GENERAL ELECTIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1928, Page 6

GENERAL ELECTIONS

WRIT NEXT FRIDAY. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 12. The writ for the General Election will be issued next Friday, October 19, states the Prime Minister. TO OPPOSE SIR J. WARD. WELLINGTON, October 12. It is announced that Mr S. M. MacAlister, of Invercargill, a solicitor, will be the Reform candidate against Sir Joseph Ward for that seat. WALLACE ELECTORATE. INVERCARGILL, October 12. . , Mr R? Howell (Riverton), has an-. nounced his intention of contesting Wallace seat in the Labour interests. Mr W. E. Taylor, the United Party’s candidate openen . his campaign at 'Tehaka to-night. He favoured an elective executive. He was opposed to the Bible-in-schoolfe under the proposed system. Dealing with the licensing question, he said he favoured a three-issue ballot, and contended that the. number of years between the polls was a matter for the electors. He also advocated the manufacture of spirits in New Zealand, which would save huge sums of money and - provide employment for large numbers of men. . Mr Taylor attached the Government’s land settlement policy, and expressed the opinion that large areas of bush lands could “be made productive if sub-divided into 200-acre, blocks, giving settlers the fee simple. J•. He stated that the rural’ credit system was a complete failure, and that commercial firms were more capable of financing farmers'than the Government, which, to do the job properly, would, require to set up a separate Department. He blamed the Government for the present unemployment position,'as it ’ had encouraged over 45,000 immigrants / to the Dominion during the last five ') years.

FEDERAL 'ELECTIONS. (Australian Press Association.) <• SYDNEY, October 12. For the Federal elections the nominations close on October 19. The elections will take place on November 17. The new Parliament meets not later than February 6. BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS. LONDON, October 12. The “Daily Telegraph” understands the general elections will take place on June 10, 1929.

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