ELECTION JOTTINGS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1922, Page 4

ELECTION JOTTINGS.

“Simply because Use Labour Party i stands lor taking mime ol Hie money i which the big companies practically | rubbed tin' people of during the war they call u.s confiscntors. T his is 11011- : ei:.se anti rubbish. and the people arc Loginning to realise that it is nonM.'iise and ruhliish.”—Mr Munro. “Von can use all the sophistries ill the world,’" said Mr W. Si. Muslin to Labour inlcrjoctors, “but you cannot induce me to think, hv any stretch of the imagination, that we can nationalise sill the means of production and distribution.”

Mr G. V. Pearce (Paten) said he was dead against bookmakers, ]>refering the totalisnlor. which only permitted cash betting, and did not canvas hoys or anyone else, and from, winch the Government collected taxation. Me did net .see e.uy necc.-siiy lor dr. reusing racing permits, but thought there/ should be a. redistribution of the existing ones, pointing out that 'lavannki, with a 53,925 population.. only had 11 davs, while Hawke’s Bay, with a 51,21)3 population, had 20 days’ permits.

A waterside worker approached Mr Yeitch and remarked that the colours he was wearing, red and blue, were Mnio t the same a.s those of Mr -Massey: “Von only want the white to make them complete!.” added the waterside!■ •‘The two colours do me,” replied Mr Yeitch. “1 will leave the white feather for Mi* Massey.”—Wanganui “Humid.”

At Stratford Mr Masters "'as asked to explain why lie had voted against the poliev of the super-tax. He replied hat he had voted against it being applied to estates up to the value of £2.k(Xi:i Imt for it being retained .drove the sum. _______