JOTTINGS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 11

JOTTINGS.

"Will you tell tho doctors how you voted when the measure was before the House to tako conscientious objectors' rights from them for ten years?" Mr L. M. Isitt was asked at Knox .schoolroom hist nicht. "Oh. certainly certainly,replied tho candidate. "1 voted for ten years—if I had my way I would have voted for the whole of their lives." The answer received with continued applanse. "I say that extromc Labour is Bolshevistic iu its tendencies/' asserted

I Mr L. M. Isitt at K:;ox schoolroom la.st j night, "berausc it would replace coni stitutional rcicrm ly reform by violence. (t ;ics of "Not at ah ' and ; "No";. -Win you deny,'-' continued the candidate, "that tiie last ennt'eri care carried a metier. in favour of a c:tir.«»r«' defon'-"* and that Semple • and Cooke and others said thnt "we must have a cu:i. .• iv.' iioionco iorco be- : . 11 " 1 ui.i i>- isrtvsfary, if a S<»- ' '«*' • (i'".TnT.r" : —•( ii{n nmi'.'r t I use l'Tce to en what it wanted." Will | "i v t— i.tiiti: '1 r.-rn'l . allow* rny son:, to beccmo fodder for the ""p'.talists ; It:i J arid r.:y sons will tlic in the defenec o; the Red Flag'"? 1 '-ere were no rc-di:.s to these qtic.''pri; ! Mr 1). Jones. r'.;.. Ministerial can- : did.ite Kaiatv-.:. opened his ad- ! r!ie*s a: J'tirv.(in.! i.:-; ttijht l»y ro- . li'Ttri;: :ci d : s'.t:rViiive at the (. 1 'los-euiu ln.s; "I'i.ursdav night. 11« ; said that Mr Ma-srv h.'d. as Prime Minister. jTavtieaiiy' had never yet r<- <"< ivftl a hearing in (liristr-hurcb. and ■ onsuqucntly the jiullic really did no". : 'unov.- liini a.- the man he is. It r-ai<'. 1 very little top the poop!,. or tin- fit * i that Mr Massey was ro: given a fail ; ieai'.tig. It ilint these whr | did riot agree with him were almost j air.iid to hear him speak. Apparently j tiuiM! opposed to him were afraid to j have the light of truth let on to ihci: j doings ri'.o objective of the Labour Party i!r <!. \\ R'isscll. • inlorsr N<-w Brigliton atiu;onct» on Monday night, «a> the socialisation oi the means of production, distribution. and exchange. The first thing they woaid no would be to socialise all the land, but nol>ody on ! tried to give ttie cuimuy any practirlinancial scheme I'or the purchase i this land. Sp'ak'n-- nt tie and liarbadoes streets on Monday night, .Mr liiram Hunier stated that t.he Liberal I'arty could ! never have attauiiHl the Treasury j bcnchcs without the supj>ort ot organised Labour throughout .New I/-ii-aiuinJ, aihi n i.t\er i.n j tain a majority in Parliament witiinut the sujiport ot organised Labour. Labour withdrew its support from the Ward I'ariy for similar reasons to those which actuated the Hon. A. W. Hogg and the Hon. George Fov.lds in tendering their resignations from the Liberal Cabinet, m'z., Sir ,I'iaoph Ward's abandonment of tho policy of the Ballnnce administration.

