POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 173, 13 July 1908, Page 3

POLITICAL.

I'UJi lAKA.XAIU SJi.ll'.

ill'- \\. G. ilalouc writes to Ui« «l or as '°Uo«-s:—lu your Saturday's 1 ue you sa j. that Jl contested the so:: t the bye-election as an tndcpcndci i'-ht I f, 0 "' 10 1,,U Lk ' Vt- I did not contest the Ml ;l 11 independent Liberal. 1 contested . s a Government supporter. At peiiing speech 1 made my positio: ill e tiear. Tile newspaper report o speed] gives the following;—•• ,ortT Tn '!? m " 11 Liboral aua sup 01 tu of tlie (government llow in iiowei n independent supporter, anil so lorn ,s tie Government brought forward ,w .i '""""MM he would sup I r7 , t0 >' our "hteiucnt thai , '■ • "ellnngcr will be selected a: ■ overnment candidate, X think tie. lectors will a g r ee with me that will he i-ceond Uallot Bill i„ force the se .'ction of candidates can be safely am Iglitly lclt to tlie electors. The jiinig ly Has very properly said that it doe, »<'■<■ why it should interfere with H« people s right of choice of a repre entative, but that it will be that flu epu'hiMitniuji is a majority oni\ fR-ncu he Second Ballot ISiil, which, the Go eminent say, will bc 1J;lsS , (l l[m ,. lie present session of Parliament am K jn force at the next general election ■ 0 imdemoomtie old conservative prac 'Se of dictating to free and intelligenl •lectors is fo give way to true l,il>era' irecilom, "Pocket boroughs" shall in longer ex,St even i„ s],iril. 1 Miove therefore, that in the Improper sens, >f the word, there will be no Govern ineiit-sclccted eamliilatc. J know as t matter of fact that my candidature iquite acceptable to the Government and (hat they -will be pleased to se< me returned as the representative oi tflo people of Taranaki.

Mr. lfornsliy's Quackery Prevention ' 11 can be set out in a very few lines. Briefly it is this: ]t shall not be lawful to advertise or supply any preparation of medicine or remedial appliHuut) ihhied to be for the prevention, alleviating, or cure of any human ailment of phvsi' cal defect, if such mixture or appliance is declared by the Judge of the Suprc me Court on flic application of the Chief Health Officer to be harmful to health or if such a mixture or appliance is of such a fraudulent character that it cannot have the cfl'ect claimed for it. or cannot effect the purpose for which it | was supplied. Mx\ Arthur llobert Crane, managing director of the Auckland Farmers' l.nion, lias been asked by member* of the Liberal Labor League to stand for the -Mar-iden seat at next election in the Liberal interest. Mr. Crane is considering the matter, and will reply definitely next week.

A deputation roproSfiiting (lie W'cl

lington Pawnbrokers waited on the At-torney-General 011 Saturday to protest against tlio provisions of the J'awnbrokers' Amendment Bill. It was represented that the profits of the pawnbroking business were small compared with those of other businesses, and tnc

provisions of the present ll'll would reduce the profits by 7"> per cent, alien, it was said, pawnbrokers would have to

go out of business. Dr. l'indlay said there had been po great demand for yie Bill, but several cases had come to light in Diuiedin which showed that as Jiigii as 80 per cent, interest had been charged. The Moneylenders' Act was already

in existence, and the present measure was along the same lines. There was no complaint against the pawnbrokers who were doing a useful business, but the question was whether the business could be conducted with a lower margin of profits. He promised that, belore the Bill passed to the Council, he would allow the pawnbrokers to give evidence before a committee.