LIBERALS AND LABOUR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 69, 15 December 1919, Page 10

LIBERALS AND LABOUR

ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT REFORM EXPOSURE BY, MR. MASSEY J!y Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, December 11. • 111 the course of an adi.lre.-s at Paerna last niifht the Prime Minister gave some / evidence of the efforts that had been made during the course of the election campaign to bring- about in certain parts of die Dominion an alliance between tho Liberal and Labour Parties. He read a letter addressed to 'tho Rev. Broome, ran did ato for AVaitomo, from 1. Taylor, and Mr. AV. Kershaw, ' vice-president, of the AVaitara Freezing TJr.ion, giving the text of a refio 1 lution carried at a committee meeting of tlio union in which it was resolved to ask Mr. Broom to withdraw from tho contest in tho best interest;-, of both Labour and Libera! Parties, as it was the opinion of the union that the Labour and Liberal votes, if snlit, would place tho Reform candidate at tlie head of tlio DOll. Thus defeating the aim of both Liberal and Labour Parties. The letter was endorsed by Mr. AY. F. Jenkins, chairman of the Liberal Committee. at AVaitara, as follows:— And I endorse the above and agree ■with the opinion expressed. Continuing, Mr. Maese.v quoted a declaration of Mr. Holland, leader of the Parr liame'itary Labour Party, at AA'estport, to the effect that • he hoped the Labour Party would'', como,back'from the elections asl .the ■ constitutional Opposition, but if it did not, and Sir Joseph AA 7 .i I'd moved a vote of no-confidence, tho Labour Party would join with him,in oustine Mr. Massey. But_ it would not support Sir Josenh AA ; ard unless he enacted 'the .legislation the Labour Party was fighting for. Further, a Press Association* telegrAra 011 November 10, from Ilawera, stated:— In response to a deputation representing the Liberal and Labour interests, Mr. M'Neil (Labour) has agreed to /withdraw his name as a candidate for the Patea seat to allow Mr. Morrison (Opposition) a clear field. In Oamaru the Labour Party had adont ed the Liberal candidate: in AVallnce tho Labour candidate had withdrawn in favour of the Opposition candi'lntp; in T»muka a meeting was recently held attended by reorpseutativefl of the Liberal and Labour Parties, with the result that the x extreme Labour candidate had been withdrawn in favour of the Liberal candidate. Mr. Mossey also quoted !a statement made bv Mr. Hiram Hunter, one - of the Labour lenders in Christchurch : and candidate for Avon, to the effect that the Liberal party

will never again' bs able'to form a Government without the support of organised Labour. In conclusion, Mr. Massej - drew attention to a statement nubliely made'bv the Hon. G. Fowlds in Auckland, as follows:— On a no-confidence motion I would vote' against Mr. Massey with any party. Lalxnir or liberal, and take - mv chance as. to the quality and calibre of the Government I should get to succeed Mr. Massey. The Prime Minister stated that it wqs .quite evident Mr. Fow!d«, who had been n nrominent member in Sir Josenh Ward's Government, would eo-operato with extreme Labour, and he appealed strongly to the electors to place State before party, and prevent ail unholy combination preventing a strong and stable ■Government being returned to office.,

