POLITICAL POINTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 28 October 1925, Page 9

POLITICAL POINTS

A NEW TERROR

Hit. SiiSol NO CANDIDATE 1 -, m i!o! o Bolshevik, no:- a H.>cr;!is*., 1. .■ ,-i Think-''.' .'' said Soul'’""':! P» ,h-neuder.t LifWnl erndidai ; to Dis muU ■ tin' other i‘Vi•:llllU'. I here was no , hairm.m. T!ii"'t' were no questions anil lilt 1 speaker minirkcd llnil a j>■'*D ,M :l \\ s l ll<illalll liail tin Inml that In 1 ha<l t< nt hi,, addl't's'.s m that township with There v. a, net hint; comical ahnui n, s'. in Hi Mr i lowa ril. lifting his voice in snii;. The sinking wanti itlat«■ saim' tin Inst verse of the touching bal lail with east', hut in tin 1 second pitch ill iiis ki'\ ttai high and hrnkt“ down Although 1 don't think I II win. ~j. 1 tlm farnlidatt>, at tin 1 conclusion of hi,, ~lTni't. "I think it will In' a goud ailyc! i-'.liiilit |MI tin:.

I,I,;,I I,M S AND NKCHSSri IKS

"Mini!,! that nut be mi luxuries and ni'i on absolute miressitie:< v ” interjected .1111• i• im■ n| E);tMi'ilin wlirti tllf Ih't'. M • I inwitii' Stewart was explaining lOt vitf i nsiniiis tariif mlm linns. ' l’<<'ph‘ di. f,.isaid tin Minister promptly, “at* to wlial tiny rail a luxury. Some people cal] whisky a luxury and some consider j; mi absolute necessity! (LaUghtCl and applause.) i’ci son,ally. lie added. In' creed I hat tidiai en was a necessity They had reduced it and hoped to reduce it further. We do try. he said, "in imposing am increasril duty. D impi.v • it on Invurms. not on mresfil ies.”

PASSING O' I 11K Id HER A 1-8 "There are only two parties eon ~ ..11,,. i Ins elect ion. 1 1’el’orm and l.a honr. ' said .Mr W. Lee Martin. Knbnnr candidate for llatnillon. speaking a! ianwuare. "Every particle ol the "id | ,| helll i I ’; > I t \ lias' gone, even In the name, and alter November d they will have ceased to he a lac! or in the poll Heal life of Ibis country.” '.SKIIOED'’ I .OS I Ml o*lso END li js hemming ti if no and more appal cut the el e!inti' proceeds that

thoughtful, logically minded workers are beet tiling less and less impressed .with the. Kahnur Party s ‘Tisclmld policy. Ihe responsible, provident workeis ftsten with apparent apprehension to the critics when they give the “plain Engiiir.h” of the matter and its a))plieation ti> house property The demeanon l ' ot this type who are a very importantpart of {.ho backbone of Die ooitntrv, shows (hal a change of attitude is ta-ts mg' place They discern the mocking T the mirage m the .scheme 1::. other words, the s'her minded j)eo])le who draw wages or salaries are inclined to liken tile Labour Ratty to a man who goes I" sleep and has a wonderful bream, in which lie waves a magic wand that turns everything to gold and banishes till pam and sorrow Irom the world. And. furthermore, there are family men. predisposed in favour of Kahnur. who are beginning to wonder if tin adept inn of the Labour platform by the country would he about as wise ;>s exploding a charge of dynamite under a factory to make the math'iierv run more oiT.eieotlv.

THOSE ELECTION SPEECHES The hall was packed and overflowing with people. Never m the history ol Waipnpapuaka had there been such a speaker. As a candidate for the seat, he et.logis- 'll a great leader. Fervently his v' rds (.(-lined Ihrough llte silent mass: “He drove straight to his goal. il<‘ looked mil her to the right nor ML. but pressed forward. moved by a definite purpose. Neither friend nor foe could delay him nor turn hhn front Ins course All t.iiat crossed his path did so at their pei il. Wli:! t wonl.t you call such a man ?" And a voice 'from the audience ;tnsw.'ivt! : “Bli::* Hrivor.

A LATSODK Id LEA BY ' Mr Sullivan hivugm along the old Socialistic fiddle, hut he player on. it. a Itdlaliv. For this election the lied f lag has been hauled .low it folded up and put away. And it vvtll mil be . used again until iifter the election, said -M> \\ F. Headley. Government' candidate for Avon, in a speech at New Brightrin. DONE BETTER IN QUEENSLAND Much has been beard in the last Week or so about, the Legislative Council being a place of refuge for political rejects. The- assertion ends with the suggestion that, the Upper Chamber should be abolished, as. that of Queensland was under a Labour Oovcnrmont. But they seem to do other things better m Queensland, too. A cable message .• tales that the Labour Premier and an associated Minister have both been appointed lav members of the Board of Trade at £2OOO a year each. It appointment to the Legislative Council were really a polite form of political superannuation ns alleged, how poor it is in contrast with the princely munificence of the Queensland Labour Government . A POINT OF ORDER Are there any Nelson candidates like this? A windy M.P.. in the midst ot a tedious speech, stopped to imbibe a glass of Witter. T rise, said Sheridan, 'to ;i point of order." Everybody stinted wondering what the point- of oidei v -as “What is it?'’ asked the speaker. “I think, sir.” said Sheridan, "it is out of order for a windmill to go by w ater."

