CAMPAIGN SPARKS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 October 1925, Page 8

CAMPAIGN SPARKS.

POINTS FROM THE SPEECHES. . Labour was Communism with its working clothes on. Bolshevism was Communism with the gloves off. —Mr. S. Oldfield (Auckland West). “So you have knocked off work to carry bricks,” said a friend to a politician art Marton Junction. “No,” replied the M.P., “I have knocked off work to throw bricks.' If"the Reform P!ar.ty come back from the polls with a clear majority over Labour I predict- that the policy that has been-followed out in the last three years will be- carried to its logical conclusion —wage cuts and attacks on the Public Servants.—Mr. H. Holland at Christchurch.

It- ,is a- very peaceful . Socialism which .its preached to you every' triennial October, 'f'he red touch has been toned down a delightful shade of geranium pink. This Socialism i.s a beautiful ideal ■fib for -a band of incipient angels. Tim only thing wrong with it i>:; that it won’t work.- —M E. Lyons, Lyttelton.

“Electioneering is not. politics.- Electioneering .is not rendering - service to the- community. It is ducking round town, trying to convince peonle like my friend over there to vote for you,. ’ .—Mi\ J, J. M’Grath, Wellington North.

Mr. W. 11. Field stated at Reiki j rangi that he- regretted the fusion negotiations had been abortive; but there proved to be grave difficulties in the way. After the election fusion would certainly come, and he would be a rsujpijporter of the Fusion Party. He was, therefore, standing before them as a supporter of both Reform and Liberal, between whose politics there was no essential difference whatever.

“If you want better educational methods and more humanitarian -legislation /then you have to .pay for it, and that by taxation. The best investmelitj^ T ew,„.Zealand can- .poasibly- have is an educated community. ’ —-Mr. A. L. Moniteiith, Wellington East.

4?* ~ f “My Naitioualist -ft iends -- have paid me a very grejut:;cdffiipluneiiit,'” said the Prime Minister’ f at. Riverton/ ' “They have copied,-/frito their mhnifesito statements fr Cftft', myi oivn ’ p'ublic Works Sfeatementill.,'One ; cpulcl. not have a greater compliment than That.”

|- !“(Phe average wjonian is- ‘ capable of 'eoimibining : justice and the old-.gentlemen of the v;LegislatiWCouncil who saw fit to reject the. Bill to establish women magistrates. Personally, I would prefer to stand trial before a tribunal of women than of old men with barnacles on their’ whiskers ■and the dust thick on their heavilyladen souls.” —R.. Semple at Dunedin.

--; ■ ••( can conscienti.ou.sly 'Say to the eiecto-ns th is evening, that every .pledge I gave them during my last campaign ha.s been faithfully carried out. iby me during my three yeans in Parliament. ’ —Mr. A. L. ■ Mon teith, MIR; (Lab., Wellington East). ,v;:

With regard to the financial stability ofo the Dominion, the' 'Speaker ■'sakl’tfchDnt there wats' plenty rtf 'evidence •available., that, the country was • •clear of the si limp which had -affected all interests.: .There was no 'Better ' evidence that 4hot was so than;:: in the imipoPtn.fcipniaf motor-cans. From n return he/thad taken obit a 'short ting> ago, : it.- was tshown that New, Zealand was iiTi)oqnfing niotor-dars at 'the rate off '2oooliionth on w-hieh thousands of, .pounds were spent. —Hon. R. F. Bollard (Minister for Internal Affairs), Raglan. -"''' '

‘•There is in this country than the State Advance Department,” . said... Mr. M. J. Savage, >M),P.,. ..a-tv.tlije Leys jinsitituite last evenjiifg; ‘ There waisi only one thing wrong with”it, he,'added, and that was that Ithe department had not ammunition. Tt had a fine-organisation hut nothing to organise; ’ ;

Ob;''give us some New Zealand stuff. .'Wfe '.don’t Ay ant to bfea.r any mrire about England,). cried a man at the bac-k. r " '

" "“No. naturally it niaik.fes, ypu uncomfortable. Too much' ’truth in it,’ instantly parried Miss-• Melville, (Grey Lynn), aanjd laughter and- -applause. “But still.,, since you want me to come a little ; :'jhea.fer home, I will start off by reminding you that not .one .of the exponents of the New Zealand Labour Party was bom in this .country.”

‘.lf this conies , about ‘the.''race .v. ill be wiped' out--in ‘ a few generations. ’ declared■ “Mr. /A, L, ‘ Mcmteith,; .M.P., •when w/artting his- audience -/against the proposal of the GcrV4rninent to levy.; the .single men. Ao '.pay for every child over two in every family. Whereas the Government had opposed a Bill to .provide lOs- to mnthens -vri'th niore than {tjyo; children on the ground that the ooisL -froivld Ibe £2,000,000, it had effected income tax reduction}, amounting to ‘EH,750,000 last year; Tf the young men could not save to get married,, and the spinsters could not secure anyone with sufficient to keep them, the race would become extinct.

They were told that i! the Labour Party’s land policy came into operation the ‘ sovereign would drop to half a crown. He questioned if there were two farmers out of 10 to-day who, if they were asked .to-morrow to fulfil their obligations, .-could pay 2s 6d in the £. (Applau.sej;' 'That-Avals under freehold. “If the use ho Id of.the land of this country was going to be tvor.se than the freehold,” exclaimed Mr. Fenton, “then it’s. .God help us!” He could not see how. it could be any worse; He thought Mr. Holland'was right in saying it was not freehold but “mortgage-hold.'’ The man on the land to-clay" was shackled and handcuffed worse than the prisoner that was taken to gaol. Tit Was .not himself that- was handcuffed and'shackled, but his wife 'htitP ftflii i; -»L -W-. -Fentoil ( L.), rOlntha.-.. .. .V.-..- J .s. / .

Air, R. M'Oalium .declared. in Ids opening', speech at 'Blenheim Unit the Ue-I'oiin Party . would return to the .House much reduced in number, lie believed' that Sir ilclin Luke would 'lose his seat, while. Mr Wright would •have a-hard fight, and -would probably go out. Labour would gain some of tbe Reform seats, and the Liberals would gain others. In his judgment, Mr. Coates would come haek.with 20 to 30 seats. At» to the. division of the remaining seats between,'Liberals and Labour, he was not in a position to say, but ho predicted that after the election they would he' faced again with fusion. Go far as he was concerned, be would never be a member of the National Party if it had to surrender unconditionally to the ReformParty- ~, ... . ...... .... .. . ,