CANDIDATES' MEETINGS. I The following candidates' meetings have been arranged:— Dr. Newman {Wellington East)—Clydo Quav Schoolroom, to-nighti. •Mr." J. 11.I 1 . Luke (Wellington North)— .'l'inakori Road, to-night; Masonic Hall, 'io-;uorro\v. ilr. Fred. Pirani—Meetings for supporters scrutineers, and election-day worker; • at St. Peter's llall, to-morrow afternoon at 3, and all Marion Street Hall at 8 p.m. Li out.-Colonel Mitchell (Welhngtcr a South)—Newtown, Star Theatre, to : mo; it row. ' , -V Mr.. H. Oakley Browne (Wellington mI North) — I To-day, Uuinton's Corner,' 4.30 J p.m.; to-morrow, Sydney Street School- it room. 1 . " | Mr. E„ P. liislnvortli ■ Day's Bay Pavilion; to-morrow, Lyceum Hall, Huft. i Mr. It. A. Wright (Suburb*)-Neahau-ranga (Garrison Hall), to-night; karori (Methodist Church Hull), to-n;or.iw. 'Mr. Dunbar Sloane (Suburbs)— Johnson, ville, to-morrow. ■ Mr. W. H. Field (Otaki)-Belmont, tonight: Levin (Century Hall) 10-moirow. 'Mr. A. D. M'Lcod (Wairarapa)-»,'artor. ton, {o-iiijjhl-. ■ Mr. E. Newman (Manawatu)—Masonio Hall, Foxton, Tueodaj. , Sir. G. .Sykci (Mnstprton)—Solway, tonight; Mas'terton, to-morrow. Mr. A. C. Holms, Democratic candidate i'oi- Mastcrion, addressed tille electors at Miuiriceville East. Mr. Robert Camoron occupied the chair.* The candidate dealt with soldier settlement land aggregation, taxation 'upon small farmers, and • education. A cordial vote of thanks was . accorded the candidate. At the conclusion of' a' social evening which followed, cheers wftrc given for Mr. Holms; T'lio candidate is to speak at Eketalmua tonight.

A reference to the danger of the spread of Bolshevik tendencies in Ko\y Zealand was made by the ictiring chairman of tlio Auckland Stock Exchange,' Mr. AY. R. Walker, at the annual meeting of members last week, says !iu: "Herald." Speaking of tho aitcr-eifeiis of tile war, ho said there was to be noted a tendency towards increased iuxury on tile olio hond nnd a disinclination to work on tho other. The enemy without hud been con-' quoted, and now the enemy within must Ijs) conquered. The virus* of the diseaso of Bolshevism was, he asserted, more or less active' in the Dominion. It called l'ur surgical treatment. Jn tho Auckland provincial district, on two occasions, thoy had seen the gcod results cf the proper remedies applied in time. Bolsheviks would rather talk than light, but let theiu get out of hand and they would bo even worse tyrants than tho Prussi-tn himself. Their success would mean tho failure of humanity, iiut ho could not conceive that Providence would permit them to prevail. For twelve or thirteen jears Courtenny Place and Manners Street luivo been wood-paved or blocked. Gradually tha rains, of winter have soaked into tho blockfS, causing them to swell over so slightly each year, yet having exhausted the tiny space between each block, caused by the' original mr ,'mith. tlio pressure bits continued slowly but implacably until it. has pushed 'he heavy, concrete kerbstones so hard that their original ilat surtace now slopes, in parts, at a rather dangerous angle towards the rond. This has been remedied m some parts, but there are sections of Manners (Street, between the Cuba and Taranaki Streets intersections, that remain to be treated, It has been suggested that the City Council's neglect to give the blocks ft good ("idling <;!' tar nvery,summer for tho past few years has aggravated this trouble. The want of tar 011 the wood Work* is in greasy x-catlu.* making them dangerous for man and boast. . South; - ™ files report that, a shortage of | bricks is holding up work 011 many buildI ihg contracts in and .round ("iri.-lchurch. j It is stated that tho output from local I kilns has decreased by well over 50 per I cent'. comjwi'cd with l'':e pro-war period, | the principal reason boiii[» that the l'CI luarkable revival 111 traiV has caught several companies napping. Reconstruction work has not been pushed forward as it might have been, and the position has been gelling worse during the last two months ■■ Big reserves of bricks havo .totally .disappeared, and in some cases slocks of sceond-hand bricks havo been : quickly snapped up for chimney building. ' Income-tax and excess profit tax in . tllie United States for I!HS will amount I to 1,700,000,000d01. (^940,000,000).