THE BY-ELECTION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1933, Page 10

THE BY-ELECTION

STRICTLY NOtf-PAETY MR WRIGHT'S POSITION The president of '.the . Batepayers' Association (Mr. H.'-'.H. , Miller) submits the following comment .in, reply to Mr. Black's statement, published last night:— ' . ' "The answer, of Mr. A. Blacky secretary of the Wellington Labour Eepresen. tation Committee, to my statement that Mr. E. A. Wright, in standing for election to the City Council, is strictly non-political is very largely a. matter of quibbling. , , ' • What Mr. Wright meant' was, that with six party councillors the party would be over T represented. ,He might have, made the number Jess- than six, for like many- other people he does not wish to sec party on the council a,t all, be it Reform, United, Labour; Communist, or any other. In saying that Mr: AVright is anti-Labour, all Mr. Black means is, that' Mr. Wright does not favour his party. Of Labour in general it is well known that Mr. Wright is a good friend. He is a tradesman and a hard worker himself, and with thousands or others is 'Labour' right through, not of the party brand, either Socialist or Commnuist. Of course I do not deny that Mr. Wright is associated with the Eeform Part 3% neither does anybody else.' , "The Eeform and. United Parties have no candidates standing ■in this election, and Mr. Wright is not a party candidate at all,"; said Mr. Miller. " That is.. plain enough and must bo accepted, unless Mr. Black is prepared to affirm that we are, deliberately misrepresenting the position. His implication so far, whetheri he means it or not, is a reflection upon Mr. /Wright's character a£ a man, for the suggestion is that Mr. Wright is really a>party candidate but is seeking to deceive the people by declaring himself non-party. Those who know the man' and his record will resent such personal insinuations. In closing, may I point out that there are two Labour parties in the field, the one named Labour, .and the'other Communist, which latter declares itself more a workers' party than the other. Labour in general means the working population as a whole, and such labour has always had a friend in B. A. Wright." ':

In furtherance of his campaign, Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P.,4 will address a meeting of electors tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Parish Hall, Karori. Mr. B. G. 11. Burn will preside. Mr. Wright will outline some of his'municipal experience, deal %vith general questions affecting the administration of the city, and will deal' with the dangers of party control in the business affairs of the city. '