POLITICAL

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1931, Page 5

POLITICAL

UNITED CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS.

(By Telegraph —Per Press Association)

PALMERSTON NORTH, Nov. 17

Mr M. H. Oram, the United Parry's candidate for Palmerston North, decided to withdraw his nomination at a meeting of his supporters. It was decided that, while the Committee views with grave disfavour the method of the selection of Coalition candidates by party leaders, it nevertheless feels, under the circumstances as they exist at present, that the official United candidate should withdraw. At the same time the Committee is strongly of the opinion that in future, the election of a candidate must be left to the executives of parties concerned in each electorate affected.

LABOUR’S CAMPAIGN

WELLINGTON CANDIDATES SPEAK

WEIXIXGTOX, November 17

Mr R. Semple, Labour candidate for Wellington East, in his address to the electors, said that he wanted the Election campaign to be a contest of ideas, as grave responsibilities rested upon the shoulders of the public. The men of the Labour Party stood for the establishment of a State Bank with the right of note issue.

He deplored the conditions existing in the Dominion to-dav, saying that the workers were down to the coolie level. There was no shortage of foods or wealth, hut a decided shortage of statesmen and courage.

A vote of thanks and confidence was carried.

Mr T. Brindie, Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs, in an address to the electors, said that the Dominion, which once srt an example to the world in advanced social legislation, was now going backward, and ‘Social Services were being attacked.