GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10140, 28 October 1925, Page 8

GENERAL ELECTIONS.

MR. MASSEY’S DEATH. SIR JAMES PARR’S STATEMENT. • . , — --r REJOIN PER BY MU. MASON. . * was expressed _at his; meeting iiy the- Lboji.r ,eandi'd}ite .fdr * Eden, Mr_ Mason,, it* "the statement - matl&hy Sir* Janies Parr that Mr Maj*i»< <scy’/ death hacV'bcen caused by hrtfu work *■ and' the anxiety oi : ■ '-trying to ■(Tarry on with a in nority “Government and. at the appeal of Sir Janies to the-leteEtdrs- to on this account g ve* •the ineom, »g government' a good majority. ’. .y. . TV 1 ;'; Mr Mason - declared . that the statement of S f ’ . Parr was tanta- i mount to to ling the ; electors that they woijlct ;be potential murderers if they .did not give his party a big 'majority. - . “I do not think the .late Mr [Massey was one whose deatlp vvpii’d he hastened" by opposition of - alftagonism,” said Mr Mason. “He was essentially a fighter ho seemed to thr've and, flour sh on the fight. “Any ivoir cs he had were rather*, from within than without—from within, 'his own party. Possibly Sir Jas. Pr ix could tell us more about that, and could throw • some light on worried that did not come Irom oppositionists.” ■ ‘ .

NOTES AND NEWS.

AWKWARD QUESTIONS

The Labor policy stood for the conservation of the national endowment, and was based on the* occupancy and use of the land. Was that not tantamount to a lease from the Government (asked Mr Yarnall, Labor candidate for Roskill, Auckland). It concerned estates exceeding £20,01)0 unimproved value and to,.land subject to future'State advances.

A voice': How would you pay, for it?

The candidate..ycplied-that the Government would take over existing mortgages and pay for improvements. The voice : In cash ? The candidate: That all depends on the state of the exchequer. The voice: You could not buy a new hat-with that. THE LIGHTER SIDE.

At 31 r A. J. 3lurdoch’s meeting in 3Yhangarei Town Hall--.considerable amusement was caused at question time by a burly individual who is somewhat of a local celebrity. After a preamble which was hard to elucidate, ho volleyed out. “This town is run bv Freemasons, Roman 1 Catholics, and Bolsheviks. Answer me that question 1” He then stalked out, amidst an outburst of laughter, in which even those on the platform; c/nd custodians of the law had to participate. LABOR. US HOLD- POLICY.

The Labor Party had declared that its land policy was based on occupancy and 1 use, which would secure to the farmer the full fruits of his labor. How could he get it if he had to pay 5 per cent for the use of the land ? “Instead of the Usehold,” he declared, “they should call it-the Us-hold, for they would hold it all. If they went in for this land policy, costing £600.000,000, and they also acquired all the industries, as, they said they intended, it would cost at least a thousand millions, and wihat would happen if they ever attempted to bring anything like this into force? It would n/ean absolute chaos. (Applause.)—Mr Girling, Government -Candidate for 3Vairau, at Picton. CLOSING UP MR HICKEY.

“In his opening remarks, the Labor candidate for Invercargill mentioned that lie did not want to go into personalities,’’ declared Mr Hargest, Government candidate for Invercargill, “but incidentally mentioned the fact that the other two gentlemen in the contest were titled. Sir Joseph'Ward can speek for himself, and if you like to consider the rank which was conferred upon me bv the King ns a title then Ii sav just this : that. I earned it, and that Mr Hickey had he been so inclined might have earned a corresponding rank at the same place, at the same time, and i’ l the same manner as I earned mine.”