THE BY-ELECTION.
CBy Telegraph.—Press Association.)
HAWERA, Monday.
At a meeting of the Opposition party, Mr. J. Driver, of Wanganui, was chosen as the party's candidate to contest the Patea seat.
DUNEDIN, Monday,
Mr. Jas. Horn, of Bannockburn, announced himself to-day as a candidate for the Tuapeka seat. This is interpreted to mean that he has been selected as the Government candidate.
LAWRENCE, Monday.
Dr. W. A. Chappie delivered the first of a series of addresses to the electors of Tuapeka county at Lawrence to-night. Referring to taxation, he said he believed taxes should be borne by those best able to bear them. A graduated income tax would be one of the most fundamental principles of reform. The Arbitration Act was an Act of liberalism. Conciliation boards were unnecessary, and could be done away with if the disputants could select their own assessors.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 12 May 1908, Page 3
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