GREY LYNN CANDIDATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18244, 10 November 1922, Page 11

GREY LYNN CANDIDATE.

——■ ■ m*> - - ■ " ■ • - - holdswokth's ,address a very quiet Meeting. A large' audience assent bled •at St. Barnabas' Hall Mount Eden; last evening, •when Mr. W. J. Holdswortl*, Independent i Progressive candidate for Grey Lynn, delivered an address. Mr. J.' W. Shackelford presided. The meeting was most orderly throughout, therej being no interruptions, and a complete absence of heckling. / In speaking of the need- for a strong and stable 1 form of Government, with a sound constructive policy, Mr. Holdsworth said that a spirit of/ destructiyeness and violence seemed to b«j abroad in the world. These forces wouM gain strength in New Zealand "alsjo, if given the opportunity. All rigty t-thinkin? persons should do their utmost to counteract these forces and thus prevent the Empire, which had done so iimch for civilisation, being destroyed. (Lqud applause.)] Mr. Holds-Worth - admitted ; that though the education System was, excellent,' it was not aitosetlier faultless. More attention should be paid tjo technical cducation. Together with a,, progressive land policy, there should .be. a sound immigration policy, having an' its objective the placing of men and.women on the land rather than bringing out, artisans to compete in the work of. the city. A vote of thanks.and confidence was passed without a dissentient voice. MR WAY AT NORTBCOTE. REPLY TO MR. MASSEY, Mr R. F. Way, the official lLabour candidate for Waitemata. addressed a meetins at the Masonic Hall, Nc/rthcote, last evening. The meeting acobnJed' him its hearty thanks for his address,! and pledged its support to further his c;indidature to the utmost. The candidate; replied to statements by Mr. Massey jat. Papakura that the Labour policy was. confiscation ar/d contended that the pohtAal friends of Mr. Massey were the real confiscatory The Labour Party was the .policeman who was going to restore this i wealth to its proper owners, He was prepared to take the Town Hall and debate the matter before the intellectual and economic brains of Auckland, and if he could not-convince them that the Massey Party, were the real confiscators, he would retire from the contest, n CANDIDATES' ADDRESSES. FIXTURES FOR THIS EVENING. Messrs. W. E. Parry ' (Auckland Central) and J- A. Lee (Auckland East). ..-Old Market Entrance. « Mr. M. J. Savage (Auckland West).— Three Lamps, Ponsonby Mies'Ellen Melville (Roskill).—Druids Hall, Valley Road. Hon. 0. *J. Parr (Eden).—Kiosk, TitiINIr! H. G. R. Mason (Eden).—Hirst's Hill, Monririgside. Mr. F- S. Morton (Eden).—Public Hall, Point Chevalier Mr. R. F. Way (Waitemata).—Birkdale * Mr. J- R<i a (Franklin).—Premier Picture Theatra, Pukekohe.

MEETINGS OF SUPPORTERS. " Mr. J. S. Dickson (Parnell).— Methodist. Hall', Manukau Road. Mr. •A. B. Harris (Waitemata).— Masonic Hall, Northcote.