"SHAKE HANDS."

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 254, 26 October 1928, Page 8

"SHAKE HANDS."

MISS MELVILLE'SGAMPAIGX.

Miss Ellen Melville attracted a crowded attendance at the De Luxe Mount Albert; last evening whin, she continued her campaign-for the Roskill seat. Sir James Gunsoii presided, and there was a good deal of merriment at' the commencement" of proceedings, the former misunderstandings over the Eden contest when Mr.. Mason won the by-election, evidently exercising the. mihds of a . number: of elector* present. "Shake hands,'* wa* the comment from the rear of the hall. Miss Melville retorted that Sir James and she had often dotie so. Sir James was a very busy man, but he had taken a night off from his own electors as a "holiday,", to preside at her meeting. For the first half hour the candidate received many interjections, and. at one stage the chairman informed the audience that he did not. mind interruptions during the speech, but a running, fire of comment from one quarter was not fair and he would not permit "it. This remark received warm support from the general body of the audience. Towards the end of her address, which occupfed two hours, and during question time, Miss Melville had to put up with a good deal of interruption, but the meeting, as a whole, was orderly and the candidate received a vote of thanks and confidence at the conclusion of lief address on A show of hands. ; , Contempt lor; Labour, ridicule for the United party and unstinted praise for Reform were the ingredients of the candidate's speech. The public had a very serious decision to niake on election day, she said. A Voice: And we will make it. Miss Melville said there were only two systems of government, a system that stood for evolution as' expressed by Reform, and revolution as represented'by the Labour party. -Dealing with; the -land question, she said Mr. Massey had repealed the Act which gave the 999 years' lease because."the lessees were making, large profits in selling and, reselling.- Reform stood for individual ownership as compared with;: State, ownership. ' Under Labour everything would be a chattel of the State. Did the people" want constitutional govern* metft or Socialism? A Voice: We want honest government. ' •' . , "The United party have no policy," averred the candidate. An Interruptor: Oh, Ellen. Dealing with unemployment Miss Mel-' ville said the question was not. peculiars to New Zealand. It waq world wide.' It should-not be made a subject for-a political campaign. .It was due largely to mechanical inventions- displacing labour. . 1 " • A Voice:. Due to immigration. Miss Melville said 12/ a day was better than the. dole*.