POLITICAL POINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 257, 30 October 1925, Page 8

POLITICAL POINTS.

JOTTINGS FROfc THE

PLATFORMS.

It is not a proper thing to think that a worker i. living a decent life ?f h e i Imng ln a hovel „ sa|d "He i> Buddo (L.). "The workers must to-h cent y housed. Providing h omeß fo th workers is an essential task for wh atc v≥ Government is in power." ual^er

"The 'Man Who Gets Things n<, . h (A , S r oUthern Liberal member on the Prime Minister I. on

"This battle is the kind of battle that we in the Labour movement like to titpart in-a battle of i n tellect, dbt ideas and ]f we cannot win out on tl intellectual plane, we have no hone nf winning out by the adoption of anvVthw method."—Mr. P. C. Webb at the Sonfh Dunedin Hall last night Uth

They had been told that Mr. Seddon was an uncouth, ungrammatical miner So he was, but that was one of his vi, tues, beause in epite of that he stood and won against those men who had the best education modern science could give them-Mr. P. C. Webb ac the gffi Dunedin Town Hall. l "

"Are you a member of the P.P.A. Mr Sloane?" the Reform candidate for Wei hngton Central was asked. "I am not" said the candidate, "and I never have been. I was always taught to respect the religions, whatsoever they may be " (Applause).

'•Cheapen the price of land, break up the timber, brick, and concrete combines take the duty off wallpapers and other articles used in building, and you will greatly reduce the cost of houses, which the people so urgently need!"— -Mr Oakley Browne at St. Andrew's Hall*.

"The Philomel is a fine ship," stated Mr. Harris at Devonport last nWht This statement was received with derisive laughter and cries of "Rot." "Oh, no" replied Mr. Harris, "she is a fine'ship, although she is not a sea-going vessel' Every year 400 young New Zealanders are trained on the Philomel and these men are turned out into fine types of British seamen."

Mr. Maemillan was asked at Morrinsville, " Did he think that 1/9* an hour w~aa a sufficient rate of pay for railway men?" and his answer was: "There are lots of people running greater risks thau railway men for less than 1/9.per houreven Members of Parliament, who run risks riding in railway trains."

"I notice Mr. Coates is busy promising things—there is an election near," said Mr. Buddo, Liberal membe; for Kaiapoi. "And he wants to claim now that he is a Liberal. Of course, he came into Parliament as a supporter cf Sir Joseph Ward. When Sir Joseph Ward resigned, Mr. Coates waa found with Mr. Massey.' I hope his conscience and his politics agree with each other."

Dr. Thaeker. the Nationalist candidate for ChYistchurch North, left'the Dominion for the Old Country in order to obtain special treatment for a physical infirmity. It is now part of the Reform tactics to describe him as an "absentee." If a Reformer had found it necessary to make such a trip the reference would probably have been more sympathetic, and any suggestion of "absenteeism" would have been in the worst possible taste.—"Lvttelton Times."

"One canvasser for one of my opponents is finding the ways of the evildoer are not too rosy. She has known my wife and self a-s members of St. Albans Anglican Church for 20 odd years, yet she told an elector that I was a Catholic, that she had mc watched and that I went to early mass, being afraid to go in the daylight. Unfortunately the elector was a friend of ours, who instantly showed her the gate."—Mr. Hall Skelton, at Roskill. A Working Arrangement. "There is no doubt in my mind that there is an arrangement between Labour and Reform in regard to certain seats, just as in 1911, when the head of the Reform Government telegraphed to hii supporters in Otaki and Grey Lynn to support extreme Labour candidates in preference to the Liberals who were contesting the second ballot. If I had given a pledge to support Mr. Coates the contest for Auckland East would have not been triangular." —Mr. Oakley Browne at St. Andrew's Hall. Bees. Some* rather extraordinary questions are put to political candidates at election time. At Taramoa, for instance, a solemn, grey-haired farmer rose at a meeting addressed hy Mr. de la Perrelle to inquire if he would support legislation^ to prevent people on small sections ol a quarter of an acre or so keeping bees, which he declared was harmful to farmers' pastures, as it prevented fertilisation of clover. The candidate relieved hi' anxiety by explaining that the position was the other way about, and that the humble bee had been imported by the Government for the express purpose ot fertilising red clover. Send Father First. "There are many anomalies in the pen - sions legislation," said Mr. A. L. M° n ' teith. M.P., the Labour candidate «r Wellington East, while speaking at Rosoneath. "Well take the case of the orphai. If the father dies first, the widow gets * pension fnr herself and her children: '• she dies while the children are young" 1 - , guardian nf the rhildrpn receives a po™* sion in respect of ilir children. On n*- ,- oflier hand, if the mother dir* first and the children arc left to the tender mrrcics of the father, there is no V n ' sion. and if the father unfortunately .il* , die?, then there is no pension for the guardian. So. ladies, if you are thinking of leaving this planet, just sec to it '" 3 father goes first."

Reform's Claims Repudiated. Speaking to a large audience in »« Britannia Theatre last night. Mr. &•' Savage dealt with th? claims ° { Reform Government to their having Wβ responsible for sympathetic treatmem of old age and other pensions their term of office. The canduW" reminded his audience that it we» °" after a most strenuous battle with Reformers, in which about 1400 speeds were made against the measure, that t'Old Age Pensions Act was made law V the Seddon Government. The Reform"" promise during 1911 t« introduce various forms uf |iru2re>.-iiu i legisWWj including insurance against sickness a , unemployment, was again being r newetl after thirteen years in °® c ' during which time nothing had b attempted.