme outlined for the future will, it is hoped, not fail to promote oil sound and safe lines the progress and well-being of the Dominion. I cordially wish your candidature the fullest measure cf success. —Yours sinCGrelv. (Signed) J. CARROLL. To W. D. S. MacDonald, Esq., Gisborne. A HURUNUI CANDIDATE. [Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 2. Mr 0. F. Clothier, a candidate for the Hurunui seat, adressed his open-. ing meeting at Amberloy Town Hall last- evening. Mr. Clotliier, who declared himself as a straight-out Oppositionist, dealt -principally with land legislation. He praises the Land for Settlements Act and many other Government measures, but declared in favor of the freehold. He said that much of the borrowing done by the Government had been good and the money invested in reproductive works, but the expenditure on luxuries such as the hath house at Rotorua, was unwarranted. In -reply to questions, Mr. Clothier said that he was opposed to an increase of members’ honorarium. He did not object- to tlio , charge on banking accounts and ex- [ change. He did not see how the country could go on without borrowI ing. He would give the freehold to I all Crown tenants, including those on I lands for settlement. He would limit the freehold area at the present limit, hut in years to come tho limit might have to be reduced. He favored an elective executive and the abolition of tlie totalizator. The candidate was accorded a vote of thanks. | WELLINGTON SOUTH SEAT. [Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct, 2 Mr. W. Forbes, a lnotorman on tlio tramways, who is standing for election to Parliament ns 0 member for Wellington South, addressed a meeting of electors to-night. He said he was an Independent; ho would -not 1 run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. I CHRISTCHURCH EAST SEAT. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 2. Air. C. Boxsliall, well known in cricketing circles, lias announced himself as a candidate for the Christchurch East seat in tho Opposition interests.