Political.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1459, 10 November 1911, Page 5

Political.

MR McNAB'S CAMPAIGN.

SPEAKS IN THE CORONATION HALL.

TO TERRACE END ELECTORS,

Mr R, MjNab followed np his exceedingly successful meeting at the Opera Hocsa cu Wednesday by adrlrps inc n well Bfhnrirwl mfAh'no ff

dres ing a well att3nded meeting cf 'ictars iu the Oorooatiou tfall at fli 'race Esd last evening. **' k s Worship the Mayor (Mr J. A. "'' presided. Wa'-.n) ,jy a |j spobe on |.] ie ues 0 j Mr Mi -o( the previous evening, his spe«fiL , k tha opportunity of rebut he lot .uesticu which had applying to ih prESS) aski „ g lf thß peareri iu «ne •• hearil Mr McNab writer hnd' m , platform as Mr speak on the m -\ s Southern tour. Lanrensaa daring! i had mm ta ken Mr McNafi'saiii htf . . Laureoson on the platforn with ft nesfcion, and any tonr on the laud & thinking of probably the' writer WaT, •. There the late Mr T, B. Taylbi , ucy - m ' was, therefore,.no >ws on' ftiat respect' iu .his'political^

tlie question of the freehold.THEMOKAQ. In dealing witli She Mokau' dEa. tion Mr MoNabsaid that if the-tih*

eminent had pnrohatod the blbuSj itf! would have reqniied to give Mr*' Hermann Lewis, nofrfthe price tie' asked, bnt the price Mr Mason Chambersoffered him, wliiob added' to the oharge imposerJ'by the New' Plymouth Harbor Board rate, wonld have oofit the Government; to hold it, a price not' Iks- that£the cost at which the company had bought. QUESTIONS. At the conclusion of bis address the speaker replied to numerous questions as follows: < He did not' believe in taxing cows. He was in iavour of the-' present system of education. The present '.aw secured the recognition of marriages performed in accordance with law, and was complete in that respect.

"He believeii in 0 1 all institutions which came under the Faotory Act, and was opposed to. inspection of; suoh institutions that did not como nnder that category.

Sir Joseph Ward bad not said that three milliuns per annnm of borrowed rnobey was unproductive. He was referring to money not directly interest bearing..

Mr R. Gardner, to a qnestion asked of the candidate in the Opeia House, the night before, stated that he, Mr Gardner, had carried through the purchase of the laud for 'Workers' Homes at Terrace End by the Government, It was bought well iDslde [its/lvalue, and land was now selling in the vicinity far in excess of the price paid by the Government. He knew all the circumstances of the pnrohase and It was a perfectly [legitimate and proper transaction. On the motion of Mr Adams, seconded by Mr ?ortt, a: vote of thanks and confidence in the candidate was passed.

A vote if thanks to the chairman terminated proceedings.

TO-NIGHT. Mr McNab speaks at Longbnm to might.

MB GUTHRIE REPLIISS TO MR McNAB.

DEPENDINGJJTHEJiOPPOSITION 3

In the ponrse of his afldrees at Feilding last night, reported on our Feilding page, Mr Outbrie replied to Mr MoNab's speeoh as reported in that morning's Mauawatu Dailv Times. Mr Guthrie defended the Opposition against what he described as the attack made by Mr MoNab, who he said had apparently referred to the E. A. Smith incident. Mr Gnthrie expressed surprise that a man of the moral rectitnde of Mr McNab should speak so slightingly of the work done by the Opposition in this matter. It WBS a good thing that the question had come to light. Regarding the Knyvett case, Mr MoNab knew as well as anyone that all the Opposition had demanded was justice to a man who had apparently been badIly treated. Furthermore, lie was surprised at Mr MoNab stying there .was nothing in the Hine charges If Mr MoNab had baen- in Parliament he must have reoognised that the hounr of Parliament was at stake. In the Flaxbonrne, cbss all Knew there was scmethiuf,'"cronk." With repard to the allegations as to the attack'on Sir Koberfc Stout, there was no attack on the judge but on a principle. The Opposition thought thet no" judge should receive £II,OOO or anv large sum, for transactions Involving very little work, and that was the reason why the qnestiou was disenssed by the Opposition, who were simply zealous for the independence of the jadicißl bench, and Parliament should not be .influenced by t-no Government in power. Then again, Mr McNab made light of the offer made to Mr Massey to join the Ministry. There was no donbt that the birds were chirping from the house tops that there was a prospect of coalition. The suggestion did" not emanate from the Opposition, bot from tho other side. He would not siy that Sir Joseph Ward had practically apprrached Mr Massey, but there were other ways of trving to influence the leader nf the Opposition, and it was the other way that was adopted.

