POLITICAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7995, 5 December 1905, Page 2

POLITICAL NOTES.

MU C. T. JJILJ.S ,\T Til K THIiATKK IiOYAL. On Monday m>lit Ah- C. T. Mills. Mieral candidate I'm- the Taranaki scat, addressed a fairly large audience ill I 111- Th,'at IV lioval. His Worship thi' Mayor presided. Tlic address IV as on pi-actitvill.v tlu; same linos as have already been ropirlcd rally in these columns. 1| ( . ••lamied 1" l>i' a supporter of Liberalism mill mi advocate of pur,•a, I,Ministration. His experience ill commerce and farming. and his connection with local governing bodies, he claimed, mialilied '"»■ «' ii li. member lor ' I'iMistitiU'lii-y. I'ignres wm his slron" ,>>int- they hail noier ballled him" : I lII' Loans lo Local liodics Act should be amended so as to lessen the cost „|' raising the loans and e\pedile tingranting of th<- m< ney. He was a Rival advocate of sinking funds—this "as an economical, provision. The national debt was too heavv, hid , ls ( '""K « !'«• money was invested 'in , reproductive works this marked nro gross-Mr Mills said he „as a great believer m the freehold, the possession "I which gave any man a real slake in the colony The Workmen's Dwelling Act should he applied t.) Crown Lands set I lenient s, for this would assist pioneers on (he land, lie would not abolish leasehold. The (ioveriimonl might to hying Ihe millions of acres of native land under production, and also "IT.that they were not covered with noxious weeds. Colonial industries deserved more encouragement, for hi" miporls of mini 11 fuel tiros simpfv mount paying people to ,| ;lv out of iN ow Zealand. Our great, need was wan! of more people Defence expenditure should he in the direction of assisting r jfl c elubs ; ioi'tilioations were a mere waste of money Mr Mills referred to the LogislvtivJ Council, which he considered w.,s t«o largo, weakened by the continual poliItea stuffing. Then came a criticism «f the valuation system. La,id should he valued m accordance with what it ' Should produce. He was opposed to the universal pension or uinmiiv scheme, arguing thai this was laximIhe necessaries of life, taxing the poo? ill order to provide annuities for tho 1 rii'li. Hi was adverse to tho introduc- i lion of Dilile-roailing in schools. Among local reipiiromont s he gave precedence to the need of a good live i larhamentary representative. Other veiluireiiH'iil s were money for hack- ' blocks roading, for developing Mounl ' Hgmont, for technical instruelion and i continuation classes, a local ollice of the filiation Doarlmcnl. light railways from New Plymouth to Mohan imtl to Opiinake. Among pressing Colonial requirements he ranked Hie necessity lor working our ironsand deposits. The (ioverniiieiit could do much lo assist in placing our butler and frozen meat on the Home markets. f" concluding, the candidate said he was certain id' being returned at the „ head id' the poll, anil claimed the vole " id' all young Xow /Cealanders. " A Her answering sprornl i|iiostions '' Mr Mills was accorded a vole of llianks ri ■iirricd by acclaiiialion. similar h rote to 111,. Chairman concluded the u'oo codings. is * a s Ml! TI SOU'S CAM 11 MATHiK.

KU'wlioiv Mr Tisch Itricflr addresses tlii' foils! it m ill s of Taranaki. Mr Tisoli's views niv well known. Mi' is a staunch freeholder. II stronailvornJc ol 1 roadiiiss in mfviiiiro ( if 'sctlli-mcnl. st<inils for pure administration and is no Mind follower of any pn.ity. ||,. | s u native of >,Yw Zealand, lists n wide kiio*,v of local wains. lias Iktii and 1" ill cut ilicd will, a i;ri'iit number 0 f I" 1 ' 1 '! "isliln(ions and justifies n claim "" 'l'" electors. His address is well worth I lie [icriisual >f anv and everv eleetor. -LC i- is r, Mr "ins notice elsewhen that all liis committees were dissolvei us Irom iSatnrdav last. « * it # All' C. K. I'l'llrin.ncr inviti-s(JieTarn nalu elerlors to meet liini tliis cvenim t'"' Hull. Ml, ~ 1 he will, anion other subjects, discuss Liberalism, trui and spurious, * » s * Ml' "key noli lies tliul lie hits dissolved his commit I iv-.