DUNEDIN NORTH ELECTORATE.

Evening Star, Issue 22194, 23 November 1935, Page 12

DUNEDIN NORTH ELECTORATE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —So far 1 had refrained from entering into any election correspondence, but the two circulars 1 found pushed under the back door of my dqmicilo to-da.y on behalf of Mrs Black, standing for our electorate, made me smile. Later I felt somewhat disgruntled to think there may be some people silly enough to swallow the bait as sot out in these circulars. I have travelled rather extensively of late in North Otago, and fortunately the people there seem wise to the Democrats. In so far as Mrs B. S. Black’s 13 points are concerned, as set out in the circular before me, I beg to .refer in this letter only to No. 9, which says ;—“ The Democratic policy can and will increase both the old-age, widows’, and soldiers’ pensions.” ’ Well, may he the party Mrs B. S. Black claims to support would increase such pensions did it attain the Treasury Benches (I say that advisedly, of course). Such increases would bo payable perhaps for one year, or maybe at the limit two years", but after that_ I put it to all old-age pensioners, widow pensioners, and soldier pensioners, what would be onr thoughts when wo lined up as usual to draw our pensions to find, like old Mother Hubbard, the cupboard was bare. As a returned soldier, then, I wish to appeal to my fellow pensioners, both old- age, widows, and soldiers, to vote for a Government candidate, for by so doing they may always feel assured and safe that when pension day comes, nob for one year or two years (as it would bo under Mrs B. S. Black’s regime), but always, their monthly cheque would be there. Last week, in spending to a woman, the wife of a returned soldier who was bedridden in a northern town, her words were: “ The Government have treated ns fair, and we will stick to them.” .. The No. 2 circular of Mrs R. $. Black teds ns first of all what a clever woman she is; hut perhaps I am a little unjust there, for I see in this circular the name, of B,ev. P. B. Fraser, M.A., is very prominent. It is such a dissertation of something that happened 40 yeans ago that it does not l require further comment. May be there are some Government supporters who do not like their candidate personally, but they should remember that their vote Is a party- vote to make things safe. —T am, etc.. P.B.P. November 22.