WELLINGTON SOUTH

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 9

WELLINGTON SOUTH

MR. APPLETON AT BERHAM-

PORE

SOCIALIST POLICY RIDICULED

The Masonic Hall at Berhampore was crowded last night when Mr. AVill Appleton, the official Coalition candidate, addressed electors, Mr. N. A. Foden presiding over a merry but goodhumoured meeting, in the course of which the speaker got some good prae-1 tico with intcrjeetors. The candidate, said the chairman, had risen from being telegraph messenger by dint of industry, perseverance, and inherent ability, working his way through the university, a typical successful New Zeulander. Outlining his policy, Mr. Appleton said that all assisted emigration would be stopped by tho Coalition, except in the cases of separated families. He urged the revival of the gold mining industry. Rich leads discovered would immediately revive trade. He instanced several finds of promise, and the launching of schemes in the Thames and Coromandcl districts which would replace unemployment relief to a certain extent by prospecting. He.said that he believed in co-operative coal mining. In the Groyraouth district last year nineteen co-operative parties produced 104,209 tons of coal. He outlined the Coalition policy of fostering the use of New Zealand coal. Criticising the financial policy o£ the Socialist Party, he said, that put in simple language the principle enunciated by Mr. Holland and his friends was that if a man borrowed £5, and the lender wanted it repaid, the borrower should borrow £5 10s or £6, and spend some; if not the whole of the extra money, on non-essential services, so that at the end of the day he would owe not £5, but considerably moro. That would be : the position of the nation if Mr. Holland's, policy were 'adopted. Having answered many questions, not all friendly, in a ready way,.Mr. Apple- J ton was accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Messrs. ■M. Badger and R. Wheeler. An enthusiastic meeting of lady supporters was held in the St. James Presbyterian Schoolroom yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Appleton briefly explained his programme and answered questions concerning his policy. Mrs. K. Preston, who occupied the chair, said that she had served with Mr. Appleton on tho Hospital Board, for four years, and had ample opportunity of judging as to his capabilities. She had no hesitation whatever in recommending Mr. Appleton's services to tho women of Wellington South.