THE ELECTIONS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 226, 28 October 1914, Page 8

THE ELECTIONS.

MR TOOGOOD ON FINANCE. A reference to the loan proposals of the Government was made by Mr H. F. Toogood, Government candidate for Christchurch North, at a meeting in the Rugby Street Schoolroom last evening. Mr Toogood said that reform was urgently required to prevent the use of borrowed money for political purposes. The city electorates were particularly interested in such a reform, as the bulk of the money, for part of which they had to become security, was spent in the country districts. No matter what Government was in power this practice should be stopped, and he believed that it would be stopped by the present Government. The Government had been represented as proposing to borrow £12,000,000, but that .was a misstatement. They had statutary authority to raise the £12,000,000, but that authority had descended in the most part through Sir Joseph Ward's enactments dealing with land settlement and advances. What the Government intended this year was to raise £3,000,000 for public works purposes, and also to spend £400,000 on part of Mr Hiley's railway scheme. At the end of the financial year there would be a surplus in the Public Works Fund of £1,500,000.' The Home Government proposed to raise a large loan, and had invited New Zealand to participate. The Home Government' would raise the money more advantageously than New Zealand could do, and, by joining in, Mr Allen would secure the benefit of these advantageous terms for New Zealand. In view of the fact that money would possibly be very hard to get next year, Mr Allen was acting wisely in securing a sound finance for the; Public Works Fund, so that the country would not be in the same position as i in 1912, when' there was only £BO,OOO | odd'to the credit of that fund. Mr Allen 'a proposals meant that there was! going to be a steady and assured fin-1 ance for the public works which had been undertaken. The country would not be required to carry out works similar to the Otira tunnel without making financial arrangements for their completion, as had been done by Sir Joseph Ward* Mr Toogood speaks at St. Matthew's Schoolroom to-night. ME SULLIVAN AT RICHMOND. Mr D. G. Sullivan, Labour candidate, addressed a meeting at the Richmond Methodist schoolroom last evening. Mr J. Burgess, chairman of the School Committee, presided. The candidate was accorded a vote of thanks- and confidence, amid cheers. Mr Sullivan will give an address at the • Phillipston School to-morrow (Thursday), at 8 p.m. THE KAIAPOI SEAT. The Government candidate for Kaia-. poi, Mr D. Jones, addressed a meeting at Belfast last evening, Mr R. Guthrie presiding over a large attendance.. The candidate received a good hearing, and at the conclusion a vote of thanks, proposed by Mr J. Cleland and seconded by MrW. Nicholls, was carried unanimously., . NEWS AND NOTES; CHRISTCHURCH EAST. Mr T. H. Davey, having definitely declared his independence ; the local Progressive Liberal and Labour Association looked about for another candidate to contest the Christchurch East seat, and found two gentlemen who were willing to stand. They are Dr. Thacker and j the Mayor of the city (Mr H. Holland), ; and Sir Joseph Ward is to make the final selection. It is also stated that I the hopes of the Social-Democratic Party that the Liberals will not contest the seat against their nominee, Mr H. Hunter, are vain and idle. CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH. Mr G. R. Whiting, Labour candidate for Christchurch South, held a meeting of friends and supporters in the Methodist schoolroom on Tuesday Jevening. There was a very large attendance. Mr F. Wainseott was appointed chairman, and Mr J. C. Evans secretary. The candidate, in answer to a question after giving a short address, stated that he supported the bare majority on both national and local prohibition, and would also support Sir Joseph Ward in preference to Mr Massey on a vote of no confidence. The meeting unanimously decided to form itself into a committee for the purpose of working that portion of the electorate and securing Mr Whiting's return. A committee of four, consisting of Mrs T. Moore, Mrs J. Andrews, Messrs J. Oliff, and J. Hetherington, was appointed to the Central Committee. AVON ELECTORATE. Mr H. D. Acland, the Reform candidate for Avon, addressed a meeting at North Linwood last evening. Mr W. H. Denton presided. At the conclusion of ; the address a vote of thanks was accorded thf candidate, on the motion of Mr Rugg, seconded by Mr Fitch. THE TEMUKA SEAT. Following on the retirement of Mr H. Hayhurst from the contest for the Temuka seat, the Reform Committee resolved to defer selection of a candidate, pending consultation with Mr "Massey. Mr R. R. Martin, chairman of the committee, was unanimously requested to fill Mr Hayhurst's place, but positively : declined. His health is not such to permit him to stand the strain of an election. Mr B. Tripp, also, cannot contest the seat, owing to his having made other arrangements. 1 CANDIDATES' MEETINGS. Mr Bertram Bunn, Reform candidate for Riccarton, will address meetings of the electors at the Lower Riccarton i Town Hall at 8 o 'clock to-night, at Kir- : wee tp-morrow at 8 p.m., and at Papa- i nui parish schoolroom on Monday. Mr H. F. Toogood, Reform candi- ] date for Christchurch North, will ad- : dress the electors at St. Matthew's : schoolroom, Edgeware road, at 8 o 'clock this evening. ? \ Mr David Jones, Reform candidate : for Kaiapoi, will address the electors at : Marshland to-morrow, at Woodend on Friday, and at Swannanoa on Monday, each meeting starting at 8 p.m. Mr H. D. Acland, Reform candidate for Avon, will address the electors at the Bromley school at 8 p.m. to-mor-row. Mr Joseph Hamlet, Reform candidate for Selwyn electorate, will address the '< electors at Darfield to-day, at Alford ' Forest to-morrow, at Anama on Friday, ; and at Staveley on Saturday, each : meeting starting at 8 p.m. Mr W. A. Banks, Reform candidate '. for Hurunui, will address the electors ; at Rotherham to-day, at Waiau to- j morrow, at Green Hills on Friday, at < Linton Downs on Saturday, at Kai- j

koura on Monday, at Hapuka on Tuesday, -«t Kaikoura Suburban on November 4, at Clarence Bridge on November 5, and at Hundalee on November 6, each meeting starting at 8 p.m. To-morrow evening, in the Selwyn Methodist schoolroom, Mr F. B. Hughes, Government candidate for Christchurch South, will give his first campaign address. The Canterbury General Labourers' Union took a ballot amongst all its branches recently on the question of whether it should join the Social-Demo-cratic Party. The results were declared at a meeting held last night, when ifc was found that the votes in Tarsrour of joining the party outnumbered those against by nearly three to one. Mr Sheat addressed a meeting at Dorie last night, Mr Boyce presiding. At the conclusion of the address a number of questions were put to the candidate by a gentleman .antagonistic to the party Mr Sheat is supporting, and were dealt with to the evident satisfaction of a majority of the audience. A vote of thanks to the candidate, proposed by Mr G. Smith and seconded by Mr Dolan, was put, whereupon the principal questioner, Mr East, moved as an amendment, that, "While this meeting thanks Mr Sheat, it has no confidence in him as a representative of the Selwyn electorate." The amendment had no seconder, however, and the motion was carried amidst applause.