RICCARTION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10991, 14 June 1901, Page 2

RICCARTION LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

The annual social in connection .wifiKihl Riccarton Liberal Association's* Ml Istf evening, at Hobbs's largely attended. The proJpsfißeL Wfr sisted chieifly of -dancing, withs*.numbar.oj songs and recitations. Mr G«j|fo'?Sa»ell, M.H.R., patron of the Assouan,", made a short speech, in which be exppaLgtati* fication ab the large number passing on, said that the tie future politics of the colony «p}fcjsobbe Liberalism or Conservatism, or Greater Liberalism. It or years since first the electees of Eifr. carton returned him as their mantef. -Al-.; though there had bs>en aa intemiegmna «$ ■ three years since then, had 'been out of the House, h# inigfcii ay? that many" measures which n$ Tiw *dv<K • cated had come to pass. Among-.thefts lie instanced the Old Age PeijpWnsiwlisße,' and he expressed, tho .hops /ihat the pen*, sions would be increased nexic session, w \ Russell referred to" the quelaltiftri aPHfafcl coal mines, aUting that heYwould ooti* satisfied until we cou!d getpewZealass 1 coil put into our backyards for 20s , ' or 2a 6d per-ton. He also touched upon', tty need of making some provision for oeeecv* jin;-j widows, who often! he- sud wanted help as much as did age pensioners. New Zealandera kdjthe way w. showing other countries .-what 'Jffovisioa should be made to '■ ameliorate the condh tion of the poor. / ■ -,_-_,„ Messrs W. W. Colline arid (ffr G. HI also addressed those - present,briefly to various political n&atters. ■' ~*' t -