POLITICAL CAMPAIGN

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10484, 22 November 1911, Page 6

POLITICAL CAMPAIGN

MR MASSEY AT OAMARU. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) OAMARU, Last Night. Mr"Massey, Leader of tho Opposition, addressed a paeked meeting in tho Opera House on Monday night, in reply to Sir Joseph Ward, who spoke on Saturday night. The Regimental Band played a Avelcome. Mr Massey was suffering from a very bad cold, and his voice was sometimes hardly audiUlc. He had a splendid reception, and spoke along the lines of his previous speeches, his remarks meeting with frequent bursts of .applause. At tho conclusion of his address the following motion was carried by a forest of hands: —"That tihis meeting conveys a very hearty vote of thanks to Mir Massey for his excellent address, and, in the opinion of this community, considers that the time has arrived a\ Jien it is necessary to have si chango I of Government in the best interests of this Dominion."

THE PRIME MINISTER. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Speaking at the laying of tlio foundation stone of the new.Pepartmental Buildings, the Premier sa.id lie ha I been talking in tho South for the.last ten days or so, beginning sometimes at 9.30 a.m., and finishing at midnight. Ho had had a very happy time indeed. He was not going to say a word on this occasion which might oifend anyone, but in tho course of a day or two ho would refer to some of the funny incidents which had been taking place in his own electorate. It hind required a special train and 500 people to be imported to convey the impression that the people of his elect-orate were in doubt about him. On the evening of December 7th they would have the answer to all these worked-up political tricks and tamaididdles, which were intended to mislead the public in distant parts. (Applause).

THE CHALMERS SEAT. foUNEDIN, Last Night. { Speaking at Mosgiel, Mr Clarke, Liberal member for Chalmers, said the railways were being worked on the wrong lines. Children should be carried free up to five years, school children should not be classed as men, and the railways should bo run at bare cost. Ho intended to bring in a Bill making it compulsory for doctors to give gratuitous attendance in country districts, no matter what the individual circumstances wore, the State recouping the medico for any actual loss. Ho received a vote of confidence.