ELECTION ADDRESSES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 November 1931, Page 4

ELECTION ADDRESSES

OTAKI ELECTORATE. Mr W. H. Field (Coalition) will speak at Paekakariki this evening. To-morrow evening Mr Field will address two meetings, one at Paremata a! 7.30 and the other at Porirua at 8,30. MANAWATU SEAT. Mr J. Linklater, Coalition Reform candidate for Manawatu Electorate, will address electors at Linton tonight and at Rangiotu to-morrow evening. The Labour candidate, Mr C. L. Hunter, will be at Rangiotu this evening. He will address a meeting at Koputaroa to-morrow evening. LABOUR CANDIDATE SPEAKS AT TOKOMABU. Mr Hunter, the Labour candidate for Manawatu,' addressed a very well attended meeting of electors at Tokomaru on Friday evening last. Mr Parr occupied the chair and, introduced the candidate, stating that Mr Hunter was a young man who would be a x asset to the electors of Manawatu if elected. The candidate expressed his pleasure at being again able to address a meeting at Tokomaru, and commenced by saying that the electors had to decide on polling day whether they were going to vote for a blank cheque as asked for by the Fusion Party or the constructive policy of the Labour Party. The Fusion Party were insulting the intelligence of the people by asking the electors to return them to the treasury benches without a policy for the rehabilitating of the unemployed back into industries. The Reform and United Parties were simply trying to hoodwink the electors by using the term “Coalition” in order that the electors might forget the blundering and extravagant legislation that had been enacted by these people in asking for a party "who could place the 'past. To-day the electors were asking for a party who could place before them a policy that would bring about prosperity. The Labour Party had that programme. On attaining the Treasury benches the Labour Party would immediately see to the settling of people on the land- by the break-ing-up of large estates. This would be done by the re-introduction of the graduated land tax. Labour would give the necessary assistance to the pi emotion of secondary industries such as flax, coal carbonisation, motor assembling, and assistance in re-or-ganising the woollen, clothing, boot, iron and other industries, with a view to meeting the requirements of the Dominion from its own factories. This he believed was a policy the electors were asking for. In conclusion the candidate appealed to the electors to give the Labour Party the opportunity to bring their programme into effect. Several questions were asked and answered by the candidate. A hearty vote of thanks to the speaker for his address, and confidence in him to represent the electors of Manawatu was carried unanimously. A hearty vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting.