POLITICAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2429, 16 May 1922, Page 3

POLITICAL.

ADDRESS BY MR H. E. HOLLAND ''■ ■ M.P. In the Town Hall on Friday eveningphext, at 8 o’clock, Mr H; E. HoUan cL -M.?.’, -Parliamentary lead- . " 5 er o|me iN.Zr'Labour Party, willjde-t 'j liver a,'politre’al address on the pol-1 icy Me Labour Party. A collec-; tion will be .‘taken up in aid of (the Manawatu campaign fund. ! yi. ; • / We are informed that a candidate to represent the N.Z. Labour •. t party in this constituency will, be finally settle’d in°a few weeks. The, candidates mentioned are Mr F. D.J Whibley, who has been elected pre-' ', sident of the Foxton branch of N.Z. Labour Party, and Mr Moses, Ayrton* National" Secretary of the - t ‘ N.Z..-JLabour Party. Several meet- ‘ ings have been held at which the. merits of the candidates have been discussed. So far as the candidates' are concerned, Mr Ayrton ois recognised as one of the ablest '■ men in the ranks of Labour in the. Dominion and his candidature would r *v' be looked upon with concern by op- ‘ ponents in this electorate. In fact^

we question whether a stronger man

could be found in the 1 Labour ranks. ” v ln the" contest with Mr J. A. Nlaslr for the Palmerston North seat at the last general election he polled 3,488 votes against Mr Nash’s 4,407. For a\comparative stranger to run such a popular candidate so closely gives indication of his qualifications. .The choice of a candidate, however, rests with the Labour branches throughout the Constituency. I • Mr Whibley, so far, is an (Unknown quantity in Labour circles, and his election as president of the local branch is his first official entry into the realms of party politics. ;

METHOD OF SELECTING A LABOUR CANDIDATE, i The following are the qunlifica- \ tions of eligibility ns a Parliamentary’ Labour candidate and the method of selection, laid down in the N.Z. Labour Party’s Constitution' and Platform:- — ■ “Qualifications of candidates. — 8 (a) No person shall be eligible for endorsement as a candidate of ( the,, ~N.ew Zealand Labour Party who has not been a bona fide member of an affiliated body for six months prior to the date of nomination. ' (c) Every’ candidate for selection ballot for the Party’s nominar tion as official Labour candidate for any publiq position shall sign a pledge agreeing to abide by; the principles, platform, and decisions of j the ' v \ 3 ,j, / ‘“(e) Amy candidate for a (selection ! ballot who (1) and canvasses the votes of (he branches or members for such selection; or’(2) Instigates or instructs any person to canvass. such ——port on behalf of the candidates, shall be disqualiled for selection at the ballot. • < C ■ > SELECTION OF CANDIDATES. “10. (1) Candidates for selection must be nominated by not less than six financial members of the Party. * “(2) All persons contesting Parliamentary selection ballots, before the names are submitted to a vote of the Party membership within the eectorate concerned, shall be submitted for endorsement to the National Executive. “(3) The National Executive shall supply a uniform nomination paper, containing the pledge of loyalty to the Party,-and no person nominated shall be- o'tder&drto a selection ballot unless the nomination is upon 1 the prescribed form duly signed' f and witnessed by not less tban'"£wo financial members of the N.Z. Labour Party. : A-nnifta*! nomination paper shall be supplied to L.R.C.’s by the National, Executive for the purpose ; or local selection ballots. ,v v “(s)' Applications for nominations for selection ballots shall be called by circular or by a notice inserted -Jn the Official Organ, and ( except, in ity-electioiife) shah giro at least two clear weeks for receiving no- ~ mmationsi”