POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1919, Page 5

POLITICAL.

THE NELSON SEAT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson, Nov. 5. Mr. J. 0. Price, official Labor candidate for the Nelson seat, opened his campaign to-night before a large audience He outlined the policy of the Labor Party, and was accorded a unanimous vote of confidence. HAWKE'S BAY SEAR Hastings, Nov. 'o. Mr. G. Mackay, Liberal candidate for Hawke's Bay, addressed a large meeting at Hastings last night. TJe stated that his platform was that of Ballance ana Seddon. Every effort should be made to put .suitable returned soldiers on land at reasonable prices near the rail and markets. Intense farming and closer settlement were necessary for increased production to pay off the war debt. He wanted to see the linking up of the primary, secondary and technical achools with the university. THE TEMCJKA SEA?. Timaru, Nov. 6? I Mr. C. J. Talbot (Liberal) opined his campaign for the Temuka seat at Temuka to-night, speaking for a couple of hours. Speaking of nationalisation, he said coal and local shipping might be nationalised. Employers and employees should be brought together to secure their co-operation. There was much need for improvement in education, and more money must be found for salaries to secure the best men and women. As to land, while the Government was sabdividing on the one hand, on the other individuals were aggregating. The remedy was a steep and stiff graduated tax and compulsory residence on pastoral lots. More industries were needed and a Minister for Industries'to 'assist them, "hen the soldiers had all returned and been settled a cautious immigration policy would be required. Encouragement was • needed by wheat growers; importation should be made unnecessaryA general revision of taxation was necessary. THE NAPIER SEAT. „ Napier, Last Night. Mr, 1. C. Evans, the selected Labor candidate for the Napier seat, opened his campaign in the Municipal Theatre tonight, before a crowded audience. He received quite an attentive hearing, and was accorded- a vote of . thanks and confidence. His speech was On familiar Labor lines, and embraced such topics as the cost of living, the Union Company, and the Upper House. The candidate signed a pledge of the East Coast Development League to push 011 the railway and the Waikaremoana scheme, WANGANUI CAMPAIGN. Wanganui, Last Night. To-night Brigadier-General Meldrum (Liberal candidate for Rangitikei) spoke at Wanganui East, and Mr. Lewis Mcllvride, the official Labor candidate for Wanganui, spoke at the Opera House. Each had a good meeting. Mr. W. J. Guttle opened his Wanganui campaign last week. He announced himself as a supporter of sane Labor, and said that in a test vote between Mr, Massey and Sir Joseph Ward he would support Mr. Massey every time. A SOLDIER CANDIDATE. Wellington, Last Night. Colonel Mitchell, independent candidate for Wellington South, addressed a large meeting of electors at the Newtown Library to-night. He expressed sorrow that soldiers had come back to find a different spirit prevailing in the country from that which prevailed on the battlefield—the spirit of brotherhood and comradeship. The spirit here was one of selfishness, land speculation, and profiteering. He was just as much against the land speculator and the profiteer as against the extreme element who opposed soldiers in the war. It. was not his intention to pledge himself to anyone except the people. If the cost of living problem was not faced there would be a calamity. The education system should be kept free, secular and compulsory, and should be put on' a higher and better status. WELLINGTON CENTRAL SEAT. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. J. J. McGratli, who had boon announced as Liberal candidate for Wellington Central, lias withdrawn, his doctors having advised him not to go to the poll. Mr. F. Pirani has consented to stand in Mr. McGrath's place. 1