LIBERAL MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4480, 26 July 1893, Page 2

LIBERAL MEETING.

8 After tho retirement of the Conservatives last night, only nine were left j to carry on the meeting. MrW. . Udy was voted to the chair. After i some discussion, it was decided that b Mr Fairbrother (the candidate) retire > to allow the meeting to discuss his a merits. Ae he was descending the " stairs to leave, he was called back to j state his views. The greater part of hie speech, which occupied an hour and a half, t consisted of quotations from Parliat mentary reports. He wsb in femur of Female Franchise, He strongly . objeoted to Chinese labour. They s did not add to the population r or benefit the country. Tbey earned ' a large amount of money and spent it 3 in China, (Cheers), After theßO re* marks Mr Fairbrother retired from fc the meeting. ° The Chairman said that he did not think Mr Fairbrother was wanted at f all. Ho was greatly disappointed in 3 him, as he only gave extracts from 9 papers which anyone could read. He » would give his* vote, but Jake very r little inteiest in the election. ° Messrs T. M. Drummond and E. t Y. Shearer were appointed delegates „ to represent Greytown at the CarterI ton meeting, to act in conjunction 1 with Messrs Willis and Vile (Fea--3 therston delegates), who were present ' at the meeting. ° The meeting became so excited that j it forgot to call in the candidate, and terminated with a vote of thanks to tbe chair, the candidate being quite ' left out in the cold.