Some straight talk respecting the undesirable forces whieb have been at work of late was indulged m by the Prime .Minister. ”1 believe there are elements at work that are not of our making, and are entirely toreign to ius, said Mr Cotaes. “It seemia to me that those ‘■dlueiv.es arc foreign, but I <un afraid’there is quit.- a number of our people who are being misled, weak people who are not proud enough of the stock to which they belong. If they would stop for a moment and think they would realise that these people are no fiiouds of ours, and would wreck every British institution, we have.” —A Voice: You are guessing that.—Alt' Coates: T am not guessing, and so tar as the Government. is, concerned if it is retnrnea no opportunity will be hwt ol stamping out these influences for ever. .(Applause).

At one of his Invercargill meetings Mr 1 largest threw ;.n interesting light, on the principles of Labour. _ 'You will remember," lie said, “that in one ot the State collieries last- year 14 hotly of miners decided to work on eo-optyaUve liitca, wlifeli enabled them to earw increased wages—the gang averaged 27s 9d per day per man. Whet, the Labour organisations heard ot this they asked the men to stop. Failing that, they «si red do Minister o? Mines to cancel tlm contract, and when that was refused all the miners struck. 'l'ltey did not want these men, to get- the benefit of co-operative- wages, with a larger output.'’

THE "NO! I OLD" POLICY I have a. little cot, i It means a mighty lot To me amt the missus, never iear. 1 borrowed from the State, There's a bit still on the slate, Hut it’s growing smaller, smaller every year. And now the Labour crowd Are getting very loud Upon some ‘‘ueshold scheme for you and inc. Our homes won't be our own, They will simply be on loan. And we'll have'to pay for ever, fee by fee. ‘‘UselioldV a catchy name, * "Nnlndd means just the i-anie ; i| will bring our annual saving ail to nought. It will hit us where we live, Compel us all fo give Our deeds to Mr Holland, through Hie Court. I want to hold my home, To he my very own When shades of evening fall for Meg and me. A tenant of the State ! A life-sentence on the gate ! My vote's agahis tthe "usehold’’ fantasy.

Mr James Hargest, liefnrm candidate for Invercargill, remarked at a recent meeting: "The Labour candidate says lie,does not want to indulge 111 personalities, hut incidentally he mentioned the fact that his two opponents were tilled. Sir Joseph Ward may speak for himself, a.nd if anyone if pleased to consider the rank conferred on me l»y his Majesty the King as a title l have only to sav that 1 earned it and that Mr Hickey, had he bee.w s«> inclined, might have earned a corresponding rank at tin- same time, at the same place, and in the same manner as I earned mine. Knrther. I have never used my lank or title ae a civilian.

LADY C AN DfHA’TE'S HEP APT EE "Three measures brought itf by Conservative (L'vcrmnents are free education. one man one vole, and womens franrhi.-ie." said Miss Melville. A voice : That is wrong. Alissi Melville: I wish some of you had taken more advantage of the free education. (Laughter.) One man stood up and shouted something at the candidate in a thick voice. "I ;i 111 not going to answer a man

wli » 1 iilky Id me like ili-il’ said Mi.-s Melville. ;i ini' I applause. ;it Grey Lynn.

what >an!■; labour thinks

Wlii'ii <|iu , sti«. , ii tilin' I'limi' a member „r till' audience took till' opportunity of -living sui'h people us clerks unit I’U'il labourers would rot vole for Labour. "Wol!, 1 am a .supporter of Labour, a woman announced, but. Ido think tie ought- to show a bit of distinction at .••.iiino of these me filings, and show our brains. L. is no! a bv.< wee." ■|, is disgraceful." declared another u cina; . A voice: People follow up the Govcrnm..|i; candidates with the sole reason of interrupting them. It is all organised. Mf Pjii'i v : No. it is not organised. .Much of I in- abuse the Government candidates have heen, Milijecti'd to they have brought upon their own shoulders. A voice: 1 am only a working man, but 1 jsiiv it is a disgrace, and does Labour liaim.

Meeting of Mr W. E. I'nrry (LA. \ Auckland Central. !

Tlie party's)' "Who's Who?' 'says of Mi- K. Howard. Socialist representative for Christ eh u roll South, that he is a willy speaker.

He is indeed a fellow of infinite jest. ; On,. (J | his. richest lion mots was Ins threat to help, as .-con as possible. "In get ml of Parliament, a- now censl it tiled. and institute in its place an indus- . trial ,or workers') Parliament." —N.Z. 1 Times. i

WOMEN NEEDED U PA REI AMENT

A Labnm sympathiser asked Miss MelviHe last evening to explain why. if the Reform Party was so eoneernod with the welfare of the people, it had made no investigation or inquiry into tin' important question of motherhood endowment, and had opposed the Lahour Parly's bill. Miss Melville replied tin t she did not admit the Reform Party had not made ai::v investigations; as a.' matter of fact, it’ had. She presumed the reason it had not done anything more than "investigate, was bc-eatn-io there were no women in Parliament :

The reply met with the hearty appro val of the audience.

LABELLING MR W. A. VEITCH Mr Girling proceeded to quote Mr \dutch's recent eondemnaiion of the Labour land policy, and said that criticism was -from a member of the Labour Party. (Dissent and cries: of "No” and "Rol l")

Mr Girling: l say lie is a Labour Party man—and I know Air Veitch better than most of you. It was on account of the extreme views of the present leaders of thi Labour Party that he had to throw in his lot with the Liberals, and f predict- that when (Ik 1 time'eornes that Labour abandons its extremists Mr Veitch will fill a very high position in the party’s ranks. (Applause.)—Mr W. •I. Girling (R.), Blenheim.

Mr Wilson, Reform candidate for Auckland Central, at the Bright Street Hall: "Look wind Mr Coates has done in exlending the railways and road-making. Why, to-day you can go from Auckland to Whangarci on the railway in a couple of days." The audience roared. A Voice: Is that walking?

Mr Wilson,: I'm sorry; my wife corrects me. I should In. re said a couple of hems.'. That convulsed the audience cornplot ey.