OUR FEILDING PAGE.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1454, 4 November 1911, Page 6

OUR FEILDING PAGE.

MtJt Beid has, been placed in charge of our Feilding Branch, and all business entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. Oorresponaeflce on all local and general topic is specially invited,

DENTISTRY IN SCHOOLS,

WITH AMONG TERRITORIALS.

Mr : S. A. Parkes, dental surgeon, of Feiiding, wrote to Mr R. K Horriblow

Haviug in my miud the deplorable condition of the teeth of 'tlto Bohool cli'iltiren in this district, it is the duty of the State to provide means whereby the people and'the oliidren may t>s taught bow this universal scourge ol dental rlisease may be avoided. The medical examination JJof territorial reoruits is, too, revealing an appalling stats of thetteeth. Can these ever iba fit to defend their country when cheirsjstems are beiug poisoned •injsncli a maaner?, I slionJd 'be glad to hear from yon before the polling day, whether in the evefit of your being returned you wonld give yonr active -support tc—(a) The deutal inspection of school ohildreu; Ob) the education of primary sohool ;teaohers in dental hygiene; (c) tthe appointment cf a&nfcal snrgeons, with a commission,to tlie ■territorial forces. Mr Hornblow, who received tins •at his political meeting, said be considered Mr Parkes deserved the gratitude of the community in his «effort to advance the important •questions "mentioned. Perscnally, he was in sympathy with eaoh of .the points raised. He his best if elected, to achieve the desired end. A PERTINENT QUESTION. "Would you give your support to a measure for the public inspeotion of all nunneries, convents, chuioh schools, academies or other similar institution," was a query put to Ml Hornblow at his Feilidng meeting on Thursday night. The candidate gave a non-committal reply, saying that lie would not care to express an opinion on snch a withoot careful consideration, opening up as jt would the question [of sectarian differences. QUICK DESPATCH. f * »l • Mr E. fl, Fisher, printer, of Feildiuß, has received great praise tor the very quick prodnction of the Oroua electoral rolls. Though given fourtern days to oomplets, the rolls were finished in 11% dayß—a record probably for a country office.

POLITICAL. MR HORNBLOW AT FEILDING. Mr R. B. Hornblow created a very favoniablti impression at Foiling on Thnrsla.'. night, and is steadily gaining popularity, Id addition to Borne of the points of his address recorded in yesterday's Times, Mr Bornblnw expressed the opinion that tlie Oroua electorate was really a.Liberal one, and that with the ohauge that lias b?en wade in the buuudarips the Liberals should win the s?ut with a united effort. He spoke strongly against elavs legislation, and maintained that the ouly <kni r e of the Opposition was to get on the Treasury benches. That, however, would not come to pass, The Opposition plattorin was a negative one, based on niisrepreseutatioL, partion'arly iu rognrd to the pxpenditnre of monies by the Liberal administration. He went exhanstively into public accounts an I showed that of 44 million inciease of onr Natioual dtbt- sinoe .the Liberal party carao iuto power all except live millions was reproduc <tive.

OPPOSITION HYPOURISY. The hypocrisy of the Opposition was shown ill that tliongh tney were coutiuually deploring the burrowing of so much money Opposition ruemhers were foreuaosfe iu demands for largo sums for their own particular district". He advocatsd immigration on right lines, and pointed ont that when travelling through the hinterland he found a dearth of labour on the farms, farmers beiiig very s?riausly liaudicappei owing to the almost impossibility of obtaining suitable labour. Immigration of the right class would materially increase the products of our conn try.

BOONS FOR WORKERS. He ohampioued the co-operative systsm for publio works. If it were not for the co-opsrative works, snoh towus as Mangaweka, Tailmpe, Taumaruuni and other go-ahead places nn the Main Trunk wonld not have been in existence to-day. A number of co-operative workers subsequently went on t'io land and were numbered some of the best settlers in the Uomiuicii. Ho eulogised the administration in providing for workers Each facilities as now obtained fur obtliniug guud homes, without having to pay extravagant prices. The £lO deprsit scstorn had proved a great boon and blessing to tlt r ' toile - , and lie advised workers as J/o'Lliug ta go in for honus of theit own, partioubily when the Liberal Administration were so keenly auxious to assist then]. MABSEY MOONSHINE. Th 9 Opposition charges against tl o Qoveruuieot were proved evi-ry tiiuo to be moonshine, mil the Kiui Tuck" incident, fare, Mokau, and ntli'r climbs s'mwed to what lengths the Opp- sitioa were oipublo to go by wisi'cp.oientation in or.ier to get h;to power. He favi ure i the pri s iut Logislacim Uouuoil, but WbS oppcsai! t.) t'.ppointuinuts bfiuK miidn rthfr tlu;n by merit and services rendered to the oountrc. Party should not be considered in any new appointmiiiiti made. With regard to tiio liquor question lie believed in a tliree-liitlis majority in local option aud;: bare '/majority in Dominion prohibition" on a Ho« license—uo liquor basis, He was opposed tu 110 iut orlnctinn of Bible reading in our State schools. In olosiag an interesting addiess lie ap<

pealed to the electors to assist iu keeping the Liberal flag flying and assured them tlmt it retumjd he would work so that even those politically, oppesnd to liioi wonld have no subsequent regrets at making bim the representative of Oroua.

MANY QUESTIONS,"

The canlidate was plied with quite a large number of qutstions, all of which he ausweied with appareut satisfaction to the questioners. He expressed iiiius-lf as opposed to a universal Saturday half holiday, iuterferiuer us it would with tlie conViiiience ol conn.try settlers. He pledged himself to assist the railway employed, who had his sympathy. If it were true they had been I promised before last election £BO,OOO iu iuoreased wagfs, he wonld do his best to have the promise fulfilled. * He would advocate the lessoning nf freights o»er tue riiilwav to placa the rates on th 6 sime footing as via Foxtcn. He would support maintain British conupcttou aad any movement which tended to make closer and more bindiug the relations between the Dominion aud Mother Country. Ho would encourage snitablo emigraticn or our own kith and kin from the United Kingdom, Oversea Dominions, North America and Northern Enrops. He would insist on the full recognition iu the Dominion of marriages performed by a qualifiad clergyman or other tersans'vested by the law with that power. He would insist that all teachers in private ednoational iusfcitotious be compelled to hold Government certificates of competency. He wonld strive to have natives placed on the sama lines as Europeans in the matter of taxation. He was Lot prepared to answer the question ro a Pair Rent Bill making it an offenoe for the owner of a lions'? or shop to charge more than 4 per caDt on mcu9v invested. Something snould ba done to beep young people in New Zealand by the Government offering special facilities for the opening np of unoccupied lauds, giving young people opportunities of acquiring homes of their own. On ttie motion of Mr J. Trewhi a vote of thauks tn the candidate was oarried by acclamation. SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS. Business was positively suspended all yesterday, and there was an exodus to the Falmerston Show. Abont 900 tickets were issued from the local station and all who went to the Show came back delighted with the day's outing.

WORK IN THE POST OFFICE. An idea of Foildingte importance may ba formed from the fact that the postal officials haodle over/iOO mails per week, besides which "there are tbre-j daily deliveries in tiie town, iu addition to the deliveries by a inouuted letter carrier. !L'he local officß is the distributing mail oontro for til tlie important towrships and eettlemeuts surrounding D eliding, the coach services aggregating o'er 1600 .miles per week,