CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1908, Page 8

CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Several hundred peqple assembled at the corner of Emmett-street and Riddi-ford-etreet on Saturday evening to hear an address by Mr. C. H. Chapman, Labour candidate for Wellington South. In the course of his remarks the candidate characterised the appointment of Dr. Pindray as Attorney-General, without support from any electorate, as being contrary to Hie principle of democratic representation. At the end of his address 'Mr. Chapman 'was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. Addressing a meeting at Awahuri, Mr. F. W. Frankland, candidate for Manawatu, suggested that the second ballot would enable two candidates actually to strengthen, instead of weaken, their party through competition, by one of them securing certain votes that the other j»utd not. He strongly advocated State afiorestefcion of v*aste lands, and State encouragement of afforestation of suitable private lands. Speaking on the defence question at, Napier on Friday night, Mr. A. L. D. Fraser said New Zealand had increased the Naval Subsidy to £100,000 per annum, but he thought we could give still more. If we hoped to defend our country and our homes we must depend upon the British Navy. "We can," he said, "give more encouragement to our volunteers by giving them ranges whereat they can learn to shoot. If we had devoted to that purpose the money we have spent on useless defence works we shonld 'have nothing to fear." Mr. J. W. Braithwaite addressed residents ef Makara on Saturday. Mr. Hawkins was in the chair. The candidate, who spoke for nearly two hours, ■was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence. Mr. Herries (Opposition) and Mr. J. 'A. Young (Ministerialist) have been nominated for the new Tauranga seat, telegraphs the Press Association. Mr. A. R. Atkinson writes:— "Please allow me to supplement your report of the remarks on defence in my speech at Newtown. Though Mr. Deakin's scheme would require 18 days of each year to be spent in the field between the ages of 18 and 21, and the suggestion of the Wellington Artillery officers was for two days more, I was careful to point out the loss of business time involved would be three or four days at the most. The 20 days of the Wellington Artillery officers' scheme are made up as follows : Days. 24 half-days for field work ... l 2 •Victoria Day ... 1 Annual training, continuous. 7 Total „. 20 'Whafc I pointed out was that the 24 half-days would not interfere with business if taken on Wednesdays or Saturday*; that Victoria Day is in the same 'position ; and that if the consecutive ■week were timed to cover the Easter 'holidays the loss of business time could not exceed three or four days. Yet Sir Joseph Ward is unable to see any distinction between this mild scheme and the conscriptive law of Germany, which requires two or three years' continuous service in barracks !" In response to an enquiry by the Registrar of Electors for Timaru, Mr. (Mansfield, chief electoral officer, has telegraphed (says a Press Association telegram) that absent votere' permits and seamen's rights are not applicable to the second ballot, as polling booths will not exist everywhere throughout the Dominion.' The final supplements of the electoral rails will be printed to-morrow, but will xwt in all cases be available for distribution till Thursday. INVERCABGILL AND AWARUA. [BT TUTCIura.— PUSS ASSOCIATION.! INVEBCARGILL, This Day. Mr. A. A. Paape is announced as a candidate for lnvercargill m the Labour interest, and Mr. W. Morris contests the Awarua seat ac an Independent Lib-, eral.