THE COMING ELECTIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13779, 18 June 1908, Page 7

THE COMING ELECTIONS.

"1 ,ut not talking patty., politics'.whan -X^'■■':,.<■>. resnittd yon that, this i* «fkcfi« J*ff»t'* tad rii r.'';"■':. i time of p.s) tit ul.tr ailivity for member*," remarked Mr. W. F. Under of the Opnofi'ion. shaking at Um* Chamber •}{ .Commerce dinner l.i.«t. , evening. "Ami," ~: he went oil to >:<y, "-• »»inr nf'tlH*** cirtdi- ' '■,; dates who -H.-e p;»Tt>.::s!.srly settle "ill. in ■ » few ittontbs, bad thtni-t-lvc? jjoliti'-jlly Unemployed. {1.-t»uathi*r.J The best of frientU mu?t pari, and in the mentbers of Parliament Intvtt to do »; gv«Tit-;'.- -; } (]<t'a\ of parting, m both ?cteMi of the •;. word." (f,ii.Hijhter.). .. ..'■,■■.V- ■■'■•■'■:■■'.■ WAITF.MATA HEAT. ~,""" ,7' Owing' to the reiitVmeiit of Mr. E. W. , Alison, the nainrs .of .several cetitkmen';,' .;V have been mentioned as probable a*ftdi-., : dates for the Waitenia Ut teat. A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Alison will be held sit 'the Council Chamber*, Devonpmt. this evening, .it 7.30, at which the,; , selection of .a cari'didoTe to take Mr. Ah.';," -y-] son's place will la» cwmidered. It .is an-. tiiipnted that the mevting will be a ! -ug'? . and reprraentutiW one. [ r.v i.r\,r. , it.--owv r»Ri!Ksrn.\nryr.J Waue, Wednesday. : : Mr. W. J. Napier, a candidate »'<* Waitemata. addtesfsed a meeting of electors hose last night. .' lie di'--l r »r«l hiutstlf a general supporter of : the presentGo; vernment in all measures consistent with Liberal principle*, and provided they did ' justice to the North. He was opposed to sitiuk'-tax, and was in favour of the optional tenure. He ridiculed • the. raisin;: of the cry of sociidimi," which, -he " ' \ said, was a bogey. There was no civilisation possible without, common social.. effort, and tlie pure individualist v,a.-> a barbarian who ought to have lived in the, strfneagc. Nothing should be done to ham-, . 'per the fullest exert ions and development of individual power* ; He was shwkwl • at the condition of the 'Wtjitemata..road*. ..'■-, and the unsafe o.ouflitiou of decayed bridges. He would, if elected, give the Government no peace until the ■ district had good roads and bridge:-. On the motion of Mr. A. .lack, Mr. Napier was awarded a vole of thanks and confidence. . CANDIDATES FOP, A.SHBUiVrON... ---rnnhsf 'ASfWCIAVION*.]'■; ; .. Asum.ivros, Wednesday. ; Mr. W. Not-worthy;' sheep farmer. 61 . .' Anama. to-day announced his tifodhhttutt" ;: as a straight-out Oppositionist, for, the A.dtburton seal. This, brings the total . - number of candidates announced to six, - the other five being Messrs. F. 11. Flyman, Government 'nonunoe; Henry Davis, ; ; Mayor of Ashboitou. Liberal; J. D. Gobbe, Ashburtou Labour League; W. S«i Maslin, Geraldinc, Oppositional.; and d. M. Twotney, Tcmulta, who enters the field as a stern opponent of Mr. Flalmah. Mr. David Jones, of Weedou's, has alsobeen approached, and is considering I ho question. .?._* -.. ' i ;/•; MIL POLAND AT WAfTEKAUUI. [FROM OIK OWN eOISKtiSI'q.NDJJNT.] At tho Foresters' Hiill, on 'Tuesday evening, Mr. Hugh Poland, M.P., delii vered a political address to the electors of ; Waitekauri. Mr. H. Corbet occupied j tho chair, and briefly introduced the. speaker. . ■~'.;.. , Mr. Poland began by referring to the-, interests of tho place as a?-purely , mining community, which he had done his best to further during the time he bad represented the 'district in Parliament. Referring to the expediency of he-Govern-ment erecting a public battery in Waitekauri, he pointed out that it would befully employed front the outset, and in. rany case an initial loss would be fully compensated by the opening up of one dividend-paying mine. Mr. ■■ Poland reminded bis hearers that the .mineral wealth of the, country was the property of' the: V." people, and the mines ought, to be developed by the Government. He, referI red to the education question, stating that particular attention should he paid to. the primary department, and tlxo service of- | the best, teachers secured by the payment Sot adequate salaries. The speaker upheld i tho Arbitration Act, and stated the chief j defect of the Arbitration Court was the I liability of the judges to be out of sympa- • { thy with the workers. He described him- : «'lf as essentially a Labour member, but : j added thai his sympathies extended to j workers both with brawn and with brain. • '; In reply to a question, Mr. Poland «aid he was unfavourable to a remission of the duty on tobacco, as many other articles had a better claim to be called neces- ' saries. A vote of thanks to the speaker and confidence in him as representative for the district was carried. .;■*-'«*< A QUESTION FOR SOCIALISTS. Mr. T. M. WiJford/' M.P. "for Jfutt,. '/ speaking at a complimentary gathering tendered to him in Wellington l;i.st week, recommended the following as "'.''a. pro- : .'-'- gramme of social reform ':— 1.. The broad- ' ening of the basis of '(fixation; 2; The safeguarding of our productive industries from unfair competition, 3. The strength; ■'''. eriing of-our. position for the purpose of negotiation in foreign -markets. 4. The establishment of preferential commercial , arrangements with 'Great* Britain "and securing for colonial producers and workmen further advantages over foreign coinpetition on the British markets. He * would give his earnest support tq land for settlement, factory legislation, tariff reform to cheapen necessaries of life, 4 and a universal superannuation scheme. He wished to ask the following question of bis socialistic friends:—" If two men earn the same wage under socialism, and "f one man saves 5s a week out of bis earnings (presuming he is paid in money instead of by labour certificate), will that • man be allowed to buy anything Willi it,, or will he be a I lowed to save it, and will it; to his children? His saving of the 5s allows him to commence the second week with Ss worth of accumulated industry by which he may become a capitalist, and if he leaves it when accumulated to la's children by will, then we have one' man drawing- the result, of another's 'labour, even after his death, which is the essence of capitalism and the antithesis of socialism. The three factors of '■■..- | production are land, capital,' and labour."