THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Vv IiST POET CANDIDATES. ky Telegraph.-I'vr Press As .o. iabi'on. Westport, October 31. Mr (',. M. Powell, chairman of the Bailer County Council, lias bean selected as a candidate tor tin- i!\iU. r eiecturate. lb is understood that Air Hugh Gillen, member of the Wcstport Harbor Hoard, and prominent in labor circles, will contest the, seat in the labor interests.

' XAPIEK'S PJiFORM CANDIDATE., I. Sapier, October 31. . At a meeting of the Napier Reform j League this evening Mr C. YV. Ycnables j was unanimously eiioscn as Reform caiii (lidate ior Napier.

CANDIDATE'S SPEECHES AT DUXBDLN. Dunudin, Oetober ;!0. Mr G. S. Thompson, Independent Labor candidate for Chalmers, addressed a, meeting at Anderson's Bay to-night. He favored the imposition, of four per cent, tax on every £101) worth of land « man possessed 'over £1.0,000. lie advocated the extension of State enterprise, and an income tax on over £2OOO a year. He condemned the Government's land administration, and alleged that there had been undue tardiness in fixing the price of foodstuffs at the outbreak of the war. The speaker favored an elective upper ehamjier drawn from men experienced in the Lovm- House, and also proportional representation. 'Mr W. R. ,T. Mag'tlire, Independent Labor candidate for 'Dune-din west, addressed tho constituents on Thursday night. He. advocated proportional representation; the initiative, the referendum, and favor of recall: a system of preferential trade within the Empire to oust the Germans; anti-trust legislation; a national health service, and a tompulsory vote. He favored the present defence, scheme, and cin-,'iloniiieil the prohibition party's propaganda.