GENERAL ELECTION MATTERS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10481, 18 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTION MATTERS

Mu-'/J; T; ajddresui a | meeting at Wlbakafciaki 1 on. Thursday.! ndghjt., A ■., numlber: of ladies v, ere•' pireise-nt. ( vote ,ojf thaaks ami confideirice unanimously. Mr Hbinusby bad also a. successful iiroeetiinigafo Matafiikibna;. ■'"' .""','■ '/■' ['' ••';.':.'.' "Mn- Vigpr Bttowin., the Government oaiididaitb .fw Napier, opened .his campaign ; at Port Ahuriri on Thursday nigjbt. He strongly defended the. Goveriiimtenit policy,, especially those featureis bettering the condition of tftiie- working od'asses. Hie was- accorded a vote of thanks and .confidence. iMir J* 0. Jumlieision lias announced his candidature for the. Avon seat in the Opposition interest. . It is not yet certain whether Mr A. W. Hogg, M'.r., wslil be. able to address further meetings before the election. He is still 'in ....very., indif-. ferent health, but hopes, to, be. able • to visifc Eketahkina. : ( '.'•':'. j Ma- F. M. B.Fiisher the- other I evfenlng compared' Sir John. Fandflay , and the Hon. T.' Mackenzie to! snaills. They carried, thieiir houses on, tibiedr hacks, and were looking for something green to devour. I There was a time, no doubt, wheni the Liberal Party had idaas iv|bich Wfttfe more or less consistent, and l wtfch it sought to put into legislative florin. IThat) tiane ha.s piasised. The Ministry is bankrupt of Meais, aaid is living on its pa>st reputationr, oomv bnned. Aynth, is clever dasifribution of pnifrlnic mioniey. alld. (Mir W. C. Buchanan, M.P., addressed a-' nueetiiing of electors a# Plaoikvale on* Thursday evening, amd miet wriitih a coircMafl' reception..