MASTERTON ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2703, 17 September 1887, Page 2

MASTERTON ELECTION.

Mr A. W, Hogg addressed a meeting ofi-leciors in tho Mastm'tor. Tlli'ittiv Hnyal lust evening (IMilav), then: being nearly tlirei' Imiiilrnl persons jiiwnt,. among wiinii war. a-'out n 'iliizeii ladies, Mr A, W. li.'iiiill occupied the chair. M r I'logg'.-i .speech was, in the main, d -voted m the two qu.'slinns of land ami lulior --question.',, he siveired, tlm' were ;ii. |itVM-nt, :i;'iiiit,iiijf ihe wlioli' world, in n'fiTi'iii" in the, existing auntie limwivii uHpiialand labor throughout the universe, hn deprecated uli.sentett laii'dloiclisiu, and said the cmse was being felt in England. Scotland, and livland, and. attributed the present state of affairs .in the latter country to that cause, He: read a return of the large landed proprietors of the rfouth Island, compiled,he said, ''by a gentleman at the head of the stiobocracy of New Zealand— Mr E. Wakefield—and which showed the manner in which the 'lands of the. Colony had been disposed .of." He quo- • ted figures showing the pi ogress of the. various schemes of settlement adopted by; the pi merit Government, ■ The question of Protection wus dwelt with at length, the speaker stating that he was not Sorry that there was a significant tailing offin the revenue, as new. industries would crop up. He urged upon them to return men pledged to support the present Government, if they, wished the policy of/Protection, carried out, In conclusion he. said if the people allowed.the land given.,by a munificent creator, to be taken away from them, there'would be less-land for their cbildien, -and they would he worse off than the children of the | Irish peasantry... • i

In answer to Mr Carman he said that the present local rates, taxes on land, and the property tax were insufficient to break up the large (states, as they were still in existence. He thought that the principles of Mr Hallance's Land Acquisition Bill would enable large land owners to dispose of their estates, which the low price of produce, and consequent depression had reduced in value, and considered that the only way to make thp country prosperous was to get as much out of i he land as possible, .?.,,- Mr Gardiner, contractor, proposed a

vote of thanks and, confidence to Mr Hogg. Mr Woodroofe, in seconding the vote, said " Mr 1 . Hogg's was an eloqneno speech, ho might say brilliant and illustrious -speech, ana if it was only printed, as', delivered, Mr Hogg's ii.ime would stand high on the scroll of fame as an orator." •'■■• The Chairman invited anyone who had anything to. say. why. a v6t»".| of • cpiinM'jnce. should not lie passed to "come on,' 'we are ready for.W'

Asthero were no. more speaker desirous of addimsing the meeting, the. motion was put and declared carried on the voices, about two-thirds voting in favor of'it. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded thei meeting. '.