WELLINGTON CENTRAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16970, 2 October 1918, Page 6

WELLINGTON CENTRAL.

BY-ELECTION TO-MORROW. 'j®

KEEN CONTEST EXPECTED. M

[BY TELEGRAPH.OWN correspondent.]

WELLINGTON, Tuesday, %|l§ Great interest is being taken in the by. ifej 1 election for the Wellington Central seat, 111 the poll for which will be held on Thurs- 'iliJ day. It is thought that tk election will .fpl provide a keen contest between Mr. W, "%fl 1 T. Hildreth, the candidate of the National 1 Government, and Mr. P. Fraser, the ofH-Ul# 1 cial Labour candidate, while Mr. M. ,T; ; f Mack,_ the independent Labour cand£jpl| date, ie also expected to poll well. ISP ! Mr. Hildreth made his first speech on. - fjfc Friday evening. He declared himself in' S#l favour of the prosecution of the war to a Hp victorious conclusion ; adequate remunera- '*■ B tion of labour based on. the cost of living; : j froportional representation; repeal of tna j ndustrial Arbitration Act, and the gabrtiif^l : tution for the present assessors in the I|s Arbitration Court of two experts in : «f. trade in which the dispute has arisen, and#§|t separate conciliation commissioners for $$$ different branches of industry; a referential dura On the liquor question, to be decided!fifffti by bare majority, and with provision fir |fe; compensation; a general election withoutWm® further delay; reductions in the cost of :Mp living; State-owned oversea steamers,and ferry service between Wellington aud|pSSs Lyttelton, and State colliers; naiionalisa-Tf&|» t»tt of coal mites; appointment of Repatriation Minister, and speeding-up the division of large estates. 'Slip Mr. Fraser supports tho labour pUt.*f|fpj form in every point. Mr. W. J.'ftjKf# Mack stands for proportional represiiitatier; more liberal provision for eduea.isStp tion; the taxation of land values; Bottle- ■'ilfl; mutt of industrial disputes by commits v-fl|ll tees representing employers, employees, and the public, e.nd the extinction of thelSll liquor traffic. Mr. Harry Atmore, ai%;§ltlf an independent candidate, is in strong'Stll! opposition to the National Government, and advocates State control of the .traffic. Little part in the platform paign has been taken by Mr. L. J. Gamson, a returned soldier, who that the soldiers on service should have at least one direct representative in Ih& WM House of Representatives. Mr. 0. Tanner, a Wellington solicitor, is a TOtsspl| porter of the labour principles, & mod-fl||fe era'le In regard to the" liquor questional®! and claims that he is anxious to do juß--:'!ftf§ «ce to the soldiers. He opposes tho*sj|rffl method* of the National Government, m and (thinks the time has come ( for a change., iii . AfsMaS