During his :indrc.-.s at St. Saviour"- 1 .schoolroom on Monday night Dr. Thackrr .-tartcd off to expatiate on what lie termed "the great exposure in Wairarjijia,"' but diverting his aitcniion to Lalwur, he forgot altogether to conclude his references to tho matter, concerning which most of his hearers remained in. tho dark. After statt"--however, that he "would not have Reform on his mind,"' and that lie "woind not have extreme Labour at any price," the Dr. proceeded to refer to another "great exposure, 7 ' t'.ie reported incident concerning the candidature of Mr H. M. Jones for the Ash burton seat. Mr Jones, lie said, had been usked to "pull out,"' and Mr Massey had characterised the incident as a 'piece ot' political trickery," but- in face of tho evidence of the candidate, there was no doubt that he had been asked to "null out." and. like the staunch little man he was, he had told the Prime Minister that he would not do so. '"Ho was offered « seat iji the T'riper House." volunteered one of Dr. Til acker's hearers. "A scat in the Fnper House," was the reply, "is so t>oor a thing that neither vou nor T would have one. We havo too much self-respect, to do so. If if were an elective House, with proportional representation, it might be different." We ha'* hei'i'd a £rrenr d"->l c <>>d -Mr (.'. W. Russell 'at Xew Brighton on Monday night,. about the conscription of wealth, but lie thought that when the country took onethird of a company's or individual's wealth that was, at least, very near to ii. And the way it had l>eon taken was in the most dcsirablo form for the tax had been placed upon a man's income not upon his capital. "You people know that in me you bavo the member who has thrown himself so much to the fore in the last five years that Ea.st Christchurch is now the best known electorate in Xew Zealand." «n!»' vv T'—'— course of liis address a£ Sydenham on Monday night. The doctor's complacency, however, received a slight shock at question time, when ono of his hearers asked whether "the Dr. really intends to represent Christchurch East, or is ho only pulling our leg?"

T>r. TK'iH'Vt In d , «' r, li- ' :-vr .T-'SPiVh Ward as the "greatest living statesman.'' J!r(i. "W. Russell. M.P.. in speaking at Now Brighton on Monday night h'»s not so m i.ij, i-ui>.#.y of tho 1-<cador of the Opposition, lie merely described him as standing at tho head of public financiers in New Zealand. and this, ho said, had been proved by his building ui> of a surplus of fifteen miliion pounds during the war, which had proved a very nice nest egg to hand over to Sir James Allen, his successor as Minister of Finance. It was ail open secret that the war loan re|v hrid pnf cn^/v^cc-Fitl. and the Government had had to bring into operation th" optnn" , «' > 'v n( +hn A"* WKnt 1.:,,-. l-o-i the position if Sir Jamos Allen had had >n addition to raise twelve and a ha'f millions to provide land for soldiersP We could not co on* tho London market and tho country would have been in a very parlous stato if Sir .Tame.s Allen ha f ] triod to fn«-oo flie rich people to nrovide this additional amount. ' T regard Mr H. E. Holland as tho chief joint in extreme labour in Parliament.'' D- T'-p-Jcr-r. i.'v-'on-ham on Monday night in response to a question. "Will the Dr. give us bis definition of extremo labour!''' queried another quesiiuiiei. »> i 11, i - tremo labour as lazy labour,'' answered the candidate after a moment's thought. TO-DAY'S MEETINGS.

Hon. I?. 11. Rhodes—Glenavy. 6 p.m.; Hororata. 8 p.m. Mr George Barelay—Arocn, to-night. Mr David Jones—Southbrook, 8 p.m. Mr Morgan Williams—llangiora, S p.m. Mr W. R. Devereux—Halkett School. 7 p.m. ; West Melton, 8.30 p.m. Mr George Witty—Glentunnel 8 p.m. Mr J. McO'omhs—Sumner. Mr Robert Macartney—Little Akaroa. 8 p.m. Mr J. G. Armstrong—ZlnlL» Hanmer Piains. 8 p.m. Mr Geo. Forbes—Waiau Hall. S p.m. Mr G. W. Russell—Salvation Army Barracks. Fitzgerald Avenue 7.1.1 p.m.: corner Bordeslev and Harrow streets. 8 p.m. Mr A\ .1. Lester—School, Pigeon Bar. 8 p.nt. Mr Henry Holland—St Mary's Schoolroom, Addington. 8 p.m. Mr Hiram Hunter—Bonney's Store, St. Martins. S p.m. Dr. H. T. .T. Tnacker—Railway goods slu-d.s. Carlvle street, noon; Hibernian Hall. Barbadoes street. S p.m. Mr J. Robertson—lslington Hall. 7 p.m.; Sockburn railway crossing. 8.1-") p.m. Mr E. J. Howard—P. and D. Dunran'> foundry, lunch hour; Somcrfield :md Studholme streets, Strickland and Antigua streets. 8 p.m. Mr George Gardner—McKenzie Ilall. to-night. Mr J). G. Sullivan—Corner Armagh and Travers streets. 7.30 p.m.; eorr.er Phillip and iSiam streets. 5.30 p.m. Mr L. M. Isift—Young Men's Guild Hall, Winton street. 3 p m-