"NO PARTY POLITICS."
FARMERS' UNION'S POUCT. MR. POLSON EMPHATIC. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) MASTERTON, this day.
Mr. W. J. Poison, Dominion president of the Farmers' Union, addressed an audience of about 500 town and country people in Masterton last evening. He spoke on the lines of previous addresses, contending that the country was borrowing far too much, and that what it needed was more settlement Slid revenue fiom production.
In a brief reference to politics Mr. Poison expressed the emphatic opinion that the Farmers' Union should keep clear of party politics. He said that he had formed no decision as to what he would himself do, but there was no justification for current rumours that he intended to stand for this or that seat.
WAIXATO SEAT. MR. S. LYE ASKED TO STAND. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. Mr. Samuel Lye, who was twice defeated when he stoofl for the Raglan seat, has been asked to stand for Hamilton. It is understood that lie will accept, and probably declare himself a Liberal-Labour candidate.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 77, 31 March 1928, Page 11
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