GENERAL ELECTION

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11494, 23 November 1931, Page 3

GENERAL ELECTION

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“ WAT MAT 10, Nov. 20The Leader of the Opposition addressed a- large meeting this atterncon, and was attentively • listened -to and given an ovation. ; Tn. reference to the wheat industry, lie said that this was one oi tlie .iDoWLnion’s .greatli national industries and miist be safeguarded. The Dominion could. not he left at the mercy of another country for a staple food! Labor’s policy would be. to ensure- that wheat lands were kept in cultivation. Me dealt also with the need for the statesmanlike districijtion in' equitable manner of the abundance m l' ie 'necessities .held in >N©w Zealand; for tlq. negotiation of trade agreements with other countries; for tlie airangernenb of internal credits 1° revive, industry; the need for- productive work for the jimoniployed, preferably -in the breaking in of land and criticised Hie Coalition Government’s abolition of /..lie graduated viand tax, the mortgagors’ relief law and the stopping of trunk railways.

ELECTION SE ARCHLTG TITS LONDON TO CAFE AIR. MAH, SERVICE TO START IN JANUARY ELEVEN DAYS’ TRTR (British Official Wirelesa.> RUGBY, Nov. Iff. An air mail service between London nnd Capetown will open with a dispatch which will leave Croydon on January 20. The first homeward mail -will leave Capetown on January 25 and reach London on February 5, Tho whole journey in each direction will occupy .11 days, and the mails will be carried in five different tvnes of aeroplanes in tho course of tho journey. . The Africa service at present end 9 on the Great Lakes. The first liner working on the regular 'schedule will pass through Juba for tho south on January 27. via Nairobi, Mheva, Salisbury. and Johannesburg to CapetownGISBORNE SEAT LIST OF POLLING PLACES Only minor changes, as compared with the previous election, have, been made in the list of polling places chosen by Mr. 1* Fulton for-Wednes-day week. The full list is as follows.— Masonic Hall No. 1. Masonic H.a.11 No. 2 Masonic Hall No- 3. Bartletts’. Burnside. Frasertown Read. Abercorn Hall No. 1. Aberconv Hall No. 2. Whinray’s Hall No. U Whinray’s Hall'No.-3. Ovenden’6. Kaiti. n trad School No. 1. Central School No. 2. . Wallens’ (Gladstone rnadh Kaiti School. Kopuawliara. Mahia. Makarakfu. Mangapapa School No., 1. Man.gapapa School No. 2.' Manganoike; Manutuke. Morerc. Muriwai. Nuhaka. Opoutama. Paparatu. Roay Bridge. Tangitere. Tare’-va. Te Hapara No. 1. Te Hapara No. 2. Tihara. Pukemokihi. Waikdkopn. WaingakeWairoa School. Wairoa Gaiety. Wairoa, North Clyde. Wairoa, Library. Whakaki. Whnrerata FROM FA It AN D NEAR.

“The War of Independents’' is the fnption to an amusing cartoon, in tho Christchurch “Times”. Independents of all shades of opinion, Chronic Independents, United Independents, Reform Independents. Country Independents, and Independent .Independents are pictured in the form of dogs 'fighting over the Coalition hone. At one side, watching the tight, stand Ale ssrs. Forbes and Coates, looking glum, whilst on the other side is- Mr. Holland. Labor leader, with a smilo on his face. Undcrnearth the cartoon are the words: ■ “Coalition Leaders: Curse this untimely spirit of independence.” It is worthy of note that the cartoonist, even- in his wildest stretch of imagination could not mentally picture a Coalition Independent! ELECTION SEARCHLIGHTS “It is as much as wo ..can afford to nay.” said the Prime Afinister (tho Right Hon. G. W. Forbes), when asked at Ramgiora if he considered that 12s a day was a fair rate of pay for married men on. relief works. “I don’t say I like to see wages cut down, but the reduction to 12s was made for the purpose of making the available money go as far as possible."

