THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1911, Page 6

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

[BT T*X.*UKai’H—PKB ASSOCIATION.) MR. ALLEN AT THE PREMIER’S STRONGHOLD. INVERCARGILL, Dec. 3. Mr. Jam Allen addressed a jro.vded audience at Bluff on Saturday i kdit and received a good hearing with some interjections. Mr. J. R. Hamilton, candidate for the Awarua seat, also spake for fifteen minutes and was well received. A vote of thanks to Mr Allen and renewed confidence in the Ministry was proposed, also a vote of thanks to Mr. Allen, and no confidence »u the Ministry. The Mayor, who presided, called for a show of hands and said that about thirty were held up in favour of each motion. Therefore, he ieclared neither carried. THE BULLER SEAT. WESTPORT, Dec. 3. The political campaign is proceeding merrily here. Mr. F. Mnnro, Indepen-dent-Labour candidate, delivered bis first address in Westport on Friday, before an audience of 1200 people, with the President of the Waterside Workers in tho chair. The speaker was accorded, without dissent, a hearty vote of thanks and confidence. This vas moved by the Mayor of Westport end seconded by the s ice president of the General Labourers’ Union.

MR. MASSEY BUSY. AUCKLAND, Dec. If. The Leader of the Opposition addressed a large' meeting at Taumaranui last night. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried amid cheers. MR. McNAB AND THE MOKAU. PALMERSTON N., Dec. ?. The following communication has been sent to Mr. Robert McNab by the Hawkes Bay shareholders and directors of the Mokau Company, a 1! of whom are members of the Opposition and one of those, Mr. McLean, warn a member of the Opposition Parliamentary Party. They intimate that be may make what use he thinks fit of it:— “Although in politics we are supporters of the Reform Party and are opposed to tho policy of the present Go/era- • merit, which you are supporting, we | enter our most emphatic protest against the action of our Party leaders ; and those who are supporting them, in the attitude they have taken up m i«- : ference to tho purchase of the Mokau , estate by the Mokau Coal Company. We are shareholders in the Company, I am some of us are directors and some ; of us sold tho property to the C pany and all are intimately acquainted with the circumstances connected with the purchase. Wo also know of the circumstances under which you were induced to take shares in the Company and at our request to become chairman. Not one of those cireum-. stances reflect in any way upon the action of the Government or your' elf, and although tho campaign of slander is being carried on in order to strike a blow at tho Government and to kta p yourself out of tbe public life of tins country, our ideas of justice and fair play compel ns to tell tbe people of the Dominion, for what our statements are worth, that the charges made against yourself and the Government are entirely untrue, and, iu our opinion, are a disgrace to party p.Hics. (Signed), Bernard Chambers, T. Hason Chambers, William Nelson, R. D. D. McLean and D. Whyte.” DISOWN ITS OWN. AUCKLAND, This Day. The Auckland Executive of the Reform League announces that Mr Allan Bell’s candidature for Raglan seat is in defiance of the expressed wish of the Waikato League and that MiBell’s views upon the Monarchy and Ids desire to see a Republic take its place have no place with the Reform Party.