S;MR THOMSON AT THE MUNL M —" u ~- OIPAL HALL

Mr Thomson again addressed a meeting at the Muuicipal Hall last evening. There was a good attendanoo and Mr John Nairn presided. Tho candidate denounced the Premier as "Mr Facing Both Ways" and

described :n extraordinary [a Parlia*' ruent whetein Mr Isitt hart given himself body and soul to a Government winch had the supmrt of Mr Myers, of Ancklaud, Messrs Hamiltin Gilmer, and Martin Kennedy, f ot Welliuptou, anil Lanransou, of Uhristoiiureh. Why did tlr Qovern* raent allow tha great bu ... n to keep their grip on the trade of this island. , Why did ha allow him to practise an enormous mcnopolv-rtwn firms in AncVhnd, one in Wellington, and ■ one in ChrisichDrcii. The" sole wi« a s«u was that Sir Joseph was Jianct . iu glove witli tha men he had Damed.i ~ K the people of this cauuiry only' knew tiny wouM not for a moment! t tolerate this Iriud of tiling, End if lie was retained he would -break the monopoly. Ho went on to deal with ths ccst of Government which he held Ind increased by £1,250,000 E sinoe Mr Seddon died, and that every , able bodiid man iu New Zealand . was payitiß £5 per head more than wlim Mr Seddon lived. Would thaf " permit this to continue? ('No.") ) Regarding :Mr MoNab's speech be ) would read it over three or four t times and then reply to it, He de« nonnoed the giving of the Dreadnought without first consulting Pari 'liament, and quoted Joopionsly frcm i Sir John Findiay's "Humbugs and I Homilies," paragraphs which he , claimed to ha applicable to tto Q°Vt ■ ernmsnt. He adversely orltioised 'the i defence system declining the old i VolDDtear system preferable. Mr L - Thomson also referred to the lccal Bjito, especially the editor of the M.U.T., and concluded by hoping that a party might be evolved that .. would think only of the Govern-' went cf the country, I. Vari °ns questions closed the mee> J MR BDlOK'fl OAMiAIQKi "^ >' 'rtW \ \5"% ° m Jl . is o'afipairf zs> A *&*& Longhm 2md mi A\ Mr; Geo.- ■* D M nevitke,» t Jlli* s at °* menlfwhich no-* "ff/ <*to haw male atWatmM ,° f '?* ° the wesentatloD of a nnft ,„„ 7.. K ">«' bavins helped tb set "A 8 * tltl9 *<» the Premier. We tea, •, otllM . CB«didates mav zorpndiatta V 'L™ 16 ,*? ?' slander tb which m . VB alrea( *7 called attention.. THEOTftKrEsm'" 8, V Mr Byron Brown is puranu. '8 aa aotive campaign in course' of v» ''ioh he will speak at Oronai Biidge on Monday (Novembsr 18th) 1 ,. Foxtail on Tuesday and Tokomßrn on Wednesday.

The Pest in a highly comm•eada•" , tory leader last' night ('escribes Mr McNab's speech as-' a remarkable sneoesv and after reviewing bis career says "there' are few men in the oountry better deserving of the honor of election," and concludes* warm commendation of the policy and the man by a-declaration that it will "heartily welourne. his return to Parliament."

Mr P. Pirani.' (chairman' iWanganur" Education Board) again forwarded a protest to the Premier and the- Chief •Electoral Officer; against the use of public schools on election days, whene other; public buildings are available j-and hn formed the latter every means will ba adopted to prevent access to schoolbuildings in such cases. The examinations were long ago fixed for December; 7. Awkwardness ih taking the school is) considerably accentuated.