WELLINGTON NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1918, Page 6

WELLINGTON NOTES.

WELLINGTON SOUTH BY-ELECTION. (Special Correspondent.) Wellington, Dec. 11.: The by-election for Wellington South is arousing only languid interest even in the constituency immediately concerned. Neither the 1 Liberal Party nor the Reform Party is taking any official part in the contest. This is in keeping with the spirit of the party truce. It was agreed when the compact was framed that the Liberals and Reformers should not oppose one another at byelections, and it was through a pure oversight that abstinence from opposing Labor candidates for seats previously by their party was not included in the agreement. Labor, of course, took no part in. the compact, and it would seem that whichever candidate is returned for Wellington South the strength of parties in the House will remain unchanged. At present it looks'as if Mr. Robert Semple, with the assitance of a live Labor organisation, would win by a good margin, THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Before leaving for him home yesterday a southern membre of the House of Representatives, whose own seat is regarded as one of the most secure in the Dominion, staled quite freely his conviction that it would be disastrous to both the old parties to go to the polls with the "truce" still in existence. "The electors." he said, "are looking for a definite progressive policy, and apparently it is impossible for the Reformers find the Liberals to agree as to the lines upon which such a policy should proceed. The result is that we are doing nothing while the.Labor Party is gathering force every day and persuading the people it is the only combination that lias anything to offer to the country." This, briefly, is the view held by a very large number of the old members of the House, probably by a majority, land strong representations on the subject were made to both leaders before they left for London. THE LISUOR QUESTION.

But for tile moment the political outlook ic occupying less attention than is the liquor question. The Prohibitionists and their sympathisers, though they did not get all they wanted during the recent session of Parliament, are very jubilant over the acceptance of the principle of the bare majority and the extinction of the 4J years' grace previously reserved for the liquor trade in the event of prohibition being voted. They are not at heart so confident as they profess to l;e of carrying national prohibition at the poll on the Efficiency. Board's proposal in April, but they have high hopes of winning, and in the event of defeat they will concentrate their efforts upon securing the application oE preferential voting to the three issues to be submitted at subsequent polls.

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