THE BIG GUNS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 265, 7 November 1919, Page 7

THE BIG GUNS.

OPEN FIRE ON THURSDAY. (By Telcgrapn.—(Press-Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Both Mr. Maseey and Sir Joseph Ward will address their constituents on Thursday night, the former at Waiuku, and the latter at Winton. The Premier also speaks at Pukekohe the following night, while Sir Joseph Ward takes a preliminary canter at Christchurch On. Monday. ROSKILL ELECTORATE. Mr. G. Davis, the official Labour tafltiiJdiito for the Roskill electorate, met «a i number of friends and supporters in the ;Epsom Public Library last evening, end lin a short address outlined hie Labour [policy. An explanation of the first jiplank in the platform -was also given by (Mr. M. J. Savage, the national secretary 'of the party. I WAITEMATA CANDIDATURE. ! A meeting of th c supporters of Mr. )W. K. Howitt was held at Devonport (last evening. Mr. Howitt spoke disap- . provingly of the manner in which many \candidates were being chosen to contest I scats in Parliament, stating that he considered that the voters of an electorate j-should meet where they could be addressed by men ready "to contest the seat. GREY LYNN ELECTORATE. A meeting of the supporters of Miss X Melville, the progressive Reform candidate for Grey Lynn, will be held in St. George's Hall, Kingsland, this evening. ROSKILL ELECTORATE. A meeting of lady supporters of Mr. J. H. Gunson, candidate for Roskill, was I held in the Methodist Schoolroom, Pah Road, Greenwood's Corner, this afternoon. EDEN ELECTORATE. Mr. R. E. Horablow, Liberal candidate of the Eden electorate, will address electors in the Avondale Town Hall this evening. ONEHUNOA BRANCH A meeting of the Onehunga branch of (the New Zealand Labour party, in support <\f the candidature of Mr Mason, will be held this evening at Onehunga. AUCKLAND EAST Mr. R. F. Way (Labour) opens his campaign at Newmarket Hall on Thursday j next. ESjjjht committees, a ladies' 1 committee, arid a youths' committee have been at work in the various blocks of the electorate. MR. TAYLOR AT OTAHTJHU. Mr. Ralph Taylor, Independent candidate for Manukau, addressed the electors at Otahu'hu last evening in the Public Hall. The Mayor (Mr. A. McDonald) presided. The candidate, who was well received, touched upon the various] political questions of the Dominion. He' I claimed that public opinion was ahead of j 'Parliament, and members often spoke mi platitudes. He said there was little dif- 1 ference in the two principal parties. He would further the electors' righte whereby there would 'be no plurality of voting. iHe condemned the inflated land values, which, he said, retarded settlement. Good roads and railways should precede settlement. He touched on the cost of living and wages, and recommended a stviutory minimum wage of £3 5/ per weokJ The candidate spoke on . the housing problem, and considered the Government scheme as impracticable. At the conclusion oi his address the candidate answered several questions satisfactorily, and received a vote of thanks.

THAMES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) THAMES, this day. In addition to the four candidates already in the field, Mrs. Lindsay Cooke is announced as an Independent Liberal, advocating the returned soldiers' platform. It is also probable that Mr. H. Buchanan, a Puriri farmer, will come out in the Massev interest.

r TARANAKI. , " . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) l. ' 1 ' NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. , Mr. Pearce, the sitting member, I opened the campaign last night, when he spoke at Hawera. Ho defended his atti- , tude on the prohibition question, and , referred to the good points of recent , Government legislation, especially the , Housing Bill and Anti-profiteering Bill. |. He criticised Sir Joseph Ward's taxa- ". • tion methods, pointing out what he con- - 3; sidered anomalies, also the butter equaj, lisation tax, which should have come from f' the Consolidated Fund. The candidate j refuted -statements made by Mr. Morri- "_ son at Maxwelltown concerning Mr. Mas»i sey and Bible reading in schools, and I I denounced land gambling, which: he . ■ thought might lead to a "washing up" r some day. He was against the nation- . alisation of coal mines, but agreed that . I the State mine was a good thing. Mr. ; I Pearce concluded by warning the elec--2; tors against the dangers of extremism j.;in the Dominion. A hearty vote of [ thanks \vi3 accorded Mr. Pearce. si WELLINGTON CENTRAL. » (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) ' WELLINGTON", Thursday. .. Mr. .7. J. MeGrath, who lia;l been ann nounced as the Opposition candidate for i Wellington Central, has withdrawn, his ) doctors having advised him not to go to r. the poll. Mr. F. Pirani has consented to a I stand ia Mr. McGrath's place.