THE ELECTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1284, 13 November 1911, Page 6

THE ELECTIONS.

NEWS AND NOTES. SPEECHES BY CANDIDATES. TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS. Mr. W. H. D. 801 l (Opposition, Wellington Suburbs), at Ncwlands, at_B p.m. Mr. J. P. Like (Government, Wellington Suburbs), at the Hall, Makara, at Mr!' W. H. Field (Government, Otaki electorate), at the Century Hall, Levin, B Mr. P W. H. P . Barber 'Government, Wellington South), at FuHford's Hall, Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. Mr. D. Buiek (Opposition, Palmerston North), at Opera House, Palmerston North, at 8 p.m. Mr. D. H. Guthrie (Opposition, Orona electorate), at Schoolhonee, Torere, at 8 p.m. Mr. C. A. W. Monckton (Opposition, Otalri electorate), at Maranui Mill, at 8 p.m. Mr. Byron Brown (Opposition, Otaki doctorate), at' Hall, Orouo Bridge. Mr. F. G. Bolton (Government, Wellington East), at OT)onnoU's Hall, Kilbirnie, at 8 p.m.

TO-MORROW'S MEETINGS, Mr. John Brodie (Independent Liberal, Wellington East), at OTtonnell's Hall, Kilbiniie, at 8 p.m. Br. A. K. Newman (Opposition, Wellington East), at Methodist Schoolroom; North Kilbirnic. at 8 p.m. Mr. J; P. Luke (Government, Wellington Snbnrbs), at the Hall, Oharin, at 8 j>to. Mr. E. J. Carey (Labour, Wellington North), at the Churchroom, Northland. Mr. F. II. 1 B. Fisher (Opposition, Wollinsrton Ontral), at Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith Street, at 8 p.m. Mr. W. H. D. Bell (Opposition, Wellington Suburbs), at Haywards. at Bp.m. Mr. Byron Brown (Opposition, Otaki electorate), at Coronation Hall, Foxton, at 8 p.m. Mr. W. H. Fiold (Government, Otaki electorate), at Hall, Orona Bridge, at 8 p.m. Mr. D. H. Guthrie (Opposition, Orona electorate), at Town Hall, Taihapo, at 8 p.m. FUTURE MEETINGS. . Mr. A. L. Herdman (Opposition, Wellington North), at St. Paul's Schoolroom, Tinakori Road, on Wednesday, at 8 p.m.

At his meeting at tho Alexandra Hall on Tuesday, evening noxt, Mr. F. M. ,B. Fisher will devote himself entirely to putting forward a constructive, policy.' Carrier Pigeons. . Tlie retiming officer; for the Masterton electorate intends utilising carrier pigeons for securing the results from remote polling places at the coming election. The Right Man. Tho "TeAroha Mail" thinks most of tho electors of Tauranga have made up their minds. "There is one candidate who while sound upon Ihe policy which all farmers have come to regard as their own, namely, freehold land tenure and close settlement, has earned the respect, esteem, and, one may f.recly add, the affection of tho people of this district. He has, with rare unselfishness, devoted 15 years of his life to tho service of his fellow electors, and has spent of his substance as. freely as of his time. His name is a synonym for honesty and courage and lovo of liberty, and we should pause and .Forioiisly weigh, every, argument adduced to sho wfhat.he is not the man for Galvray. We aro referring, of course, to Mr. Herries." The Wanganui Roll. Largely a3 a result of tho electoral census muddle,, lhrge numbers of people, protsibly hundreds, who ought to bo on the Wanganm roll are not registered. The "Herald" pays that one. election organisation aloio has discovered four hundred electors whj nudit" to be registered butaro not. Owing to the confusion and un-' certainly which has arisen, nnmbers of people no , ? find themselves without the right to vote who thought all along they ■koto on Hie roll. A rush for enrolment (rill probably take place within the next few days, but it seems very probable that there will Btill remain many disfranchised.

Closing of tho Rolls. Tho writs will probably be issued on November 20 or 21, and as the supplementary rolls will close on tho same day, any electors who havo not yet made sure of their enrolment should note that their opportnnity will soon be gone. Nominations will close at noon ten days before polling day, which, as already announced, has been fixed for December 7. The Deadly Parallel. One .of the Ministerialist methods of dealing with the Mokau exposures is to shout "mare's nest." Another is best illustrated by tho use of the parallel columns. The,first of the following extracts is from the report of the Native Affairs Committee on tho Mokau transactions, and tho second is from tho Primo Minister's speech at Winton, as printed in the "New Zealand Times":— Tho Committee. Sir J. G. Ward. "Mr. Massey's ■ 'The finding of statement correctly the committee on sets out the facts important points referred to by him, showed that the and is in agreement statement of the with the statement Leader of the Oppoof tho Government sition was by the except as to' three unanimous decision minor, matters." of the committee '" ■ found to be disproved." During the same speech tho Premier accused his opponents of "gross misropr<s eentation." ' Mr. Massey. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Masgey) addressed a meeting of his farmer constituents at Otahuhu on Saturday night. He left by tho Main Trunk train Jast night, speaking at Eketahuna this evening. and at Napier on Tuesday. . Legislation by Exhaustion. "In the first part of last session, five Bills a month were passed. During the last month the rate was .five. Bills a Hay."—Mr. Lang's illustration of tho nrt of legislation by exhaustion. Great Growth-of What? After quoting the figures Telating to the growth of taxation, public debt, and expenditure, tho "Patea County Press" shrewdly observes: "These figures serve to f.now how the burden of the taxpayer has been increased of recent years. Had tho back country teen developed as rapidly as tho public debt, has been allowed to 'mount np, the extra cost of living would not be felt .13 keenly as it is'at tho present time. Progress, to bo sound and substantial for the counti-y, must be somethins rnoro than the piling up of taxation and the national debt." Advice to Electors. It is advisable for all electors to seo that their names are on tho rolls for their respective districts. It is still more necesfary that nil eligible persons living in the areas where their names have been transferred from one district to another by the recent changes of boundaries should specially exercise this precaution. Tho registrars liavo transferred all persons whose addresses on the various rolls show that they should bo transferred by reason of the change of boundaries, bnl it is found that clcotors very often fail to notify the registrar of their changes of address when removing from one house to another. It Depends. Tho length of Sir John Findlay's residence in Auckland, according to tho "Herald" will depend upon tho result of tho poll in December. , He told his lady auditors at Parnell on Monday afternoon that he hoped to be not only their representative, bnt their neighbour. He would continue to live in Paraell at anyrate for the greater part of next month. "But," ho added, "I franklv admit that if at the elections I am told I am not wantod here, I shall not take up the roots of my homo in Wellington." "Liberal" Misrepresentation. An extraordinary falsehood, which would be villainons were it not supremely ridiculous, has been circulated against

Mr. G. Hunter, who is contesting the Waipawa 6eat. Mr. Hunter has been actually represented as saying that tho "Hon. Roddy" nnpget was presented to tho King in order to influence his Majestv to confer a baronetcy on Sir Joseph Ward. All Mr. Hunter had said, rs anyone might know, was that tho Government should not make presentations paid for but of tho public purso without being first authorised by Parliament. He referred to the matter in a speech on Tuesday, thus; "I have been misrepresented in this matter. I never said tho_ Kins was induced to make Sir Josoph Ward a Baronet because he accepted a paltry present of £119, in the shape of; tho 'Hon. Roddy.' Fancy calling this nugget after such a gentleman and presenting it to tho King! If the King had known who A was christened after ho was certain to more highly value the nugget than ho does at present." (Laughter.)