N.Z. ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1931, Page 2

N.Z. ELECTIONS

FOR AUCKLAND EAST.

'(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)

'AUCKLAND, November 17

Mr H. P. Burton, who is a member of the City Council, and the President of the New Zealand Master Bakers' Association, has been announced as a Reform candidate for the Auckland East seat. There are also* five other candidates for the seat. They are: —Dr. W. H. Horton (Coalition United); Miss If! Melville (Womens’ candidate); Mr G. W. Schramm (Labour), and Mr J. A. Arthur (Independent).

Neither of the two Coalition candidates, has yet been endorsed by the Coalition Parties.

CHRISTCHURCH CAMPAIGN;

.-CHRISTCHURCH, November 17. ! Mr H. T. Armstrong, M.P., Labour candidate for Christchurch open. ecL his campaign to-night. He advocated tho constitution of a State Bank," with tlie solo rights of note issue. LABOUR LEADER. DUNEDIN, November 17., The Leader of tho Labour Farty, Mr H. E. Holland, to-hight addressed dne of the largest political meetings that ever has. been held in Dunedin. There were .over 4COO people present at the meeting, Bpth the main Town Hall< and the Concert Chamber were crowded to the doors. Mr Holland reached both of the audience?, by the means of loud speakers. The addrfess of,the Opposition Leader followed closely on the lines of the speech at Christchurch on the previous night. Mr Holland said that Mr Coates’s speech at Dargaville held out no hope for the betterment, in the position of the tens of thousands of men and ,:-women'■ who are registered as unemployed and in the position also of" the other and the greater numbers of workers who were only intermittently employed.

K RICCARTON SEAT. CHRISTCHURCH, November 17. - , Mr G. T. Thurston, the Labour candidate for Riecarton, addressed a wellattended meeting at Riecarton to•jiight. He declared that the Coalition ■/policy was..mferely the policy, of the Reform Party, which policy bad been ?.rejected in the 1928 election. He said ■'that the' United Party, when in power had broken all of its election pledges. - Mr Thurston was accorded a vote of fthanks and confidence. INVERCARGILL CAMPAIGN. fljVi : ■ . mm m % INVERCARGILL, November .17. 1 1 The first shot in the general election Jcampalgn for the In-vercargilKseat was fired thia evening when Mr William McOhesney, the Liberal candidate, ad. (■dressed the electors at North Inver-,-(cargill,. The candidate pledged , him■|self to support the Coalition Governj |ment on a no-confidence motion, but he reserved to himself the right to vote ; as he j believed best on all other questions. i' Mr M. H. Mitchell announces that, •sfet the., request of tho Restoration Lea" • gue, he will contest tlie Invercargill . Beat as an Independent candidate. •T-'>, —- ‘ A REFORM ADVOCATE. DUNEDIN, November 17. Mr Charles Todd, the Reform Coalition candidate for Central Otago, at a meeting last night at Lawrence, said that the farmer must be relieved of *=:•-the drain of over-increasing rates. He advocated the taking over by the Highways Board of a larger share of the cost of tho roads and bridges, and scathingly criticised as folly the constructing of new railways under present conditions and the high cost of •reconstruction. ;fc': ■ , TIMARU SEAT. |i; TIMARU, November 17. NMr H. N. Armstrong, one of the can* -odidates for the Timaru seat, addressed f a meeting of five hundred ’ people to'•Aiiiglit., He declared himself in. favour jipf the policy outlined by the leaders. '"•He also favoured a group settlement .-‘scheme, and tlie irrigation of waste •{lands as a, means of alleviating the unemployment. ' ■ ' WELLINGTON SOUTH. P. WELLINGTON, November 17. A criticism of the Labour Party, or Socialistic Party, as {he; termed it, formed j a large part of the opening | v electiOn» addiess of Mr W. Appleton, j official Coalition candidate for Wel--{.liiigton ,South, when he spoke to about Iff five hundred people at Newtown this £ evening. As a result there swere con-v-ltant interjections. The band of inrterjectors. although obviously in the pninprity, succeeded in making such an JJuproar that frequently if)'was imposAsible to hear what the candidate was .{saying. At tlie end of the meeting, • ' jilhowever, a motion expressing confiY dence in Mr. Appleton as a fit and pro” per person to represent Wellington

'/South was carried, by a large majority Mr Appleton . expressed himself in 1? favour of a permanent cleaving of the >itwo moderate parties.- "He defended ;f tlie policy of tli© United Party in the

past twelve months, and approved of the Reform and United Parties’ efforts to deal with the crisis and prevent any attempts by Socialists to decide the policy of the country.

MR A. D. McLEOD,

MASTERTON, November 17. Mr A. D. McLeod to-night addressed a meeting of over 500 at Carterton and had a good hearing, and was accorded a vote of thanks by acclamation. Mr McLeod said that, on his hearing from Mr Co'ates, on October 27th. that the pact had been made, he had assumed that it would he observed, and he at once had said that he would withdraw from the contest for Wairarapa. During the following fortnight, United Candidates daily announced themselves, or refused to withdraw from seats held by Reform* ers. He, personally, had steadily refused to offer himself, though strongly urged f om one end of t' e e ector tfe to the other to do so. It was not until last Friday night, and after being quite convinced that the Pact was not going to be generally observed that he finally agreed to stand.

MR. R. McKEEN. WELLINGTON, November 17. Labour’s campaign for the Wellington South seat was opened by the Party's candidate, Mr R. McKee h, with an address which he delivered at Island Bay this evening. There was an audience of 250 people, who- accorded the candidate an enthusiastic reception. PAHIATUA SEAT. PAHrATUA, November .17. The nomination for Pahintua of Mr E. A. Ransom, Coalitionist is announced. mr Girling at wairau. BLENHEIM, November 18. Mr J. Girling, Independent candidate for Wairau, delivered an address to the electors and announced himself as a : straight-out Independent. He made two main points: That Marlborough had not been treated ’fairly in the South Trunk railway and other matters, and -that a goodly number of Independents in the next Parliament to keep the Government up to the mark, would be an excellent thing. The candidate met with a cordial reception, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. CANDIDATE SPEAKS. ASHBURTON, Nov. 18. • R. W. Wightman, Independent, who has been nominated for MidCanterbury, opened his campaign at Raima. He . advocated on agricultural; bfink,' --‘and recommended the bulk .purchase of produce by Britain, at stabilised prides. A vote of thatiks was recorded,