MR. BOLTON AT HATAITAI.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1265, 21 October 1911, Page 6

MR. BOLTON AT HATAITAI.

•nr m'-' £■ G V B ° lton ;, who is standing for Wellington East, addressed a largo meet in? of electors at the Bowling l'avilion, Jlataitai, last night, Captain Light in the chair, llie candidate said if the Onposition were returned they would not dare to repeal one single measure placed on tho Statute Book by the Liberal Government. Their so-called policy was a \otc-catching one, whereby thev proposed to present a. large sum of monev to ibo Crown tenants m the shape of the original value of tho freehold of the lands held by them, and m addition to this they ofiered sops in the shape of increased old age pensions, etc., without taking into account from what source the money was to be found, and while thev at the 1 samo time preached economy and abstinenco from borrowing. Tlio question of the present industrial unrest was touch- i ed upon by tho speaker, who held that i tho same was occasioned entirely by the ] high cost of living and decrease in the purchasing power of the workers' earnings. With respect to the present agitation >r another tunnel to Hataitaiand ' lulbirme be advocated that the Government and the City Council should cooperate in the construction of a large tunnel winch would sew* foi all time : for passengrr and cart traffic, and also , tor the railway line when electrified and - extended to Ivilbirnie and Miramar. On ' -tl 3lt ' seconded : In Mr. Hewitt, a vote of thanks and con- : ndence was Mined by acclamation. A ' strong .committee was set up to'further , tho ■ interests of tho candidate. . —— , Sir. R. Fletcher, Liberal candidato for Wellington Central, will address tho dec- i tors at Aro Street Mission Hall at 8 ' p.m. on Tuesday, October 24.