ELECTION NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20099, 9 November 1928, Page 15

ELECTION NOTES.

INCOME TAX ON .LAND.

EXEMPTION RESTORED*

After loudly condemning tlio Reform Party fur removing the income tax upon incomes derived from- land Mr. A. J. Stallwortliy was neatly tripped up by a questioner at his Epsotn meeting las£ evening.

The candidate declared that the exception was an iniquitous concession to tha "wool-barons." some of whom were meni* bers of the Government itself. "I would scorn to belong to a Government which helped its own members," he declared. At question-time a man in the audience lose and referred to the matter. "Can the candidate tell us who put the tax on ?" he asked.

Mr. Stallwortliy was obliged to admifc he could not, but' in any case its removal was iniquitous.

"1 think the Reform Party put it on," remarked the questioner. Reference to the current Ofiieial Year Book shows that previous to 1915 incomes derived directly from land were exempt from income tax, but that in that year the, exemption was removed as a war measure. K was restored in 1923. TWO RIVAL CAPTAINS. Referring to a charge made by a I'nited Party candidate that tho-Primo Minister was a politically ignorant skipper and onlv held a harbour limit, certificate, while Sir Joseph Ward would keep the ship of State in deep watciw, Mr. J. S. Dickson, Reform candidate for Parnell. waxed nautical at his meeting hist evening. "What happened to Sir Joseph Ward in 1911, when ho was his own sk'pper?" he asked. "They put him off his own ship, lie then went down to his own electorate to get his master's certificate returned, but ho did not succeed. He then tried to get one at Tauraitga, but he could not even get a harbour limit certificate there."

TREATMENT OF A•' WOMAN. "Air. Eraser and I can look after ourselves," declared the Reform candidate for Wellington Central, Mr. Dunbar Sloane> in a speech on Tuesday evening, when deploring the treatment meted out to tho woman candidate, Mrs. M. Young, at lier initial meeting on Monday night. "The reception accorded Mrs. Young will show the electors just what the position is. If they would treat a lady liko that, then what would be the position it they took control of the country, for they are the people who want to take charge." a Two-edged argument. "There are. people who blame the Government when bad times are being experienced." said tho Prime Minister at, Wailara last Saturday. "If they are correct in that attitude then they must bo consistent and give the Government credit for pulling the country through and for the good times that appear on tho threshold at the present time. Tho argument should cut both ways." COUNTRY TELEPHONES. Referring to telephones for back-blocks farmers Mr. H. M. Campbell, Reform candidate for Hawke's Bay, expressed the opinion that great benefit would bo derived from assistance to such settlers wero they given extensions of the telephone service. He said he would ask the Government to be as generous as possible-in that directi jii. * AN ELECTION YARN. Among the hoary stories being circulated for election purposes is one about Hindu flaxcutters now being related in Auckland East by opponents of Mr. J. B. Donald. About two years ago there appeared in the Herald one day an advertisfrmerit for flaxcutters with the extraordinary qualification "Hindus preferred." Applicants wero requested to apply by telephone at A. B. Donald, Limited'?, farm at Ohinewai. The matter was clearly explained at the time by A. B. Donald S. They did not .want 'flaxcutters and had no responsibility for the advertisement, but the owner of an adjoining property had, without their knowledge, persuaded the person in charge of their farm to receive applications for Hindu flaxcutters through their telephone. Tho entry of Mr. J. B. Donald into politics has brought a revival of the story with inaccurate variations and additions. The plain facts are as stated above. ALWAYS ON THE STRAIGHT PATH. "There is not one man or woman in this hall who-can point to one shady action of the Government; there is not one piece of administration or legislation that any man or woman can point a finger at and say it is not creditable to our country or to the Government," said the Prime' Minister in the course of his Taranaki tour. "Our administration will stand tho searchlight of investigation. We have never wavered from the straight path; w» have been-straightforward and honest. Our every action hr.s raised the status of our coxintry." " STRIKES ARE DREADFUL.'* "I want to contradict a statement made against me by a prominent person whose name I will publish if ho does not withdraw," said Mrs. Margaret Young, Independent Labour candidato for Wellington Central, at her meeting on Monday. "It has been stated that I took all tho money I could from tho Seamen's Union during the 1913 strike. As a matter of fact, I never took a penny. "I was offered half of Mr. Youngs salary, but I refused it. I thought the women and children needed it more. These are tho kind of things that have injured Mr. Young when trying to get a position. It is very unfair. Strikes are dreadful things. They don't hurt the men as much as the women and children. If a few women got into Parliament thero wouldn't be so many strikes" LABOUR CANDIDATE'S FEAR. Even Labour itself apparently has littlo hope of ousting Reform in the. elections. "I fear they're going back again," said Mr. E. J. Howard, Labour candidate for Christehurch South. "I'm not optimistic enough to think that Reform will go out this year, though I don't think have the same majority as laM time." PRIME MINISTER "TOUCHED." The first thing which happened to the Prime Minister on his arrival at Wanganui on Tuesday was to be "touched' The sum was live shillings and the recipient a waterside worker, who said ha knew Mr. Coatcs in Kaipara, but was now "shipwrecked " A CANDID CANDIDATE. "1 might say, ladies and gentlemen, that T have rehearsed this speech," said My C. S. McCully, United candidate for Christehurch South. "1 went out into my garden the other day, and I reckon that 1 addressed tho constituents of Chrstclmrch South lira very able niaiinei Tio myself. I don't feel like that tonight." AN EFFECTIVE PROTEST. "Tlicv have refused me relief work' m <• ! « -Hid I rise to protest, said a T (lie Prime Ministers meeting at man at the in ~ rc „j, ec [ (h 0 Wanganiii' ■ A } ' nftor . then*,", as lie withdrew.