GENERAL ELECTION

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5344, 3 December 1919, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTION

SIR JAMES CARROLL AT MANUTUKE.

James Carroll addressed a large" gathering of electors in the Manutuke Public Hall last evening. Mr. Hailey was chairman. The candidate spoke at length on the question of closer land settlement, especially the advisability of ,more and hotter land for returned soldiers at pre-war prices. The measure, he stated, was one which was only due to the men who had fought to preserve the rights of the large estate owners. Touching the education system. Sir James alluded to the underpayment of teachers, and to the necessity of making more adequate provision for the mental and physical training of the future gen- • ©ration. Hydro-electricity, its utility as an industrial power, and the necessity for its speedy development, were also dealt with. The speaker went on to emphasise the necessity for the encouragement of local schemes of this nature, such schemes to be subsequently absorbed in a huge national undertaking. Railway communication with outside centres, to Auckland and Napier, he said, came under the heading of necessary and badly-needed works, as also did the construction of main arterial roads to open up the back districts. Owing to the set-back to public works during the war. there was all the more necessity for making up lost time, and a vigorous public works policy should be adopted. .At the conclusion of the meeting Sir James Carroll was accorded a hearty vote of thanks and confidence. SIR JAMES CARROLL’S CANDIDATURE. Sir James Carroll wil] address the electors in His .Majesty’s Theatre this evening, at 8 o’clock. A large attendance is expected, and the dross circle wil] he reserved for ladies and their escorts. THE LABOR CANDIDATE. Mr. Brindle, the Labor candidate, will address a meeting at the Kaiti freezing works to-day, at noon, and this evening he will speak at Matawhero. Mr. R. Cogar has been appointed ■organiser for the Labor Party’s campaign. MR. LYSNAR AT FRASERTOWN. CANDIDATE DEALS WITH COST OF LIVING. ‘•GOVERNMENT PUT £16,000,000

YEARLY IN PROFITEERS’ POCKETS.”

Press Association Telegram. WAIROA, Dec. 2. Mi’. W.' D. Lysnar gave a second address ir vie Wairoa district. last night at Erasertown. Mr. J. Witli©ll was appointed chairman. About 40 people were- present. The candidate opened up new ground in regart, to profiteering. He said that New Zealand manufacturers purchased wool from the Government at cost, but the Government failed to say that, when turned into material, certain prices should be charged for it. The manufacturer got what he liked to ask. Not only was this the case, but the material was being sent out of the Dominion so that the people of New Zealand, purchasing material, paid £lO for a suit. Old rags were quoted -at 2s 7d per pound, while wool only reached an average of Is 2-jd. Old rags were more valuable than the golden fleece. Mr. Lysnar made a statement that commodities, meat, produce, wool, or leather, can be reduced by half of what we have to pay to-day, and the producer could receive double the present price, and still leave considerable profit to the manufacturer. The Government put sixteen millions annually into the pockets of profiteers. Mr Lysnar supported the Waikaremoana hydro-electricity scheme and the Waikokopu railway. He said he would do his best to see both become accomplished facts. At question time he said that the woollen goods manufacturers were fast becoming a big monopoly. A vote of thanks, moved by Mr. V. E Winter, and seconded by Mr. M. P. Chapman, was carried unanimously. MR. K. S. WILLIAMS AT OPOTIKI. MEETING CONCLUDES WITH CHEERS FOR CANDIDATE. Press Association Telegram. OPOTIKI, Dec. 2. Mr. K. S. Williams, Independent •candidate, addressed a very, large meeting last night and received a cordial reception. The candidate urged the development of idle lands with the view to increased production to meet the financial burden. H e made a striking appeal for the education of children of back-blocks parents. He also urged the need of more nursing and maternity homes for the' back-blocks. Dealing with the settlement of soldiers on bush land he advocated employing gangs of soldiers to fell large blocks, cutting them up when grassed and roaded. so that the men would have an immediate return. At the conclusion he answered a number of questions. The candidate was unanimously accorded a vote of thanks, and the meeting concluded with prolonged applause and cheers. THE LYTTELTON SEAT. AIR ELL EXPLAINS WHY HE IS A LIBERAL CANDIDATE. Press Association Telegram. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec 2. Mr H G. Ell, Liberal candidate for the Lyttelton' seat, gave his first public address in the campaign tori He said that the reason why he° was standing for Lyttelton was that for twenty years he had been working for the district, .particularly in connection with scenic reserves and roads on the Pont Hills. He said the question had been raised whether he was the Liberal candidate for Lyttelton seat. As he had been a hard-working member of the Liberal party for twenty years he thought he was entitled to be called the Liberal candidate He favored! a State steamship service between Australia and New Zealand. The candidate was accorded a vote of thanks.