POLITICAL SPEECHES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 126, 29 May 1914, Page 2

POLITICAL SPEECHES

PREMIER AT BALCLUTHA. BALCLUTHA, 28th May. The Prime Minister addressed a crowded meeting at Balclutha to-night, and was accorded a very cordial welcome and a patient hearing. Mr. Massey broke no new ground in the course of his remarks, which lasted about two hours. He referred to the improved condition of matters through the Land Act, this subject occupying nearly half the time he was speaking. Other matters dealt with were finance, loans raised at Home, advances to set- , tiers and others, the providing of workers' homes in town and country, tho Public Service Board, immigration, and the necessity for an increased population. At the conclusion of his address he received a vote of thanks and confidence, which was carried with slight dissent. Afterwards he was entertained at a "social." MR. ATMORE AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHUTICH, 28th May. Mr. H. Atmore, M.P., addressed a largely-attended meeting in the Choral Hall to-night in support of the Liberal campaign. He received a good hearing, and at tho close of the meeting was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence, an amendment of thanks only, proposed by a Social Democrat, being' rejected.