WELLINGTON NORTH

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 10

WELLINGTON NORTH

MIL J. P. LUKE. Mr. J. P. Luke, Reform member for Wellington • North, was greeted with cheers by tlip ureai crowd when he. nnneared in front of The Pomision result.* boinl. Mr. Luke snid that lio wished to return his sincere thanks to tlie pponlo. of 'Wellington North for lmvinst nijv'n returned him at the bend of (he poll. Previously ho had been returned ns a supporter of the. National (invcnunent, but on rhis occasion.ho had ■■food, as (i candidate for tho 'Reform Party. a"d he hnd the neatest hope that the Reform Party would carry out evcrv prnmi-"> that- bad been made by I he Lender of the Party durim? the. oleclin'i cniunniin. The party during the Mine they had oeeupied the Treasury benches had carried on tho Government of (he'country in a manner satisfactory to the people, and he was 6iire that in future the fioveniment, led by Mr. Massey. do all that was possible l hi n<«ire M'e prosperity of the wholo "(u"itvv. If's .;nvn opinion wns that no I bodv of ii(iii|ic : aiK in Porliament to-day was bo well fitted to carry on Uio work

of reconstruction which must be done in this country in. tho coming years. M v Luke thanked the electors of Wellington North for having returned him, and especially ho thanked all those who had worked to secure his return, ftipeoially lite secretary, Mr. C. S. Kelly. Last «: all, Mr. Luice called for cheers for his opponents, and tho. cheers were given readily enough. MR.- •■]. 0. BROWNE. - Mr. H. 0, Y nie, unsuccessful Liberal candidate iV.-i ■ Wellington- North, said that tho will <;! the peoplo was being defeated at.the elections in that members Were being returned on minority vote? ofHhe electors. He did not wish to coinplain. On the contrary, he wished to assure .the.electors that they would hear from him again. Ho wished publioly to thank those men and women, young nnd old, who had rallied' round him to keep the Liberal flag flying in Wellington North. They had put up a good fight, and thov- were going on with it'. Ho thought that the time had como when Liberals and Labour nnd all progressive people should get together— (laughter)-in order that they might dominate'the polities of this country, instead of the "few now in power by minority vote. Ho' thanked tho electors who hail voted him him in this contest.; mrTjTread. Mr. J. Read assured the crowd, when he was able to make himself heard, that the Labour Party would some day govern the country. (Loud dissent.) This would happen when tlhe working people realised' that tho newspapers were their en r emiss. Labour should have its own' Pirns to counteract. the. "lies" and "51th" poured on Labour. (Cries of 'No!" and uproar.) Mr. Luke was a minority' representative." • .