CANADIAN POLITICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

CANADIAN POLITICS.

PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS. OTTAWA, September 10. The Leader of the Conservative Opposition (Mr. Arthur Meighen) fired the first shot in the general election campaign at Wingham, Ontario. He; announced that a protective tariff was his party's main plank. , Under the present Government's railway policy the Canadian debt had increased by 234,000,000d0l in the last two years. He characterised the pre- • sent Administration as feeble. i Mr. Meighen claimed that owing to ! the Government's tariff policy 500,000 workers had left Canada to secure emI ployment in the United States. I Speaking in reply to Mr. Meighen at •■ Guelph, Ontario, the Prime Minister said ■ I his Government had reduced taxation by • 75 per cent, expenditure by 100,000,000 dollars in four years, and the public debt by 53,000,000 dollars.—(A. and N.Z. and Reuter.) I f CANADA'S TARIFF. TREATY WITH AUSTRALIA. (Received 1 p.m.) OTTAWA, September 10. At Bethany, Ontario, again attacking the Australian tariff treaty, Mr. Arthur Meighen (Leader of the Opposition) said that it sacrificed the Canadian farmer ! to gain a market for the Canadian paper I manufacturer. He will address the voters Jon Thursday.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.),.