POLITICAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 275, 18 November 1914, Page 6

POLITICAL.

(From a Toko Correspondent.) We have had both the candidates for Parliamentary honors now before us, Mr Hine, the present holder of the office, making his address hero last Saturday. He was met by a large number of his personal friends and supporters as well as by many personal friends but political opponents. Mr Hine is, in Toko, friends with everyone; and politics make no difference with any of them. The address was of a qiuet nature. Ocea* sionally fire could be discerned smouldering,, but in keeping with general feeling, Mr Hine avoided any strong clash of political warfare, and in this respect he has undoubtedly scored heavily. At the conclusion of the address a* few questions of a general character were asked and apparently satisfactorily answered. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Hine, and confidence in the Massey administration, although the voices on either side were very loudly given, which prompted Mr Hine to jocularly remark: "By Jove, that was a very narrow squeak!" He then thanked the Toko people for their past support, and hoped on this occasion to obtain a block vote. A vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr E. Marfell, concluded the meeting.

Tarata District.) (From our Special Correspondent, During the last, few days we have had our sitting member, Mr J. B. Hine amongst us, and it is quite evident that in this district his supporters are as numerous and enthusiastic as they were on the first occasion when Mr Hine captured the seat six years ago. As elsewhere, the war cloud overshadows everything —even politics—and although there was a very representative meeting, the usual large numbers were not present. About fifty were present, and almost the whole number are working in Mr Hine's interest. At the conclusion of the address, Mr Hine was accorded a vote of thanks and continued confidence amidst much applause. Mr Sanders presided. At Purangi on the following day the member addressed a small meeting at mid-day in Mr Hanover's hoarding-house, and after speaking for a little over the hour, and then having a quiet chat with the half a score that were present, he was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. Matau was the last fixture of Mr Hine's Junction Road programme, and although the last township on the Inglewood inland main road, it is not by any means the last, and ,Mr Hine met Qiie of the largest meetings ever held there. The school building was comparatively well filled, and the speaker was listened to very attentively. Of course Mr Hine did not forget to thank the Matau people for their generous support in the previous elections, and trusted the same material satisfaction between electors and member still existed. That this is so, was justified at the conclusion of the meeting by the emphatic way in which all present supported a resolution of thanks and confidence to Mr Hine. A vote of thanks to Mr S. Kennington terminated the, proceedings.