SIR J. WAED AND LABOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17339, 10 December 1919, Page 10

SIR J. WAED AND LABOUR.

ATTITUDE TO EXTREMISTS. i THE BALANCE OF POWER. [BS TELEGRAPH—OWN CORSESrONDBKT.I > CHBI6TCHTJRCH, Tuesday. 1 In the course of an interview with a > newspaper reporter on his attitude to the extremists, Sir Joseph Ward said:—"The : people of this country at the present moment are being appealed to. If they give the Liberals a majority over the Reformers, . ray duty as Leader of the . Liberal Party will be to test the feeling of the House. If they give a majority J of Reformers over the Liberals, the Leader " of the Reform Party will be in exactly the same position. If the Liberals succeed I in turning" the Reform Party out of office, [ everybody in the House voting as they * think proper, and all sections, then the _ duty would devolve on the leader of the " party which moved the motion to form a ' strong^Government if he could, and if he i could not succeed in doing so, except at I the dictation of extremists, with whose » policy or methods or, actions he did not 3 agree, then in the ordinary course of . things he would have to go out and give way to someone else." I THE PABNELL CONTEST. a 1 > MRS. BAUME'S CAMPAIGN. 5 . LABOUR TACTICS CRITICISED. Mrs. F. E. Baume, Opposition candidate for Parnell, addressed a meeting of over 4CO persons in the Alexandra Theatre, t Green Lane, last evening. Mr. F. Lawry, formerly M.P. for Parnell, presided, and received*a hearty reception. ' Mrs. Baume, who received an excellent hearing, touched upon many matters dealt with at previous meetings. She particularly emphasised the need for State assistance for the family. The State, she said, had at last begun to realise its fesponsi- > bilities in regard to children, having provided free dental and medical inspec- » tion in schools, but so far this work was merely advisory, and to be thoroughly , effective must be followed by free treats ment. Much more, however, must be done 5 for the mother, by the extension of the maternity nursing scheme. The candidate , also spoke upon the cost of living, and urged that the necessaries of life should ] be exempt from taxation. If greater 1 revenue were essential, she said, luxuries should be more heavily taxed. The candidate said that whan* travelling conditions revert to normal the New Zeai land Government might well consider the arrangement of a visit to Gallipoli for relatives of the fallen. The relatives of men who fell in France would have an opportunity of visiting their graves, bat unless aid were given by the State there would be no chance of a similar pilgrimage 6 to Gallipoli because the ordinary snipping , facilities would be altogether inadequate. s She saw no reason why the State should not charter a vessel for a special trip for , relatives of the fallen. In a vigorous denunciation of the i. politics and tactics of the Labour Party, the speaker declared that Labour bud killed itself by the methods it had adopted. It -was not even the same menace to-day that it had been a month ago, for, try as *" they might to "camouflage" their "real views. Labour candidates had lately been c subjected to such searching questioning that all their weaknesses had been revealed. It had been shown that the >. Labour Party was divided, and that the great body of the moderate workers would have nothing to do with the official party as at present constituted. On the motion of Mr. M. Daffin, the S candidate was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. ■- MR. DICKSON'S CAMPAIGN. !- Mr. J. S. Dickson, sitting member and Government candidate for Parnell, addressed a meeting of electors at Mr. J. Hill's residence, Kohimarama, last even'l in b '. Mr. Trice presided over an attend•l ance of over 50. At the conclusion of the * address the candidate was accorded a '» unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. '" Special reference was made to the assist- '' ance given by the candidate in obtaining '• a side school for Kohimarama.