POLITICAL JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1928, Page 8

POLITICAL JOTTINGS

CANDIDATES’ VIEWS

points from; THE speeches

“SETTLING THE ISSUE,

“I believe in a two-issue licensing ballot and a three-fifths majority,” declared Air G. T. Baker, United Party candidate for Avon, at New Brighton lasi night. “The three-fifths majority may take longer to get, but it will settle the issue once and for all. It will show that a substantial majority of the people want Prohibition. Otherwise liter will he chopping and changing about, and we won’t know where we are.”

TREATMENT OF A LADY

“You have not got the same candidate a.s you had last, night,” said Mr D. Sloane, Reform, candidate far Wellington Central, to an intorjeetor at a meeting in the- Empire Hull, Wellington. “I refer to your conduct at Mrs Young’s mooting. 1 was surprised. Both Mr Eraser and myself can take care of ourselves, hut your treatment ol a lady candidate appearing for the firsttime on the public platform shows what may he expected if such people come into the Government of this country. I suppose those who treated the lady in that way were supporters of the Labour Partv."

“Well. 7 do not want such people to get the reins of Government in this connf rv,” declared Mr .Sloane.

“ALL EYEWASH.’

Comparing the Labour Party’s election manifesto with the platform adopted at the Labour Party’s conference in 102-7 Mr T. Forsyth, official Reform candidate for Wellington East, stated that the Labour Party had abandoned the so-called “itsehold” for the freehold but it stultified its freehold plank hv still retaining as i>t-s objective the socialisation of all the means of production, distribution.

DAYLIGHT SAVING

“I hope that every man in this constituency will nail his colours to the mast so far as daylight saving is concerned, and that lie will light tor it to the finish.”—Mr T. M. Milford, lulled Party candidate for Mutt.