TAUMARUNUI ELECTORATE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 402, 7 October 1911, Page 5

TAUMARUNUI ELECTORATE.

OPPOSITION CANDIDATE

MEETING OF SUPPORTERS

I Mr C. K. Wiison, the accredited Opi position candidate for the Taumarunui I electorate, met his supporters in Te I Kuiti on Wednesday night, when an ! organising committee and a general committee were formed to further his candidature, with Mr Corrigan as secretary pro tem.

i Mr James Boddie took the chair and j introduced Mr Wi son, saying that though not iarge, the meeting was a | very representative one, there being | settlers from almost every part of the 'district present. Mr Wilson was a | suitable man and they reed have no hesitation in adopting him as their j candidate. They might have noticed ! that in the southern part of the electo- ! rate another Opposition candidate was { standing, but hs was in no sense I adopted by ths leaders of the party. ! Mr Wiison was the recognised chosen ! candidate, and they would certainly be 'doing their duty in doing their best ! for him.

Mr C. K Wilson said he had intended to address a public meeting in Te ICuiti that night, but found it impossible to rearrange it, so thought it best to meet his committee. Time was short, and hard work was necessary to carry the seat, as he felt sure .they could do. He waa an out-and-out Oppositionist and supported the party of reform and progress. Tne country was crying out for reform from one end to the other. Take any department. Take native lands. Native lands were lying idle all over the country and the Minister in charge was adopting a Taiahoa policy. Then take roads. It was the duty of every man who called himself progressive to rise up and strike a blow for the backblock settlers who were being treated in a disgraceful way by a so-called democratic Government. The head of the Liberal Party was nothing but a rank Conservative, with his title. Fancy spending two millions on a Dreadnought. It would have been much better spent in the North Island. Hs would introduce no personalities and hoped his opponents would not, either. He was out to fight the native land question.. He went for the freehold, out and out, with the leasehold as a stepping stone ; and he would work for roads and bridges for the constituency. Mr Massey had his entire support, but he reserved his right to criticise any proposals. He did not intend to go tied hand and foot, but would support the leader of the Opposition up to the hilt. He had ten weeks riding before him, and he urged his committee to push on the work. He hoped to address public meetings in Te Kuiti, Taumarunui and Waitara at an early date.