WELLINGTON SUBURBS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1922, Page 13

WELLINGTON SUBURBS

MB. CBOSKERY'S CAMPAIGN.

Mr. A. W, Croskery, official Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs, assisted by Mr. J. Read, president Wellington Trades and Labour Council, and Mr. A. M'Leod, addressed a meeting of electors at the Churchroom, Ngaio, on Thursday. Mr. Croskery, dealing with the question of immigration, stated that the methods which the Preform Govern--1 jneut wero resorting to to induce immigrants from Great Britain to these shores were a public scandal, and would find resentment by the electors on 7th December. Was it a fair thing, asked the candidate, to lure people to this country by telling them that there was ample housing accommodation for them v/hen they arrived, and, in addition, that there was plenty of employment, when the Government were well aware that the housing conditions in this city jWere in a most deplorable condition, and wben the unemployment question ■was a most serious one. In a-eply to a

.question from the Public Service Association, Mr. Croskery stated that neither lie nor his Party were in favour <>f the

service being placed under political control. A vote of thanks and confidence was to the candidate. Mr. Croskery also delivered an address at Khandallah mainly on the lines of his previous speeches. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the speaker.