GENERAL ELECTIONS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10734, 3 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTIONS

FRANK .WOMAN CANDIDATE.

“ALWAYS BEEN UP AGAINST LABOR HEADS.”

MRS YOUNG’S NOMINATION SURPRISES HUSBAND.

THINGS NOT PLEASANT BETWEEN US. WON’T VOTE WITH MR HOLLAND ON ANYTHING. (Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 2. Interesting statements were made to-day by Mrs, Margaret Young, Independent Labor candidate for Wellington Central, at a meeting of women. " Mrs Young expressed the opinion that the sooner the present leaders of the Labor Party were out of tho country the better it would be. “1 have always been up . against the heads of the Labor Party,” she said, “I saw a chance for Wellington Central, and I decided to stand.” Hef husband, she stated, had started, the Labor movement twenty-five years ago in New Zealand. He had always been loyal to the Party, but had not been fairly treated; “My nomination came as news to him,” she said, “arid things are not altogether pleasant between us. Perhaps I will be able to convince him in the end that what I am doing is' right.” The Labor heads, declared the candidate, “would bind you hand and foot. Those who say ‘anything they like are called traitors.” She said she was really working alone. Like all politicians she was doing the best she could for humanity. She had not announced her candidature earlier as she would have encountered too much opposition. “I am not following Messrs Holland, Fraser and Semple,” she said. “Their views are too extreme. They are really ‘Red Feds.’ ” Mrs Young was asked how she would vote as an Independent Labor candidate if a question affecting Labor arose in the House. She replied that she would not vote with Mr Holland on anything. She did not intend to be moulded by him. LABOR LEADER’S TOUR ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT TUAKAU iVrete Association 3 HAMILTON. Nov. 2. Last evening Mr Holland addressed a crowded meeting at Tuakau. The speaker dealt wholly with the land question, stating the Labor policy. A vote of thanks to the speaker, and confidence in the Labor party, and in Mr Holland as leader was carried without dissent, and the meeting concluded with cheers for Mr Holland-

MR HOLLAND AT FRANKTON

LICENSING BILL CONTROVERSY

BALLOT PAPER CHARGES REITERATED. iFress Asßooiation.J HAMILTON, Nov. 2. Mr Holland addressed a crowded meeting at the l'rankton Town Hall to-night and Was greeted with cheers. He went briefiy over Labor’s policy and emphasised the land policy which offered nothing to the speculative gambler in land values, but was in the interest of the occupying users. Such was the “usehold” against which Reform offered cnti-. oism. He promised that the dental service would be extended to private /schools as well as to State schools. Labor would abolish hoy conscription and would support international arbitration and honor the signatures to tho Peace Treaty by sending re : presentatives to the International Labor Conference. The speaker dealt with Samoa at length on the lines of his previous statements. He condemned the Government’s action in reducing tho mcomo fax, especially abolishing the income tax on rich farmers when the war debt burden was still heavy. This meant that small farmers and small business men. and workers had to pay more in taxes. At Pukekohe Mr Coates, referring to his (Mr Holland’s) charge that the Licensing Bill had been brought down after the ballot papers had been ‘printed, had said that that charge was untrue. Mr Holland produced : “Hansard” of September 15, and quoted a speech by Mr McLeod t 0 show that 120,000 ballot papers for Absent voters had been printed, and these provided for the three-is-sue ballot paper. ’ He further quoted a communication from the .Liner Electoral Officer that for the licensing poll to be held about the middle df November it was necessary that the order to .print papers should not be delayed/further than August J. Mr Holland spoke for nearly three hours, entirely free from heckling, and was frequently applauded. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried acclamation. ThereVwas" 'no dissert -

