POLITICAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1922, Page 6

POLITICAL.

THE STRATFORD SEAT. AIR. MASTERS’ CAMPAIGN. (Contributed.) Despite the inclemency of the weather, the Cardiff school was crowded on Saturday evening, to hear Mr. Masters. Mr. E. Hancock presided. Upon rising to address the audience, the candidate was heartily cheered, and in a few moments had the whole audience with him. He dealt fully with electoral reform and the banking system of the Dominion, stating he was an ardent advocate for .State banking. He quoted official figures of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The profits made by that bank since 1915 was £3,792,726, in spite of the fact that the rate of interest on overdraft was not allowed by statute to be higher than 6 per cent, against a minimum rate in New Zealand of 7 per cent. Mr. D. Cameron moved and Mr. McDonald seconded: That this meeting thanks Mr. Masters for his excellent address and the manner in which he has represented this constituency during his term jn Parliament and expresses entire confidence in him as being the most able man to represent the district in the House. The motion was carried unanimously and enthusiastically.

A SALE OF TWO HORSES. (By X.) T have a faithful old horse on the farm. He has served me well for many years. Never sick or sorry, always at work and how he can lift when it is wanted! Tn appearance he is massive, rather over-developed round the girth, certainly aged, but with great constitution and years of good work in him. Tie has a splendid head, very intelligent, and full of character. Many a time he has brought me safely home when I was not sure of the road myselT. tl call him “Bill Massey.” If you nkow of a better name, just tell me. My neighbor also has a horse. He says his horse has lots of ginger. Perhaps he is right, Horse dealers of old used to apply ginger to inferior horses to make them prance, and so delude the unwary into thinking they were of good mettle* Anyhow, the ginger horse makes a lot of noise whinnying in his paddock. He likes to attract attention advertise himself as-it were. He seems lo gallop about a good deal,, spoiling (he pasture. Whenever my neighbor has heavy work to do or has a journey to go on uncertain roads, he borrows old “Bill.” and yokes him up with the ginger horse. “Old Bill doesn t mind. He works just as well for my neighbor as he does for me. hut the ginger horae doesn’t like old “Bill,” and has tried to kick him once or twice. I am just a bit anx'ious that some day my neighbor and I may he travelling along the uncertain roads ahead of us with “old Bill” and the ginger horse. We might pick up a red horse as offsider, but there aren’t many red horses, fortunately. When we get to a difficult part of the road and “old Bill” sticks his toes in—as I know he will—to get us out, the ginger horse and the red offsider might upset the apple cart. Anyhow, I don’t think its a fair thing to <woke up “old Bill” with the I ginger horse, and I am going to ask my | neighbor what he is going to do about ! it. i (Published by Arrangement.)