GENERAL ELECTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 8 November 1919, Page 5

GENERAL ELECTION.

THE NELSON SEAT. : Mr, T, A, H. Field) will address tha electors at the. School of Music out iMond^ytfveoQimg. ’Mr Field will speak at Batman un Tuesday, the 11th iust., atul at Stoke oji Thursday, the 13th. : Mr Harry Atmoro will speak on questions of the day in the Theatre Royal -qb Tuesday, the 11th inat. ■ A mating of Mr Atmoro’s friends and supporters will be held on Monday evening. for the purpose of forming a (Committee. motuEka seat: : Mr R. P. Hudson, M.P., will speak at Hall, Riwaka, on Tuesday evening next. . WAIRAU SEAT. ]' Mr R. McCallam, M.P.. notifies the various places, at which he will speak during the next week or so. PROBABLE BAY OF POLLING. : (U'hited Press Association.) I f ; ‘ WELLINGTON, Nov. 2 _ The general'election will be held on WVlnesday, either December 10th or PTith,’ At the present moment the twobiibi.l% is that the latter day will h| selected. ADDRESS BY ME. ANSTEY. , \ . WAIM ATE, Nov. 7. Mr ' Anstey (Liberal) opened his campaign at Waimaitc to-night. .He ouStHned the poflicy of the . Liberal Pajrty,' -and) said 'thntfc Mr Massey’s manifesto did not meet the needs of the tim'd. He favoured the nationalisation of insurance, coal mines, and the' lorry service. The State should oyri/i cqJlie-rs. He > advocated a graduated land-tax, which would prevent indated values and. put Lind on the mantel. % a h*ir rate. He opposed a local, navy .and’ militarism, and approved' of Lord Jellicoe’s report. He advocated an experimental farm for seed selection pm poses. New .Zealand •g*t a larger share of the phosphate from Nauiu. TEMTIKA SEAT. Mr Thomas Gunnion, Mayor of Temtjtka,' will stand for the Temuka seat an' Independent , with .leanings towards . Labour. * * FATEA SEAT. : V| HAWERA, Nov. 5. Mr. R. AV. J. McNeill was to-day anjiouhcad to be a candidate for the Ptdea J seat as a sane Labourite. LABOUR CAXDI- ) DATE. ‘ Nov. 5. " Mr. -Hiram Huntet, i Labour candi* -dflJtf. fdS? Christchurch East, opened his campaign) to-night. He said the Reform and, Liberal parties represented, privilege and mpnopoly. - They were out for' the exploitation of the many for the;benefit of the few. They oujt to exploit the workers and then dojie out charity _■ tot tdlfer • needy. There wag nothing' like ‘ Bolshevism in the liabouT’iPartya platfoim. The sooner the Laßour Party gofc into Power and established its own .woollen mills for > the ijiaVmfacture of tweeds the better" it would he for the working man. Mr Hunted received- % vote of .thanks and confidence. , ■ ' .