ON THE HUSTINGS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 October 1925, Page 9

ON THE HUSTINGS.

IN T'HEI ORIOUA ELECTORATE. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIONFEIILDJjXG, Oct. 12 Mr. J. Gordon Eliott, the official Reform candidate lias addressed his first meeting here. He had a good hearing and received a vote of thanks. He announced himself as a straightout supporter of the Coates administration, and favoured taking the licensing poll every six years. He also favoured an amendment to the Gaming Act to permit of the publication of dividends and the wiring of money to totalizators, and to give clubs the right to open a double machine. He favoured tthe ward system of election of the dairy control board. LABOUR LEADER AT HOKITIKA. HOKITIKA, Oct. 12. Mr H. Holland, Leader of the Labour Party, addressed a meeting in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. The hall was well filled, and a good, reception was given to the speaker, who spoke for two hours, expounding the Labour Party’s policy. He praised the services rendered by Mr O’Brien, the sitting member for Westland, to the party, and stated that no member had ever attended to the wants of the district as he had. During the course of his speech he referred in scathing terms to the Reform policy, especially its (and policy, the remission of income taxes on the largest tax-payers, while not reducing taxes to the smaller men. He emphasised the need for a reduction of borrowing and the placing of the finances on a sound footing. He stated that the coming election would be a contest between Reform and Progressive Labour, with the Nationals a nebulous quantity. He stated that if Mr Seddon, the Nationalist candidate for Westland were elected, he would be found voting with Reform, and expressed regret that the son of the late Prime Minister who had led the progressives in the nineties should be found in such a position. The speaker was accorded a vote of thanks, and at his call cheers were given for Mr 3 O’Brien. WESTERN MAORI DISTRICT. TEKUITI, Oct. 12. At a hui held by the natives at Maniapoto pa yesterday, following upon a ceremony connected with the opening of the reconstructed Maniapoto meeting house, it was decided to support the candidature of Sir Maui Pomare for the Western Maori district. The gathering was a large and important one, and representatives of most of the North Island tribes were present. THE THAMES SEAT. THAMES, Oct. 12. Mr. T. W. Rhodes, Reform candidate for the Thames seat, addressed a large meeting on Saturday night. He declared himself a follower of Mr. Coates and a supporter of the Government’s policy. He received a vote of thanks for his address and for his services, also one of confidence in him and the Government.