POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 27 May 1914, Page 5

POLITICAL.

THE WAIPAWA SEAT., >M By Telegraph—Cross Associatim. Ti Danncvirkc, Tuesday.' I'M An enthusiastic meeting of supporters decided to form a branch "*t"% the New Zealand Liberal League, with'iisi subsidiary branches throughout the Wat- .'9| pawa electorate. When the erystallja-.>J| cd opinion of the party is obtained candidate to contest the Beat Mr. G. Hunter, the sitting member, will ■'!§ definitely be selected. • 's6 THE OAMARU SEAT. ' 1 Oamaru, Tuesday. ,\'J At a meeting of the Oamaru Liberal Acs Association it was unanimously decided * 6 Jg to ask Mr J; A. MacPherson, member for Mount Ida, to contest th«i|l Oamaru scat in the interests of the Üb-"'S cral Party. It is understood that Mr.'s9 MacPherson will accept. '3l OPPOSITION LEADER AT >W BLENHEIM. ;| Blenheim, Last Night. '.'rif Sir Joseph Ward addressed a packed *3| audience in the Town Hall to-night, and y>f received a very hearty welcome. H»»* s s| spoke on the iines of his previous ad-,'.'J dresses, and broke little fresh ground. •% He justified the gift of the Dreadnought, AS for the reason, that the workers as * ■■isi close had n'-.' paid one penny toward* iM the pay men: Hi, rcfor. Payment was /si derived (I) from increased deuth dutiesj !$3 (2) increased tax on totalisator tickoti; Vis (3) increased lax on bank notes. He Kg detailed the legislation of the Liberal 'S party to show that the present Govern- tl ment had stolen tne Liberal policy, lie .V*l said the South Trunk line should be pressed on in preference to other lines,,, « the same as had been done with the 2* North Island trunk lines. In answer i'ffl to the statement tnat the present Go-..-'"3 vernment came into office and had no '~M money, he stated that when lie left*' jf ofllce ho left £780,000 of the eonsolidat.-Xcl ed revenue, after paving .t'500,000 into -He the Public Works Fund. He justified M his action regarding the strike in W<>U -S lington, and said that if the Government ■'"* had taken his advice the strika would have been ended in two days. Ho scatl- • '• iiigly denounced ;hc "toy'navy" policy,. -■'•,; and advocated the payment of a sul- ;Aj sidy to the Imperial Navy. He con- fvsa tended that the present Government had 'Jc no authority, since or before the gen- .'£ oral election, to abolish the system Of $ subsidy in Wor of a local navy. ' ';s At-the conclusion, the speaker waa ; M received with cheers, and a motion of :*| thanks and conlidenco in him as the ['*%£ leader of the Liberal party was carried' by acclamation without one dissentient. '•''« MR. ISITT OX THE WEST COAST. "i^S

Westport, Last Nfght. ' ■-' Mr. h. M. Isitt, M.P., delivered a po- ss litic.nl address at Millerton 'last niglit, S mainly on the lines of hi.- addresses de- ■-'. livercd recently in the North Island, '■ condemning the Reform party and id- ; vocating the union of Liberal and Labor to oust Mr. Massey. At the conclusion of the address, a motion of thanks and confidence was defer.ted by an amend- w ment, only a few voting on the motion. Si To-night Mr. Isilt delivered a politj- 1 cal address in Westport. and at tbe '• conclusion was accorded a vote of , thanks and eoulidence, an amendment «t ''* thanks only being defeated. The bulk 't Of tlie people did not vote either way. ' %

MB. MASSEY AT GORB. '' '; ■ '"■ -i ]i Gore, Last Night. 3 The Prime Minister addri.-r.ed an audi- ; eneo of between 1400 and 1300 here to- "i night. A good portion of the address ,] dealt with Mr. (!. W. Russell's recent ut- J teranecs, Mr. Massey rcplving thereto ')» most effectively. He was accorded a -i vote of thanks and confidence. Sldae.-.'-': qnently he was mtwlaiiird at a lan-J quet at the Town Hall. t,