WAIRAU, NELSON AND MOTUEKA

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

WAIRAU, NELSON AND MOTUEKA

MATTERS GETTING , INTERESTING PROSPECTS REVIEWED Xews received from across the Strait indicates that tho contests in the three electorates named nbovc are proceeding rigorously. In the Wairau electorate it is widely considered that the silting Liboral member.' Mr. M'Cnllum, is likely to jose his seat. The position is decidedly interestinjf. Mr. Corry, an Independent Liberal, has cut solidly into Mr. M'Cidlum's following, and the Labour candidate has also made some inroads. Mr, Peimv. the Keform candidate, has been duietlv but industriously covering the verv scattered electorate, ami hi.s ciiamei to-dav ai* regarded as being second to none. He has a valuaWe record of -public service to puint, to, is widely respected and estet-med, imd would make a useful addition to the ranks of Parliamentarians WJipjj the numbers ;;o up it will surprise no oue but tho extreme mrtisans to see his name on top. For the Nelson seat, there are threes candidates. Mr. Alinore, who polled so ridiculously when 'no contested lie V'cilinzton Central sent, is seek ing- lo misli the Nelson electors off their feet with a torrent of snscriiuiakini;. Those who know the erratic political proclivities uf JFr. Atniore measure liii'i up by Iris performances, and not by his talk, and it is expected Iliat. there will bi? n sufficient number of electors of this class to en Mire that he- will continue hi the tiute'. darkness' of political isfi'airi. lie is m slib as ever, but his political record i; nsninst him. A Labour candidate, Mr. Price, has not so far done anythim; srnratinnal. and tho sitting member,. Mr. T. ,A. H. "Fie-M. should again 'win. He is not nttemntinfr any fireworks, hul' hns been steadily plugging away. slr. Field was dip (if Hie most respected members of His ]nte Parliament: his independence wns a wholesome stimulus to nil but the par'v hacks; and his practical common sense always not him a jjend henriiiff. Ho should noil heavily ainonp't thoje who realise that Parliament is something more than a talkinjr shop.

Tn Hie Motuoka electorate another triunsnlai' contest is in iirosrv?', mid here ncain the sitting mei"H-r. Mr. Hudson. lonics like, v.'iiinins , . Hi-- labour oppnnpnt is ivo"kiii(j linn), mid so also is his Liberal ndvcrsnrv. Mr, I"mnx, but ATr. Hudson proved his wnrllt in tho last Parliament, and carries too many guns for his present onnnnenfc.