PARNELL SEAT

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 115, 11 April 1930, Page 8

PARNELL SEAT

REFORM CANDIDATE CHOSEN. AUCKLAND SOLICITOR. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 10. At a meeting of the Reform Party delegates in Parnell electorate to-night, Mr W. P- Endean, barrister and solicitor, and a well-known yachtsman, was selected as the party’s candidate at the by-election. Three ballots were necessary, and when the result was anounced Mr Andean was congratulated by the three other aspirants. The meeting expressed continued confidence in the Reform Party and in its leader, Hon. J. G. Coates. Mr W. P. Endean is a member of the firm of Endean, Holloway and Hubands, barristers and solicitors, Auckland. He is a native of Auckland province and is about 46 years of age. He is a son of the late Mr John Endean, a well-known Thames and Auckland resident. Mr Endean commenced practice as a barrister and solicitor in Auckland about 21 years ago. He practised for a time on his own account, but in 1910 he and Mr J. A. Holloway joined in partnership, from which Mr Endean retired about six months ago. Mr Endean is well known in yachting circles, having for the past two years been commodore of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron; he has also acted as chairman of the Regatta Committee. During the war Mr Endean joined the Royal iMaval Volunteer Reserve and 6aw service in European waters. CAMPAIGN IN EARNEST. CABINET MINISTERS TAKING PART. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) AUCKLAND, April 10. ISow that three official candidates have been chosen, events in. connection with the Parnell by-election wear an interesting complexion. t There will be no dearth of seasoned campaigners to sponsor the cause of the various candidates. Hon. W. A. Veitch, Minister of Labour, will arrive from Wellington to-morrow. It is stated that Mr Veitch has a large amount of official business to attend to and will probably remain in Auckland until Monday. The local members of the United Party, however, hope to persuade the Minister to remain a little longer in order to speak at Mr Donald’s opening meeting on Tuesday evening. Five other Ministers are expected to be in Auckland at various stages during the’ campaign, but no dates for their visits have been arranged yet. Mr Bloodworth is not to oe left to wage a lone-handed fight in Labour’s cause. Mr M. J. Savage, M.P., who is organising the Labour campaign, said that it was expected that Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., Leader of the Labour Party, Mr P. Fraser, M.P., and Mr W. Nash, M.P., would all visit Auckland during the last week of the campaign. EFFECT ON SHOPPING AREA. STRANGE SITUATION. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 11. The holding of the by-election in the Parnell electorate on May 7 will affect the Newmarket shopping area in a strange way, as virtually half the business premises- will have to observe a half holiday. One effect of the statutory provision will be that of Newmarket’s three hotels, two on the west side of Broadway will be open all day, while a third, on the east side of the street, will be obliged to close its doors at"noon on polling day. “Such happenings as this show that the law really is an ass,” said a Newmarket shopkeeper on the “holiday” side of Broadway. “It is time such absurdities in tne legislation were removed.” •

The vacancy of the Parnell seat was formally gazetted yesterday. The writ for the by-election on May 7 will issue to-day. It is returnable within 40 days. Electoral rolls in the constituency will close at six o’clock this evening and candidates’ nominations will close on April 24. A largely-attended meeting of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council last night unanimously endorsed the candidature of Mr .T. Bloodworth for the Parnell seat.