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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 November 1911, Page 4

Ihe statement bad I>een widely circulated that lie (Mr Dive) had advocated that the workers should Only set 6s or 7s a day. He challenged any elector to prove that he had ever said such a thing. On the other hand, he believed in every man getting a fair {lay's wago for nis work. Mr Wilford M.P., in his,address atlrower Hutt, while claiming much kudos for the Government for the general advancement of the country was emphatic an his statement rant Jie had fault to find with 't in its administration, so far as local -bodies .-were concerned. The trend of legislation of the lost three years had been, he said, to weaken and not better local government. Sobh tendency should, he urged,..be jnet ■by a solid phalanx of opposition so'' as to break it down entirely. (Applause.) As an instance of his political sincerity-and has ffeaijlessnees in opposing the Government'even as a Ministerialist, when Hie thought it had erred, he claimed credit for havin.gr carried more .amendments—Sixteen, !he the Government on the Municipal Act than any man in Parliament. i