INTRUSION CHARGE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 124, 21 November 1931, Page 14

INTRUSION CHARGE

SIE JAMES PAKE

A SPIRITED ATTACK

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

BLTHAM, This Day.

Sir James Parr's utterances in connection with Captain Eush worth's candidature for the Bay of Islands seat were roundly criticised by Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, Independent candidate for Egmout, at Manaia last evening. Sir James Parr was reported to have said, stated Mr. Wilkinson, that Captain Eushworth was tho whole Country Party, its captain, lieutenant, sergeant, anilj in fact, the whole company, and ho ventured to predict that when tho numbers went up Captain Eushworth might not even bo a private.

Mr. Wilkinson stated that it was especially improper for a newly-ap-pointed member or any other member of tho Legislative Council to take an active part in controversial politics. If it was to be a practice in future for members or! the Legislative Council to take tho platform in support or" the party that appointed them to their position, then it was going too far altogether, and the only course would be to advocate a total abolition of tho Upper House.

Mr. Wilkinson also spoke very strongly in connection with the wheat and flour duties, which he said imposed enormous burdens upon the people by unduly increasing the prices of bread, /lour, and wheat. He also stated that when the voting took- place in the House in connection with the abolition of these duties every single member of the United and Reform Parties voted against tho proposal, notwithstanding that many had pledged themselves prior to last election to abolish the duties. When further amendments wore moved to reduce the duty on wheat and flour every United member voted against any reduction being made. Five members of tho Reform Party and eleven members of the Labour Party, however, voted for the reductions, the Independents in all cases voting against the duties and for the reductions.