MR. D. M'LAREN'S CAMPAIGN

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 3

MR. D. M'LAREN'S CAMPAIGN

THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY CONDEMNED.. "I advise you to keep an eye on this : If the Tories go back into power their greed on behalf of their friends is such that the national endowments will be endangered." Such was the declaration made by Mr. D. M'Laren, the Labour candidate for Wellington East, in his election address in the New Century Hall last evening. He advised them that the same applied to the Public Trust and to the State Fire Insurance. Were they prepared to • risk them ? he asked. Mr. M'Laren likewise condemned the Government's action in placing the Civil Service under the control of Commissioners'. The Public Service, he urged, was created in the interests of tho public, and euch being" tho case, the public should see to it that the Service was left under the full control of the chief council of the State, the Parliament of this country. (Applause.) He went on to point out that the present Government had attacked the co-operative system ' upon our public works, that our present educational system was endangered, and that if the Government was returned the country's cherished national institutions would be further encroached upon. He charged the Government with being fake in its pioiVssions regarding the reduction of borrowing, with trifling r about tho graduated land tax, and with

guilt in connection with the Huntly disaster. The candidate, in reply to Mr. Herdman 's statement the previous night, credited Sir Joseph Ward with a large share in the settlement of the Tramway strike, and declared that the Massey Government last year did nothing to settle the waterside dispute, having designated its powers instead to a onesided Citizens' Committee. He ridiculed the cry of the "Red Alliance" preferred by the Government against its opponents, and concluded by declaring that the day of reckoning with the Reform Party was now at hand. The Allies were going to carry the flag of progress right on to the hill-top, and win out in the interests of the people of this country. (Applause.) The candidate, after replying to questions, wa& accorded a hearty vote of thanks and confidence. Mr. J. Hutchison presided.