The Government realised that taxation had almost, readied breaking ]>oint. said Air. T. Forsyth, Coalition candidate for Wellington East, at Scatoun. The Labour Party said it would not increase the Customs tariff and primage duty. But it would build un incomes in order to tax them. Three years ago it promised the same thing, yet in- order to keep in power it supported the United Party in doubling primage duty. He advised the electors not to “swallow the rash promises of the Labour Party,” but to ask where they were suing to get. the milliohs to restore the wage cuts.

“1 am unable to understand why any farmers should oppose the Coalition Government, for I have been under the impression that tho farmers, through their mouthpiece, the Farmers’ Union, aro officially supporting that Government,” said Sir James Parr, Leader of the Legislative Council, speaking at Alanurewa in support of the Franklin Coalition candidate. “Only a fortnight ago the general executive of the Farmers' Union in Wellington, speaking on behalf of tho farmers of New. Zealand, passed a resolution in which the Coalition was* whole-heartedly supported. (Applause). It was pointed out that at the last general conference of the Farmers’ Union a request liad been made for the formation ,of a. Coalition Government, and pleasure "was expressed -by the executive that such a Government had- been brought “1 know it is advocated that there should he a reduction of interest by one pei’ cent. A reduction to that extent would Ix> of little benefit to the fanners because in a great many cases they cannot pay their interest'at all.-’—The Prime Minister, the RL Hon. G. W. Forbes, speaking at Rangi°ra.. #. ‘it =)fc “I' believe that ’ the average elector in New -Zealand lias had his eyes opened. during the last few months,” said Mr, .Will Appleton, official Coalition candidate for Wellington South, speaking at Newton, ‘ijf J am any judge, it is realised by even'the most ardent supporters of the Socialist Party that the scheme propounded by Mr. Hob land is only a snare and a delusion.”

“The Coalition understanding put nn end to a period of grave indecision that had baset the country for twelve months. ■ This, yand 'the Home elections, hasvhad a wonderful reassuring effect on business already.”—Mr. T. I). Burnett, Coalition candidate for Temuka. . -it -tt' The second Coalition manifesto,' said tho Rev. J. K. Archer, Labor candidate'for liaiapoi. said it attempted to rniso tho stupid.bogey of Socialism. Labor did not mind being beaten on. facts, but it 'did object to to being oil falsehoods. . -/• ~.i ; * * * “Tho Labor Pfirt.v in England ha a become honest, and calls itself Socialist, and if the New Zealand Labor iP'arty is similarly honest it 'will do tho same.”—Mr. R-. IT. Marryatt, Coalition candidate for Auckland Suburbs, r . ’ Describing , the Hon. D. Jones Minister of Agriculture, the Rev J. K. Archer, Labor candidate for Kaiapoi; said:—“Air. David .Tones is the most hide-bound old .Tory to be, found in the length and breadth of New Zealand, and a man who stood for everything in tho world that a public man had nc> right to stand for.” * * Air. McKeen, Lahorite. speaking at Wiel’ington South, said he : believed that about 1173.000 could be saved -in the administration of education hoards throughout’the Dominion. He advocated smaller classes, even at heavier cost to the people. Regarding 'the Labor Partv, Air. Vailo, Reform'candidate for Rotorua, stated it was quite impossible for him to support its poliev. The Labor Party’s po icy was Socialism, and' that was hound to fail until the main idea in man’s minds is the help they can give their fel’ow men, while at present their predominant idea was tho help they could get. .... ' # * *

I ike all other aspirants for political honours, - the Coalition candidate for Wellington East, Air. T. Forsyth, lias already received a, number of oupstionnaires with requests that ho should answer them, hut at his meeting at Roseneatli ho intimated lie had no intention of doing so- ’I am holding many meetings,” he said, “and ’anyone who wants to ask mo questions can question mo them I will answer questions at my meetings, r deny the right of organisations and various bodies to question, me-’

“The promise held out by the Leader of the Labor Party, Air. H. E. Holland, to restore the Public Service salary cut is nothing less than shameless electioneering;’ said Air. A. Harris, Coalition candidate lor W a item at a, at the opening meeting of his campaign. , “Labor has iramed its policy as if the country were passing through a period of unprecedented prosperity.”

