BACK FROM THE WAR.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 1 August 1919, Page 3

BACK FROM THE WAR.

r return op j. McKenzie. j LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR OTAKI j i j _ SEAT. j j | There recently returned to Welling- j ton a well-known fighter in the politi- 1 cal _nnd industrial field in tire person j of Mr James McKenzie, who has been i , ou active service for two years. His j . many friends will be glad to hear that j Mae. is not much worsp physically tor I ' his adventure, and has come back with ! • ■ renewed determination to continue the ' ' I fight for democracy. Comrade Me- | ■ Kenzie has been approached (says the j • “Worker”) to submit his name for j 1 j selection as piyliamentary candidate for the Otaki electorate. We are coil- j ! i fideiit that if Mac. gets that selection j ■ j he will capture it for democracy. j l Comrade McKenzie-" arrived ill New ! . ' Zealand in BIOS from Glasgow, where > i he had been identified with the Social J ■ Democratic Federation. He was for , : a short period on the West Coast, but - ultimately settled in Wellington, where j he took a most active interest in mat- , ters of importance to workers. He was ’ president, and. ljjter, secretary, of the ' I Grocers’ l.'uiou, president of the Trades ! and Labour Council, and chairman of j the Wellington Representative Committee before the formation of the pre- ’ .sent Labour Parly. Comrade MeI Kenzie assisted in drawing up the eon- ’ J si i tut ion of the Labour Party, and became the first vice-president, being 1 narrowly defeated by ,T. McCombs, ' M.P.. for tho presidency. He stood as ’ . a candidate for Wellington City Coun- j j oil in 1917. and gave much time to the j housing question He left for Franco 1 in July. 1917, with the 2Sth Reinforeci incuts. Comrade McKenzie's wide knowledge of industrial affairs, combined with his thorough understanding of Socialist economics, makes him a desirable type of parliamentary candidate. His honesty and sincerity can- , not tie questioned, and his many 1 friends will join in wishing him a hearty welcome back to the ranks of Labour.