POLITICAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1925, Page 4

POLITICAL.

nv TFI.KCIt APII --THKSS ASSN’., ft ■fV It If: TI T ASH IiI'RTO.N SEAT. asiiih'RTon. 0.-i. 11. M, Jones who conte.-tcil tin- scat formerly, is announced as a candidate for Ashburton, as a l.ib'-ral. HUN. McLEOI). CARTERTON. Oct. ;l. Hon. Mi bond opened Ids campaign for Waiiarnpn at Carterton last night when there was a large attendance to . hear, t'• • popular M inistcr. Ile dcIcmlcd I lie i c>vernment against the i !,a rges ~1 c\t tataganc and wasteful, ness, and i hallenged Ins opp incuts to , lime into the open and disapprove of any expenditure. lie instanced the progress made in reading, settlement, housing, telephone and settlement of soldiers on the land. TI jiendit ure bad been big. I ill was fully justified. Regarding fusion, ho -till held In his policy that he would be no party to a bargain between the two parties, without the consent of the people. It bis party wen- returned and were found to be lacking a working majority, lie would willingly drop bis .Minisii rial position and assist negotiations lor the establishment 'T a sound, stable Government. if tbc will ol tbc people pointed in that direction, tie referred to the shipping strike and -aid that the (iovcriimeni were doing the best they could to reach a settlement. The speech was well received with frequent applause and lie was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. NATIONALIST LEADER. CIIRISTCIICRCII. Oct. -I. Mr 0. AV. Eorlies. Leader of the Opposition, opened bis campaign tor Huriimii at McKenzie last night, lie commenced with a reference to bis elevation to l,he Nationalist Party leadership, and said they had a line lot of candidates in the National Party's interest. Referring to the fusion quest ion. be said a split bail occurred on the point, that there must be a new Party witf>. » new policy, and not over the allocation of portfolios. The Reform Party's idea was fit carry on with an enlarged Rob'i'in Party but- the Liberal? would not agree, lie went at length into the National Parry's policy a.s previously published. Tie ‘aid he did not think that ninnv could find fault with it. Ti'to reforms promised were capable of being put into operation within a reasonable time. There were planks in Mr Coates's policy, lie said that the Reform Party during the time that it had been in office, had failed to carry out: points that, they were now promising to carry out. Turning to finance Mr I‘orbes said iho interest on the public and the local body debt, equalled nine pounds per head ‘and he stressed the necessity for the effective control of public expenditure. A national stocktaking was wanted, and borrowing should he reduced. The Reform Party, he said. had fallen down e.u closer settlement. Ho challenged the Government to produce figures in respect of the land acquired for soldiers, relating to the price paid and to the prices at which they had the power to take the land at. He ad vo. a ted a sy-fem of preferential voting in the co imi try ebs t" rates. He advocated n State Rank. In conclusion. Alt' I-otbes said the issue of the elections was whether the country was to be run oil tbc lines of the party politics of the past. or whether they were going to wipe the slate clean and form a National Government representative ol the people. Tin* candidate u> accorded a vote of i hanks and confidence.