CRICKET

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10466, 2 November 1911, Page 5

CRICKET

,The .team to represent South. rarapa in the senior championship fixture with Masterton, to be played in Feathersto-i on commencing at 2 p.m., will be chosenirom':-»-' L. T. Cobcroft, A. Balfour, V L. ■' C. Hawke, W. G. Miller, G. T. Fenwick, G. Oundy, C. Williams, A. Taifc, Warwick, Walsh. H, W. Browne and McHutcheon.

tion,'stating that he was in favour I of. the leasehold as a stepping stone to the freehold. He did not think that the lease-in-perpetuity system was a good thing either for the State or the tenants. He favoured the Homestead Protection Bill which; Mr Massey had promised to introduce ' in the next session of Parliament. i This Bill would absolutely protect 1 the homes of families against forfeiture. ' ' r - ' THE CIVIL SERVICE. The Civil Service at present was in, a very bad' way, and the candidate urged the setting up of a Civil Service Board to control the various departments. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The candidate drew attention to the'fact that during the past year there had• been a great falling off in. the exports of the Dominion, and he urged that this fact alone should ■' make the'people y cautious. When they considered that they had been on the wrong side of the ledger, so far as their exports' and imports were concerned, they were, forced to the conclusion that the Dominion was not in.' the" prosperous condition that it should be: Unless some draS" tie remedy was applied, they would nave a condition of affairs which, was unparalleled in the history of the Dominion. He asked the electors to allow him to. assist in applying the remedy by ousting the present Government. . .(Applause;) ■ „,.''.'. QUESTIONS. > iln answer to questions by/Mf C. T.''Eiers, the candidate stated that he favoured the Natives- being placed on the'same footing as Europeans. When the time arrived, the Natives should accept all the responsibilities and enjoy all the privileges of Europeans.. THANKS. On the motion of Mr Elers,' a hearty vote of thanks, was passed to the candidate, who stated that he hoped on a. future occasion to address the electors of,Masterton.