THE OTAKI SEAT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 102, 27 October 1925, Page 9

THE OTAKI SEAT

MR. SEMPLE AT UPPER HUTT.

The Labour candidate for Otaki, Mr. R. Semple, addressed a meeffing of about 350 people at the Independent Hall, Upper Hutt, on Friday evening last. Introducing the candidate, Mr. •P, Robertson, who presided, commented strongly on the.bodyguard of police that was present tit the meeting of tho Hon. Mr. M'Leod on the previous Saturday, 110 said there was no necessity for any police protection to ensure- a fail 1 hearing at Upper Iliitl, and lie was pleased to say Unit tlic opinion was so strong that lie had had il expressed to him by a Reform supporter in tho district..

Mr. Scinple, on rising, was greeted with hearty applause, ife dealt exhaustively with the money question, showing "that tho institution of a Stato bank would be a benefit to the country generally and to the farmers in particular. He then dealt extensively with tho l.md policy of the Labour Party, staling that i.ho " usehnld," in its action and application, would bo nnalogons to tho henclits conferred by the Public Trust. Dealing with the Labour Party's proposnl of mntbnrhood endowment, ho contrasted it with l.he Government Labour Department's report (or tho assistance of familip?. He dealt also -with ths initiative referendum and the right of recall, and

with tho high maternity death rate, claiming that most of tho deaths were preventable, aiid that the Labour Party's policy was tho only means by which that desirable ■ end would be attained.

Mr. Semple's address extended for three hours, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks and confidence in tho candidate and cheers for Labour.