-It- 'tt- . ~ At least- one member or the audience listening to Air. G. C. Alunns, Coalition candidate for Roskill, had visions of the speaker descending into the body of the hail and attack ing him. At one stage during Air. Munns’ speech at Sundnngtmin. when interjections were frequent-, a remark of the candidate was wrongs lv interpreted. Remarking that- the atmosphere was hot, he sa.d no would soon have to take his coat off. “Don’t you try to b.uff me,” said an itnterjoctor, who pretended to take Mr. Alunns’ remark in the nature of a threat.

It is not given to every candidate to silence an interjector with such a smashing blow as was delivered by Air. A. A. AlcLaclilan, Independent United candidate for Riccarton, when he was engaged in heated repartee with liis audience. One man became a nuisance, so Air. AlcLaclilan told tho following story wmetcompletely turned tho tables: “Oner upon a time when I was much yottn gor than 1 am now, mv little brothers and sisters and 1 took homo fdonkey which we used to beat. Ah mother, who was a humanitarian used to tell ns that ;i w did not stop boating the donkey it would die, and its spirit would come nnd haunt- us fi.r the rest of our days Sure enough the donkey died. Behold, ladies ami gentlemen'' (with a finger toward the mail at the hack of the hall), “the spirit of the donkey.'' “J’ve got- an easier question than that.” interposed a wit wliui Mr. O A. Troup was explaining to a, Wellington North meeting the intricacies of the monetary system. “The cost of living has gone up twopence a pint at the corner to-day; can you give ns a good recipe for homebrew?’’

'T predict, that, th p coming election will result as in England,’’ said ALr. Kyle, Coalitionist; at Riccarton. “Wo hope that, the people will assist the Coalition Party so that it may l>e in a position to carry out 'the necessary movements to financial recovery. Never has New Zealand been in such a position. It is the aftermath of the war, and we are suffering from an agricultural revolution-.” Afr. Kyle blamed a great deal of tlie depression on the competition of Russian produce in the Homo markets. With the present Government in Great Britain, more reciprocity with -the dominions could be hoped for."

# * * A[r. Rogers, (Labor candidate for Wanganui), is showing commendable good sense in not having a- policy, states the Wanganui Chronicle. No matter which way fie turns lie will stub his political toes. His leader, Mr. H. E. Holland, has hid his Socialist lamp under a bushel of words, therefore Mr. Rogers is wise not to wave the Red Flag. Air. Holland believes in economy and also in expenditure. Air. Holland wants to solve the unemployment problem but hasn’t the ghost of an idea how lie ig going to set about it. Air. Rogers is quite right to exploit the current discontent, talk wide, promise everything and nothing, in the hope that some -apples from the tree of discontent will fall into his outstretched hands.

Sic . At his meeting at Wanganui Air. Rogers (Labor) said that abolition of party would be ideal. What a happy state of affairs 'there would be if party could be abolished. With liis knowledge of human nature, however, Air. Rogers was satisfied that such was an ideal impossible of achievement. A local body coulcl be elected _to serve the people to the best of their ability, no member being tied -to party, but very soon there would start working iu one man’s mind a feeding that he ought to be where tho chairman was. Professor Earnsliaw had written that party dated back to the Garden of Eden. In politics it v.as a case of an unqualified “yes” or an unqualified “no” when tho time came to vote. Third parties wore impossible, because there were only two lobbies into which . members could go.

“In my judgment,” said Air. Appleton, Coalitionist, at AVellington South, “Mr. Holland, the leader of the Socialist' Party, made the same mistake .as Air. Arthur Henderson did in tlie Old Country, when, instead of standing behind Afr. Ramsay MacDonald gild Air Philip fcjuowden,. in forming a strong National Government, ho followed the selfish dictates of party and missed a glorious opportunity of putting the Socialist Party ‘on side’ with the majority of the public. (Din at the rear,) If Air. Hofland, Mr. Al’Keen, and their colleagues had any regard at all for the national welfare of this country they would have come to Mr., Forbes’s assistance. Instead, of that we find the Socialists pursuing every possible moans of hindering tho moderate parties in their work of trying to rehabilitate' the country.”