POLITICAL MEETINGS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3031, 30 October 1908, Page 4

POLITICAL MEETINGS.

MR MASSEY AT TEMUKA. By Telegraph—Press Association. TEMUKA, October 29. Mr W.P. Massey addressed a crowd- • id meeting here to-night and had a 'ery good reception. His speech was ilmost the same as that delivered at ; • reilding on Monday. He spoke in ixplanation of the five or six planks it the Opposition platform or mani!esto, and passing from this made a itrong claim for gratitude for what ;he party he represented had done :or the workers. He reminded the neeting of the really Liberal measjres that had been passed by so:ailed Tory or Conservative leaders. Mr Massey strongly condemned the lew Gaming Bill as having caused m increase of gambling. The totaIsator returns were as high as be'ore, and the bookmakers were ** low at work in addition. A vote of thanks and confidence • was carried. MR C. H. IZARD OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN. WELLINGTON, October 29. Mr C. H,. Izard, who is standing for re election as the Member for Wellington North, commenced his campaign to-night, speaking warmly in support of the Government. He , received a vote of thanks and confidence. SIR W. RUSSELL AT HASTINGSNAPIER, October 29. Sir William Russell, the only Oppositionist out of five candidates for the Hawke's Bay seat, opened his campaign to-night at Hastings, addressing an audience of about a thousand persons. The speaker strongly condemned the extravagant policy of the Government which had obtained of late; * years. Referring to the defence ques- * tion, he declared that universal military training on the lines of the Swiss system was a necessity if the Dominion was to make itself secure. Sir William referred to the need for a more equitable distribution of public money between the North and South Islands. He strongly urged the necessity of an East Coast railway as against the expensive Midland line. He declared himself an out-and-out freeholder, and opposed to the second ballot. He was m favour of the principle of arbitration, and opposed to the bare majority on the licensing question. He strongly criticised the Governmer.t method of doling out votes to Education Boards, and advocated a system by which Boards would know each year the amount they were entitled to. A vote of thanks was passed.