MINISTERS MOVEMENTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 5

MINISTERS MOVEMENTS.

ME FISHER AT' PONSSEtOA..'

[Press Association.]

PONGAROA, Miwrcli 24. ; The Hoiiv' Mx \Fisher, i^fis yisiting the. ISast Coast in company' with an engineer for'the purpose of looking inio the proposed harboy/schemes at Onehunga .and Aki^o,-has decided ajgainst the former and in favor of "a wharf under shelter of the reef about half a mile from the , moujth of the Akito, w-here there is a l^tifling place' now. He estimated tiie'-icost of. a suitable wharf at about^£ls -000, but he coupled with it a condition that freezing works miist be to give the settlers an outlofc'for sheep wibhout the _ necessity for long road and railway journeys. ;/" He was! assured that some settlers were quite willing to ;issist iii .providing the capital vtquiied, estimated at £60,000. .-

Mr Armstrong, owner of the present landing appliances, has offered to y©st , the whole.■'.of his. property there in tlie Mai-in6 v Department; if the wharf is proceeded with/ ,Iv the evening Mr; Fisher delivered a pohtwal address a large.gathering. He had- an enthusiastic reception. He .claimed: that tK^ Reform party was progressive. Referring' to statements that: it represented l^nd monopolists, he remarkied tliaA landowners jW ere useful to the ue condemned the brewery monopoly, • il\ ¥ had the bulk bfthe wealth behind it. Buewers supported the Opposition and not. the Reform Government.

_ Referring to the strike, he said that the people would decide next election Who would run the country, the "Red «i» Si ? r,, the, Government. The S ™* V£ d *t» Opposition .W» strikt Prolonged the

The speaker touched, on" land settlement and increased settlers A vote ot thanks, was carried amidst

MR MASSIF ON THE WEST

tu t> PREYMOUTH, 3k*arch 24. .Ihe Prime Minister and party left this morning for Christohurch. Mr Massey told a Star reporter that he now knew more about the West Ooast and fully alive to its requirenients and possibilities. No doubt it had a giea.t future, but it was in the hands of the people themselves to say whether they; would put on the brake