CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 30 October 1925, Page 10

CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Bed Bait. '•'The Labour policy," said Mr S. Old field at Auckland. 4 'affects some people as do advertisements i'or patent medicines. At the mere sight of it they imagine all their troubles are cured. To me it suggests barracouta fishing, a fish that is caught by a piece of red rag on a hook. The Labour policy is just the red rag by which tho Labour Party hopes to catch your votes." Waiting Their Chance. • "Who is it that you call extreme Labour people?" oame a demand from the doorway at Mr V, H. Potter's meeting at Beskill. "Holland and Company," answered Mr Potter, and he claimed that the Party stood for the confiscation of everything. "But th{*y have never done anything in that way," suggested the interjector. "No," was tho rejoinder, "because they have never had the chance', an.l they are not going to get the chance for the next three years." The candidate asked his hearers to picture what- "Labour, which refused Reformers a hearing in Auckland that day, would be likely to do if ever they got the reins of power. Fictions Exploded. Several hundred people gave a rousing reception to Sir James Parr, Government candidate for Eden, at Henderson. Sir James opened by twitting the Labour Party on its apparent lack of faith in its candidate, his opponent, inasmuch as five city Labour candidates had come into the electorate to help Mr Mason. He hoped to survive this combined attack, and he believed these gentlemen would receive a shock oh November 4th. Replying to what he declared was misrepresentation by Labour candidates over a mythical deduction of 7s Gd from the weekly wage of the worker, the candidate' said the statements were merely perversions of the truth, because every Labour candidate knew that the statements in the disputed report did not bind Cabinet in tho slightest degree. A voice: Would you favour a reduction of 7s 6d? The candidate: Most certainly not, and Cabinet never has at any time had any idea of such a thing. Sir James trenchantly criticised the usehold policy, and said tho Labour "stunt" about the large landholder had been completely exploded, tot his opponent was still circulating an idle fable. (Applause.) This propaganda was carried on with the view, no doubt, of deceiving the more simple-minded of tho electors.

The "Yes-No" Party. "When important divisions were taken the Liberals ran out of the House. Their political conscience then pricked them, and rather than face the electors under the old nomenclature they changed their name to Nationalists. A Yes-No Party would be nlovc fitting and appropriate."<—W. J. Eogers (La-bour-Socialist) at St.-Johns, Watfjyanui. No Reform Dummies. -I

Isn't the capitalist class behind the Reform Party? was a question put to Mr Dunbar Sloane, Reform candidate for Wellington Central. Mr Slcane: The capitalist class is not behind the Reform Party. I am a Reform candidate; just a common horsesense sort of. chap. They are not standing behind me. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Where are the dummy members they have put up? A voice: You are. (Laughter.) Mr Sloane: Would you call me a dummy ? (Laughter.) Cries: You're no dummy.

Military Title Earned. Mr James Hargest, lieform candidate for Invcrcargill (who gained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 'war), said at a recent meeting: "The Labour candidalsays ho does Hot want to indulge impersonalities, but incidentally he mentioned tho fact that liis two opponents were titled. Sir Joseph Ward may speak for himself, and "if anyone is pleased to consider tho rank conferred on me by his Majesty the King as a title I have only to say that I earned it—and that Mr llickey, had he been so inclined, might have earned a corresponding rank at the same time, at the samo place, and in the same manner as I earned mine. Further, I have never used my rank or title as a civilian." Freehold for Mr Jordan. ''l have spent a considerable time securing loans for building homes," said Mr "\Y. J. Jordan. Labour candidate for Manukau. "I myself have a loan on niy hojrie, and when that mortgage is pakl I want the freehold —and i will quarrel with any man who says v I shall not have- it. 1 claim that every worker should bo enabled to have the freehold of his own home, as such a position creates confidence and makes for good citizenship.'* When Borrowing Pays. "Since 1921," said Mr Holland, Reform candidate for Christchuroh North, at Knox Church schoolroom last night, " # the Government has borrowed £21,000,000 without making a difference of a penny piece to the pockets of the taxpayers.' Sir Joseph Ward himself war. generous'enough to admit this in Invercargill. I say that if we can borrow moncv and thus provide comfortable homes for the people such a course is to be commended." Easy, but Dangerous. "The Labour leader has stated that if his party had been in power he would have settled the shipping strike by voting £3OOO to the seamen. That would have been a very easy way: just to give the men all they wanted, but it would have established a dangerous precedent. If the watersiders struck, they would simply be able to present a pistol at the Government's head, and the Government would pay out again. It would be establishing a system of national blackmail —nothing more or less. The man who has no other method but to pay the men the amount they ask for is not fit to be chairman of directors of New Zealand, Ltd."—Mr W. E. Leadley at Phillipstown last night.

Not in Evidence. "Mr Holland has some new things to introduce; lie wants to nationalise the shipping, to put the insurance companies undc-'r State control, to socialise production, distribution, and exchange, and to have a five-day week of forty liours. But I haven't heard any of the Labour candidates advocating these things in this campaign. Most of them arc treading tho soft pedal. Tho Red Fkg is folded u;> and mil away till after the election." —Mr "XV. E. Leadley yi- Phillip.stown last night*

WHAT CANDIDATES ARE SAYING.

I Rational Taxation. Mr Dunbar Sloane touched m n* questica of taxation at hi® , Aro strcet > and said he comment upau a leaflet that JJjjf ; circulated by tlie Labour P*rt r w!l> , alleged that the | taxation iron, the Kg j it on the shoulders of the wt>ri„L I truth was that moro tha a the Customs taxation. was derirXiii? alcoholic drinks and than b per cent, from food aad faLZ?, ■ tics. Truly enough, thMe wfa " ion boots and clothing, but j done for the purpose of Z? j secondary industries, so girbi® u!lv i thousands of workers. Ttt» ,3 I the country had contributed i the greater proportion, and h»^Z r i 191.V1916 and 1924-192.3 Sol eSs S?S ; million pounds had been retriewaiw the State from taxpavers ia restart .« Hand and income-tax'and deatfe i«if .alone. Customs and excis« had TfT* ! tributed in that period only 57 | No elector paid income-tax naW sf" | income exceeded £3OO per land-tax unless his income -miflT £.IOO per annum, and then thereof! a number of exemptions for etoS: and such-like. Finallr. saidft! speaker, we' have come to the iMtrtMr of the ways. All good and zens must realise that a solid j tional Government is what this j requires, whereby the best lauSsT of the whole community would served. The economic position out the world was acute, aajgii'. i propaganda of the Jf an insidious snake in thegrass was attempting to eat into the riS, British trade unionism. Thii ! campaign of simple truths and sense, and it behoved cterr wotsSll/ consider well both sides of the and to make a decision that bring happiness and prosperity to JS Necessities and Luxuries. fr Supporting an argument that the (Jl crnment had put Customs taxes oalr®; luxuries, and had left the BfttsSUj# ji life untouched, 31 r w. p. Leadler ijJb" last night that the charge on perfumes had been increased froet3fe{| A voice: Do they drink it 'by t6tgs Mr Leadley said that the oriajfl working-man's wife would not hS about perfumes, however. ' iP A persistent intorjcctor: What a&llS locks and hinges: aren't they Mr Leadley replied: J dare say ij|||S| my friend's neighbours would locks and bolts were necessary. H State Trading Dream. 4 B "Docs Jhe Labour Party 8 it could establish a New H ernment-owned line of avoid loss?' 5 asked Mr A. B. SfrwSffi B at a meeting at Brooklyn, members of the Labour" Party Sj that they could make a success«fs®| ■ a State-owned shipping combinltl-Spß '' These Labour leaden fiatttettfc g selves far too much. The kss» itt'to* tralia, in Cnnadu, aad ia Alacriek '3»H fallen upon the whole of the ptfopfey'BH it is the wage-earnm that suffer msM and suffer longest. 1 am not in favSH of New Zealand embarking upon a BmHB owned line of ships." A Disgrace to Labour. * "When question time came meeting addressed by Mr W. EL--lw|||B Labour candidate for tral, a member of the aadtiMnflHlfl the opportunity of saying sae& as clerks and even labourers mkJ not vote for Labour. ' ' Well, I am a supporter of a woman announced, "but i we ought to show a bit of at some of these meetings, qrf our brains. It is not a hit JfjrSpß break up the meetings of otlte^^^^B "It is disgraceful/*' declared in^l A voice: People follow up lfeißgpß ernmcnt candidates with toe son of interrupting them. It ttjPß-B Mr Parry: No, it is not Much of the abuso the fiarriMpM candidates have been sabfedrf 'tfw|| have brought upon their ova A voice: lam only a worki«g.<WP B I say it is a disgrace, iMJHPB "Trust Kejorm." ' •-» B "Of the three Parties job Reform," said Mr W. ». M.P., at a somewhat rowdy at Wairoa last week. *431 fl A voice: "Aw, cat it out. Yflin|§Blß Independent." (Laughter.) iitfe-B Mr Lysnar: "Because I'm »S Jt&'B pendent that is no reason why tJHjiK H not support lleform." ■ B A voice: "If Massey were akflfc® ■ wouldn't be here." . Mr Lysnar: "I wouldn't bejhgto■ the Labour Party were in some of vou would soon lift wjgjg&jH job. Xo doubt I'd bo fat up wall and shot by the Bolihttt- H Continuing, Mr Lysnar s*J H form Party had had «t but it had done very wdL Wff H tionalists were an offshoot I orals, who had died oat and identity. Hie only two standing were Sir .loeei* ■ Mr McCallum, and they B Over to Eokhevism. W Referring to tho Gbour meeting at Wairoa, Mr "W. said ho did not consider the and agitators represented n and file of Labour. A voice: "You're an B Mr Lysnar: "Yes. I'® * &S&* I when it comes to working <» B A voice: "Who is B extreme I/abonr in Mr Lysnar: "Mr disciple of Trotsky. B says that interest is K A voice: "So it is.;', Mr Lysnar (sarcastically) ' one of Mr Holland s man who interjected lend or ho wouldn't A voice: "You would Use B lot for nothing." Continuing, Mr Lysnax _ - g should be machinery better understanding : aU A voice? • '^lacliinc-gu^'-'j^^^M | woujjlike to use them, vou haTing them. >»®. ' hour Party was absolute" d TSS:' "Th^v went to gaol instead. want to go to Russia. you would get there. would turn t '