MR. TOLE AT MOUNT ALBERT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6259, 8 December 1881, Page 5

MR. TOLE AT MOUNT ALBERT.

Mk. Tole addressed the electors of Eden at Mount Albert-hall last evening. There was an influential attendance of electors, numbering about eighty.

Mr. Toi.e invited the electors to appoint their chairman, whereupon Mr. Burke was elected to the chair, and introduced the candidate.

Mr. Tole, on coming forward, was greeted with applause, lie reviewed the position of Liberal measures and parties at the time of hia la3t eleetion. He showed how Sir George Grey had been deposed from oiliee by the power of the wealthy classes, and in connection therewith detailed the action of his opponent, Mr. Header Wood, in relation to the trust confided to him by the Liberal party, lie stigmatised Mr. Wood's conduct iu the whole matter as l/ie basest perfidy, disclosing treachery to his party, and an insult to his constituents. Mr. Tole explained what yet remained to be done in order to perfect the Liberal programme. The main questions which should engage the. attention of electors were those atl'ceting land for the people and local government. lie showed what local government meant, and how slightly his opponent estimated the importance of the great question, as evinced by his absence from all votes 011 the Counties Suspension Bill, and other matters alleeting local government. In relation to the land question, Mr. Tole pointed out that Mr. Wood was a free trader, whereas he (the speaker) would do his utmost to conserve and settle the lands of the people for the people. He indicated in a forcible manner the deplorable condition which would obtain in this country from the acquisition of big estates, and 111 the same connection fully explained his action at the Land League meeting in Wellington—disclaiming all sympathy with any expressions of disloyalty, and claiming the same immunity from censure as had been accorded to hia friend Mr. Speight, who, he understood, was a Past Master of an Orange Lodge. Mr. Tole next treated, in an exhaustive manner, of bis voting 011 the third reading of the Licensing Bill, which he characterised as an excellent measure, and worthy of a fair trial. He denounced the inconstancy and dishonour of his opponent, and concluded by claiming, in ISSI, the same confidence as reposed in him in trio elections of lS7t! and IST'J. Mr. Tole having replied satisfactorily to Messrs. Garlick and Phillips, 011 the Licensing Bill, a hearty vote of confidence, proposed by Mr. Thompson, junr., and seconded by Mr. Kelly, was carried without dissent.

A vote of thanks to the chair, proposed by Mr. Tolc, couchulcd the meeting.