THE OPPOSITION CANDIDATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14391, 9 June 1910, Page 6

THE OPPOSITION CANDIDATE.

PLANKS IN HIS PLATFORM. .'„■; Mr..Hill, who is standing as an uno£kcial Opposition/candidate-, 'is a solicitor, 31 years of age, and has been practising, in Auckland for. over a year. ...He.was admitted to the Bar in 1905, and' afterwards acted as Parliamentary secretary to Mr. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, for a year. He was then for a short time in the office of Dr. Fiiidlay,nOw AttorneyGeneral.- "-For two years he was secretary to Sir Robert Stout, the Chief Justice, and during that time he was also secretary of the Native Land Commission. Later he came to Auckland. Mr. Hill states that he is in favour of small freeholds and rapid settlement. He believes -that the acreage being settled per annum should be at least doubled, and land •should be roaded as it is cut up. He regards the graduated land tax as inequitable, but he.* would vote for an increase if it were shown that'it was absolutely necessary* for tho breaking up of large estates. ;He believes in tho Gavelkind system of dealing with land. Under this system- a man's land, on his death, must' be cut up amongst his children ,or ■ legal descendants, and this process is ' repeated till the individual . holdings have reached a certain area." He is strongly in ; favour of free education from the primary' school to the University. He believes the University fees are at present sufficiently high to prevent /numbers taking advantage of higher education. Mr. Hill's views on other political topics are summarised in. our v, advertising columns to-day. ' . ,