BUTT SEAT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 68, 13 December 1919, Page 8

BUTT SEAT

ADiJKESS BY MR. KISHWORffi. The Empire Thealre, Petone, was priictically filled last.night, when Mr. E. P. Eishworth, IMorm cand date for the liuvt seat, delivered a must .uccesii'ul iiddKss. Mr. .1. Kyle inwidcd.

Mr. Uishwui'th ojipncil his address by refuting Ihe suggestion (hat he was nut known in Petono. He did not believe the. people cf Petuno would be gulled oy the statement that they ivoul;! I;, thiwn'ng away, their votes by voting for the ifeforni candidate. (Applause.) lie was a i-traiiiht-out lighter, and thevij had lipoii no trimmings about his past <■,(■■ tions. .(Applause.) Thcrp '.v.is no truth in the stupid assertion that he was oppu~c<l lo the workers obtain nj incivasid wages.. Ho whs out for a fair deal foi tbe wiigij-Mrncrs in ilia district,; ml thai ira.« well knoivn. The wages paid by the Hiitt Council, cf which he was Mayor, were equal !o, if not better, than, tlie wages paid by the Pctone Borou!;h Council. No man living could honestly fay that he could reduce the cest of living. Sincerity must be the test of public lift}. The men wlia made the lows must, be straight men and true men, men who had a genre of their rc.-iponsibilities. The candidate denied statements made re.?ardily his atlituds h> the Navy by hie Lihsnl -.ipponen/, M.r. Wiliord. f[e had uevor seiitiuientt. in invour of a local Navy, ami when Mr. \V:lford w-js told'that he (Mr. Wilford) had made wron,-; statements ha should have admitted the fact. If ;; man had proved inconsistent and unreliable then they knew where to place him when they were n':l;cc! In fVinpnrt him. (.Yp;i!an, c e.) Mr. Wilford had asked to receive tho votes of the electors because he wanted, and faid lie would receive, Cabinet rank. The statement that the lteform Party had brought out a man to split the votes in the Hutt electorate was without foundation. They brought ouii a,candidate before, and gave the Liberal candidate a. bis run, although tho Reformer on that occasion -v\.as not so well known in ti:e <li.itrict as the spcakvr wan. To iiicren-'e the prosperity cf the country there must be increased production, 'file Reform GuviTiiiiicnt hud chiuiged tho incidence of tavilum in favour of the men with the ! poorest salaries and wases. The Ueforin i Government had made an honest atI teinpli to slop land and lie, would be a brave man who attempted ABgre/jalion in the future. Returned soldiers wiio had bought land at hijii j'piicc? would have to bo helped. As-ist j ante would also hnve to be given to -returned soldier-fanners in Sliding suitI able luarkefa for their produce. He favoured the raisin;; of widows' pensions to a scale on which the widows eoulil live reasonably, especially the widows of men I who had rendered valued wrvice to the State.

.-ifroT an.-:«'f.ri)i» niips'ion.i, if was moved lihat a vole of thank.? and confidence be accorded jJlr. Kishworlili. Loud cheers followed, and the chairman declared tho motion curried. Counter-cheers were given by u section of the audience for the Labour candidate.' CANDIDATES' iiEETIKGS. 'Hie foliowinj; meetingt) have been cirroiiged ,b.V tile various candidates:— Mr .J. l>. Luke (U'ellinßton .\ortli)Tinakori Koad, Monday; Masonx Hall, 'luesdny. Dr. JS'cwnian (Wellington East)— Clyde Ouay Sclioolrcom, Monday; coinmittce liietting. I Cambridsce Terrace, to-night. Lieiit.-Coloncl Mitchell (Wellington Suiiih)—Dorifiuuporo, to-niglit; Star 'i'l'oatre, Mewlown, Tuesday. Mr. H. Oakley Browne (Wellington North)—Kelburn Ton. Kiosk, to-nijfht; Sytiiiev Street Schoolroom, Tuesday. "Mr.'.B. P. Uislnrortli (ITuttJ-Jipiini, toniglit; lady snp\»rterß at the Oddfellows' Hall, this afternoon; Day's Bay Pavilion, Monday; Lyceum Hall. Ilutt, Tuesdr.y. air. R. A, Wright (Suburbs)-Wors-?r Day, to-niglit; Jlethodist Church Hall, Karori, Tue.-day.. l Mr Dunbsiv'.Slonnc (Suburbs'!— .Molrose (Rosson's trarooiv.s), to-night; Johnfionvillo, Tuesday. Mr. W. H. Field (Ofaki)-Hawtrey, J'iipiiranpi, ;ind Porinia Ymh\, at JoJiusohvillo School, to-night: Belmont, Monday; Levin Century Hall. Tuesday. Mr. D. K. Pi'itchard (I-liitt)—Trentlinin Camp sate?, Monday, 3.30. Mr. 10. Newman (Marawatu)—Carnarvon, to-night; Wiuigaelni, Sfondayj 'he Masonic. Hall. Foxton, Tuesday. M"r. G. R. Sykes (Jlusterton)—lhuvaua, to-night; Solway, Monday; Masterton, luestlay.

Mr. A. D. H'T.eod (Wairarapa)—Town Kali. Fc-atliprstoi), to-niglit; Carterton, ' Mr.'Evelyii TlfacDonald (Otaki)—Akafarawa. to-night. A Literal rally, to be held in the Town Hal! on Monds'v, will be addressed by t'i- .To=?nh Ward. A Liibour rally will be held at the Basin Reserve mi Sunday afternoon, and another at the Paramount Theatre in the evening. The final rally will he held in the Town Hal 1 - on Tuesday.