POLITICAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2513, 2 December 1922, Page 2

POLITICAL

The Feilding Star contains the following re Mr Whibley, the Labour candidate’s address at ing on Wednesday night: — “Mr Whibley spoke in the Drill Hall last night, and not even the Labourites of the town were interested enough to give their patronage. There was a very small attendance, mostly composed of the curious. They received an agreeable surprise, however, for it was an excellent speech, well delivered —from the Hollandesque restricted point of view. Mr Whibley, who is a young Hew Zealander, has a good style, he uses f- eible language with effect, he knows his subject, and he was not only interesting, but illuminating, especially in dealing with the balance-sheets of the moneymaking companies of the Dominion. He was scathing regarding coalmining companies, overlooking the fact that tlfese and the woollen and other “capitalistic” enterprises are the local industries which give employment to the men in whose interests Mr Whibley seeks to get into Parliament. He also knows better, as a one-time newspaper man himself, than to believe his own statements, that 00 per cent, of the daily newspapers of the Dominion are owned or controlled by “the party in pot\> it." Mr Whibley expounded gospel of the Bed Fed—“which does not desire to get into power until it lots the majority of the people behind it.” At the same time, the party desired “every school of thought” in the country to be represented in Faria men t —through proportional representation. The preferential system of voting was explained in detail, and so were the other planks of the party’s platform. The candidate had no good word to say for “the party in power,” and he denounced its influential friends, in whose capitalistic interests taxatun was being reduced instead of ! being increased —as the Official Labour Party would increase it. The candidate at the end of his speech, received a vote of thanks and confidence.

Mr Tunnicliffe, who was the Labour candidate for the Oroua seat at the last election, was in the chair.” Mr Linkiater, Reform candidate, addressed well-attended meetings at Moutoa and Bainesse on Thursday surd hist night and was accorded good hearings. Speaking at Kongo tea, Mr Linklater outlined his policy for the development of the port of Foxton, and went on to stress the necessity for the Government giving every assistance in the matter os systematic? testing of herds and better market- _ ing facilities to the farmers. _ Since speaking at Mangahao, Air Linkiater has succeeded in obtaining a subsidy for medical assistance for the men to ensure a doctor beinglocated there. Air Whibley had a good hearing at Levin on Thurday night.