Grey River Argus and Blackball News SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1922. DUNEDIN NORTH.

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1922, Page 4

Grey River Argus and Blackball News

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1922. DUNEDIN NORTH.

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The Welfare League, in its latest piece of propaganda (vide last, night’s ‘‘Star”) appears chagrined that the 1 New Zealand Labour Leader has on his I tour falsified the league’s caricature of the movement generally and of Mr Holland himself in particular. Nobody, however, fancies Mr Holland has changed his colour, and the league is itself at great pains to make out he is “redder” in reality than anything it can quote from him to make him out a violent, fire-eating, red revolutionary. The league ostentatiously lands the Liberal Party, which thus can be taken as a criterion of Welfare League ethics. Well, what party is it that at present is seeking to act with the Labour Party ? The league is aware the Wilfordites have been hoping to get Labour to come to terms with them in view ot the general election, but it is not heard ranting at Mr Wilford. It is scared the people are going to -vote solidly for Labour next election. The Tory Press, like the League, was scaled the Liberals would let Dunedin North go by default at the bye-lection, but trieil to conceal the fact by pr<tending to defy Mr Wilford to nominate a candidate. 'Phis bye-election will show whether Dunedin North is susceptible to Welfare League propaganda. For that seat in 1911. Mr (L AL I homson, sitting member, was defeated by Mr Walker, the official Labour candidate, the voting was: Walker 4073, Thomson 3751. In. 1919,, Mr Walker was opposed by Mr Kellett, who stood as an Independent Labour man, so far removed from the movement that Reform voters willingly supported him. The Tories claim a majority for Reform still exists in North Dunedin. We 11 see! In 1919 Mr Kellett polled 4784 votes against Mr Walker’s 3978. The valid votes were thus divided at the two elections:—l9l4: Walker 52 per emit, Thomson 48 per cent.; 1919: Walker 45.4 per cent., Kellett 54.6 per cent. The Christchurch “Press” reckons there is only 6-Z per cent, of Liberal voles in Dunedin North. Again we-ll see! However the “Press” also says: “Mr Wilford, we should say, will not care to let the contest go by default, seeing that Mr Kellett had

joined Mr Statham, with whom Mr Wrilford has made an alliance.’’ That prediction is already realised. 'Ph? “Press’’ adds: “The contest may very well turn out to be a practical dernonstratiofi of the fact that there are really only two parties in the country—Reform and Labour.