THE HUSTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 487, 17 October 1928, Page 8

THE HUSTING

Kindergartens will do away with that abomination, the children’s court. (Mrs. C. E. Maguire.) * * * Mrs. Maguire paid a tribute to the work of the Plunket Society last evening. “Husbands don’t have to rock babies she said. “The Plunket system trains them properly.” * * * “If we get the the Flock House system will be applied to the whole of the New Zealand boys” —Sir Joseph Ward in his policy speech last evening. + m * Interrogator: “Would you accept a seat in a Cabinet which contained a Labour man, if such were offered you?” Mrs. C. E. Maguire: “I would jump at the chance.” “An organisation of odds and ends and political ne’er-do-wells.” —Mr. W. T. Anderton’s (Labour for Eden) opinion of the United Party. Liberalism in New Zealand, Mr. Anderton said last evening, died with Seddon. mmm HARD-WORKED DOCTORS “I advocate roads, roads, roads, and roads to roads,” said Mrs. Maguire last evening, explaining her land settlement policy. “I would like to see every man with his motor-car.” A Voice: “More work for the doctors.” ** ♦ * * * NO SAWMILLS Speaking at Tauraarunui, Mr. E. Langstone, Labour’s candidate for Waimarino, made a thinly-veiled reference to the business activities of another candidate. Mr. R. W. Smith, who has been appointed chairman of directors of the big Tongariro Standing Timber Co.,- Ltd. Mr. Langstone said he had no sawmills and no employed to give work to. He was a New Zealander and loved his country, and wanted to assist to bring about a state of affairs that would tend to develop it. • • m TRAINING UP HUSBANDS Mrs. C. E. Maguire remarked at the Parnell Library last evening that when in Great Britain she had been asked why New Zealand, had no women in Parliament. One reply she had given was that wives were too busy training up their husbands in the way they should go. * * * EGG FARMING “There are countries at the present time sending millions of eggs to the Old Country/* said Sir Joseph Ward, in discussing small holdings during his address at the Town. Hall last evening. “I see no reason why small areas with homes upon them could not be pro vided here for similar purposes. It would provide the man with small means an opportunity to get on the land, make a good living, and eventually own his own place.", * * # NOT A FAIR QUESTION “I was in your beautiful park this morning, and stood beside the statue of that great statesman, Sir George Grey/* said Sir Joseph Ward, at the Town Hall, last evening. “Who were you in the park with, Joe?” yelled a wag at the back. The audience laughed, but Sir Joseph Ward was equal to the occasion. “I don’t think that’s a fair question to ask me at a public meeting,” he replied, amid a fresh outburst of mirth. * * m DIGNITY IN PARLIAMENT Members will have to mina their p’s and q’s if Mrs* Maguire joins their number. She said as much last evening, addressing a meeting in the Parnell Library. “There will be no more sleeping,” she said. “I think it is disgraceful that it should be reported in the papers that members go to sleep. Such remarks as ’You’re a fathead,’ and ‘You’re another/ will have to cease. I will want dignity in Parliament.” • * * BARRED DOORS Drastic measures were necessary to keep the crowd in the street from completely swamping the packed interior of the Town Hall last evening, when Sir Joseph Ward made his policy speech. The police closed abd guarded all doors, and so effective was their barrier that all those who had special business in the hall were refused admittance until their credentials had been examined carefully. Even reporters assigned to the meeting had the utmost difficulty in proving their bona fides—a distinctly novel situation at a political gathering. * * * HUNTING FOR WORK “I can almost hear the sound of the unemployed,” said Sir Joseph Ward last evening. “Thousands of men will be looking for assistance in the winter. We need a small land settlement scheme and the railway to open the land up. Always, after new railway development there has been an absorption of people.” mmm DISCREDIT TO NEW ZEALAND “It is not creditable to New Zealand to see thousands looking for work every year,” said Sir Joseph Ward in

the course of his address last evening. “What do you suggest? asked a member of the audience. “I want to see a system by which the workers can get continuous employment and be paid for it,” was the speaker’s reply—one which drew a round of applause. DEFENCE AMD PEACE “As a portion of fhe Empire, we stand united with the Motherland in the all-important matter of defence,” said Sir Joseph Ward last evening. “We will hope and pray that the good sense of the nations which fought in the last war will be uppermost and that they will stop preparing for war." “Give another dreadnought!" came an interjection. Sir Joseph smiled. « a • TOURISTS TURN BACK That a large number of the people who came to New Zealand turned back half-way was the contention of Sir Joseph Ward last evening, during his advocacy of a weekly service from Melbourne to Bluff in order that people could come in one way and go out the opposite way. “We had it a few years ago,” he said. "Surely w r e could have it to-day.” «? • m m SMALL RAILWAYS “We should not authorise any more small railways in New Zealand. Their day is done. The motor-cars have taken their place”—Sir Joseph Ward in his policy speech last evening. • * » WOMEN INTERJECTORS Up to the present it has not been so much from men but from women that the most persistent interjections have bgen addressed to Miss Ellen Melville and Mrs. Maguire, the two women Reform candidates. Last evening at Edendale it was a woman that most frequently interrupted the meeting, and as was the case at Mrs. Maguire’s opening meeting, the offender had to be warned by the police. "X am not a blind follower of the Government. I know it is not perfect,” said Miss Ellen Melville. “There is only one perfect party, and that will never be in power.” » » • OLD MEN’S HOME “Don’t you think that in these times of hardship it would be advisable to do away with the old men’s home,” was a question addressed to Miss Melville last evening. The candidate appeared rather mystified until the questioner stated that he was referring to the Legislative Council. The candidate said she would not favour doing away with the Council, but certainly thought it should be an elective body. “Of course we realise that all the bad measures come from the Reform Party and all the good Reform measures come as the result of compulsion by the Labour Party. ■ Miss Melville at Edendale. « * • JAPANESE DINNER “The gentlemen overseas who lend New Zealand their money are not philanthropists, and they didn’t lend money on unstable security," said Miss Melville, speaking at Edendale last evening. A Woman Interjector; Give the Japs another dinner then you will get the money. • mm GOVERNMENT NOT MEAN When asked whether he was in favour of the wages of employees of the Post and Telegraph Department being submitted to an arbitration tribunal, and a minimum wage for employees of 21 and over, Mr. A. M. Hall (Reform) stated at Otahuhu last evening that the Government was not mean with wages, and he considered Government employees were as well paid as other workers. * * * REFORM IN MANUKAU The supporters of Mr. Bertram Bunn, Reform candidate for Manukau, met in the Methodist Church Hall, Greenwood’s Corner, last evening. Mr. R. ’G. Clark presided. Mr. Bunn gave a short address, after which Messrs. J. Boddie and C. McLeod moved a vote of thanks and confidence in the candidate. The motion was carried unanimously, A strong working committee was set up and Messrs. Clark and Boddie were appointed delegates from the One Tree Hill district to the Manukau executive. mmm CONFIDENCE IN MR. YOUNG The following resolution was unanimously carried at a meeting of supporters of the Hon. J. A. Young at Hamilton last evening:—“That this meeting desires to place on record its high appreciation of the able service rendered to the Dominion, and the Hamilton electorate in particular, by our member, the Hon. J. A. Young, as the representative of this electorate in Parliament, and that all present express their utmost confidence in him as their member, and pledge themselves to do their utmost to secure his re-election as member for Hamilton.” A strong committee, of w T hieh Mr. A. K. Alexander was elected chairman, was formed to further Mr. Youngs* campaign.