SIR JAMES CARROLL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1304, 6 December 1911, Page 3

SIR JAMES CARROLL

ADDBESS AT ASHBURTON. (Bt Teloeraph-Press Association,) .tage an dpassagc ways were all fiUe d, J$ The Mayor "presided, and Sir .Tamcf v;M^i? urins i p ft rso v al l,,i, »'fcs tojfc??Ts. ?£ l f y i. and ' HMd - v - S " Ja«M'Carroll ■.aid that ho proposed to deal with Dolitical principles and parlies,- leaving per-w-nalitiM to Mr. Makse.v ud his Ms. ioo much timo was wasted in casting reflection upon the integrity of public, men ■*JT , count i' y - , (Applause.) He prot\ n lo .«ntraEt-th« Government and tlio Opposition. On ■Uμ one hand there iras a constructive policy embracing a Bold grappling with problems- that -ore mil. perplexing otherland.'-. On tli.' Jther hand -,thor.» was not'iing but ob<t.niction, anddest-uctiin. , . Ho, instanced llie attiuidp. of tl'e -Opposition' towards advances to ilettlcrs and'clow settlement. Iho fact that the "Liberal i arty lincl held tlio oonfidenco of "the peoirlc'fnr twenty rears, and had survived tlio- fire, of "oriti?i?m. was proof positivo tl.at the Government was doing its dut;- satisfactorily. What had the ..Opposition lo offer ns i«:ain>:t the achievements of .the Govern,'iient? ■ Nothinp bat Urn shreds and [latches of the Government.policy which they had picked up, adorned, and.-urc-icnted as a now polfcy.; lie had carefully :*ad Mr. Masscy's. nmnit'Mlo-.just. issued, iml.he found th:j{,. after twenty years-of "■ffort, the Opposition l;adnia.(!e the. , disinvery thot: .thcj- land' lad- .be-on ; ffiven bv '.\p .Creator for' the sens of men l.b.cullivate. (Laugh'tcr.) Hut■ there whs , nc practical. sii'.'Rn.stion' as to how this, wan to ,l)e done. Assuredly it. was not by land inonopcly ov by denjing .'facilities: ta settler;;,to obtain land and cnpibil. 'Tin: Opposition platform was all • shadov.y, »iid,th;o only deliiii(o thing in itnas ri'< optional freehold, lnit'.he pointed out-lh;it this was part; of the ■Government polK.y, ivhich inchuledtho purchase of freehold pc«up3.tion, with'the. \iahi' of purclna?, and six other forms of tenure. ' He,then rmtlinpil the cardinal, features-.of the-Gov-financial ileferice, liuraa_n!t;irian ' ,aml pulilie works, policy,'.'liib marks ljeing froijupntly npplnudcil. 15cferrini; to the' local. political r.ituntion, lio quoted thn fieures of last election-.t« ■ihw that the Liberal voters were in thf majority. He'did not nrpsunic'-10-adyisv ivhom they should elect,'"but he desired to seo the"principle of majority reiircsoutalion can-ied out in (his and 1 every:othcr electoral district. He humorously eciui. nnred the four Aslibnrton raiididatei ;tr lirrses in a race.' There wti= the fa\;o«rr':c, vho'had foi-uKTlywon the <taW, nnd.v'-hr would doublleps win again in the firs! beat. There was an "old horso' still ;oi«p" stronsr. a promisincr yomi? colt tryinp his paces, and n .dark horse, anil lark hom>> had n. trick of,winnintr.,- 'Applause.) He would infringe- on the Gamitig Act or law- against -ljcttintt on- tlio result ot olectinns by adv ! «infj his hearers l-o "have a bit on-." (Laughtor.) H« lioped. however, that whichever _ • horse ■arriod the Government colour? in the snal run off, would have the united support of the vest of tlio stable. (I/iu«hteir md strong "supportive"' apulanse ; ) \t (he c105«,' a motion, thanking hir ra'mns Carroll. for 'his address, and exii'cssing confidence in the Government, ivas carried by acclamation, without tliswnt. Sir James Carroll beins cnthiisiosrically 3Jid chee.red when lie toso :o reply.

ADDRESS BY MR. NGATA. Rotorua, pecemVr 4. The Hon. Air. Xcatn tr>-ni<;lit addressed a \argo mcctinp; lioie. trenchantlyontios.ins H" , Native ' nm ' ,I<lli(, y as sp t for,; " by. Mr. Ilcnics recently.

Thfl 'Wpllinslon Public T.ilirnry will Ixv closed from noon to-morrow. Tho■■Newtown Library Will lie dosed all day, on account of'the building ln-ing used us ■ a polling booth.

To-dny Messrs. A. 1,. Wilson and Co. will hold a sale of household furmlnro, including four pianos, in llu-ir rupins. Brandon Strrot. On I'i-iday next,. ,thn samp lirm will soil .it No. 2 Wharf, seventy bass of Kiipprphosphatps, sliglitly -diiinaßccl br water. Particulars concerning both sains will bo found in our advertising columns.

The warehouses in the city of Wellington will be closed from 3 p.m. fjvmorroir, election, day.

Eleven thousand acres pf. freehold property are advertised for s*lo in this issun \iy Mossif. Lane and Jl'Cartliy, land agents, Napier. .

Oil an iiveraie, a. oow yields: about. 100 yaUous of milk a year.

For Bronchial Coughs, tairs .Woods' Great Pepjwnauit Cure, h. fid. .