POLITICAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2952, 22 October 1925, Page 2

POLITICAL

Mr. J. Linklater will address the electors of Shannon to-night and will speak at Oroua Downs to-mor-row night.

MR, BEN ROBERTS AT TAIKOREA.

At what was described as the best- political meeting held in Tai* korea for many years was held on Wednesday night when Air. B. Roberts, Labour candidate for Manawatu, expounded his party’s Land and Agricultural policy to an audience of interested electors.

The speaker handled his subject in a manner which plainly indicated that he knew every detail of the game, and his sincerity carried t lie confidence of his audience.

The speaker explained .that personally he had been responsible for putting into the policy a plank, which would provide a Mortgage Assessment Court to deal with over mortgaged land, and it was not going to r-omliscate property, but when it came to a vital issue, and producers were faced with going off the land bankrupt, then “paper” mortgages, would have to be reviewed, the same as the Dairy Farmers Union had accomplished, and under the soldier .settlement revaluation, the difference being, — that instead of a gift which was given (o wealthy land owners by the Reform Government at the public expense, the people who sold land on the London price of but terfat in the boom, instead of normal productive values, would have to share (lie loss, and let the producer and working farmer live. The speaker answered many vital questions, and was requested, if possible, to speak ngqin in Glen Oroua when he was assured a large audience. Votes of thanks to the speaker and the chairman, Mr. Carroll,concluded the meeting