GISBORNE SEAT

MR COLEMAN AT MCE JAVA I

LABOR’S POLICY OCTLINED

Some twlnty electors in the Muriwai district attended a meeting there last evening when the Labor candidate for the Gisborne seat, Mr V. W Coleman, delivered an address on the policy of the Labor Party. Mr Daly presided. Tlie candidate traversed the points in policy on the lines of his speech in Gisborne. Dealing with the land question, Mi Coleman stated the Labor Party laid it down that whoever wanted to nolu the lafid in New Zealand must use it or occupy it. The Labor party was out to assist the ' man . that wanted to use or work the land. They were not concerned about the land gambler. The bogey had been raised that the Labor party would confiscate the land Confiscation wasj not a part or their programme. They would go in for closer settlement. They would obtain large blocks by purchase by negotiation where possible. If this was not possible then they would put into operation the clauses already in the Act by compulsory acquisition. The Labor party would more steeply grade the land tax to enforce the sub-division of large esThe Labor party* said the candidate, would set up a State bank with thfe sole right of note issue and it would function for the purpose ol . financing public and local bodies works and primary production, providing cheap credits to those who needed it instead of providing big dividends to private shareholders. The candidate severely _ criticised the" Government's immigration policy quoting extracts from a booklet issued by the Government and accusing , the Government of fooling the immigrants and inducing them to come to New Zealand, through misrepresentation only to find themselv- • ,es dumped, into the cities • and towns I to go and swell the already; large army of s unemployed, a '.. Mr Coleman concluded by _ urging all who were dissatisfied! with -the present Government to -vote for the Labor candidate. A vote for either Mr -Lysnar-of Mr“Glayton 1 was a vote for the Government; both stood for the same things a.nd Would vote in the same lobby.,. _ " The meeting concluded with votes of thanks, to the speaker and to the chairman.

THE COUNTRY PARTY. MR. COATES DEALS WITH THE SLASHER -BRIGADE. (Special To The 'Times). AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. In the course of a reference to the tariff, the Prime Minister said it was designed on a scientific basis. A voice: “What about the shilling duty on slashers?” ? The Prime Minister: “Hallo, there’s a member of- the Country Party a member of the Slasher Brigade. You find them over Auckland province, but nowhere else in N.Z; They sit down with a bit of paper and splash ink all over the place, but they won’t coine up and face you. “There is another . benighted one out in the dark,” Mr. Coates added, as an indistinguishable interjection came from the doorway. Mr. Coates said: lie was a farmer and he would not hesitate, to get the whole of the Country Party together and talk farming to them. . A voice: “You knew when to get off the farm.” “Tlpere is a clear case of sour grapes.” Mr. Coates quickly retorted. “Let me tell you, it was the farmers who first nut me into Parliament and it is the farmers who have kept me there. A voice; “As an Independent Liberal.” " d The Prime Minister: “Yes,, as ad Liberal and I am more Liberal than anyone else. I can see there was once a Liberal party, then it changed its name to "Nationalist and now they call themselves United, although what there is united about them it is difficult to see, for several of them are falling away all ready. A voice: “What about the Country Party.” The Prime Minister (sarcastically): “The Country party. You have not got a hope. ' You will never see the inside of Parliament.

BAY OF PLENTY SEAT.

HON TC. S'. WILLIAMS AT

ORMOND

lu continuation of his campaign for election to the Bay of Plenty seat, the Hon. K. S. Williams, Minister for Public Works, addressed a good gathering of electors. at Ormond last evening. Air T. Quirk was in the chair. The Minister spoke very much on the lines of his previous addresses, shortly criticising various planks in the Labor nlatform and pointing, out how the Dominion had benefitted undor the Reform Government. After anwering a number of questions at the close of .his address, Mr Williams was accorded a vote oi thanks and confidence by acclamation. ' MR MONCUEi AT MOTUH.ORA (Special To The Times!. MOTU, Nov. 2. Mr A F. Honour, the Labor candidate for the Bay of Plenty, seat addressed a well-attended meeting or electors at Motuhora last night. A general outline was given of the Labor Party’s platform along the 'lines of previous addresses. The tariff question was enlarged upon, the candidate stating that the Labor Party was neither < wholly Tree trade nor protectionist. 'The speaker criticised the Government action in respect to the timber trade. A motion of thanks and confidence, moved by Air W* Anderson and seconded by Mr Pedersen, was carried unanimously.' WAIMARINO SEAT (Press Association.) t WELLINGTON, Nov.f^. The election campaign in Waimarino is now in full swing, and’ meetings have been addressed, by Air Gcorgetti and Mr R. AV. .Smith this week. Mr Georgetti, who is standing as an Independent,, dealt mainly with the land question. Mr Smith, who is standing as an Independent Liberal, dealt with various problems affecting the district, particularly timber. Air Georgetti was accorded a ‘vote of thanks, and Mr Smith a vote o[ thanks and confidence. THE RATANA PARTY. “PROPHET’S” SON A CANDIDATE. FATHER DECLINED TO STAND. The Ratana who is contesting the Western Maori seat against Sir Maui Pomare is not Air. W. T. Ratana, the “prophet,” hut his son, Air. H. T. Ratana, who contested the seat two* elections ago. A number of Maoris in the electorate brought strong pressure on Mi*.. Ratana, sent*., to contest the seat,, but ho declined, stating that his son, aged 34, was a more energetic man, and he relied on the force of the Ratana party to carry him through.