GENERAL ELECTION

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1928, Page 6

GENERAL ELECTION

Mr Seddon, M.P., has been continuiny Jiis ea.mipaign in the- north ns vigorously as possible, and holding daily meetings.

On Friday night he spoke at Kotuku, and on Saturday night at Rotornanu. Meetings were not held on Sunday. Last night he was in the sawmilling centre of Te Ivinga. To-night Mr Seddon will have a large meeting at Greymouth', and tomorrow night he is to speak at Otira, travelling the next day to' Bell Hill. The To tar a Flat end of the district will be' visited over the week end.

The reports from the north indicate that Mr Seddon is having a very cordial reception. He is meeting with much encouragement in quarters where previously he had not polled as well as his opponent, and the general impression appears to be he has improved his position very materially

ME SEDDON NOMINATED. \ Mir T. E. Y. Seddon, of Grey mouth, solicitor, the present sitting Member for the Westland Seat, was nominated on Saturday for the forthcoming election. The following were Mr Sneddon's nominators : Thomas William Duff, of Hokitika, Boot Importer. James Alexander Murdoch, of Hokitika, Solicitor. David Tennent, of Greymouth, Sawmiller.

David McKay, of Greymouth, Retired Ironmonger. . William Robert Kettle, of Greymouth, Merchant. Henry William Kitcbingham, of Greymouth, Solicitor. James McGinlev, of Greymouth, Labourer.

MR. SEDDON’S NORTH TOUR, In the course of his tour of the Otira Line districts, Mr Seddon continues to have large and appreciative meetings.

On Friday, Aratika and Kotuku were visited, and at each place Mr Secklon was well received by the electors.

At Aratika (Mr Brands in the chair) Mr Seddon was accorded an attentive hearing and at the conclusion of his address a vote of thanks and confidence was tendered to him on the motion of Messrs Dalzell and Lin, ga.rd In the oidening (practically every one in the immediate vicinity of Kotuku turned out to the meeting where Mr Seddon was introduced to his audience bv Mr F. Rows©.

On concluding his address many questions of importance were asked and answered after which Mr J. Butcher moved a vote of thanks and confidence to Mr Seddon. The motion, which found a seconder in Mr George Jack, was carried unanimously.

MR COATES’ MOVEMENTS. The Prime Minister (R.t. Hon. J. G. Coates) will give an address in the Town Hall, Auckland, on October 29th. He will leave Wellington today,. and will spend the following six days in the Auckland ■ province, in fhe course of his tour of the Dominion. Three of the six days will be spent in his own electorate of Kaipara. v The Prime Minister is due in Auckland tomorrow morning and is expected to go north almost immediately. On' the day following his public address in Auckland, Mr Coates will leave for the south, where he will be actively engaged in electioneering for the remainder the campaign.

SIR JOSEPH WARD EXPLAINS. PROPOSED £70.000,000 LOANS. “ It a-pears that I did not make myself fully understood in regard to my borrowing proposals,” said Sir Joseph Ward at Auckland, in referring to his speech at the Town Hall recently. “My proposal,” explained ' the United leader, “is not to borrow £70,000,000 within the first year of office, but to make arrangements within that period for raising the loan at the rate of from £8,000,000 to £lO,000,000 a year. The sum of £60,000,000 would be loaned to farmers and workers at 4f per cent, plus 1 per <(>nt sinking fund, and the term of loan would be for 32J years, with the right to pay off earlier. The sum of £10,000,000 would be provided for the immediate completion of authorised long-line railways, in both- islands, over a period of four years. These rai ways would be pushed on by contract in three of four sections at a time until the total amount had been expended. “I want to say further that under iv v proposals the £70,000,000 borrowed would 'not cost the taxpayers of this country- one penny either by wily of direct or indirect taxation,” concluded Sir Joseph.