POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 261, 28 October 1908, Page 3

POLITICAL.

XU-MUHT'S MEETINGS. u Pl>er Kent Uoad Mr'. mZt 1 '"' Upp,!r Jlaagorei Mr. Sin » JS ""'"••••■ Sahu? Koad ilr.' Woe Denbigh Koail btrattord THE TARAJJAKI skat a luee ting oj ,ile^ e W^ rton Jla| l o« -MonALt; J ■ Litt,e ntf, a ta rse attendance. Air. .1 ou Va8 i . ent ' ,U3 ' ast 'C' l lly received. He tfoalt m his address with tin; political stri) St, ° aS * the da - V ' He made a 01 the Myinouta whivT " f' 1C dairy rp S ,l| iticnis , as » "suit of ],i s action, liad been re-modelled. At the close of iI K candidates address several questions *ere asked. A unanimous vote or confidence in Sir. Okey a a d a vote 0 I tbanks for his address were passed. Mr. Malone had a good meetiiiL' at "area on Monday night (writes our own correspondent). .\lr. H. Conbeit pieaick'd. In the course of his speech winch was generally on the same );„<■»' as Ins speech at Xew Plymouth, report'vd in tue "News," he said he claims n moral victory at the bye-election, an,l confidently expected an actual vniorv at this election. Both Mr. fiellringeV and he were standing in the tuent interest, with the difference that the former was the New Plfmouth ■Liberal League's candidate and the speaker the Liberal candidate, lie -ulvocaAed the freehold and the riMu-of-purchase tenure. Also the immigration of farm hands; a scheme of national dentistry (on somewhat the same tines as those on which our national lioapftals are conducted), for dentists bills wre very high, so much so that it was difficult for farmers and poor people to meet them; the inspection of the Kaitake ranges for mineral*; and a three-fifths majority in lowl option polls as against a bare majority. After replying to numerous questions, the candidate was accorded • vote of thanks. STRATFORD ELECTORATE.

"J- B - Hine, the Opposition candidate for the Stratford electorate, will IfP'y o [ 0 Mr- W. Symes in the Town HaU, Stratford, to-night. The proceedings promise to be more than usually interesting. '

THE TAUMARUNUI SEAT. (Special to "News"). Te Awamutu. Last Night. The Taumarunui electorate is a trying one on candidates for Parliamentary honors. There are over 100 polling places, and most of th'e travelling is difficult owing to the condition of the roads just alter the winter. Mr. Jennings, one of the candidates for the seat, since addressing his first meeting at Waitara On October 15, has addressed 23 meetings, including Otorohanga last evening. He has travelled 400 miles by train, fifty by trap, and by horse-back ,36 niiles. The electorate touches four land districts, Auckland, l'aranaki, Wellington, and Hawked Bay. The worst portions to travel by candidates is the hinterland of North l'aranaki, where the roads are very tad owing, to the continuous rains of late. Parliamentary honors under stich -conditions as the Taumarunui elector ate and one or two others is an equivocal one, as the physical and mental ■train involved in contesting such seats ja veiy great. THE PREMIER'S MOVEMENTS. By Telegraph.--Press Association. lnvercargill, Last Night. iSr Joseph Ward spent another busy day, motoring to town from Winton, and calling at different places, at all oi which he was cordially received. In •the evening, he delivered a sp'ixh at Waikiwi, in which he covered g : -1 already traversed. In regard to immigration he said that at certain times of M'e year, particularly in the winter months, immigration should be restricted. He was entirely against any of the unemployed from any neigif (boring country. THE SELWYN SEAT. Ashburton, Last Night. Messrs. Joseph Ivess and Daniel O'Connor Brick, who have announced themselves as Liberal candidates for the Selwpi seat owing to Mr. W. J. Dickies' retirement, addressed meetings at Methven and Chcrtscy respectively to-night. Mr. Ivess expressed himself as a strong Government supporter, and in complete agreement with their policy except on the land question. While believing in the Lands for Settlement policy, lie was in favor of the optional system. •Mr. Brick said he was a whole-heart-ed supporter of the present Administration. favored an elective executive, the institution of a State bank, and the three-fii'ths majority at local option polls. IN OTHER ELECTORATES. Ashburton, Last Night. Henry Davis has retired from the contest for the Ashburton seat. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. W. McLean, Government candidate for Wellington East, addressed his first meeting to-night, speaking generally in favor of the Liberal policy and administration. He received a vote of thanks and confidence. Dunedin, Last Night. Mr. T. K. Sidey, candidate for Dunedin South, opened his caix|paign toU night, lie supported the Government ■policy, and urged that Labor and Liberal representatives should work together and avoid the three-party system. He was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence. Mr. J. McDonald, speaking to-night as a candidate for Dunedin Central, announced himself as a supporter of the present Government, but retained his independence with regard to measures he conceived were not for the good of the people. He received an unanimous vote of thanks and confidence.

"What is the remuneration paid to a Government Whip?" asked an inquisitive elector at Mr. Kidd's meeting at Auckland. "Six," was the candidate's laconic reply. "There is no such thing as equality of brain power in this world —a:id thu weak point of our Civil Service is that men of brains don't receive credit fot possessing them, and consequently drift out oi tne service to ot'ner colonic where they can get b»tter paid.''—Mr. Thompson, at Auckland. At Manakau last? week Mr. Field. M.P., stated that he did not consider '£3oo per year enough to adequately recompense members, and should a proposal be brought forward to increase the honorarium to £IOO he would support it. ' , , • In his speech in Christcliureh last week Mr. C. M. Gray said that a great deal of the time of members was taken up with correspondence. The ma n theme of correspondence was "billet*, billets, billet*." He believed that there were 80,001) applications for Government billets sent into the hands of members every year. A prominent member of llie unem party who has recently had exceptional opportunities of judging the feeling 1:1 'almost every district in the Dominion considers that a second ballot will v.;..probablv be required ill the following electoral districts:—'Waitemata. Ah':Kland Central, IParnell. llawkes flay, pahiatna, Taranaki. Egmont. Wanganui. Oroua, Masterton. Wellington Suburb-. Wellington North, Wellington East. Huninui. Ashburton. and Tuapekn. What about Stratford? It is not generally known that a voter Who moves to another electorate is eligible to vote for that electorate afti't onlv one month's residence therein prior to the writs closing, provided that he was on the roll of the electorate wlixh fce left. Tf he was not. on the roll of th? previous electorate a three months r;':-i----dence in the new electorate U neeessar.. If he Was on tiie previous roll, and nasi not been a month in the new electorate. Tie can obtain an absent !for the electorate he has left b% foi-j Varding a duly-witnessed application to 'the registrar of that electorate. Ibe application should state address and occupation, otters addressed to a registrar of elector* should give tne liame of the electorate as part of the address Manv do not. and it takes so <■ long to sort these out and re-addre" 'them properly that there is a | K >"' ■} of some such letters reaching their f.?s'tination too late to be of use. refßyws: •========•'